American Power
Hosted by Chad Scott and Matt Randolph and Nat Towsen · Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global
4.9from 791 ratings
- 38
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 791
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About American Power
American Power is a geopolitical podcast about the forces beneath the headlines, where military strategy, energy markets, and political decision-making collide. Hosted by writer and comedian Nat Towsen alongside military strategist, Chad Scott and an oil and energy expert, Mr. Global, the show breaks down global events through the systems that shape them. Each episode goes beyond the daily news cycle to examine incentives, history, and unintended consequences. Why do wars become hard to stop once they start? How do oil markets anticipate conflict before governments admit it? And who really pays the price when strategy, economics, and politics intersect?
- Publisher
- Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Mar 2026
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 38 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ambassador Kurt Volker on What It Will Take to Stop Putin
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
American Power Extra: Trump, Xi and the Race to Control the Future
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Iran War Is Spreading
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Ambassador Kurt Volker on What It Will Take to Stop Putin
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We're not going to rise to this provocation. We're not going to be driven into escalation. But we need to send a clear message to Vladimir Putin. We will not stand for this. Well, Seems to me we are standing for it. We're not doing anything. And so I really think that we need to discuss among all the allies and develop a practice and doctrine for deterring hybrid attacks. We've never done that. We've never had that discussion at NATO. Not easy to do. But I guess the first thing I would recommend is a heightened state of air defense readiness and some work with Ukrainians so we can develop our own low-cost systems for shooting down drones or missiles or whatever it may be, because the Ukrainians are good at this now at a much lower cost than we are. […]
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- Kurt Volker
- Omer Bartov
- Martin Heinrich
- Robert Rapier
- Julie Smith
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Who hosts American Power?
Chad Scott and Matt Randolph and Nat Towsen host the show. Published by Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global.
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