Ben and Tommy cover the major developments in the war between Israel and Hamas, including the widening difference between Netanyahu and Biden on post-war planning, increasing criticism of the Israeli war effort within the Democratic Party, and the escalating risks of a regional war with Iranian-back proxy groups like the Houthi rebels and militia groups in Iraq and Syria. Then they discuss Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization, foreign governments funneling money to Donald Trump and NJ Senator Bob Menendez, reports that US objectives in Ukraine are changing, and the fallout from an “almost naked” party in Moscow, the stabbing of an opposition leader in South Korea, protests in Germany, and a new Prime Minister in France. Finally, Ben speaks with Taiwanese journalist and podcaster Emily Wu about Taiwan’s upcoming election on January 13th.
A Kingdom United against Trump
Low IQ President visits Japan
Fox News loves war crimes
Please don’t bomb Iran
Threats from Iran and the time Ben met the Queen
Venezuela, Libya and the Russian navy's beluga whale
ISIS in Sri Lanka, cruelty to Cuba, Ukrainian elections
Assange arrested, Bernie's foreign policy, Bowe Bergdahl and Afghanistan
Israeli elections, Iran under fire and the IRA's history
Democracy resurgent in Europe(?) and Israeli elections
Brexit, fighting in Gaza, ISIS defeated(?) and eliminating nukes
White supremacists radicalized online
Brexit and is Dick Cheney good now? (no)
Antisemitism, the NSA, Khashoggi, then Fmr Dep Secretary of State Bill Burns
BONUS POD: North Korea summit
Trump's North Korea summit v.2, Venezuela, international LGBT rights
How former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon views the world
Ilhan Omar’s tweets spark a debate about anti-semitism
544 days in an Iranian prison
Who is President of Venezuela?
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