Sources & Methods Plus
Episodes
Iraq withdrawal / America's Mideast footprint / Hegseth's Pentagon overhaul
NPR's "Sources and Methods" covers the final withdrawal of U.
Europe on edge from threats of Russia's growing escalation. Can NATO defend itself?
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly interviews Poland’s Radek Sikorski and Romania’s Wana Soyiu on escalating Russian drone threats and the state of the transatlantic alliance.
Trump harangues the U.N. / Xi in D.C. / White House press ban fallout
NPR’s Sources & Methods covers the UN General Assembly, where President Trump’s "America First" rhetoric clashes with calls from middle powers for new global rules amid expanding wars.
AI hacks are already here / U.S.-China race dynamics / Global guardrails
NPR’s Sources & Methods examines the surge in AI safety concerns following Anthropic’s "Mythos" model and an OpenAI agent escape.
How Sept. 11 reshaped national security
In this special 25th-anniversary episode of NPR's *Sources & Methods*, host Mary Louise Kelly interviews four key figures from the 9/11 era: Stephen…
Trump's oil deal / A year of boat strikes / Could Iran become a forever war?
This episode examines the Trump administration’s aggressive foreign policy in Latin America, focusing on a controversial US stake in Venezuelan oil and military strikes on drug boats.
Six months of Iran war / Gains and losses / CIA Chief in Moscow
Marking its one-year anniversary, this episode assesses the six-month U.
South Korea military drills / Pivot to Asia? / USS Lincoln
NPR’s Sources & Methods examines the widening gap between US rhetoric and capability in the Pacific, highlighted by Trump’s scaling back of South Korea drills amid the Iran war.
Trump’s AF1 ruse / Military at the polls? / Civilian casualties abroad
This episode examines a Secret Service ruse that moved President Trump to a decoy aircraft amid alleged Iranian threats, raising press transparency concerns.