Post Election Special: Question Marco, Queen of the Ashes, Straw Polls
From Marco Polo to Marco Rubio – the West keeps rediscovering that China is a big Asian landmass with a mind of its own. So is Trump’s hawkish new Secretary of State about to get himself tangled in a ...
14 Nov 20241h
America Votes, Europe Decides
At the centre of the Global American empire, a storm is coming. But it’s in the European periphery that the effects will be the most acute. Can anyone steer a path through the rocks? We’ll be looking ...
6 Nov 20245min
Special Episode: Warwick Powell on How To Build A New Global Currency
After the BRICS meeting in Kazan, a picture of a bundle of fake BRICS banknotes began to circulate online. Right up to a picture of Putin holding one, like a mobster holds a cigar. The intent was mock...
31 Okt 20241h 10min
Moldova Joins The Club, Chindia, Keir There And Everywhere
Moldova has voted to join the EU – A referendum won by less than a single percentage point. It’s less clear when the EU’s citizens get their vote on whether they want to house a very poor, seriously d...
24 Okt 202454min
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters, First Come First Serb, Strait Talk
Oil might be about to fall out of bed, because of an almighty concatenation of the US elections, the Houthis in the Red Sea, the Israelis striking Iran, and the Iranians striking The Strait of Hormuz...
17 Okt 202451min
Special Edition, feat. Malcom Kyeyune: Helene Is A Disaster, The Foam Dome Bursts
Something a little bit different. In a crowded news week, we’re bringing you only two stories - but three hosts.Katrina, Sandy, Helene. In the annals of hurricane disasters, the latest storm is lookin...
10 Okt 202458min
The Grand Opening of the Northern Front, The Lebanisation of Lebanon, The Hungaro-Austrian Empire…
Hezbollah has been decapitated. As the turban falls off Hassan Nasrallah for the final time, we’ll be assessing whether anyone will pick up the crown of Jihad they find lying in the gutter. Meanwhile,...
3 Okt 202410min
Special Episode: Philipp Mattheis on Germany's Downward Spiral
For decades now, Germany has stood as the doughty centurion at the gates of European civilisation. A nation of recyclers, engineers, and a super-sensible, hyper-dull political class. But since 2022, ...
26 Sep 20241h 4min
