Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast
By Bill Buppert
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An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach.
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Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute
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Ep 082 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time"
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ep 081 "Strategic Empathy: Grokking the Pendulum of Indecision"
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Ep 080 "The Cargo Cult of Martial Belief, Wishcasting and Bloodshed"
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Ep 079 "Iran, Salvo Competition and the Inevitable Stalemate"
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Ep 078 "Iran and I Lost: The American Empire Tilts Again"
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Ep 077 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament 26.1"
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Ep 076 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Five (Conclusions)"
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ep 075 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Four"
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ep 074 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Three"
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ep 073 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Two"
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ep 072 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part One"
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ep 071 "The Devil's Thermostat: Turning Up the Heat on American Civil War"
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ep 070 "Bolivar's Revenge: The Venezuelan Tar Pit and American Ambition"
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ep 069 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament 25.1"
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ep 068 "The Military Drone Revolution: Make All Flesh Forfeit"
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep 067 "The Mountains of Madness: Military Defeat and Terrain Part II"
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep 066 "Civil War on the Horizon: The Empire Strikes Back"
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep 065 "Color Revolutions: Weaponizing Subterfuge"
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep 064 "War and Remembrance: Drawing the Wrong Lessons"
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ep 063 "Spanner in the Works: Sabotage and War"
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep 062 "Storming America: One Year Later"
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep 061 "The Mountains of Madness: Military Defeat and Terrain Part I"
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ep 060 "The Military Historian's Craft: Past Tense Imperfect"
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Ep 059 "The Mexican Cartel Conundrum: War Without End Part Two"
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Ep 058 "The Mexican Cartel Conundrum: War Without End Part One"
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep 057: "CG Announcement November 2024: WarNotes Podcast Rising"
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ep 056 "Pearl Snap Tactical Interview with Mark Booher"
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep 055 "The Shapiro-Ferguson Kerfuffle: History at War""
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep 054 "CG Excursion: The American Military Empire is in Terminal Collapse"
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Ep 053 "CG Excursion: The Revolution Will Be Televised: Near Peer and Peer Conflict in the 21st Century"
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep 052 "CG Excursion: Churchill: Imperial Bombast and the Death of the West"
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep 051 "Cellular Ecology: Guerrilla Organizations and Grunt Math"
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Ep 050 "Storming America: TTP to Make you Free (Part II)"
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep 049 "Storming America: TTP to Make you Free (Part I)"
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ep 048 "CG Excursion: Peer Strike ISR Complex: The Need for Rational Fires Coordination"
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Ep 047 "Nagorno-Karabakh: A Dark and Robotic Future"
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Ep 046 "Review and Discussion: My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness by Howard Jones"
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ep 045 "CG Excursion Praxis: Rational Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) (Part Two)"
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Ep 044 "CG Excursion Praxis: Rational Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) (Part One)"
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Ep 043 "Storming America: The Aftermath"
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ep 042 "Storming America: War Comes Home"
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep 041 "Storming America: Intelligence Failure is Now and Forever"
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Ep 040 "The Middle East: Shuffling to the Apocalypse (Part Two)""
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep 039 "CG Excursion: Stoicism: Who Dares Leads"
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep 038 "Moral Injury: The Invisible Warrior Marks"
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep 037 "Storming America: Another War Will Come Home"
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep 036 "Drunk on Direct Action: The Destruction of Army Special Forces in the GWOT"
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep 035 "Review and Discussion: Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War by Douglas Porch"
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep 034 "CG Excursions: Deep Six the Carrier Force: Naval Power in the 21st Century"
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep 033 "CG Excursions: Salvo Competition and the Big Fight"
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep 032 "US Military Special Operations Forces Can't Do UW (Part Two)"
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Ep 031 "US Military Special Operations Forces Can't Do UW (Part One)"
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Ep 030 "US Military Special Operations Forces: US Army Special Forces"
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Ep 029 "US Military Special Operations Forces: US Army"
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Ep 028 "US Military Special Operations Forces: A Primer"
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ep 027 "The Middle East: Shuffling to the Apocalypse (Part One)"
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ep 026 "Review and Discussion: Tattoo Zoo by Paul Avallone"
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Ep 025 "Technicals: Toyotas Go To War""
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Ep 024 "The Other Fight: Understanding the Conventional Conflict""
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Ep 023 "Afghanistan: The Soviet Debacle 1978-1989"
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Ep 022 "Review and Discussion: Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On""
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Ep 021 "Review and Discussion: Jack Hinson's One-Man War by Tom C. McKinney "
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Ep 020 "COIN Malpractice: Lessons Never Learned (Part One)"
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Ep 019 "Murphy Rex: Complexity and War"
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Ep 018 "French COIN: Paras in Paris (Part Three)"
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Ep 017 Memorial Day Mailbag
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May 29, 2023 |
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Ep 016 "TE Lawrence and the Guerrilla Mind (Part Three)"
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May 16, 2023 |
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Ep 015 "TE Lawrence and the Guerrilla Mind (Part Two)"
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May 01, 2023 |
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Ep 014 "TE Lawrence and the Guerrilla Mind (Part One)"
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Ep 013 "CG Goes to the Movies: Red Dawn (1984)"
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Ep 012 "Sisyphus is God: Government Incompetence and Martial Failure"
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ep 011 "Three Strikes of the Match: American Divorce 1775"
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep 010 "Review and Discussion: Stalin's War by Sean McMeekin"
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Ep 009 "French COIN: Algeria: Losing Afrique (Part Two)"
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Ep 008 "French COIN: Introduction and the Indochina Dénouement (Part One)"
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ep 007 "Review and Discussion: Wrong Turn by Gian Gentile"
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Ep 006 "Frameworks and Strategic Deficit Disorder"
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Ep 005 "Peak Guerrilla: The Origins of Modern Irregular Warfare"
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Ep 004 "The Impossibility of Successful Western Counterinsurgency"
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Ep 003 "Michael Collins: The Empire Blinks"
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Ep 002 "Antifragility and Irregular Warfare"
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Ep 001 "Terms of Endearment"
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Sep 26, 2022 |