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American Power

Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global

American Power is a geopolitical podcast about the forces beneath the headlines, where military strategy, energy markets, and political decision-making collide. Hosted by writer and comedian Nat Towsen alongside military strategist, Chad Scott and an oil and energy expert, Mr. Global, the show breaks down global events through the systems that shape them.Each episode goes beyond the daily news cycle to examine incentives, history, and unintended consequences. Why do wars become hard to stop once they start? How do oil markets anticipate conflict before governments admit it? And who really pays the price when strategy, economics, and politics intersect?

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52 episodes

  1. Trump Lost Congress. Can He Still Escalate the Iran War? 1:05:05
  2. The Midterms Changed Everything. Will Democrats? 1:55:32
  3. American Power Extra: America Is Checking Out 20:39
  4. American Power Extra: Can Trump Overturn the Midterm Elections? 27:00
  5. Did China Just Save the Global Oil Market? 1:20:28
  6. Netanyahu's Last Stand: Israel's Election Explained 14:31
  7. American Power Extra: We're Not All in This Together 16:49
  8. Trump, Putin and the Business of Betrayal 1:39:14
  9. American Power Extra: What Happens If Trump Loses Congress? 30:28
  10. Trump Turns to Putin as the Middle East Crisis Escalates 1:20:24
  11. American Power Extra: Could the Americas Become Energy Independent? 28:25
  12. The Real Winner of Trump’s Trade War? China. 1:42:01
  13. American Power Extra: Putin’s New Plan to Break Ukraine 18:53
  14. What Did Trump Actually Get From Xi? 1:12:59
  15. One Week Ago, Mr. Global Died. Here’s What He Wishes He’d Done Differently 15:37
  16. Ambassador Kurt Volker on What It Will Take to Stop Putin 1:16:08
  17. American Power Extra: Trump, Xi and the Race to Control the Future 27:02
  18. The Iran War Is Spreading 1:18:36
  19. American Power Extra: Would You Sell Your Vote for $5,000? 16:36
  20. Omer Bartov on Gaza, Genocide and American Complicity 1:19:35
  21. American Power Extra: What Even Is Trump's Foreign Policy? 22:36
  22. Did Trump Get Played on Venezuela’s Oil Deal? 1:17:51
  23. American Power Extra: Two Americas 14:00
  24. America Can’t Afford a Trade War With Canada 1:15:05
  25. American Power Extra: The China-Russia Threat Everyone Gets Wrong 22:19
  26. What the USS Lincoln Crisis Reveals About the U.S. Military 1:27:02
  27. American Power Extra: Why American Healthcare Fails Us 16:29
  28. How Energy Became the World's Most Powerful Weapon 1:32:25
  29. Are We Running Out of Missiles? 1:03:19
  30. Sen. Martin Heinrich on the AI Race America Might Not Be Ready For 55:55
  31. American Power Extra: How Trust in Elections Gets Broken 17:29
  32. Energy Expert Robert Rapier on America’s Biggest Energy Myth 1:12:10
  33. American Power Extra: Death by a Thousand Cuts 19:02
  34. Ambassador Julie Smith on NATO's Trust Crisis 1:15:25
  35. American Power Extra: When AI Becomes National Security 16:25
  36. What Happens If NATO Falls Apart? 1:26:46
  37. America's Allies Are Making Backup Plans 1:30:46
  38. Ukraine Found Russia’s Weak Spot 1:30:43
  39. Mr. Global Goes to Washington 1:33:02
  40. The Future of War Is Flying Overhead (with Preston Stewart) 1:24:03
  41. Can America Afford the Future? 1:29:55
  42. The AI Boom Is Making Your Bills More Expensive 1:27:23
  43. The War Nobody Wanted, The Deal Nobody Likes 1:21:46
  44. China Is Playing Chess. America Is Playing Candyland. 1:14:31
  45. Rep. Adam Smith on the War Congress Didn’t Approve 1:10:06
  46. The Ceasefire That Wasn’t 1:04:28
  47. Power at the Edge of Failure 50:52
  48. Oil and Blood: Iran, the U.S. and the Petrodollar 59:20
  49. The Strait Illusion: Why This Strategy Fails 52:51
  50. When War Breaks the Rules And the Markets 1:03:16