In the Room with Peter Bergen

About In the Room with Peter Bergen

Overwhelmed by conflicting narratives and sensationalism in the news? Wondering where you can get an objective analysis and direct-from-the-source reporting? Look no further than In the Room with Peter Bergen. In a weekly nonpartisan news podcast, longtime national security journalist and bestselling author Peter Bergen goes beyond the headlines, to explore the world’s most important and captivating stories. Each week, listeners are invited to join Peter as he covers a news topic like war, artificial intelligence, UFOs, and more, including a rare peek inside the FBI's unit that is trying to prevent mass shootings. Balancing various perspectives on the subject, he combines narrative-rich storytelling and interviews with top experts and leaders like former Acting US Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, US Army General David Petraeus, Jen Easterly who leads US efforts to prevent cyberattacks, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton, first-ever female Afghan ambassador to the US Roya Rahmani, and CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward. Listeners go “in the room” with Peter as he presses his contacts for accurate, on-the-ground information to help his listeners contextualize and understand the impact of these stories on their lives through a quality, trustworthy, and engaging lens. Get the real story from the people who are there as it unfolds with In the Room with Peter Bergen. Go to Audible.com/news (http://audible.com/news) where you’ll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other news, journalism, and nonfiction listening.

Publisher

Audible Originals

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2023

Latest episode

4 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

89 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Mar 2025

   The Future of In the Room

   Having published over 80 episodes, In the Room is taking a hiatus, and a chance to think about what other topics and formats we might pursue. Stay tuned!....

2. 

   28 Jan 2025

   Is A New Nuclear Arms Race Inevitable?

   Very quietly, and with little public discussion, the U.S. military has undertaken a $1.5 trillion project to modernize America’s nuclear triad – the planes, submarines and missiles that deliver nuclear weapons.

3. 

   21 Jan 2025

   How the CIA got into the Venture Capital Game

   With the rise of technology in the late 1990s, a new national security threat quickly emerged. And the U.S. government had to find a way to protect itself — and its secrets — from foreign adversaries and cybercriminals.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

101 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

48 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

93

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