BONUS EPISODE: Avoiding A Regional War
Understanding the risks of a regional war between Israel and its antagonists feels like the most important issue at the present time. I was able to speak to Michael Stephens, former head of the Middle...
23 Okt 202347min
Behind The Lines Ep 10 - Trumps Dirty Roubles With Greg Olear
In this episode I wanted to go back to something that Paul Mason said in an earlier episode which struck a chord. He identified that the weakest link in International democratic politics is the world’...
20 Okt 202352min
Behind The Lines Ep 9 - Israel’s Gaza challenge
Following Hamas’s horrific assault on Israel, attention turns to Israel’s reaction. Gaza is under siege and Israel has mobilised over 300,000 reservists. Israel claims that it plans to destroy Hamas. ...
13 Okt 202351min
Behind The Lines Emergency Episode - Hamas' War Against Israel with Jason Pack
EMERGENCY PODCAST We’re only 4 days after the stunning horror of Hamas’s attack on Israel. Much remains unclear, but we now know that a major Hamas operation completely blindsided Israel’s defences an...
10 Okt 202344min
Behind The Lines Ep 7 - How to Stop Fascism, with Paul Mason
In 2021, Paul Mason, a veteran journalist familiar to viewers of Newsnight and Channel 4 News, published a book called How to stop Fascism, History Ideology, Resistance. His book came in the aftermath...
6 Okt 202359min
Behind The Lines Ep 6 - Still Beautiful? The Cynical World of Globalised Football
We’re living in an age of the self-confident autocrat: China is rising, President Erdogan coasted to a managed re-election and in the Gulf, the Arab monarchies are riding high on oil prices boosted by...
28 Sep 20231h 3min
Behind The Lines Ep 5 - Libya and the Disordered World
Storm Daniel passed through the Mediterranean in early September, one of a bewildering number of extreme weather events in recent months. When it hit Libya on 10 September, torrential rainfall led to...
22 Sep 202344min
Behind The Lines Ep 4 - The Threats To Global Democracy
On the 30th August a military coup took place in Gabon in West Africa, dislodging the president Ali Bongo, whose family has controlled the country for nearly 60 years. That military takeover in Gabon ...
15 Sep 202345min
