Clearer Than Truth

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• Vali Nasr | Dean Emeritus of Johns Hopkins SAIS | Author of "Iran's Grand Strategy"

  October 5, 2026 · 43 min

  Vali Nasr joins Clearer Than Truth to explain why Americans often misunderstand the forces shaping the Middle East. Nasr argues that the region cannot be understood simply through religion, terrorism, or ancient sectarian divisions…

• James M. Lindsay | Distinguished Senior Fellow | Council on Foreign Relations

  September 29, 2026 · 45 min

  James M. Lindsay joins Clearer Than Truth for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of American power and the international system the United States helped build. Lindsay is a longtime scholar of U.S. foreign policy and the…

• Joby Warrick | Two-Time Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize | Author of "The Jackal"

  September 25, 2026 · 40 min

  Joby Warrick returns to Clearer Than Truth to discuss his new book, The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos the World's First Super-Terrorist. A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The Washington Post, Warrick has spent decades…

• Richard Overy | Fellow of the British Academy | Renowed Military Historian | Author of Why the Allies Won

  September 23, 2026 · 40 min

  Richard Overy is one of the world's leading historians of the Second World War and the history of warfare. In this episode of Clearer Than Truth, Overy draws on decades of research to examine one of the most enduring questions in…

• Robert Zoellick | Former World Bank President

  September 15, 2026 · 43 min

  Robert Zoellick, former U.S. Trade Representative, Deputy Secretary of State, and President of the World Bank, joins Clearer Than Truth for a wide-ranging conversation about globalization, trade, American power, and the future of the…

• Declan Walsh | Pulitzer Prize Recipient | Chief Africa Correspondent, The New York Times

  August 27, 2026 · 41 min

  Africa is becoming increasingly central to the global order, yet many of its conflicts and political shifts remain overlooked in Western discourse. On this episode of Clearer Than Truth, Nathan speaks with Declan Walsh, Pulitzer…

• H.W. Brands | Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Finalist | Preeminent Presidential Historian

  August 21, 2026 · 44 min

  Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and acclaimed presidential historian H.W. Brands joins Clearer Than Truth to explore what history can teach us about American leadership, democracy, and the presidency. Brands discusses what separates great…

• Arne Westad | Author of The Coming Storm, Preeminent Cold War Scholar

  August 14, 2026 · 37 min

  Arne Westad, one of the world’s leading historians of international history and the Cold War, joins Clearer Than Truth to examine the geopolitical forces reshaping the world. Westad argues that today’s rivalry between the United States and…