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Join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg – both living in Singapore – as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through politics, economics, current events, and cultural movements of the day, all from a global perspective.
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Ukraine continue to fight • Covid is still with us • Plenty of exoplanets to choose from
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• Ukraine continues its fight 🇺🇦
• Covid is still with us
• 5,000 planets and counting!
Thanks for listening!
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Ukrainians💪 • How about a little bit more covid? • We’re sure there’s good news out there
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• Nikolaj claims he's still in Paris, not in Ukraine, but Bill isn't sure...
• Blame the West for the invasion?
• Triple vaxxed? ✅ Covid? ✅ DOUBLE COVID? ✅
• In the good news - vaccines work, people. Get one. Hell, get more.
Thanks for listening!
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Well, another of the four horsemen has arrived • Standing with Ukraine • Masks are coming down • Watch the whales
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• Well, one more horseman of the apocalypse is upon us.
• We stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
• Masks are coming down, but the covid risk for many is low.
• The whales shall soon rule us all.
Thanks for listening!
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Can’t quit the ’rona • US politics is awesome • Looking for good news anywhere
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• It's hard to quit the 'rona
• US politics is awesome
• Australians are hard core
• Looking for good news wherever you can find it
Thanks for listening!
Reach out to us at hello@foreigninfluencepodcast.com or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, but also check out our FI Facebook page, where we can continue the conversation.
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2021, please don’t go so soon! • The ’rona is coming for us all • 2022 will better. Right? Right?!
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• In this New Year's Eve episode, we celebrate the purely awesome, truly spectacular year that was 2021.
• Nikolaj got the 'rona! And it's coming for us all. But get vaccinated, and you'll likely be fine!
• China's crackdown on Hong Kong continues, and Bill continues to worry about war over Taiwan.
• Some predictions for 2022
Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉🥳🍾
Reach out to us at hello@foreigninfluencepodcast.com or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, but also check out our FI Facebook page, where we can continue the conversation.
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Making Biden quotable • Compromised Catholics • Real causes of vaccine reluctance • Don‘t worry about the armed robot dogs
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• We struggle to make Biden quotable, but you can't say we didn't try.
• A report out of France details decades of abuse of children by the French Catholic church.
• Starting to learn to live with covid and the real causes of covid vaccine reluctance.
• Keep your eyes on Taiwan as a tripwire to US-China conflict.
• And jeez, after such a depressing list, don't worry - we're arming robot dogs. We'll all be safe now!
Thanks for listening! 🙏🏻
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Reach out to us at hello@foreigninfluencepodcast.com or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, but also check out our FI Facebook page, where we can continue the conversation.
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Bill & Nikolaj