Israel’s Judicial Coup, and Samantha Power on Ukraine
Tommy and Ben talk about the gutting of Israel’s judicial system, and the (lack of) response from the US. They also discuss good-ish news from the elections in Spain, a US soldier who fled to North Ko...
26 Jul 20231h 23min
Ukraine and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
Tommy and Ben talk about Russia pulling out of a vital grain initiative with Ukraine, 2024 Republican primary candidate views on Ukraine, Trump and Taiwan, the culture war amendments to the National D...
19 Jul 20231h 24min
NATO Grows on Russia’s Borders
Max Fisher joins Ben to discuss the ever-weirder Prigozhin circus, the last-second drama over bringing Sweden into NATO, whether Ukraine should join, the U.S. sending controversial cluster bombs to Uk...
12 Jul 20231h 20min
Trump’s Self-incriminating Audio
Ben and Tommy talk about the fallout from Wagner Group’s aborted mutiny in Russia, the status of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, new audio of Trump knowingly leaking classified information, why supporters...
28 Jun 20231h 13min
A Russian Coup Against Putin? (Bonus Pod!)
Ben and Tommy talk about the extraordinary failed coup attempt against Vladimir Putin by Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenary group in Russia. They cover the infighting that got Russia to this p...
25 Jun 202335min
Tony Blinken goes to China
Today’s episode covers: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US, Trump’s interview on Fox News about the Mar-a-Lago document indictment, new details about Trump’s real estate deal with t...
21 Jun 202355min
How Trump’s Mar-a-lago Docs Endanger National Security
Tommy and Ben talk about the national security implications of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document indictment, China’s eavesdropping base in Cuba, Ukraine’s military counteroffensive and critics of US policy,...
14 Jun 20231h 23min
Did Ukraine bomb the Nord Stream pipeline?
Ben and Tommy talk about a blockbuster report that Ukraine bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, the bombing of a dam in Ukraine, accountability for the assassination of Haiti’s president, CIA...
7 Jun 20231h 27min
