A previous reviewer criticized the “left-leaning” direction of some of the authors’ texts. Some of them are very left-leaning and do not at first come under the “traditional" topic of “National Security” - strategy, geopolitics, military history, arms and arms control, nuclear weapons, etc. written by practitioners in the discipline. The left leaning works are more “holistic” in nature and do not usually fit within the previously defined constructs of National Security. They are usually authored by academics and address topics such as trans-border issues, sociological conditions, and related issues that impact a Nation and a State in a “holistic” manner. Example - the issue of Chinese-Americans and how they view and relate to the Chinese Communist Party / the Chinese State is an issue that concerns intelligence/counterintelligence, inter-state rivalry, geo-economics, etc. Both “schools" are relevant, but may not be what is expected in the author’s presentations.

I listened to five podcasts all were mislabeled. Three were actually introduced as "Latino Studies" , another dealt with a High Scholl course in NY which tought police work to kids ( veridct was of course "bad" ). What all podcats had in common was a regressive left narrative and how the hard left deals with and aproaches police related matter. If you are a National Security professional, you will not recognize yourself as this is never talked about. Looks like Marxist academics took over the podcast and are controlling the "narrative" a la Gramsci. This is what 8 years of progressive politics leads to. To hell in a hand basket. God help the West as SJW take over the academic "narrative".

This is a informative and fascinating podcast. I highly recommend it.