Tommy and Ben discuss the latest news out of Ukraine, including the increasingly vocal criticism of the war effort from Putin’s allies and talk of nuclear weapons use. Then they cover the election results in Brazil, prisoner releases, trickle down economics get humiliated in the UK, a coup in Burkina Faso, and shorter updates from around the world. Then Tommy speaks with Yeganeh Rezaian from the Committee to Protect Journalists about the protests in Iran, her experience with Iran’s brutal morality police, and what Americans and the US government should do to support this movement.
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?
Brexit breakdown
Owned by Russia but itching to bomb Iran
New year, same problems
Foreign policy in 2019
The French President and General Flynn had a bad, bad week
U.S. policy towards Israel
The 2020 Democrats and foreign policy
War between Russia and Ukraine, Wikileaks, Brexit and more
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