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8. You get a tariff... you get a tariff... YOU get a tariff!
11:45||Season 2, Ep. 814 MARCH 2023: Donald Trump’s plan is to run the U.S. economy (into the ground) with tariffs. Which is stupid. Or is it? (no, it IS stupid). But his long-term plan doesn’t not make sense either… if that makes sense?Just listen to the podcast and you’ll see where we’re going with this. Because long-term economic plans are extremely important, but tough to make happen.Audio clips courtesy: ABC News, MSNBC, NBC News, India Today, Fox Houston (all via YouTube)
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7. Zelensky the hero? It's complex.
11:25||Season 2, Ep. 77 MARCH 2025: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is a hero; everyone says so. But is that why he’s a hero - because it’s the prevailing narrative? This week we look at the overlooked geopolitics from before the Russian invasion, where Zelensky was perhaps more puppet than paragon.Audio clips courtesy: MSNBC, AP, The Sun, The London Standard, Sky News Australia (all via YouTube). AI voiceover provided by TTSmaker.com
6. Can't. Look. Away.
11:21||Season 2, Ep. 621 FEBRUARY 2025: When Donald Trump was inaugurated, we talked about learning from his first term and finding ways to limit our Trump intake. Turns out that’s a LOT harder than expected. In amongst all the talk of authoritarianism and the end of democracy, we attempt to sort the wheat from the chaff; the stuff you can ignore, from the things that could change so much in our world.Audio clips courtesy: NBC News, BBC News, CNN, France 24, The White House, MSNBC, Democracy Docket (all via YouTube)
5. The Gulf of Amerexico, plus the BBC 'prisoner' apology
12:30||Season 2, Ep. 5THIS WEEK: It turns out video pieces can make good audio too, so here are two recent Viditorials from The Balance, exploring current events with a balanced lens.First, it's the Gulf of Mexico/America, and how the White House has turned what is basically a vanity project into a vendetta against the Associated Press. It's extremely worrying that media organisations which don't conform with the 'Dear Leader' are now being banned from certain events.And then, we're revisiting the 'prisoner vs hostage' debate in Israel and Gaza - something which the BBC felt it had to apologise for on-air.
4. Trump's Gaza takeover, and everything he's ignored
14:38||Season 2, Ep. 4THIS WEEK: An occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United States? Well it’s what the President wants - only he calls it ‘ownership’. Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. to level and then rebuild Gaza, while forcing Palestinians out into Egypt and Jordan, is as outlandish as it sounds. So we’re taking some time to go through Trump’s announcement in detail… not necessarily to see how it could work, but to remind you of all the things he seemingly hasn’t considered.Audio clips courtesy: The White House, Channel 9 Australia, MSNBC, CNN, AJ+ (all via Youtube)
3. Who's a prisoner and who's a hostage?
10:59||Season 2, Ep. 3THIS WEEK: With the ceasefire in Gaza holding, Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners have been released as part of the deal. But what makes the Israelis ‘hostages’, and the Palestinians ‘prisoners’? Plus Donald Trump’s confusion over the two words, in a completely different context.Audio clips courtesy: CBC News, DW, CBS News, The Independent, CNN, Newsmax (via Youtube and Substack)
2. The TikTok "ban", plus tips for Trump Derangement Syndrome
15:37||Season 2, Ep. 2THIS WEEK: the truth behind the TikTok “ban” and the company (i.e. TikTok!) that was in on the whole thing - this was more an orchestrated stunt than any real ban. Plus the second Trump Administration and what you can do to limit your intake - because do you really believe the media won’t still be covering his every word, no matter how outlandish they might be? Audio clips courtesy: TikTok, ABC News, Crooked Media, MSNBC, Bloomberg, Saturday Night Live, Brut America, and Sky News (via YouTube).