EA Audio Analysis: Why Hollywood is Blowing Up the White House --- Scott Lucas with the BBC

I joined BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning, with Catherine Bray of Film4.com, to discuss Hollywood's spate of films portraying the White House under terrorist attack.

Listen to the discussion from the 2:19.54 mark.

What's going on? "There's this perpetual 'culture of fear' --- even when America thinks it has won, from the end of the Cold War to the killing of Osama bin Laden."

And, for what's it worth, Team America did this almost a decade ago and did it far better.

Syria Audio: Scott Lucas on the BBC "The State of the Regime"

Former diplomat Andrew Green and I appeared on BBC Radio's flagship radio program Today this morning to discuss the current situation in Syria, assessing in particular the importance of the Assad regime in the region and whether it is in danger of collapsing.

My take-away line, which I have used about the challenge to the regime in another country: "This is a marathon, not a sprint."

The discussion begins at the 2:53.55 mark.