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Conversations about conflict on an angry planet. Created, produced, and hosted by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields
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Angry Planet Matthew Gault and Jason Fields

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Conversations about conflict on an angry planet. Created, produced, and hosted by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields
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    The Drones Above Ukraine

    The Drones Above Ukraine

    You know, we wanted to talk about European (and especially German) views of the war in Ukraine today. And we still will. What’s an IRIS-T, for example. What’s up with those Leopard tanks? But then a Russian Su-27 fighter jet crashed into an American MQ-9 Reaper above the Black Sea and the guest we planned to have on, well, she knows a lot about drones.
    With us today is Ulrike Franke. Franke is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She’s an expert in all things Germany, drones, and AI. She got a PhD from Oxford and she hosts a podcast on German defense, the name of which I will absolutely butcher if I attempt to pronounce.
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    • 46 min
    Ukraine: Back to the Front One Year On

    Ukraine: Back to the Front One Year On

    This week, Angry Planet talks with Caleb Larson who has been working as a journalist in and around Ukraine’s Donbas region where much of the war is currently being fought. He paints a picture of the situation on the ground and tells us where to buy groceries in time of war.
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    • 49 min
    What's a Planet Worth?

    What's a Planet Worth?

    As the planet slowly broils, we keep hoping that some technological revolution will save us. Not just carbon capture or seeding the oceans with iron to grow algae that will drink in all the carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere, but solutions that we can power our homes with and drive around. But what if we’ve put all of our money on the wrong horse? David Ko and Richard Busellato former hedge fund managers, have a different solution, but can it really save the Earth?
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    • 54 min
    50 Years Since the Draft

    50 Years Since the Draft

    In 1973, as most American troops left Vietnam, President Richard M. Nixon ended compulsory military service for males over the age of 18. It was an end of system that had been in place since the Second World War and came in answer—at least in part—to an ever-growing anti-war, anti-draft movement. Historian and writer Max Boot joins us to talk about the history of the draft and the all-volunteer force that now has 50 years under its belt.
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    • 28 min
    It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a ... Balloon?

    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 should we really be worried about from China’s security apparatus? Well, you could start with more traditional spying, but there’s a lot more to it than that.
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    • 50 min
    The Rise of South Korea

    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 catalogWhy America doesn’t remember the Korean WarThe Don Draper connection“MASH was about Vietnam.”A nuclear penninsula?No one knows what’s going in in North Korea.
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Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
735 Ratings

735 Ratings

HouseHeredia ,

Keeps getting better

Great content. Informed and inciteful guests. Thank yoh

Andieo1997 ,

Brilliant!

This is the perfect choice for anyone interested in learning more about global affairs! Each episode is informative and enjoyable.

PEEKERS48 ,

Go look at the 2 star reviews and laugh.

This show highlights so many injustices and nuances of global affairs, geopolitics, and conflict. The conservatives/Republicans just hate that things change even though they don’t know how to and this show is just another factor in that equation. The world is getting more authoritarian and dark and it takes great courage to stand out against those ideologies in the way Angry Planet does and I hope through all the snowflake, conservative tears, the creators see the value in their work and continue to combat the spread of awful ideas. Well done folks! Hope perseveres.

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