The Support System That Keeps Ukraine Going
When you’re talking about disasters, natural and manmade, it’s always the first responders—soldiers, police, EMTs—who get all the credit. But what about the people who not only support the first respo...
18 Heinä 202342min
TEASER: Inside Putin's Medieval Court
On this subscribers only episode of Angry Planet, Kremlin expert Mark Galeotti comes on to walk us through the military and political machinations of Russia’s “adhocracy.” According to Galeotti, Russi...
10 Heinä 202322min
A Closer Look at the Wagner Mutiny
Nobody outside of the Kremlin—and maybe inside the Kremlin, too—knows exactly what happened over the last weekend. We do know that Yevgeny Prigozhin led something that looked like a rebellion against ...
3 Heinä 202344min
The Human Stories Behind the Counteroffensive
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is well under way. One of the best places to go to get stories and reporting about what’s happening is counteroffensive.news, a substack run by former U.S. Army Medic and NP...
26 Kesä 202340min
Teaser: Why Erdogan Feels Like Forever
The results of Turkey's presidential election are finally in and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had been forced into a runoff against his chief opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, gets to keep his job as leader ...
5 Kesä 20237min
World War II Is Still Killing People in the Pacific
World War II is still killing people. Unexploded ordnance, the remnants of globe spanning conflict, litters the fields of Europe and the waters of the Pacific. The world spends a lot of money and time...
30 Touko 202342min
Mega Prisons and Bitcoin in El Salvador
It’s 2023. It’s time for authoritarian leaders to update their aesthetic. Sure a stuffy military uniform used to lend an air of authority, but today’s young leaders are looking more and more like sili...
22 Touko 202341min
Talking Turkey Ahead of the Vote
There are authoritarians and there are tyrants, and sometimes they’re the same person. But would a true tyrant put himself up to face the people in an election that could be free and maybe even fair?W...
12 Touko 202345min
