Fault Lines
Hosted by John and Les and Lester Munson and John C Lipsey and Jess and Jamil and Jess Jones and Jamil N Jaffer and Amy and Amy K Mitchell and Matt and W Matt Hayden · National Security Institute
4.5from 60 ratings
- 648
- Episodes
- 72
- Transcribed
- 60
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Fault Lines
Fault Lines, the National Security Institute’s flagship podcast, gets you quickly up to speed, three-times-a-week, on the national security and foreign policy debates shaking up America. Our regular cast of foreign policy experts includes NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI Advisory Board Member Lester Munson, and NSI Senior Fellows Morgan Viña, and Jessica Jones. Tune in to learn more about the issues dominating headlines and the news stories you may have missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- National Security Institute
- Category
- government · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
72 of 648 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fault Lines Episode 636: Contagion and Capital Punishment: A Week of Warning Signs
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fault Lines Episode 635: Red Sea Rising: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the Houthi Offensive
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fault Lines Episode 634: B-1s Out of Britain
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Fault Lines Episode 636: Contagion and Capital Punishment: A Week of Warning Signs
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Perhaps so. So it does bring up the question, why is there an anti-plague research institute in Russia? That is a very good question. And I also want to talk about something that is perhaps more of a realistic threat at this point, which is Ebola. There is a massive outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa, perhaps the second biggest in recorded history. Over 8000 cases, over 4000 people have died, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recently, there was a traveler who was infected with Ebola that flew to Kenya on a commercial aircraft. So there's some concern that this thing may be spreading. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 43 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 17 ratings
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- 73
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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John and Les and Lester Munson and John C Lipsey and Jess and Jamil and Jess Jones and Jamil N Jaffer and Amy and Amy K Mitchell and Matt and W Matt Hayden host the show. Published by National Security Institute.
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