The podcast episodes discuss the role of rebel groups in various contexts, such as their involvement in the drug trade in the Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia and their destabilizing impact in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In the episode The Rise and Fall of Golden Triangle Dope: From a Jailed Kingpin to a Casino Shootout, the podcast explores how rebel groups like the Shan State Army and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army formed alliances with drug lords like Lo Sing Han to participate in the lucrative narcotics trade.

The episode Friends of the Congo: The Congolese Struggle for Self-Determination discusses the role of rebel groups like M23 in destabilizing the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, contributing to ongoing violence and resource exploitation in the area.

The episode Tobias Ide, "Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints: How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts" (MIT Press, 2023) focuses on the ways in which rebel groups and other combatants exploit natural disasters to further their agendas and shape the dynamics of armed conflicts.