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Jim Webb Podcast—where real conversations meet sharp commentary. We dive into the latest trending topics, viral clips, and cultural debates, breaking them down with insight, honesty, and a touch of entertainment. Our goal is to cut through the noise, spark thought, and keep you engaged every step of the way. Hit that subscribe button and join the conversation today!

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56:18

DAVE DeCAMP: Gaza, Hormuz, Yemen and other Global...

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2026/10/07

A ceasefire that never becomes peace is more than a diplomatic failure. It’s a system that can keep people trapped in rubble, tents, and fear while officials insist progress is being made. I’m joined by journalist Dave DeCamp of Antiwar News to break down what’s happening in Gaza now: ongoing Israeli airstrikes and daily casualties, the sidelined stories like Gaza’s Christian community, and the bigger question of why rebuilding is still effectively blocked.We dig into the politics behind

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41:24

Ray McGovern : From CIA Analyst to Activist

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2026/10/07

You can’t understand modern war without understanding modern intelligence and what happens when it gets bent to politics. I’m joined by former CIA analyst and presidential briefer Ray McGovern for a wide-ranging talk about how “weaponized intelligence” is built, sold, and enforced, and why the public often ends up debating a storyline instead of the underlying facts.Ray takes us back to the moments that shaped his worldview: briefing top leaders, recognizing Gorbachev as a real turning point, and

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55:16

LARRY JOHNSON : Putin takes the gloves off

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2026/10/05

Russia is taking the gloves off in Ukraine, and the targets tell you more than the speeches do. We talk through what it means when a conflict expands from grinding down forces at the front to hitting the systems that keep a country running: bridges over the Dnipro, rail engines and warehouses, power distribution, and the pressure campaign that can empty a city before an assault. My guest, Larry Johnson, lays out why this shift signals acceleration, not stagnation, and why “retaliation” narratives

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57:33

BILL BUPPERT : Chasing Ghosts

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2026/10/02

Aircraft carriers, hypersonics, drone swarms, missile defense, and the messy reality of command all collide in this conversation with Bill Buppert, the Smedley Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute and host of Chasing Ghosts. We start with how a military career can turn early idealism into realism, then follow Bill’s path from Navy intelligence to the Army, Special Forces intel work, and later contractor deployments in Afghanistan. That lived experience shapes a view that

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52:16

REACTION: Hegseth's State of the Force

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2026/10/01

He called it a “State of the Force” address, but what we heard sounded like a stress test for the entire US national security system. We walk through Pete Hegseth’s speech from the perspective of warfighting basics: readiness, doctrine, deterrence, and the leadership obligation to define intent and an end state before sending people into danger. After two decades of low-intensity conflict, the force isn’t just tired, it’s been shaped for the wrong kind of fight while near-peer adversaries watch,

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55:04

JOE KENT : Last Troops Out of Iraq: What the US...

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2026/09/30

The US “leaves” Iraq again, the Red Sea stays tense, and a lot of people still can’t answer a basic question: who are the Houthis, really? We sit down with Joe Kent, one of the few guests who’s lived the Yemen problem up close, to unpack what most coverage skips: tribal power, terrain, coalition politics, and the very pragmatic incentives that shape Ansar Allah’s decisions. If you’ve been told they’re just an IRGC tool, we challenge that frame and explain what Zaidi identity, Sunni tribal alliances,

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58:06

ALEXANDER MERCOURIS : Russia / Ukraine War -...

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2026/09/29

Five men get arrested near RAF Fairford, headlines scream “plot,” and then the suspects are released. That whiplash is exactly where we start, because it exposes the hardest part of intelligence-driven cases: the public wants evidence, but intelligence agencies cannot always show their work. With Alexander Mercouris joining us from the UK, we break down what people in Britain are actually hearing, why the media tone turns instantly skeptical when Iran is mentioned, and what that says about US-UK

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55:03

LARRY JOHNSON: “Pedro” Gone by Midterms? Pentagon...

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2026/09/28

A cruise missile hits in the Gulf, Marines and sailors end up seriously wounded, and weeks later we’re still piecing together what actually happened. We work from first principles: what kind of vessel could take a strike and produce nearly 40 casualties, why a “civilian ship” explanation doesn’t square with the physics, and what it says about US force posture in contested waters. If the truth is being slow-walked, the bigger question is what else is being underreported and what that does to

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64:10

DARRYL COOPER: How Great Powers Stumble Into Disaster

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2026/09/26

Something feels off right now: lots of motion, lots of confidence, and not much steering. We sit down with Darryl Cooper, fresh off his latest deep dive on early 20th century history, to track how great powers stumble into wars they don’t fully understand until it’s too late. Starting with Britain after Queen Victoria, we talk about what happens when a once coherent power network fragments, policy turns reactive, and commitments on the continent start piling up in ways earlier leaders would have

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61:45

PATRICK HENNINGSEN : ACT 3 - Trump's Final Act -...

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2026/09/24

“Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic?” That line doesn’t land like ordinary campaign bluster when it’s delivered from the UN podium. We take it seriously, because history shows that normalizing threats is how escalation becomes policy, and policy becomes catastrophe. I’m joined by Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire, calling in live from the UK, to break down what Trump’s rhetoric signals about deterrence, international law, and the weakening of the post World War II order.From there, we

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38:30

WHITE HOUSE PRESS BLACKOUT: Americans Blinded to...

