Alternative History
243 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTrying to explain the present.
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Europeans trying to "Trump-proof" NATO & Ukraine war!
April 23, 2024 08:22 - 12 minutes - 65.6 MBPetrified European leaders are trying hard, very hard, to tray and so-called TRUMP PROOF Nato and their proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. How and WHY? Listen on... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All World Leaders MUST be clinically EVIL!! Why?
April 16, 2024 08:59 - 12 minutes - 62.2 MBI ask the all important questions.... must world leaders be clinically evil and brutal? Even western liberal democratic world leaders must be EVIL. Listen on. thx for listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Burma/ Myanmar's Civil War 2021-present ... 2024
April 09, 2024 08:41 - 20 minutes - 102 MBMyanmar *formally known as Burma* is in a state of civil war. Its been in civil war since the year 2021. The civil war, like all civil wars, is a brutal conflict. A central military government versus a bunch of ethnic groups across the country. The region is strategic to both India and China as well as the ASEAN countries. Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Haiti - a country in anarchy (for almost 200yrs)
April 02, 2024 08:49 - 15 minutes - 78.7 MBHaiti Haiti is a country of former slaves. It is the most successful slave revolution in history!!! I update you on some brief history to explain the current problems in the country. Is the country in anarchy? A failed state? Listen on...................... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Moscow concert hall terror attacks - impact?
March 26, 2024 08:34 - 16 minutes - 82.1 MBI look at the recent terrible terrorist attacks in a concert hall is a Moscow suburb. What happened. How did it happen and above all who could have been responsible? DEVELOPING STORY thx for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
India & China are doing well out of "Ukraine" & "Gaza" WARS !!!
March 19, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 83.4 MBWhy have India and China done so well out of the Gaza and Ukraine wars. India in particular due to excellent diplomacy. The India story has been great. While China has been rebuilding itself after COVID How did this happen? Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Europe" has a Liberalism problem...
March 12, 2024 07:45 - 16 minutes - 81.4 MBWhat is Europe? Is it JUST the EU?? and what are the biggest problems for Europe? Is the problem - LIBERALISM ?? Is "Europe" still at the center of the universe? Listen on.................. thanks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Hitler" "Chamberlain" "Churchill" - why The West is obsessed with these 3 people...
March 06, 2024 08:34 - 10 minutes - 50.6 MBI am always amazed why, o why, o why so many ppl in the west are so obsessed with these three people. >> Adolf Hitler >> Winston Churchill >> Neville Chamberlain I try and break this down in 10mins. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Israel's objectives are...?
February 29, 2024 08:28 - 10 minutes - 51.2 MBIn this episode i muse about the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. I tell you what I reckon the Israel endgame is,... AN unbiased perspective. Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pakistan is in CHAOS - why?
February 23, 2024 08:49 - 16 minutes - 84.6 MBPakistan's problems are huge. Popular PM Imran Khan is in jail. The US and China are all over the country Recent elections were highly corrupt #Imran #Pakistan Is Pakistan a banana republic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tucker's Putin interview - my take
February 16, 2024 08:19 - 16 minutes - 85.4 MBMy take on the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladmir Putin. Over 200MM views on the X platform. Go listen/ watch the interview yourself. ITS FREE. make up your own mind. Thanks for the listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"The Just and Righteous war" !!!??? !!!
February 09, 2024 08:11 - 20 minutes - 106 MBWhat is a 'just' and 'righteous' war? YES - WAR that's RIGHT?? I explore how you sell a war to your own people. #War Thank you for listining. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
EU 'blackmails' Hungary | US base attacked | Nato worried abt US 'leaving'
February 02, 2024 08:51 - 22 minutes - 112 MBThank you for listening to my episodes. In this episode I look at Hungary blackmailed by the EU US base attacked. Biden looking to bomb Iranian assets. Why the European should be worried about the US moving away from Europe Russian economy doing great! Ukraine is a mess! I know I'm doing less episodes now but hope you can stick around. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
[[Podcast schedule update]] + Iran/ Pakistan missile attacks | ICJ ruling against Israel
January 29, 2024 17:11 - 10 minutes - 51.5 MBThe schedule of these podcasts will change. I'll be doing less episodes / less frequency. Shall try for weekly. Hope you can stick around. I also talk about the ICJ ruling against Israel... and the Iran/ Pakistan missile issue. #Podcast Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scramble for Africa's Sahel region...
