United States
Australia
Brazil
Canada
India
Ireland
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
South Africa
United Kingdom
Breaking History
From The Free Press
History
School of War
by The Free Press
Today: #69 in History on our combined chart.
Today: #103 in History, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #108 in History, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #69 in History, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #114 in History, Germany on our combined chart.
Today: #52 in History, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #196 in History, Mexico on our combined chart.
Today: #80 in History, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #70 in History, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #132 in History, India on our combined chart.
Today: #120 in History, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #185 in History, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #89 in History, South Africa on our combined chart.
Chart positions today · Germany
If you like School of War, try…
Think Back
Also in Books
America’s Book Club
Also in Books
Booknotes+
Also in Books
راوکست | Ravcast
Also in Books
Ranking history · Germany
Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the History, Germany combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
View as table
| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 | #114 | #97 |
| Oct 20 | #148 | #134 |
| Oct 19 | #126 | #109 |
| Oct 18 | #163 | #149 |
Latest episodes
-
Can Ukraine Win Without America?
October 19, 2026 · 44 minRussia is losing ground in eastern Ukraine and suffering mounting casualties. So why is the White House handing Vladimir Putin a lifeline? Retired Australian Army major general Mick Ryan, author of the newsletter Futura Doctrina, joins…
-
The Making of Xi Jinping
October 16, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minDuring the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party purged Xi Jinping’s father and subjected him to 16 years of persecution and imprisonment—so how did the current president of China emerge more devoted to the party than ever?…
-
When, Not If: The Baltics Prepare for War
October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minIn the Baltics, war with Russia is no abstraction. Putin could take Lithuania’s capital if he achieved surprise, the nation’s army commander told Aaron MacLean. This week, Aaron travels through Lithuania and Latvia to speak with Brigadier…
-
Rebuilding America’s War Machine
October 9, 2026 · 50 minAmerica is running low on munitions, its shipyards can’t keep pace, and the materials its weapons depend on too often run through China. Michael Cadenazzi is the Pentagon official charged with turning that around, putting billions of…
-
What Happened Inside Russia’s Plague Lab?
October 8, 2026 · 36 minA young researcher in Siberia has died under mysterious circumstances, raising questions about a potential lab leak. Russia won’t say how it happened. Marshall Billingslea, former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, says Moscow…
Show 7 more episodesShow fewer episodes
-
Michael Oren: October 7 and the Cost of Defending Israel
October 6, 2026 · 45 minThree years after October 7, the deadliest terror attack in Israeli history looms large over the Jewish state’s upcoming election. Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren says whomever takes the helm next is unlikely to “remove…
-
What the Dutch Empire Reveals About America Today
October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minHow do you fight a superpower you can’t afford to stop trading with? The Dutch faced that problem at the start of the 17th century in their war against Spain, and their answer was the Dutch West India Company, a business built to wage war…
-
How the Middle East Got So Screwed Up, with Simon Sebag Montefiore
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min“Let’s whisper it,” said historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. “The Trump blockade is working.” It can be hard to parse the state of play in the Middle East amid escalating rhetoric, but history gives us the necessary perspective to call balls…
-
America’s Aging Shipyards Are a Crisis Waiting to Happen
September 25, 2026 · 47 minIf America wants to defend Taiwan’s sovereignty, it needs to build more warships. China currently dominates global shipbuilding—producing vessels at a scale the United States can no longer match. Alex Wong, an executive at South Korean…
-
The Middle East After America?
September 22, 2026 · 49 minCould Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey form a “Muslim NATO?” Pakistan has the nuclear arsenal, Saudi Arabia has the wealth, and Turkey has the NATO-trained military—“you put these three together and it becomes a pretty formidable force,”…
-
Why John Boyd Still Matters
September 18, 2026 · 60 minJohn Boyd was one of the most influential military thinkers of the 20th century, and the intellectual godfather of the U.S. Marines’ military strategy. Today, as artificial intelligence continues to transform battlefields in Ukraine and…
-
What War Teaches Us—If We Survive It
September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minPeople think retired Army Major John Spencer lost part of his ear in combat. He didn’t; he lost it in a fight behind a bar that cost him his spot in the Army Rangers. Spencer went on to serve repeatedly in combat and become one of the…
About the show
In School of War, CBS News National Security Analyst and Free Press columnist Aaron MacLean sits down with secretaries of state, top military historians, war planners, and key political decision-makers to help understand the lessons of war.
Tune in as School of War takes you to the front lines.
Aaron MacLean is a former senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Visit our Substack for episode transcripts
Follow along on Instagram