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Danny Jones Podcast

#323 - Man Who Survived 16 Wars Explains the Battlefield in Ukraine | Scott Anderson

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4777 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Scott Anderson is a writer, novelist, non-fiction author, and war correspondent. He has authored non-fiction books including Lawrence in Arabia, The Man Who Tried to Save the World, and War Zones. His newest book, 'King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution' is available now. SPONSORS https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS Scott's new book: https://a.co/d/0A9kGwt FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Chechnya: the world's most terrifying war 07:21 - What's happening in Ukraine right now 14:19 - America's mistake in bombing Iran 22:10 - Is America the "bad guy"? 27:50 - Why sanctions don't work 35:44 - What is Russia's motive for war? 41:59 - Likelihood of nuclear war 53:26 - How technology is making war more savage 01:03:30 - The "industrial revolution" of war 01:10:47 - Drugs on the battlefield 01:14:50 - How CIA participates in the battlefield 01:20:10 - The CIA, the Shah & Khomeini 01:30:29 - How Russia & China feel about Iran today 01:36:20 - China vs. Taiwan 01:44:16 - Georgia's surveillance state 01:47:43 - The Israel & Iran proxy war 01:57:22 - Trump's war on the Epstein files Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You've been covering, I'm reporting on hot wars yep your whole life how many how many wars have you

0:43.6

been embedded in reporting 16 i believe i think 16 yeah i think 16 at this point what out of all the

0:51.2

wars you've been in what was the most dangerous one Chechnya Chechnya Chechnya

0:55.3

Chechnya Chechnya Chechnya was horrifying um I went it was a 1995 there was two of those right

1:02.8

there was two I was there in the first one um and I went for the first or second story I did for the New York Times Magazine.

1:11.9

And I went to try to find out what had happened with a rather prominent American disaster relief expert who had, he had been to 50 war zones.

1:21.3

And he had gone to Chechnya and he had called Chechnya the scariest place he'd ever been.

1:26.6

He went back and within 24 hours of him

1:29.0

going back, he disappeared. He vanished. So I went to try to find out what had happened to him,

1:34.2

which was kind of foolhardy. And it was really, really terrifying. The one way I described how kind of terrifying it was,

1:47.2

I was only there for three weeks, but we were camping out and burnt out buildings. I didn't

1:54.1

shower for three weeks. I got back to Moscow, and I took my first shower in three weeks. I

2:00.3

looked in the mirror afterwards,

2:01.9

and I had this little shock of white hair.

2:03.9

It was much more impressive when I was younger,

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