Google’s Former CEO Is Dancing in Ukraine
Earlier this year journalist Ben Makuch caught a glimpse of Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, dancing at a club in Kyiv. It was a surreal moment, a snapshot of a tragic war that the West thinks ...
19 Joulu 20251h 9min
‘Capitalism Is a Series of Regime Changes’
Another week and another Angry Planet about the horrifying systems that rule our lives.Is there a depressive theme running through the work right now? Possibly. I promise we’ll soon replace it with ra...
12 Joulu 202548min
The US Government’s AI Grand Bargain
The White House is portraying the race to adopt AI as an existential crisis. It’s the next Manhattan Project, they say, a technology so important it will require an unprecedented build out of energy i...
6 Joulu 202554min
Deadwood: The Town that Made the Wild West
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThis week on Angry Planet we’re taking a break from the horrors of the present to explore horrors of a past distant enough now that ...
21 Marras 202551min
Learning to Love the Stagnant Order
Is your Empire feeling less than fresh? Does it feel like the modern world’s best days are behind it? Do conquest and global power politics not hit as good as they used to? Welcome to the Age of Stagn...
14 Marras 202559min
‘Goliath’s Curse’ and the Surprising Benefits of Societal Collapse
We’re obsessed with apocalypses, big and small. We fantasize about what the future might look like after the fall of society and fear the coming tribulation. Rome fretted about decline until its end. ...
7 Marras 20251h 4min
Yes, US Strikes On Alleged Drug Traffickers Are Illegal. That Won’t Stop Them
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThis week on Angry Planet we have returning guest and former judge advocate Dan Maurer. The last time he was on the show, Maurer wal...
31 Loka 202559min
Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe episode is about Vanessa Guillén, a US soldier who was murdered at Fort Hood in 2020. She also experienced sexual harassment whi...
15 Loka 202547min
