Show overview
The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 246 episodes. That works out to roughly 230 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 52 min and 1h — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 28 episodes already out so far this year. Published by powervertical.
From the publisher
The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today. Brian Whitmore is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center and Russia and Eurasia Specialist and Assistant Professor of Practice at the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington.
Latest Episodes
View all 246 episodesUKRAINE AT 35
MR. RATCLIFFE GOES TO MOSCOW
RUSSIA'S SHAKY WAR ECONOMY
PUTIN'S PLOT AGAINST EUROPE
WAR UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
DEMOCRACY DURING WARTIME
WAR, POLITICS, AND THE POWER OF THE UKRAINIAN STREET
'WHY BREAK WHAT'S WORKING?' - THE STRANGE SACKING OF UKRAINE'S DEFENSE MINISTER
UKRAINE, POLAND, AND HISTORY
WAR AND INNOVATION - HOW UKRAINE REVOLUTIONIZED CIVIL DEFENSE
THE KREMLIN’S NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
INNOVATION NATION: HOW UKRAINE IS REVOLUTIONIZING WARFARE
RUSSIA VS. EUROPE
VIBES, REALITY, AND WAR
RUSSIA'S SEASON OF DISCONTENT
UKRAINE'S ASYMMETRICAL ADVANTAGE
DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT UKRAINE IS ON A ROLL
ZELENSKY HAS 'THE CARDS'
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore breaks it all down with journalist, author, and longtime Kremlin-watcher Casey Michel, head of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human RIghts Foundation and author of the books American Kleptocracy, Foreign Agents, and United States of Oligarchy.
TOWARD A POST-LIBERAL WORLD
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Michael Carpenter, who served as the NSC's Senior Director for Europe as well as the US Ambassador to the OSCE in the Biden administration; and former U.S. State Department official Max Bergmann, who served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a speechwriter for former Secretary of State John Kerry.
REFLEXIVE CONTROL AND USEFUL IDIOTS - EPSTEIN AND THE RUSSIANS
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore breaks it all down with John Sipher, a 28-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service. John also served as a member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service and is the recipient of the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. These days, John is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, a Senior Fellow at the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence and Policy at George Mason University, and the founder of Spycraft Entertainment.