Ukraine
country in Eastern Europe
Episodes
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#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.Main topic -
#5747: Jamming Drones: The Physics of the Wearable Skylock KitHow does a vest-sized jammer take on frequency-hopping drones? The inverse-square law, spread spectrum, and why jamming reaches farther than detect... -
#5671: Why Armies Still Fight With Paper MapsPaper maps mean opposite things: prudence in Finland, a broken supply chain in Russia. Same artifact, opposite story. -
#5196: How Shadow Fleet Tankers Get CaughtTransponder gaps, paired blackouts, and satellite fingerprinting — how analysts actually catch sanctioned oil moving at sea. -
#5763: 500 Days in a Cave: How We Lose Track of TimeBeatriz Flamini spent 500 days underground and thought less time had passed. What isolation science reveals about how we perceive time. -
#5706: Two Poles, Two Fates: Arctic vs AntarcticOne pole is a militarized chessboard, the other a treaty-bound science preserve. Same frozen water — completely opposite outcomes. -
#5647: Can Any Country Actually Go It Alone?Ninety percent of rare earth processing runs through one country. So what happens when a nation tries to trade with nobody at all? -
#5591: Chronic PTSD: The Diagnosis That Doesn't ExistChronic PTSD isn't in the DSM. Complex PTSD is in the ICD-11. Continuous traumatic stress is in neither. What happens to patients in between? -
#5499: Jerusalem's Russian Compound: 17 Acres, Three ChurchesA 68-dunam walled district in central Jerusalem has been a pilgrimage campus, a prison, and a city hall. Here's how it became Russian. -
#5190: How Iranian Rugs Reach Israeli ShelvesTunisian olive oil with French labels, Iranian rugs in Jerusalem shops — how goods actually move around sanctions and enemy-state bans.