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The Interview

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The Interview

BBC World Service
Macroaggressions

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Macroaggressions

Charlie Robinson
Ones Ready

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Ones Ready

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras
This Means War

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This Means War

Peter Roberts
Communism: Cuba

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Communism: Cuba

Yajat
Communism and Socialism Explained

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Communism and Socialism Explained

Kairav T.
The Cato Weekly Podcast

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The Cato Weekly Podcast

Cato Institute

11 hr ago

#690: From Russia With Love

The agenda to demonize Russia has been in place for more than a decade in the Western world, as the push for war intensifies. The NATO leaders have calculated that the only way out is to escalate the war into a much larger regional conflict, but this won’t hide their crimes. The energy war is upon the world. Russia is now being set up to replace China in the lab-leak fairytale being sold to the public, but the world has questions about the story's authenticity, as well as the narrative managers that are selling it. Are we on the verge of another COVID-style overreaction? Or will the pneumonic plague quietly go the way of monkeypox? All we know is that Russia is not the real enemy. --- Charlie's New Book: The Octopus Of Population Control - Paperback, Kindle, & Audiobook Macroaggressions www.Macroaggressions.io | Merch Store | Link Tree Video Channels: Rumble | YouTube | Brighteon Activist Post: Newsletter Sign Up Audiobooks: Hypocrazy | The Octopus of Global Control Support Our Sponsors Replace Your Mortgage: www.WipeOutYourMortgageNow.comC60 Power | Promo Code: MACROChemical Free Body | Promo Code: MACROWise Wolf Gold & SilverLegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.comEMP Shield | Promo Code: MACROChristian Yordanov's Health ProgramAbove PhoneVan ManThe Dollar VigilanteAugason Farms
7 Oct

What might the US midterm elections mean for Allies?

As the US mid-term elections approach, and Donald Trump's domestic approval ratings sit in the doldrums, Dr John Hemmings makes a timely intervention about what various futures might emerge and what they could mean for Allies. Because, as various world leaders from French President Emmanuel Macron to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have said, "There is no going back to the old alliance system that we once knew and understood." Is this simply pessimism for a world that is all about change? Is it just fatalism ro presume that a new balance of alliance membership is preordained to be a bad thing? Haven't we been through worse periods of alliance relationships across Cold War history – and emerged stronger for it? Worth getting your mind around potential future scenarios--short and long-term--before they are here. John certainly provides context and food for thought.
18 hr ago

Alexander Yui Tah-ray, Taiwan’s representative to US: We’re prepared for China to invade

“We don't have to have a fight, and we don't have to land in China, go to Beijing and win the war. All we have to do is prevent them to getting their objective of landing in Taiwan and conquering. It's not going to be easy, but we've been preparing for this for 77 years.” Sumi Somaskanda speaks to Alexander Yui Tah-ray, Taiwan’s representative to the US. The island, which lies roughly 100 miles off the coast of mainland China and is facing growing uncertainty both at home and abroad. As geopolitical tensions rise around the world, there’s increasing focus on the intentions of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Beijing considers Taiwan part of China and has long-pursued what it calls reunification with the island. Mr. Yui Tah-ray has held the his current post since December 2023, having previously served as Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister. His role is central to maintaining one of Taipei’s most important international relationships: with the United States. Washington does not officially recognise Taiwan as an independent state - and only 12 countries around the world do. But the US remains Taiwan’s most important international backer, providing critical defence and security support. With President Trump back in the White House for a second term, questions remain over how Washington’s longstanding commitment to Taiwan will evolve and what that could mean for the island as tensions with Beijin continue. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with McKinsey China’s Joe Ngai, journalist Maggie Haberman, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Sumi Somaskanda Producer: Abby Godard Editor: Farhana Haider Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media. (Image: Alexander Yui Tah-ray. Credit: Getty)
5 days ago

