Sources & Methods Introducing Sources & Methods
Aug 25, 2025
A deep dive into how journalists and intelligence professionals learn what they know. Short segments explain reporting from the Pentagon, State Department, CIA, and global bureaus. The conversation highlights tradecraft, on-the-ground reporting from conflict zones, and the weekly beats that track America’s security role.
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Show Explains Intelligence Basics
- Sources and methods explain how intelligence agencies know what they know about national security.
- Mary Louise Kelly frames the show as unpacking who provided information and how it shapes U.S. policy and public understanding.
Reporting From Halls Of Power
- The podcast covers Pentagon, State Department, CIA, and global correspondents to connect foreign events to U.S. interests.
- The team uses decades of reporting from war zones and halls of power to provide context and authority.
Host's Field Reporting Credentials
- Mary Louise Kelly notes her personal experience interviewing ambassadors, generals, and presidents and reporting from war zones.
- She also quips about being "pretty good at geography" and offering to find Ukraine on an unmarked map.