January 21, 2024 10:05 - 16 minutes - 83.1 MBWhat's been going on in the mostly troubled region of Africa's Sahel? An update #Sahel #Africa Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why is Europe is so dependent on NATO/ the US taxpayer?
January 18, 2024 10:14 - 21 minutes - 108 MBHow do the members of NATO & liberals use the US taxpayers to pay for their 'defense' I break down how and why NATO is needed by its members and its not "just" to destroy the Russians in a nuclear Armageddon. #NATO #Europe #USA Than you for listening.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
India-US relations: Now officially a big, fat mess
January 15, 2024 10:54 - 17 minutes - 89.3 MBIndia and & The US had a good run - and to be clear, the US-India relationship is good, generally - BUT now things have changed almost overnight with the relationship in the dumps.... WHY?? I take a look here in this episode. #India #US #Geopolitics #Diplomacy Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Civilized" Anglo-Saxons attacked "rag tag terrorists" Houthis in Yemen!
January 12, 2024 17:15 - 8 minutes - 44.8 MBYesterday - 11th January 2024 the UK and US bombed Yemen. Anglos Vs Houties Liberal extremists Vs Islamic fundamentalists Yemen has been attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea. Thanks for listening... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Palestine's 'Islamist' problem
January 10, 2024 10:51 - 12 minutes - 65.4 MBDoes Palestine have a Islamist [radical Muslims] problem? In this episode I look at what could be the single biggest narrative/ propaganda problem for the Palestinian cause. Zionists Vs. Islamists??? #Islamist #Palestine #Israel This is a thorny issue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Israel's propaganda problem
January 07, 2024 10:50 - 17 minutes - 86.7 MBIsrael - during this ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict - is losing the global PR/ Narrative/ Propaganda war. Not just in its traditional alliances in the Collective West but more so even in the US, that is previously unheard of! #Israel #Palestine #War #Propaganda Thank you all again for listening.....!!!....! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Houthis, Hezbollah & Hamas - Who are they?
January 04, 2024 10:33 - 21 minutes - 107 MBwho are the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas? What are the differences, similarities? What are their histories? #Houthies #Hezbollah #Hamas #fFatah #MuslimBrotherhood #Iran #Israel #Sunni #Shia #Yemen #Lebanon Thank you for listening... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Politics/ Geopolitics & SPORT
December 30, 2023 09:14 - 13 minutes - 70.5 MBHow does politics manage to get itself entangled with sports? There is a LONG history of sports and politics and geopolitics. Even now. Listen on THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What Putin Said **Putin holds marathon 4hr Q&A session**
December 26, 2023 10:05 - 18 minutes - 92.5 MBVladmir Putin held a FOUR-HOUR press conference taking questions from the media and the public. Q&A in detail and yes there were people asking questions from people who do not like Russia. #Russia #Putin Listen on... ... and .... ... pls like and follow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Russia is stronger today because of the Nato proxy war in Ukraine
December 21, 2023 09:59 - 13 minutes - 70.2 MBI examine why Sergi Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister thinks Russia is stronger today than it was before the Ukraine war. How & why does he think this??? And of the Nato proxy, Ukraine? After the West's attention has moved to a shiny new war in the Middle East, funding for Ukraine from BOTH Europe and the US has gone to zero. Ukraine is on the verge of collapse. #Ukraine #Russia #Nato #War Things look tough for Zelensky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Putin's Middle East Diplomacy
December 18, 2023 10:32 - 12 minutes - 62.1 MBVladmir Putin has won the proxy war with Nato in Ukraine and is now reaching out to his new friends in the Middle East. He met with MBS in Saudi and MBZ in the UAE. Rasi of Iran visited Moscow the next day. As the US is bogged down in the streets of Gaza... the Russians are playing a game of chess. #Putin #Russia #Iran #UAE #Saudi #MBS #MBZ #Rasi Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Venezuela to attack Guyana - for OIL???