Jerry Brown, former California governor: America then and now

BBC special correspondent James Naughtie speaks to former Governor of California, Jerry Brown. He was first elected governor in 1974, succeeding Ronald Reagan, and went on to serve two eight-year terms in office, separated by nearly three decades. Over the course of his public life, he met every US president from John F. Kennedy to Donald Trump. Now retired on the California land where his ancestors settled in the nineteenth century, Brown reflects on a political career spanning five decades. He discusses the growing influence of technology and AI, the spiritual beliefs that shaped how he governed, and the profound changes he has witnessed in American politics since he first entered public life. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, including episodes with Hunter Biden, the journalist Maggie Haberman, and former US Secretary of State John Kerry. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Jim Naughtie Producers: Cordelia Hemming, Ben Cooper and Osman Iqbal Editor: Damon Rose and Farhana Haider (Image: Jerry Brown. Credit: Getty)
9 hr ago

The Daily Blast: Trump Rages as New Press Sec’s Debut Humiliatingly Mocked Even by MAGA

In a remarkable piece, The Atlantic reports that Donald Trump is privately furious over his inability to force Iran to stop the war. As one adviser notes, he is “used to snapping his fingers” to control Republicans and the media, so he is now “losing his mind that Iran won’t listen” to him. This comes as his new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, turned in a debut performance that’s drawing serious fire from the right. White House officials are sharply criticizing it as “brutal.” One right-wing media personality harshly mocked her as not “serious,” claiming that “she’s auditioning for a job on Fox News.” These stories are connected: They both reveal Trump as an emperor-has-no-clothes figure who can’t fathom why his control over events is deserting him. We talked to Mark Jacob, who skillfully dissects White House follies in his Stop the Presses newsletter. He explains why having someone like Zacharia as White House press secretary is a deadly serious matter for the country, how institutional cowardice persuaded Trump of his omnipotence, how that’s now cracking up under him, and why all this will make him even more dangerous. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 hr ago

Public Execution - Ep 634

Send us Fan Mail Should the government livestream an execution? Trent and Peaches get into the proposed public execution of the Fort Hood shooter — and immediately land somewhere that is probably going to piss off people on both sides. Neither guy has much sympathy for the man convicted of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more at Fort Hood. The argument is about something different: Should Americans be able to WATCH the punishment? They dig into why public executions disappeared from American culture in the first place, how old executions turned into massive public spectacles, and why the firing squad historically has one very practical advantage: It works. Then Trent asks the uncomfortable question. We live in a country where Game of Thrones became a cultural phenomenon, real combat footage lives on social media, police shootings appear online within hours, wars are documented almost in real time, and people willingly consume violent content every single day. So why does this particular violence suddenly become morally unbearable when the government makes it available to watch? Peaches can understand the argument that America should not put itself in the same category as countries known for public executions. Trent’s counterpoint: Nobody is forcing you to watch it. That leads into firing-squad procedures, why some rifles historically contained blanks, victims wanting to witness executions, political hypocrisy, and the difference between an execution being available online and turning it into a literal public carnival. Then the episode pivots into another outrage cycle: Pete Hegseth working out with Marines. Videos show him falling behind younger Marines and struggling through parts of the workout, and naturally the internet reacts like the Secretary of Defense just failed selection. Trent and Peaches have a different reaction. He’s in his 40s. They’re young Marines. They SHOULD smoke him. The weird part would be if they didn’t. They argue that whatever criticisms somebody has about Hegseth’s policies or leadership, voluntarily showing up, doing PT with troops, answering questions, and letting everyone film the results probably isn’t the hill to die on. Peaches also tells the story of a former SOCOM commander doing exactly what operators would do: Pick the event you’re good at and then absolutely crush everybody younger than you. Also included: The redesigned OnesReady.com and OperatorTrainingSummit.com. Why OTS is instruction and mentorship — not an $18,000 fake hell week. How public firing squads historically used blank rounds. Why outrage culture makes everything political. And why the Marines absolutely should have smoked the boss. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:19 - Ones Ready and OTS Got a Facelift 04:48 - Should an Execution Be Livestreamed? 08:18 - Are We Actually Offended by Violence? 10:14 - Why America Stopped Public Executions 11:39 - Why Firing Squads Rarely Fail 12:29 - Should Victims Be Allowed to Watch? 15:05 - Why Some Firing-Squad Rifles Had Blanks 17:50 - Is the Outrage Actually Political? 23:38 - Pete Hegseth Gets Smoked at PT 27:05 - Who Is Actually Criticizing Him? 29:47 - Marines SHOULD Beat the Boss 30:39 - When the SOCOM Commander Smoked Everybody 32:49 - OTS Vegas and Wrap-Up Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...
4 Oct

