Frontlines & Backrooms is a documentary-style podcast about the world’s most complex conflicts — told with context, precision, and humanity. Hosted by journalist Vladimir Bobetić, the series blends lived experience, deep research, and unfiltered conversations with historians, activists, diplomats, and eyewitnesses. From conflict zones to corridors of power around the world — this is a space for nuance in a world drowning in noise. No shouting. No spin. No propaganda. Just conversations that matter.
Frontlines and Backrooms
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Podcast Overview
Frontlines & Backrooms is a documentary-style podcast about the world’s most complex conflicts — told with context, precision, and humanity. Hosted by journalist Vladimir Bobetić, the series blends lived experience, deep research, and unfiltered conversations with historians, activists, diplomats, and eyewitnesses. From conflict zones to corridors of power around the world — this is a space for nuance in a world drowning in noise. No shouting. No spin. No propaganda. Just conversations that matter.
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Publishing Since
11/15/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 26, 2026
Benny Morris | Israel and Palestine: 140 Years of Conflict — And Why There Will Be No Peace in Our Lifetime
<p>Six months after its original release, we are publishing our complete conversation with historian Benny Morris as a standalone episode for the first time.</p><p>From the Nakba and 1948 to Oslo, October 7, Gaza, and the future of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Morris explains why he believes peace is further away than ever. At several moments, the conversation became heated as we challenged each other's arguments on history, Gaza, international law, and the prospects for peace.</p><p>Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, Benny Morris remains one of the most influential—and controversial—historians of modern Israel.</p><p>If you enjoy long-form conversations that go beyond headlines and sound bites, follow the podcast and consider subscribing Frontlines & Backrooms through the link in the episode description.</p><p></p>
June 24, 2026
Mark Fitzpatrick | Iran, the Versailles Memorandum, and How the US Lost Its Leverage
<p>The war may be over, but the debate has only begun.</p><p>Drawing on 26 years in US diplomacy and decades of work on non-proliferation, Mark Fitzpatrick joins Frontlines & Backrooms to examine the strategic consequences of the Iran war and the Versailles Memorandum.</p><p>Did Washington achieve its objectives? Did military pressure strengthen or weaken America's negotiating position? And what does the agreement mean for Iran's nuclear program, regional security, sanctions, NATO, and the future of US influence in the Middle East?</p><p>A conversation about diplomacy, leverage, and the limits of power in a changing international order.</p><p></p>
June 20, 2026
Joe Cirincione | Inside the Collapse of Trump's Iran Nuclear Memorandum
<p>Less than 48 hours after the signing of Trump's Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the agreement was already facing its first major test. As fighting continued in southern Lebanon and Tehran suspended the Geneva technical talks, the central assumptions behind Washington's latest diplomatic initiative began to unravel in real time.</p><p>Veteran nuclear policy expert Joe Cirincione returns to Frontlines & Backrooms to examine why this framework is rapidly collapsing and how the Trump administration ended up with what he calls a "fig leaf for surrender."</p><p>We discuss Iran's strategic position after the war, the future of its nuclear program, the growing tensions between Washington and Israel, and how drones and asymmetric warfare are reshaping the balance of power in the Middle East.</p><p>A conversation about war, power, diplomacy, and the rapidly changing rules of twenty-first-century conflict.</p><p></p>
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