141: Abandoning our allies in Syria

141: Abandoning our allies in Syria

Tommy and Ben discuss Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria and let Turkey begin a military campaign against the Kurds, a key US ally in the fight against ISIS. Then they try to understand why Republicans are only willing to criticize Trump’s Syria policy, explain why the NBA and Chinese government are fighting, and try to understand why Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union, was part of the quid pro quo with Ukraine. Finally they cover the latest on North Korea, Russia and Boris Johnson’s Brexit. Then Washington Post Beirut bureau chief Liz Sly calls in to talk about protests in Iraq and the view from the ground in Syria.

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223: Time to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

223: Time to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Tommy and Ben do a deep dive into the latest news on the fighting between Israel and Hamas and what the Biden administration has said about it. They also talk about proposed changes to how the militar...

19 Mai 20211h 20min

222: Clashes in Israel and Gaza

222: Clashes in Israel and Gaza

Tommy and Ben talk about the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza, cyberattacks on American infrastructure, a deadly police raid in Brazil, updates on Alexey Navalny’s situation, President Biden’s d...

12 Mai 20211h 10min

221: Talks with Iran and covid in India

221: Talks with Iran and covid in India

Tommy and Ben discuss all the latest news out of Iran and the Iran deal negotiations, reports about mysterious directed energy attacks against Americans, the Biden administration’s North Korea policy,...

5 Mai 20211h 28min

220: Fighting climate change, coronavirus, and capitalism

220: Fighting climate change, coronavirus, and capitalism

Tommy and Ben discuss President Biden’s ambitious new climate goals, the coronavirus outbreak in India, American recognition of the Armenian genocide, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar win and censorship in China, l...

28 Apr 20211h 28min

219: Putin's Power Plays

219: Putin's Power Plays

Tommy and Ben discuss the president of Chad’s mysterious death, Vladimir Putin's imprisonment of Alexei Navalny, the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, updates on what actually happened at the...

21 Apr 20211h 11min

218: Biden ends one war, will Israel and Iran start another?

218: Biden ends one war, will Israel and Iran start another?

Tommy and Ben discuss the cyberattack on an Iranian nuclear facility, Biden's plans to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, whether MBS spent almost half a billion on a forged paint...

14 Apr 20211h 29min

217: Should America boycott the 2022 Olympics?

217: Should America boycott the 2022 Olympics?

Nearly two dozen people are arrested in Jordan as confusion swirls about whether a coup was being plotted there. Calls to boycott the 2022 Olympics in Beijing pick up momentum, including from within t...

7 Apr 20211h 21min

216: Israel Deadlocked, Suez Unblocked

216: Israel Deadlocked, Suez Unblocked

Tommy and Ben walk through the inconclusive results of the latest Israeli election, how Covid and bad political leadership is devastating Brazil, the Suez Canal, news from Biden on Afghanistan, more m...

31 Mar 20211h 16min

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