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Ep. 102 | After Two Years of War, a Chance for Peace?

On the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, the Provcrew sits down to review Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the war.

Robert Nicholson & Marc LiVecche & Mark TooleyOctober 7, 2025

Ep. 95 | Why We Need the Apocalypse

James Diddams and Robert Nicholson interview Redeemer University’s Robert Joustra on the role of the apocalypse and the eschaton in fiction as well as international relations

James Diddams & Robert Nicholson & Robert JoustraJuly 21, 2025

Ep. 94 | What We Mean by ‘Judeo-Christian’

On June 30th, Providence and Tikvah partnered to convene a panel titled “What We Mean by ‘Judeo-Christian'”

Jonathan Silver & Marc LiVecche & Tamara Berens & Robert Nicholson & Anne LordJuly 4, 2025

Ep. 93 | The Israeli General Who Predicted Oct 7 – and What He’s Predicting Now (Yossi Kuperwasser)

Marc LiVecche & Robert Nicholson interview Yossi Kuperwasser on the emergence of a new regional security architecture that could bring about dramatic changes in the Near East.

Marc LiVecche & Robert Nicholson & Yossi KuperwasserJuly 3, 2025

Episode 92 | Is America Betraying Middle East Christians?

The Provcast team interview Rich Ghazal, Executive Director of In Defense of Christians, to discuss the question of Christian persecution as it relates to US foreign policy

Marc LiVecche & Mark Tooley & James Diddams & Robert Nicholson & Richard GhazalJune 25, 2025

Episode 91 | Is Israel’s Fight for Survival also America’s Fight?

Dr. Farhad Rezaei joins the Provcast to discuss the hard questions around the Israel-Iran conflict, including escalation, American involvement, and regime change

Farhad Rezaei & Marc LiVecche & Mark Tooley & James DiddamsJune 19, 2025

Episode 90 | Is There a Trump Doctrine? And What Just Happened in Ukraine

Editors Marc LiVecche, Mark Tooley and Robert Nicholson discuss Trump’s May Middle East trip and Ukraine’s recent drone attacks on Russia’s strategic bombers

Marc LiVecche & Robert Nicholson & Mark TooleyJune 12, 2025

Episode 89 | The Sources of Iran’s Revolutionary Ideology

Providence Editor James Diddams and Hamilton Center Fellow Jozef Kosc at the University of Florida discuss the diverse and often non-Islamic sources of Iran’s revolutionary ideology

James Diddams & Jozef Andrew KoscJune 10, 2025

Episode 87 | Of American Popes and American Power in a Multipolar Age

Editors James Diddams, Marc LiVecche, Mark Tooley and Robert Nicholson discuss Pope Francis’ legacy, Trump’s recent trip to the Middle East, and the idea of “spheres of influence” in US grand strategy

James Diddams & Robert Nicholson & Marc LiVecche & Mark TooleyMay 16, 2025

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