Ben and Tommy cover the latest from Ukraine, the ongoing disaster that is the Liz Truss-led Tory government in the UK, how former US military officials are making big money in Saudi Arabia, China’s party congress, the Iran protests, BTS joins the military, Biden’s surprising new proposals on Venezuela and Haiti, and some comedy via Bob Woodward and Jared Kushner. Then Tommy talks with the New York Times Magazine’s Robert Draper about his new book, Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost its Mind, and about the Iraq war.
Trump’s cruel immigration policies
Russian bounties with Rep Adam Schiff
John Bolton’s sh*tty book
Assault on the press and democracy in the Philippines
Why policing is better abroad
The world is watching
False START
The corruption of Mike Pompeo
Flynnocent After Proven Guilty
Mercenaries invade Venezuela
TMZ at the DMZ
Kim Jong Un-healthy?
Samantha Power Hour
The Navy’s coronavirus clusterf*ck
How a virus can threaten democracy
A criminally negligent coronavirus response
Our new coronavirus reality
Coronavirus and oil shocks rock the global economy
A fragile peace deal in Afghanistan
Bernie Sanders’ foreign policy record comes under attack
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