Paul Whelan called us in December of last year with an urgent message for the president. He called again on April 11th with another. He has been detained in Russia for five years and is again appealing to President Biden to accelerate efforts to bring him and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, worked for the World Central Kitchen. She was one of seven WCK staff killed in an Israeli drone strike on April 1st in Gaza. She is remembered fondly by her friend Brian Weaver, founder of Hoops Sagrado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Eeva Eek Pajuste, Policy Advisor, Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says the view of democracy in Russia is "totally different" from the Western view. She explains how the early days after the collapse of the Soviet Union shaped that view. It's also a key reason why Vladimir Putin is still popular inside Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Daniel Fried, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, lays out bluntly the consequences of Putin getting another term as President of Russia and what he's doing to get the U.S. Congress to support Ukraine. Also, Ukrainian journalist Nataliia Bozhyk speaks out about the devastation the war has caused. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Robert Baer, a former CIA undercover operative with deep knowledge of Russian intelligence has some ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Nataliia talks about the hardship, the unlikely friendship that helped her get out of Ukraine, her work in Ireland and her message to the U.S. government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Luke Harding, correspondent for the Guardian and author of several books about Russian corruption and assassinations, has himself been detained by the Kremlin. He talks about Alexei Navalny's death, what likely happened and Russia's "forever game" of American hostage-taking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Former US President Donald Trump, who's running for another term said recently he wouldn't help NATO countries that were attacked by Russia if they were not contributing 2% of their GDP to their own defense programs. Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to NATO and Kristjan Prikk, Estonia's Ambassador to the US, discuss the impact of Trump's statement and the reality of life as a member of NATO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Andrew Scott, Associate Director for Chinese Operations at CISA indicates that this is a wide-ranging and very sophisticated threat. If successful, it would give the Chinese government complete control over critical US infrastructure whenever they want it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Counterterrorism expert Bruce Hoffman talks about the new book he's co-written on the rise of far right extremism in the US.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more