Steve Inskeep

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4,649 appearances 175 recordings 9 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard yesterday

Steve Inskeep’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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NPR's Book of the Day · Marking 25 years since Sept. 11 with 'All the Presidents' Wars' and 'Scattered Steel' · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

Arab Spring. voice-verified

There are all these uprisings. voice-verified

Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, is under pressure. voice-verified

And the U.S. voice-verified

supported with Europeans this campaign to unseat him, right? voice-verified

That's what you're talking voice-verified

Did President Trump in his first term also contribute to this gradual expansion of presidential power? voice-verified

And they smashed ISIS in Syria. voice-verified

They voice-verified

Peter Brigham says both Obama and Trump ordered acts of war around the world without engaging the public and without putting many U.S. voice-verified

troops at risk. voice-verified

Often it worked, though it cut the rest of us out of the discussion. voice-verified

Americans do not decide to go to war and are unlikely to be drafted to fight, leaving the job to an all-volunteer military. voice-verified

The justification for a president to do what you're describing is, I must act quickly so that we are safe. voice-verified

After 25 years of this, are we safer? voice-verified

So you've concluded that we're safer, but of course what we want to do is be safe and free. voice-verified

Are we as free as we were before 9-11? voice-verified

Facial recognition. voice-verified

If we assume that it's supposed to be a democracy and remain a democracy and we should have some voice in foreign affairs and national security and try somehow to be thoughtful and participate while not getting in the way of what needs to be done, can you imagine some way that Americans could re-engage in national security and have some meaningful voice in it? voice-verified

Peter Bergen's latest book is called All the President's Wars. voice-verified

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