It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a ... Balloon?
What’s the biggest Chinese threat to the United States? Well, if you ask security expert Stephanie Carvin, it’s not a balloon—no matter how large and how many missiles it takes to shoot down. So, what...
21 Feb 202350min
The Rise of South Korea
All three Angry Planet guys are on the show today. Kevin went to South Korea in September and he’s here to tell us all about it.“A shrimp stuck between two whales.”Shopping for a frigate in a glossy c...
13 Feb 20231h
The Complexities of China's Liberal Nationalism
Only Nixon can go to China. The now-forgotten aphorism once represented so much in American politics. After Nixon met with Mao, relations between the Communist country and America thawed. Trade opened...
30 Jan 202337min
What a War Game Tells Us About Taiwan
It’s only human to play games. Some might argue it’s in the DNA. Games are part of how we learn, and can be the best way to teach or solve a problem. But some games are more serious than others. A gam...
23 Jan 202341min
The Long Weird History of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
The Bradley Fighting Vehicle is on its way to Ukraine. Fifty of them, to be precise. This armored personnel carrier on tracks is not a tank. Don’t call it a tank. Once maligned as a boondoggle that re...
16 Jan 202336min
Israel's New Coalition from Hell
Benjamin Netanyahu is back and he's brought a right-wing coalition like nothing Israel has seen.Dan Perry knows the game and all the players and and he joins Angry Planet to talk about what might be t...
9 Jan 202335min
The Wagner Group Gives Putin Implausible Deniability
The shine has come off Russia’s regular armed forces. We’ve all seen the pictures in Ukraine of burned out vehicles and crashed drones, everything already starting to rust. Casualties for the Russian ...
19 Dec 202236min
The Precarious Nature of Being Jewish
Or: Why Jason has a Velcro mezuzah.An episode about Kanye West and violent family histories.Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear ...
12 Dec 202253min
