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About the show
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 -- current and former military officials, intelligence experts, diplomatic leaders, and more.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including archive access and sponsor-free listening for Sources & Methods.
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Iraq withdrawal / America's Mideast footprint / Hegseth's Pentagon overhaul
October 1, 2026 · 32 minFor the second time since the 2003 invasion, the last American troops have left Iraq. Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR International Correspondent Jane Arraf who is in Baghdad to see how Iraqis are greeting the moment. And NPR…
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Europe on edge from threats of Russia's growing escalation. Can NATO defend itself?
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Trump harangues the U.N. / Xi in D.C. / White House press ban fallout
September 24, 2026 · 25 minPresident Trump used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly to attack the principles the organization is built on. Does the U.N. stand a chance in a new era of great power rivalry? Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR…
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AI hacks are already here / U.S.-China race dynamics / Global guardrails
September 17, 2026 · 27 minAll a sudden everyone is talking about the risk of an AI catastrophe or, in the case of President Trump, an AI "hoax." Host Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR Cybersecurity Correspondent Jenna McLaughlin about the risks cyber experts are…
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How Sept. 11 reshaped national security
September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minIt’s been 25 years since al-Qaida attacked the United States by hijacking airplanes and crashing them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with a fourth plane crashing into a field in Pennsylvania. Sept. 11 represented a new kind…
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Introducing Sources & Methods
August 25, 2025 · 2 minNational 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…