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 Nov 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 202050min
TEASER: The Care and Feeding of a Republic
Nations rise and nations fall, as do their governments. Today, some people say the United States and its treasured republican virtues stand at a crossroads.But how can you tell? Are we dealing with th...
13 Okt 20207min
Proud Boys, the Boogaloo, and Everything in Between
What’s the difference between a Proud Boy and a Boogaloo Boi? Are Patriot Prayer and Patriot Front the same thing? If I wear a Hawaiian shirt while eating a bowl of Lucky Charms, does that make me a m...
7 Okt 202052min
How Reagan Made Us the Armaggedon Generation
America is perhaps more conservative today than it’s ever been. For some on the right, Obama, Biden and Clinton look like socialists. For people on the left, they look like moderate republicans. There...
3 Okt 20201h
