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.
Syria strikes and North Korea talks
Madeleine Albright’s warning about fascism
Mr. Putin goes to Washington?
Nowhere to hide: Facebook, encryption, and privacy
Fresh Prince of Saudi Arabia
The worst Secretary of State in history, Rex Tillerson
Can’t out-crazy Kim Jong-un
The Deep State Strikes Back
Bribes, Bibi and the future of Israel
Nuclear-armed frenemies
Held hostage in Syria
Inching closer to nuclear war
Why China loves Jared
Pod Save the World Live!
The Terrorist Interrogator
Iranian revolution
Drumbeat of war with North Korea
Infiltrating al Qaeda
Jerusalem went to Jared
On the ground in Burma
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