December 15, 2023 10:15 - 12 minutes - 63.9 MBIs Venezuela about to invade and take about 2/3rd of its neighbor, Guyana? Why? Could it be because they discovered a ton of fossil fuels - oil - off the coast of Guyana? #Venezuela #Guyana #Oil #Invade Pro Tip: Avoid war! - but does anyone listen to me? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
COP28 & the 'Climate Change Myth'
December 13, 2023 08:45 - 13 minutes - 67.6 MBCOP28. Cop 28 was held in Dubai. All the attendees' jet stetted into and out of Dubai burning a ton of fossil fuels in the process. This year Dubai's Al Jabbar as President of COP said you can not ever cut out fossil fuels without going back to teh caves, My take. #COP #ClimateChange #Cop28 Thanks for listening. All the best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
India-US relations are confusing and messy.
December 11, 2023 08:51 - 14 minutes - 75 MBWhy - given so much in common - has India and the US had such a bad historical relationship..?... why? Even today when Indo-US relations are much, MUCH better why still is this the case? #India #USA #InternationalRelations #History Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Great Person Theory & HOW *YOU* CAN BE A GREAT PERSON
December 09, 2023 08:36 - 13 minutes - 67.6 MBI break down the great man/ woman/ people/ hero's/ villains theory. WHO are the great people? How can YOU and ME become great people...HOW???? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Henry Kissinger - A Dangerous Genius
December 07, 2023 08:47 - 16 minutes - 84.1 MBWho was Henry Kissinger? What did he do? Why was he remembered? Was he a genius? Was he evil? Why so some people hate him - like REALLY hate him? #KIssinger Listen on. Thank you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Geert Wilders - Europe moving RIGHT???
December 05, 2023 09:58 - 15 minutes - 80.1 MBThe huge vote to PVV and its leader Geert Wilders in The Netherlands is a wakeup call that what the voter wants is not in sync with the liberal ideology of the EU. What is happening in Europe, a colony of the US? #Immigration #Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Javier Milei - Argentina's new President-elect
December 03, 2023 09:59 - 11 minutes - 57 MBArgentina has elected an Unorthodox ultra-Libertarian as its next President. Effective 10th December 2023. He is going to give the failing economy SHOCK therapy. #Argentina #Mieli Pls like, follow if you like. Thank you for listening.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Biden's Letter to America
December 01, 2023 10:37 - 24 minutes - 124 MBThis is my take of an article, a Op-Ed that Joe Biden published in the Washington Post newspaper on 18th November 2023. #USA #ForeignPolicy Confusing messaging or genius letter to Amerika? Opinion | Joe Biden: U.S. won’t back down from the challenge of Putin and Hamas - The Washington Post Thank you for listning! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Zionism - origins and history
November 29, 2023 09:45 - 19 minutes - 100 MBIn this episode I unpack - or try to - ZIONISM. What is it? Its origins, history and how it resulted in the creation of the state of Israel. #Israel #Palestine #Zionism My attempt to unpack what is otherwise a very, very complex topic. PLEASE LIKE, FOLLOW and COMMENT - thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happiness & the human condition
November 27, 2023 09:05 - 11 minutes - 56.8 MBIn this episode I look at - Happiness, is it a myth, a legend or even attainable? Humans have been searching for happiness for thousands of years. I ask - what on earth is this thing? #Happiness #Happy THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Collective Punishment - the idea of punishing entire populations
November 25, 2023 09:57 - 12 minutes - 63.3 MBWhat is Collective Punishment? Is this "normal" in human history? Examples of collective punishment in history! #History #CollectivePunishment #Humans Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Australia & China to resume friendly relations!!!
November 23, 2023 08:57 - 10 minutes - 54.4 MBAfter seven or so years of dicey and Icey relations China & Australia are planning to "get back to normal" relations. Of course money and trade are the key drivers but there is more and there are also larger implications. #Australia #China #Trade #Economics Listen on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
World's OLDEST Pyramids are in........ Indonesia!!!!!!
November 21, 2023 09:32 - 11 minutes - 59.3 MBIt has just been discovered that the worlds OLDEST human constructed Pyramid is in West Java. Not the Nile Plain. Listen on. Oh and if you have not already - check out Graham Hancock's books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
APEC Summit: China-US lovefest? Xi met Biden!
