
The Long Game is a weekly national security podcast hosted by Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s National Security Advisor, and Jon Finer, his Principal Deputy—senior aides who sat in on the classified Presidential Daily Brief each morning and translated raw intelligence into policy advice. Each week, Jake and Jon will pull back the curtain on how power really works helping you make sense of the nat... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 56 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | News CommentaryGovernmentNews | |||

Javier Blas, Bloomberg Opinion’s energy and commodities columnist, joins Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer to explain why the Iran war has produced an oil market few expected: crude prices hovering around $100 a barrel while tankers are braving missile att... more
Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer to discuss how far-right ideology and private profit have become intertwined in the Trump administration’s approach to the world; the su... more
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China experts Jessica Chen Weiss, David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Julian Gewirtz, fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center and senior research scholar at Columbia University, join Jake Sullivan and Jon Fi... more
Julia Curlee, a former CIA analyst and acting senior director at the National Security Council, joins Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer to explain why she believes America’s intelligence system is being weakened from within.
Curlee also discusses her expe... more
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Excellent Foreign Policy Podcast. Listening to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer analyze current, and sometimes not so current, issues in foreign policy makes me weep for my country when I compare them with the louts, lowlifes and idiots currently in charge.
I'm honestly very surprised that these two have decided to make a podcast, but I think myself as a lay person is incredibly lucky that they decided to. It's of incredible quality, and I find it amazing to be able to hear conversations like this from those that have had to have them at the highest level of our government.
Excellent podcast on US and foreign politics.
I’m Canadian but appreciate the in depth analysis done by the hosts. In the rare episodes where they discuss Canada they know the internal issues intimately, which gives me confidence in their knowledge of other countries.
My goto intelligent source for wtf is happening
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The show provides in-depth, expert-level analysis of global security, diplomacy, and national policy, featuring long-form conversations with war and diplomacy veterans, historians, and investigative journalists. Episodes often blend historical context with current events, exploring topics from oligarch-financed power networks to NATO cohesion, U.S. foreign policy, and diplomacy in high-stakes scenarios. A standout is the Red Team/Blue Team debate format and guest roster, which includes former diplomats, top policymakers, and renowned authors, offering practical takeaways for professionals and decision-makers. The program is likely to appeal to listeners who want high-level, nonpartisan insight into how power actually operates on the world s... more
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Recent guests on The Long Game include:
1. Anne Applebaum
2. Jessica Chen Weiss
3. Julian Gewirtz
4. Julia Curlee
5. Bill McRaven
6. Patrick Radden Keefe
7. Radosław Sikorski
8. Jocelyn Benson
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