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Sources & Methods

National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields and the halls of power, they bring you inside the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community to help you understand America"s shifting role in the world, and how events in faraway places matter here at home. Additional episodes feature interviews with power players from the NatSec world --

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24:44

Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon...

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2025/10/16

The President said U.S. military strikes have “almost totally stopped” drug trafficking from Venezuela by sea. “Now we’ll stop it by land,” he said.Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas and Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman talk through the disputed legal rationale for the strikes and what we know about President Trump’s goals in Venezuela. And Tom joined virtually the entire Pentagon press corps in handing in his badge on Wednesday. He explains how he’ll cover the decisions made in that building from

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24:35

What's after 'phase one' of Trump's Gaza peace deal?

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2025/10/09

And the National Guard: coming to a city near you?After two brutal years of war, there is finally hope for a lasting peace in Gaza. Greg Myre in Tel Aviv explains why things start to get a lot more complicated after the initial ceasefire and return of hostages. And Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman breaks down when the president can legally federalize National Guard troops and how they operate on domestic deployments.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.orgNPR+ supporters hear every episode

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25:32

Inside this week's massive meeting of military generals

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2025/10/02

And the president's take-it-or-leave-it Gaza peace plan.This episode, veterans' affairs correspondent Quil Lawrence breaks down Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's meeting of top US military brass at Quantico this week. And international correspondent Aya Batrawy reacts to the unveiling of President Trump's peace plan for Gaza, as Israel's war that began nearly two years ago continues.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.orgNPR+ supporters hear every episode without sponsor messages and unlock access

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11:54

Tradecraft and secrets of a CIA analyst-turned novelist

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2025/09/29

This episode, Mary Louise Kelly sits down with ex-CIA analyst-turned novelist David McCloskey to discuss tradecraft and the blurry line between truth and fiction -- when the truth is classified. David McCloskey's new book is called The Persian. We're back with a new episode on Thursday.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.orgNPR+ supporters hear every episode without sponsor messages and unlock access to our complete archive. Sign up at plus.npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices:

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25:04

Without a press corps, who holds the Pentagon to...

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2025/09/25

And the president designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.This episode, we dig into the Pentagon's demand that reporters sign a pledge commiting not to gather any information -- including unclassified reports -- that hasn't been authorized for release, or lose their press credentials. Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman about how how it could change his reporting. And domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef clarifies what President Trump's executive

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24:49

Can Trump’s royal welcome keep the U.S.-U.K....

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2025/09/18

And an increasingly isolated Israel launches a new ground offensive on Gaza City.In this episode, political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen talk about the foreign policy issues that loomed large as President Trump visited U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer: the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. NPR international correspondent Daniel Estrin joins from Tel Aviv to talk about how Israelis are reacting to their increasing isolation amid international pressure on

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26:38

Two wars escalate abroad with political violence at home

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2025/09/11

And Senator Elissa Slotkin takes our questions about the post-9/11 intel community.This episode, national security correspondent Greg Myre and domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef join Mary Louise Kelly discuss how U.S. national security changed after the September 11th attacks. Will the structures put in place to prevent another attack survive the Trump administration’s cuts to intelligence agencies? And did a focus on militant Islamism mean turning away from threats posed by white

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21:36

Navy cartel strike / China power flex / global order

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2025/09/04

Trump's anti-drug warfare. China, Russia, and North Korea stand shoulder to shoulder.This episode, Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR international correspondent Anthony Kuhn join Mary Louise Kelly to break down the Trump administration's military strike against a boat the President says was transporting drugs, and his larger confrontational posture toward Venezuela and South America. And they explain the geopolitical message behind China's massive military parade this week. Email the show

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