The Big Steal

V interesting. If binge listening it can be a bit repetitive with the intros and outros but if listening over time would be useful reminders. The misinformation referred to is even here in the reviews! The fake accounts bombarding everything in our post truth world is alarmingly close to our everyday. It’s part of a wake up call for liberal democracy. If we want a society that has a free and fair democratic election ever again we need to wake up to the weaponisation of social media by those that don’t have anyone’s interest’s but their own....

There is some interesting stuff here but there is lots of intro and outro repetition. Also the episodes are short. As a result it all comes across as being pre processed and condescending. Very BBC. Shame.

This podcast is interesting. But having grown up in a country in what the US classes as its backyard, I can’t avoid thinking about the similarities between what Mr. Esler accuses the Russians of doing & what the US has & continues to do around the world. Interfere with elections in other countries, disrupt the governance of countries who are not wholly pro-US & its form of capitalism are all what US does. US invasion of puny Grenada isn’t dissimilar to Crimea. Neither is Russia not partaking in the trial of the crashed Malaysian airline. The US has never signed up to any international courts or would it ever allow its citizens to be tried in them. Somehow we remain blinkered to what ‘our side’ does. I’d like Mr. Esler to make an honest realistic podcast about the US & what it truly does around the world.

Interesting. But very repetitive.