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Terrorist groups attain notoriety  through acts of violence, but threats of future violence are just as  important in attaining their political goals. Today, I talked with Dr. Joseph Brown about how terrorists use threats, true and false, to achieve key outcomes such as social  control, economic attrition, and policy concessions.

Bio: I am an  Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the  University of Massachusetts Boston. I research political conflict,  including protest,  state repression, and terrorism. My book, Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats (Columbia University Press 2020)  is a detailed study of how violent  non-state actors use threats to achieve their political aims. I  completed my Ph.D. at Columbia University.  I have conducted fieldwork  in Northern Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka and Peru, interviewing members of  the Irish Republican Army, ETA, the Tamil Tigers, Shining Path, and the  Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. My research has been supported by  the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, the Earth Institute, and the  Global Public Policy Network. Please browse my site and my Google Scholar page and feel free to contact me with questions.

Website - https://josephmbrown.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Joseph_M_Brown

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America has faced four major drug epidemics, and many argue we're in another epidemic today. Today I spoke with Dr. Beau Kilmer about his research surrounding the problems, and possible solutions, to our drug issues. 

Bio: Beau Kilmer (he/him) is the McCauley Chair in Drug Policy Innovation,  director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, and a senior policy  researcher at the RAND Corporation. His research lies at the  intersection of public health and public safety, with special emphasis  on crime control, substance use, illegal markets, and public policy.

Some  of his current projects include analyzing the consequences of cannabis  legalization (with a special focus on social equity); measuring the  effect of 24/7 Sobriety programs on DUI, domestic violence, and  mortality; facilitating San Francisco's Street-Level Drug Dealing Task  Force; and evaluating the evidence and arguments made about implementing  heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites.

Kilmer's publications have appeared in leading journals such as New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and his commentaries have been published by CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and  other outlets. His coauthored book on cannabis legalization was  published by Oxford University Press and his coauthored book on the  future of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids was published by RAND.

Kilmer  received a NHTSA Public Service Award for his “leadership and  innovation in the areas of alcohol and drug-impaired driving program and  policy research” and his coauthored work on 24/7 Sobriety received  honourable mention for the Behavioural Exchange Award for Outstanding  Research. He received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard  University, M.P.P. from UC Berkeley, and B.A. in international relations  from Michigan State University.

Website - https://www.rand.org/about/people/k/kilmer_beau.html

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BeauKilmer

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What is the draft process like for new Major League Baseball stars? What is life like for these athletes? How do they train? How are they coached? And why are finances such a problem for many players? Today I spoke with former MLB pitcher, and 9th pick in the 2009 MLB draft about his experiences.

Bio: Drafted 9th overall in the first round of 2009 he was one of the highest-paid high school draftees in MLB history at $5,500,000. Before co-founding JL Strategic Wealth, Jacob was a top 10 MLB draft pick.  He played 11 years professionally both at the MLB level as well as internationally in the Korean Baseball Organization.  Upon retiring, Jacob worked as a wealth  advisor at a billion-dollar RIA heading up their work with athletes. Jacob resides in St. Louis, MO with his wife Kristin and their four  children.  Outside of the office, Jacob is passionate about golf,  cycling, the outdoors.

Website - https://jlswealth.com/jacob-turner/

Twitter -  https://mobile.twitter.com/thesuddenwealth

Artwork by Phillip Thor - https://linktr.ee/Philipthor_art 

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The U.S. Navy SEAL's are the elite Special Operations forces of the US Navy. The SEAL teams are one of the most respected commando forces in the world – they are often cited as the most elite, flexible and highly trained Naval Commando force. Today I spoke with Brandon Webb about what training and experience is like as a member of this elite team.

Bio: Brandon Webb is a combat-decorated Navy SEAL sniper turned entrepreneur.  During his last tour as a U.S. Navy chief, he was head instructor at  the SEAL sniper school, which produced some of America’s most legendary  snipers. Brandon is a multiple New York Times bestselling author,  entrepreneur and Harvard Business School alumni.

He served with SEAL Team 3, Naval Special  Warfare Group One Training Detachment sniper cell, and the Naval  Special Warfare Center west coast sniper course manager.

Over his navy career he completed four deployments to the Middle East and one to Afghanistan. He deployed to  Iraq in 2006–7 as a contractor in support of the US intelligence  community.

An accomplished and proven leader, he was  meritoriously promoted to the rank of E6 when ranked #1 at the training command sniper cell.  Shortly after he was promoted to Chief Petty Officer while serving as the sniper course manager.

Brandon has received numerous  distinguished service awards, including Top Frog at Team 3 for best  combat diver, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal with “V” device for valor in combat.

He ended his navy career early to spend more time with his family and to focus on entrepreneurship and writing.

As an Entrepreneur Brandon crashed and burned his first start up in 2009, then went on to and create two brands: SOFREP Media (SOFREP.com) and Crate Club. He bootstrapped these to eight-figure revenue and successfully exited the Crate Club in 2020. He continues to oversee SOFREP Media as its founder.

SOFREP is a Military Culture, Defense & Foreign Policy News site read by millions monthly.

Webb is multiple New York Times bestselling  author of nonfiction. In 2020 Brandon and his long-time writing  partner, and award winning author, John David Mann, released their first  collaborative work of fiction, STEEL FEAR. This has now turned into the  Finn series with Random House which includes Cold Fear, and Blind Fear  (2023 release).

He enjoys spending time with his tight circle of amazing kids, family and friends.

Website - https://brandontylerwebb.com/

Books - https://brandontylerwebb.com/books/

Artwork by Phillip Thor - https://linktr.ee/Philipthor_art 

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What is addiction? A paper released in 2019 says, 21 million Americans suffer from addiction and that's just one country. While not the only cause, addiction is a large contributor to the 350,000 people who die every year due to overdoses, and this stat doesn't include the number one drug related killer in the world; tobacco. How does addiction work and what can we do to solve it? Professor Robert West is the author of "Theory of Addiction," and he joined me today to help explain this phenomenon.

Bio: Robert West is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of Tobacco Studies at the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, UK. Professor West is also co-director of the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Addiction. He is co-author of the English National Smoking Cessation Guidelines that provided the blueprint for the UK-wide network of stop-smoking services that are now an established part of the UK National Health Service. His research includes evaluations of methods of helping smokers to stop and population surveys of smoking and smoking cessation patterns.

Book: An understanding of addiction theory is vital to understanding addiction itself. Theory of Addiction takes theory development from a simple ‘rational addiction model’,  adding elements such as compulsion, self-control and habit, to explain  the ‘big observations’ in the field. As well as explaining and  evaluating the arguments of each of the prevailing schools of thought,  the book develops a new, synthetic theory of addiction that brings  together the diverse elements of current models.

Designed  to enable students, practitioners and researchers to establish a  starting point in the labyrinthine world of addiction theory, Theory of Addiction supports abstract thinking with concrete and realistic scenarios,  underlining the centrality of theoretical understanding to working with  addiction.

Book - https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Addiction-Robert-West/dp/1405113596

Website - http://www.rjwest.co.uk/index.php

Artwork by Phillip Thor - https://linktr.ee/Philipthor_art 

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