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2026/09/22

A White House press pool isn’t a perk for friendly outlets. It’s one of the few mechanisms the public has to watch power up close, in real time, when decisions about money, corruption, and war are being made behind closed doors. We dig into the decision to push major publications out of the pool, why calling it “basic fairness” misses the point, and how quickly that logic turns into a loyalty test for journalists.We also pull in the public mood around the war with Iran, including the moment a CNN

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34:03

Trump's "ARCH" - A Weaponized Military Outpost in...

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2026/09/21

A triumphal arch at Arlington National Cemetery sounds like a history-book gesture, until you hear the pitch: reclassify it as “national security,” talk up drones and snipers, and treat a space built for remembrance as a hardened outpost. We walk through why that idea hits a nerve for veterans and civilians alike, how it distorts the symbolism of Arlington, and why a monument can become a form of domestic signaling when leaders want to look strong at home.We also get practical about the legal

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33:18

Jim Webb & Due Dissidence: Why Everything You Know...

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2026/09/18

Free speech doesn’t usually get banned with a single law. It gets narrowed through platforms, pressure campaigns, legal threats, and a thousand small choices that teach creators and viewers what not to say. From the University Club in Chicago, we sit down with Russell Diebler and Keaton Weiss for a candid, off-the-cuff conversation about independent media, censorship, and what happens when the “alternative” becomes the new establishment.We trace how The Daily Show helped pioneer the

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60:04

RON DODSON: US Admits Space Weapons: Did the US Kill...

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2026/09/16

A satellite breaks apart, a few well-timed headlines hit, and suddenly “space weapons” stops sounding like a movie plot and starts sounding like policy. We sit down with Ron Dodson to unpack the Chinese satellite fragmentation story through the lens of OSINT, orbital mechanics, and what the debris field can and can’t prove. We talk retrograde orbits, why modern sensors shrink the world, and why a breakup that doesn’t fully vaporize the parent craft raises uncomfortable questions about intent,

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30:55

Iran Plays Their TRUMP Card: Fuel Prices Skyrocket...

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2026/09/15

Gas prices don’t jump in a vacuum. When the world’s oil and shipping arteries get squeezed, the pain shows up in the most personal place possible: the pump. We start with a quick dose of real life, taking the kids to Princess Day at a ballpark, then pivot to a serious breakdown of why the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Strait of Hormuz suddenly feel like domestic issues for anyone who drives, ships, or buys groceries.We walk through why the Houthis are not simply a push-button Iranian proxy and why

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75:29

SCOTT HORTON : 25 Years Since 9/11: Forever Wars...

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2026/09/11

Twenty five years after 9/11, the hardest question isn’t “what happened” but “what did we do with it.” We sit down with Scott Horton to follow the consequences that rarely make the highlight reel: how the War on Terror expanded, how the Iraq War got sold to the public, and why so many policymakers still can’t (or won’t) explain who won, who lost, and what it all changed.We talk blowback in plain terms, including the way U.S. basing, interventions, and alliances shape motives for retaliation over

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55:34

ERIC JENNINGS: Defense Acquisition Takes Tax Dollars...

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2026/09/10

Defense procurement is one of those topics people think will be boring until they realize it decides who gets the right gear in time and who doesn’t. We get blunt about what’s broken in the defense acquisition process, from outright corruption to the quieter kind of capture that happens when lobbying, PAC money, and “market for access” behavior becomes normal. If you’ve ever wondered why the Pentagon can spend enormous sums and still struggle with speed, stockpiles, and mission readiness, we connect

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58:56

MATT HOH: THE 9/11 GENERATION: Two Marines Look Back...

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2026/09/09

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the story we were handed still fights the facts. We bring back Matt Hoh, Marine veteran and former State Department official, to rewind the clock to the morning of the attacks and then follow the chain reaction through the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War, and the long hangover many GWOT veterans carry today. If you’ve ever wondered how a “temporary” mission becomes a generation-spanning conflict, this conversation puts real dates, real decisions, and real

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52:25

COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR: Trump administration falling...

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2026/09/08

The Persian Gulf isn’t a chessboard, it’s a map with consequences, and we keep acting like geography doesn’t matter. Col. Douglas MacGregor joins us to connect a brutal Civil War lesson from Fredericksburg to today’s Strait of Hormuz reality: Iran sits close, mobilized, and treats this as existential, while the United States signals strength with forces that can be pushed offshore by drones and missiles.We get into what a “blockade” really means when logistics are stretched, oil prices jump, and the

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52:46

LARRY JOHNSON : Former IDF Solider as Secretary of...

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2026/09/02

The fastest way to misunderstand the Iran crisis is to treat it like a series of isolated strikes. We look at how retaliation, shipping risk, and market psychology combine into one escalating system where the Strait of Hormuz becomes the pressure point for the global economy and US domestic prices. When missiles fly and officials insist everything is “under control,” the real test shows up in oil, insurance, diesel, and aviation fuel and it can hit your wallet long before any policy admits

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