What's Behind Putin's Nazi Bullshit
This episode was originally going to be called something like not everything is the Holocaust. We were going to talk about how the Nazi attempt to kill all of Europe’s Jews during World War II wasn’t ...
11 Mar 202237min
What the War Means for Russia
Returning guest and Russia expert Mark Galeotti comes on the show to give his perspective on the war in Ukraine.You can listen to Angry Planet on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS direct...
2 Mar 202248min
Russia's War in Ukraine Isn't Going to Plan
We talk about war a lot on this show. It’s kind of the foundation of what we do.But the war in Ukraine is different. Frankly, it’s scarier. It makes everyone think of World War II and World War III at...
27 Feb 202244min
A Brief Apology and a Discussion of Sanctions
Once upon a time, an enemy would pull up to your gates with his army and surround your city so that nothing could get in or out. In a short time, you’d be eating the horses, maybe the rats and, if thi...
25 Feb 202241min
Russia and China Aren’t BFFs
It’s been a concern lurking in the minds of America’s leaders for a long time: what if Russia and China could successfully work together against the United States?A combined Russo-China empire is the ...
18 Feb 202228min
The Weird Way Americans Talk About Ukraine As War Looms
Ukraine. Things are changing rapidly, but at this moment the Kremlin has the country surrounded. It’s conducting military drills in the Black Sea, marshaling troops in neighboring Belarus, and recalli...
14 Feb 202238min
It's Later Than You think. The Doomsday Clock at 75
The Doomsday Clock is always ticking down. Between climate change, technological advances, new diseases, and the ever present threat of nuclear war … it often feels like we’re close to the end of civi...
4 Feb 202229min
Putin, Ukraine, and Russia's Daddy Issues
Everyone has an opinion about Ukraine, but something I’ve noticed in Western media is that no one really seems to be asking Russians what they think of the situation. The reasons for that are extremel...
28 Jan 202247min
