The General & the Journalist
Claim This PodcastHosted by Tom Newton Dunn, Patrick Sanders, General Sir Patrick Sanders
Published by The Times
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<p>How wars start, how they are won and what they leave behind them.</p><br><p>General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn first met in a war zone. Drawing on their real-life experience of armed conflict, they bring you the latest from Ukraine, Gaza and the dozens of other bitter struggles being fought across our increasingly divided planet.</p><br><p>From interviews with key people on the frontlines of modern warfare to discussing the future of nuclear weapons and where Russia will attack next, this podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times also faces up to the biggest question - how ready are we for war, right now, if we had to fight one?</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
September 16, 2026
Russia’s war “will last as long as Putin lives”
General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn interview Nina Khrushcheva, professor of International Affairs, about how Russia's rigged election and war in Ukraine reveal pressures on Putin's rule.
September 9, 2026
Who really blew up the Nord Stream pipeline?
Journalist Bojan Pancevski reveals his three-year investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, detailing a small team and a mysterious former erotic model.
September 8, 2026
EXPLAINER: Could Russia Attack NATO by 2030?
Larisa Brown, The Times's defence editor, interviews experts on Russia's potential 2030 NATO attack, revealing defense planning and deterrence strategies.
76 total episodes available with 73 transcripts
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Russia’s war “will last as long as Putin lives”
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[…] So at the very beginning, when Winston is sitting in his room, there was a space for bookshelves that was supposed to be there, but there was no bookshelf. So there's space where you can hide. You can still hear what you do, but they can't see what you do. And I think that a lot of what's happening in Russia is that space for bookshelves where you can do a lot of things just because not every piece of the Russian land is watched by the Big Brother. A lot of it did, 70%, 80%, but 20% continues not to be watched. […]
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<p>How wars start, how they are won and what they leave behind them.</p><br><p>General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn first met in a war zone. Drawing on their real-life experience of armed conflict, they bring you the latest from Ukraine, Gaza and the dozens of other bitter struggles being fought across our increasingly divided planet.</p><br><p>From interviews with key people on the frontlines of modern warfare to discussing the future of nuclear weapons and where Russia will attack next, this podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times also faces up to the biggest question - how ready are we for war, right now, if we had to fight one?</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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