Olara Otunnu, diplomat: UN cannot be diplomatic ivory tower

“I do not want the United Nations of New York, Geneva or Vienna to be an ivory tower, a diplomatic ivory tower. I want to see the UN not of power and privilege, but the UN of service and impact. That is the UN I want see.” James Copnall speaks to Olara Otunnu, Ugandan diplomat, lawyer and former Foreign Minister. He has spent decades working at the highest levels of international diplomacy. He has also served as a United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. Now Uganda has formally nominated him for UN Secretary-General, putting him among seven candidates in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres. It is a position widely regarded as the world’s top diplomatic job. Olara Otunnu talks about how he intends to bridge the gap between international politics and the needs of local people around the world. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, South Africa’s Ambassador to the US Roelf Meyer and the author Maggie O’ Farrell. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: James Copnall Producer: Sharon Hemans Editor: Farhana Haider Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media. (Image: Olara Otunnu. Credit: Getty)
1 Oct

Kai Bird, Author: Roy Cohn, the man who shaped Trump?

“He had no guardrails. He had no rules. He told Donald Trump, you know, when criticised, attack, attack, attack, deny, deny deny, always go on the offensive, never apologise. And Trump, when he met Roy Cohn, he began mimicing how he talked.” BBC Newsnight presenter Paddy O’Connell, speaks to author Kai Bird about Roy Cohn, Donald Trump’s former lawyer and mentor. Cohn rose to prominence as Senator Joe McCarthy’s chief counsel in the early 1950s, helping drive the campaign against alleged communists in the United States. Decades later, he became Donald Trump’s lawyer and mentor shaping his approach to power. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Kai argues that Cohn’s lessons in attacking, denying and never apologising provided a blueprint for Trump’s political life. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews coming from the BBC, including episodes with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and author Maggie O’Farrell. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Paddy O’Connell Producer: Osman Iqbal Editor: Farhana Haider (Image: Kai Bird. Credit: Getty)
6 Oct

Shami Chakrabarti, human rights lawyer: Healthy democracies need a free media

“There aren't enough lawyers and judges on the planet if journalists are silent, because abuses of power just don't come to light, in my experience, without this relationship between a free media, fair courts, fair trials, robust judges, investigators, the police and so on. Without journalists there'd be no human rights protection and the rule of law.” Anna Holligan speaks to human rights lawyer and Council of Europe rapporteur Shami Chakrabarti. Born in London in 1969, Chakrabarti rose to prominence in the early 2000s when she was appointed director of the human rights organisation, Liberty. She and her team made headlines around the world campaigning against what they considered excessive anti-terror legislation introduced in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. She stepped down from the position just over a decade later, after being appointed a life peer in the British House of Lords. Since then, she’s been involved in a number of high-profile inquiries both in the UK and abroad. Most recently, she’s been tasked with leading a Council of Europe investigation into the fallout from the 2017 assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Caruana Galizia, one of Malta’s best-known anti-corruption journalists, was killed by a car bomb in October 2017. Her assassination and the continuing questions over the murder has raised serious concerns about the rule of law in Malta, an EU member state, as well as fears that corruption at the highest-levels could have wider implications for the European Union. Thank you to the Global Eye team for their help in making this programme. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, the EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, and Veolia CEO Estelle Brachlianoff. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Anna Holligan Producers: Vara Szajkowski, Lucy Provan and Ben Cooper Editor: Farhana Haider Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
6 Oct · Video

Is the US Already Quasi-Socialist?

Socialism is making a comeback in American politics, but do people actually know what "socialism" means? In this episode of the Cato Weekly Podcast, Paul Meany sits down with Marian Tupy to unpack the rise of “democratic socialism,” the growth of the welfare state, and the crucial difference between government assistance and government control. Read Marian's article here: https://www.cato.org/commentary/bill-mahers-category-error-socialism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.