November 19, 2023 09:59 - 12 minutes - 64.8 MBWe are looking at a possible detente between China & the US. The US likely cannot handle a hot war situation while the Middle East and Ukraine are blowing up. Plus - the Chinese and US economies look dicey... obviously no one in the region wants a US -China war. My main takeaways are in the audio. #China #USA #APEC Catch you all soon, thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
British politics - a hot mess!!!
November 17, 2023 09:23 - 16 minutes - 82.9 MBSuella Braverman was fired as Home Secretary, ex-PM David Cameron given a peerage - into the House of Lords - because he quit as an MP - just so he could become Foreign Secretary. First ex-PM in fifty years to join another government. A hot mess or just another day of normal business in a parliamentary democracy? And WHY are we having these destabilizing events anyway? I try to break down whats going on in some islands of the coast of Europe. #UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Gaza-Israel conflict - mixed media coverage
November 15, 2023 10:29 - 13 minutes - 70.1 MBI look at a bunch of news - Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Russia Today, Global Times and Jerusalem Post - to pick out news stories to give you the latest... #Gaza #Israel #Media #MSM Thank you for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Time Travel - WHEN would you go back to?
November 13, 2023 09:15 - 10 minutes - 51.5 MBWhat is TIME and is TIME TRAVEL possible? #Time #Travel And if it were, where would it be you go to - the past or the future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Antisemitism, Islamophobia meets Liberal wokeism
November 11, 2023 08:32 - 14 minutes - 73.9 MBWhat happens when liberal wokeism meets hard reality. What is happening in western countries among their growing Muslim populations and their Jewish populations? #Muslims #Jews Some serious civil strife is happening in western countries that has all the hallmarks of what happens when liberalism meets warmongering meets hard reality. Thank you all for listening Remember to LIKE and FOLLOW if you like the information in these episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
'American Exceptionalism' - So called?
November 09, 2023 09:26 - 15 minutes - 77.5 MBLots of liberal American political commentators and politicians believe that the US is an EXCEPTIONAL country. Is it, was it? IN this episode I look at the idea of American Exceptionalism & it's odd tie into liberalism #American #Exceptionalism #Liberalism Again, thank you all for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'sleepy' Joe wants to meet 'dictator' Xi
November 08, 2023 09:34 - 14 minutes - 75.2 MBBiden is stuck in a hot proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, a hot war in Gaza through Israel and would like to against China in Taiwan. Now Biden wants to meet Xi. WHY???? #China #USA Thank you for listening again. LIKE - SHARE - FOLLOW for updates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
India & Israel - how does this relationship work?
November 07, 2023 08:54 - 17 minutes - 88.2 MBWhat and how did the India-Israel relationship develop over the years? India used to be pro-Palestine and anti-Israel.... now its both pro-Israel & pro-Palestine .... but leaning to the Israeli side ---- WHY? WHY I try and answer in about 17mins. #India #Israel #Palestine Cheers for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
meanwhile... back in UKRAINE....
November 05, 2023 10:05 - 15 minutes - 76 MBEveryone seems to have forgotten the little proxy war in Ukraine. Or have they? Ukraine is still losing. #Ukraine LETS GO TO WAR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
China's Belt & Road is 10yrs old
November 03, 2023 08:51 - 19 minutes - 99.2 MBBRI - Belt & Road is ten years old in 2023. It has been the most ambitious and successful infrastructure development project in human history. It as 150+ countries - At its centerpiece is the People's Republic of China. #China #Xi #BRI #Infrastructure #Development But is it a debt trap? Is it really? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Who were the "good guys" in World War 2?
November 01, 2023 08:59 - 8 minutes - 44.3 MBWho were the "good guys" in World War II? Well, likely NO ONE - not even "the allies" SERIOUSLY NO ONE went to save the Jews. Listen. A short episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What a Russia-North Korea partnership means
October 30, 2023 09:32 - 21 minutes - 107 MBI look at the all-important meeting between Kim & Putin near Vladivostok. Are we looking at a North Korea/ Russian Federation alliance? #DPRK #Korea #Russia #Kim #Putin Lets examine what is going on behind the headlines... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.