Jim Clancy

The Brief

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The Brief presents unique and entertaining interviews with original thinkers on the most critical issues of the day. Journalist Jim Clancy engages expert guests in rigorous but relaxed conversations that unpack serious subjects in new and surprising ways. In a relatable yet informed manner, we illuminate some of the misapprehensions that the public may hold. By tapping the knowledge of our guests, we intend to surface some of the overlooked causal factors and explore contingencies that may yet happen. The Brief will range beyond conventional national security debates and explore how technology...

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Emergence of Drones is Shifting the Balance on the Battlefields 15.06.2024 36:27

Trita Parsi on the use of emerging technology in war.

Palestinian icon Hanan Ashrawi 15.06.2024 41:29

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Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Progressive Jewish Activist's View 09.04.2024 25:24

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Did October 7th Change Everything in The Middle East? 09.04.2024 25:11

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Securing your data on the Internet with Rich Truex 09.04.2024 49:20

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What is The Plan? A conversation with Ambassador Charles Freeman 09.04.2024 34:09

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Renowned Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin talks frankly with Jim Clancy 09.04.2024 40:12

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Foreign Affairs expert David Rothkopf on why supporting Netanyahu's government undermines Israel 09.04.2024 34:09

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Frank Sesno on the State of the U.S. Media. 08.02.2024 43:26

The Gaza Crisis and International Humanitarian Law 08.02.2024 38:15

Zaha Hassan and Jim Clancy Discuss the ICJ, Genocide, and the American voices asking whether a once indispensable nation is being dragged where it never wanted to go.

What is The Plan? A conversation with Ambassador Charles Freeman 08.02.2024 34:09

Former U.S. Ambassador Charles Freeman questions the true intentions of Israel's renewed bombing of Gaza.

Gaza: Bibi, Biden, and Blinken Don't Have a Plan with any Hope. 08.02.2024 26:42

Jim Clancy in conversation with James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute.

Dr Joaquim Goes:What invasive algae blooms can teach us about human driven climate change 07.01.2024 35:47

Every second breath we take comes from oceanic phytoplankton which use sunlight to fix atmospheric carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. They also form the base of the food chain because all other organisms depend on the organic matter produced by these phytoplankton. Discern this explores what happens when populations of this microorganism get out of balance and how they impact the climate and ecosy...

Phyllis Bennis: Reverend Barber and the Poor People’s Campaign 30.06.2023 50:04

Discern This takes a look at the progressive movement in the United States with a focus on the Poor People’s Campaign founded by Reverend William Barber. This modern analogue to the social movement founded by Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, echoes its predecessor’s conviction that society needs to confront the interlocking and mutually reinforcing injustices of poverty, racism, militarism, an...

Larry Wilkerson: The price of Empire and the military industrial complex 28.04.2023 42:19

The United States is an imperial power, driven by predatory capitalism with a foreign and security policy aimed at supporting the maintenance of an American Empire. So runs the controversial thesis of Colonel Larry Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell. He asserts that the long running wars which the US has fought in the wake of September 11,2001 have been waged fo...

David Andelman: America’s shifting global status 28.04.2023 39:40

Discern This delves into America’s changing role in the world with veteran journalist and political commentator David Andelman, whose career includes stints as New York Times bureau chief in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. How does the United States self-perception mesh with the views of it around the world and is it still “the shining city on the hill”? David Andelman brings into focus the shi...

Larry Wilkerson: Price of Empire 28.04.2023 21:49

What are the greatest threats facing the United States and how well has the current administration been managing them? Colonel Larry Wilkerson, who was Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, identifies nuclear weapons and climate change as existential risks and sounds the alarm over military and civilian leaders in both America and Russia growing more comfortable with the idea of us...

Suzanne Kelly: Inside view of U.S. national security priorities 08.04.2023 43:25

How do US intelligence agencies view and prioritize the panoply of threats facing the country? Suzanne Kelly shares insights from her extensive knowledge and contacts built up over her career as an intelligence correspondent at CNN and as the founder and CEO of the Cipher Brief- a leading publication focused on national security. In conversation with her former CNN colleague Lonzo Cook, Suzanne di...