Tommy and Ben discuss the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the military defeat of Avdiivka, panic at the Munich Security Conference over Republicans blocking more aid to Ukraine, and how Ukrainians have adapted to living in a state of war. Then they talk about calls for accountability for Alexei Navalny’s death and his wife Yulia’s promise to continue Alexei’s work, the arrest of an American dual national in Russia, Tucker Carlson’s Moscow metro propaganda videos, and an update on Russia’s space nukes. They also look at Netanyahu’s insistence on invading Rafah, a pro-Israel group’s attack on a Washington Post reporter, the Indonesian elections, why Jared Kushner is still a sniveling little prick, and a very Australian mankini scandal. Then Tommy talks with Mstyslav Chernov about his incredible documentary, 20 Days in Mariupol.
War between Russia and Ukraine, Wikileaks, Brexit and more
Update on Jamal Khashoggi and monitoring right-wing extremism
Global news roundup and North Korea
We won the House! What does it that mean for the world?
Saudi murders and the war in Yemen
Democrats Not Dictators
The Great British Breakdown Show
National security candidates
Kim Jong-Un found love in a hopeless place
Is the Mueller investigation doomed?
John Kerry: Recording for Duty
War in Venezuela and Al Qaeda 17 years after 9/11
Foreign lobbying and what Bob Woodward taught us about Trump's foreign policy
Trump's racist South Africa conspiracy theory
Revoking John Brennan's security clearance
"Space Force all the way!"
Devastation in Syria and Yemen
Bassem Youssef: doctor, comedian, enemy of the Egyptian state
Wanted by Putin and rage tweeting at Iran
Trump's disastrous European vacation
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