Headlines and History

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week on the Study Guide Series: Operation Spartan Shield. Chapter 5: Israel Part 2. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week on the Study Guide Series: Operation Spartan Shield. Chapter 4: Israel Part 1. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week on the Study Guide Series: Operation Spartan Shield. Chapter 3: Akkadia and Babylon. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week on the Study Guide Series: Operation Spartan Shield. Chapter 2: Sumer. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we start a new Study Guide Series. The topic? Operation Spartan Shield. Chapter 1: The Middle East. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ Sources: 1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27577.What_Went_Wrong_The_Clash_Bet...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we talk Israel-Palestine again in response to questions that came after our mini-series. Here is Part 2: Biblical Rights and Children in Combat. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we talk Israel-Palestine again in response to questions that came after our mini-series. Here is Part 1: Right of Return and Expansion. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Army, th...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we tackle the Syrian Civil War with Part 2: After the Fall and What's Next? Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Army, the National Guard, or the government in any way. All opinions...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we tackle the Syrian Civil War with Part 1: Background of Assad's Fall. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Army, the National Guard, or the government in any way. All opinions are...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we begin a multipart series on the heady arguments over Israel and Palestine. This week: morality and ethics on Oct 7. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Army, the National Guard,...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we begin a multipart series on the heady arguments over Israel and Palestine. This week: genocide and the right to exist. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Army, the National Gua...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we begin a multipart series on the heady arguments over Israel and Palestine. This week: origins and religion. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Army, the National Guard, or the...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we return after a brief hiatus and discuss a bit of my recent trip to Israel. We start with a show update and then hit some trip highlights. Enjoy! Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com for more! Email: jonmolik@headlinesandhistory.com   ------------------------------ **I do not speak for the United States Arm...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we have a special guest returning to the show: LTC Stephen Totter. For those that have been with us since the start, you will remember LTC Totter joining us to discuss his time in Iraq, his views on the international order, and even some advice in the real estate world. This week we have him back to talk about the United...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we have a special guest returning to the show: LTC Stephen Totter. For those that have been with us since the start, you will remember LTC Totter joining us to discuss his time in Iraq, his views on the international order, and even some advice in the real estate world. This week we have him back to talk about the United...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week I cover in full a topic that I've talked around in the past: the new axis of evil...or is it? For many, Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea are a group of adversaries that are seen as working together as a counterbalance to the West. Is that really the case? Is China and Russia's participation in BRICS just for economic...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week LTC Lisa Bennet joins us--again--for a conversation spanning a wide range of topics that includes Russia, NATO, Ukraine, Putin, Zelensky, and Trump. Lisa is an Army intelligence veteran with nearly 30 years' experience that includes numerous deployments overseas. She spent approximately three years with United States Arm...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week Ryan McBeth joins us for a conversation spanning a wide range of topics that include Iraq, military weapons, American history, Ukraine, drone warfare, and his employer, AeroMedLab. Ryan is an expert in C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), military weapons (f...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week I ask you to join me for a quasi-rant. Over the past few weeks we've seen multiple attacks by Israel and Iran against each other, and as you might imagine, online prognosticators and analysts abound. What I've noticed is a lack of understanding about, or acceptance of, the diplomatic angles of these military engagements....

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we take a step back and answer a basic question: What is the Intelligence Community? This podcast covers foreign affairs and military conflict, but my experience in the intelligence field often leads to my discussing intelligence-related matters. Therefore, it makes sense that I explain what that is so all listeners can...

In this latest episode of Headlines and History we have finally arrived at the collaboration event of the Battle of Saratoga. Join me, Jon Molik of Headlines and History, and Rob Bradley from Dark History, as we banter on about many aspects of the battle. We discuss tactics, operations, leaders, and effects. Find out how the battle was really two in one, how a traitor led America to victory, and w...

Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week we discuss the most popular topic in the foreign affairs space: Hezbollah. The Islamic Republic of Iran's original proxy, once a major force in the region, has been dealt numerous blows by Israel over the past few weeks in what some consider the most audacious and effective intelligence operations in history. Multiple le...

In this latest episode of Headlines and History we have a pointed conversation with Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Fellow Alex Winkler. Alex, a native Venezuelan, is an expert on her home country's politics and staunch supporter of democracy. We address a range of topics that include the ills of socialism, the dictatorships of Hugo Chavez and Nicholas Maduro, and how the Uni...

Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike own September 27, 2024. Join me to discuss what this means for the region, how Iran will respond, who will replace him, and if Israel has completed its mission on this H&H Extra! episode of Headlines and History.  Want to support the show?  Visit https://patreon.com/HeadlinesandHistoryPodcast Be sure to visit https://headlinesandhistory.com f...

In this latest episode of Headlines and History we explore the history of Venezuela through three of its more influential leaders: Simón Bolívar, Hugo Chávez, and Nicolás Maduro. This we are doing in preparation for next week's show when I sit down with Alexandra Winkler, a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) fellow to discuss the current state of Venezuela. We will begin with ho...