
Life Inside Wagner Before and After Prigozhin
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comFor mercenaries, death is a business. It’s all about finding the right market. Wagner and other Russian mercenary groups have found ...
4 Apr 20251h 1min

The Cult of Rationalism in Silicon Valley
A lot of the people designing America’s technology and close to the center of American power believe some deeply weird shit. We already talked to journalist Gil Duran about the Nerd Reich, the rise of...
25 Mar 20251h 1min

How Israel Is Using Microsoft AI to Pick Targets in Gaza
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe Israeli military is using AI products from Microsoft to conduct its war in Gaza. Off the shelf AI products powered by the tech c...
10 Mar 202529min

Welcome to the Nerd Reich
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comWe’re living in a bizarre age of technofascism. The richest man who has ever lived, a man who dreams of colonizing Mars with his chi...
3 Mar 20251h 4min

The American Iron Dome Is an Expensive Boondoggle That Won’t Work
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comPresident Donald Trump wants to build an American Iron Dome. He even signed an executive order to make it happen. It’s a terrible id...
19 Feb 202552min

The End of U.S. Soft Power
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the interim head of USAID, for however much longer the agency lasts. For 60 years, the massiv...
10 Feb 202558min

Lost Episode: ‘Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World’
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe pros and cons of globalizationThe end of trust in the global systemWhat was behind the WTO protests of the 1990sHow 1999's WTO P...
29 Jan 20251h

Pete Hegseth and the Surreal World of the Civ-Mil Divide With Phil Klay
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comBetween the idea and the reality falls the shadow. Marine Corps veteran J.D. Vance will soon be vice president. Pete Hegseth, a man ...
20 Jan 202557min





















