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.<br><br><br>Email the show at <a href="mailto: sourcesandmethods@npr.org"target="_blank" >sourcesandmethods@npr.org</a>. <br><br> Support public media by joining NPR+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org.</a> You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including archive access and sponsor-free listening for Sources & Methods.
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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.<br><br><br>Email the show at <a href="mailto: sourcesandmethods@npr.org"target="_blank" >sourcesandmethods@npr.org</a>. <br><br> Support public media by joining NPR+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org.</a> You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including archive access and sponsor-free listening for Sources & Methods.
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Recent Episodes
September 17, 2026
AI hacks are already here / U.S.-China race dynamics / Global guardrails
NPR Cybersecurity Correspondent Jenna McLaughlin and NPR White House Correspondent Emily Feng discuss current AI risks and the challenges of global guardrails in this interview.
September 9, 2026
How Sept. 11 reshaped national security
Host Mary Louise Kelly interviews intelligence professionals about how September 11th fundamentally reshaped national security and spy agencies.
September 3, 2026
Trump's oil deal / A year of boat strikes / Could Iran become a forever war?
Guest host Scott Detrow interviews NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and international reporter John Otis about the Trump administration's foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere and parallels to the Iran war.
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