Moscow
capital and most populous city of Russia
Episodes
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#5709: Life at 76°N: Inside Canada's Arctic OutpostsGrise Fiord scores 0.9839 on Canada's remoteness index. Toronto scores zero. What daily life looks like at the top of the world. -
#5794: Starfish Prime: When the US Nuked SpaceIn 1962, the US detonated a 1.4-megaton warhead 400 km above the Pacific. The sky turned green for 90 minutes. -
#5644: Scrambled Jets and the Hijack Code: What Really HappensA 737 squawks 7500 over Saudi airspace and Israel scrambles fighters. What those jets can actually do — and why "escort" isn't the right word. -
#5577: When the UN Goes Viral: Pitchers, Shoes, and 6-Second ClipsA six-second clip of a man drinking from a pitcher resurfaces as if it's new — inside the long history of the UN's most meme-able moments. -
#5509: The Long Tail of Spy StationsHow far does the CIA's station map actually reach? A 1961 memo to JFK and the agency's own map archive tell two very different stories. -
#5414: Inventing Anna: The Real Tradecraft Behind the ConHow Anna Delvey ran a four-year con on Word docs, AOL addresses, and a supermarket burner phone — and what Netflix got right. -
#5303: Do Airline Safety Demos Actually Save Lives?Everyone ignores the safety demo — especially frequent flyers. But when a plane catches fire, does that ritual actually get people out alive? -
#5292: Ukraine's Cyber War: Hacking, Deception, and the IT ArmyHow Ukraine built a formidable cyber capability from almost nothing — and turned phone calls and phishing into artillery coordinates. -
#5243: The Antenna on the Consulate RoofWhen a host country cuts the water and the fiber, one thing still reaches London: the HF antenna bolted to the consulate roof. -
#5199: Shell Companies Over Shell CompaniesWhy covert networks stack shell companies in layers — and why the structure itself is the weapon. -
#5193: Rethinking How We Travel Long Distances Without FlyingSleeper trains, cargo ships, and vehicle relocation — the surprising alternatives to flying that already exist.