The Life and Death of Iran's Shadow Commander
If you’ve ever heard the phrase one-man wrecking crew, they might well have been talking about Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Shadow Commander.Soleimani’s first fight was against Iraq in the war that starte...
10 Joulu 202048min
The Lingering Aftertaste of Fascism
What’s a fascist anyway?It’s a word we heard a lot over the past few years. If you’re on one side of the political debate you probably used this word earnestly. If you’re on the other side, you probab...
3 Joulu 202055min
A Journey into the Jungles of ‘Pulp Vietnam’
PULP EPIC. MALE. MAN’S ILLUSTRATED. MAN’S ADVENTURE. BRIGADE. VALOR. You’ve seen these magazines before. You either grew up with them or you’ve seen their bizarre covers online. There’s always a man w...
19 Marras 202042min
Fragility, War, Genocide and Climate Change
The phrase climate change was originally created to soft-pedal global warming. A hotter planet doesn’t sound good, but, hey, climates change all the time - from winter to summer and back again.But it ...
5 Marras 202033min
Looking for Crime in All the Wrong Places
Law and order, it’s one of the catchphrases of this election. Crime rates, in some cities in America, are on the rise but crime, in general, is down. But 2020 has been a chaotic year and our news feed...
29 Loka 202045min
TEASER: How Music Videos Explain the War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe to listenArmenia and Azerbaijan are at war. Why? It’s complicated. What’s the nature of the conflict? That’s also very complicated. It’s so complicated, in f...
27 Loka 20205min
The Man Who Navigated the End of History
Remember back when the Berlin Wall fell and history ended? Back when we won the Cold War and America was embraced by allies old and new, becoming the world’s only superpower. The Gulf War was fought a...
21 Loka 202027min
America Is Losing the Information War
Things feel surreal all the time now. We’re told that some of our favorite online personalities may just be sock puppet accounts for foreing governments. Russia, in particular, is supposedly a master ...
15 Loka 202050min
