Around The Empire
267 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsAround the Empire podcast explores the massive apparatus of the American Empire. In-depth interviews, discussions. Hosted by Joanne Leon.
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Ep 272 ATE Live: Nuclear Threats Panel with Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright
December 01, 2022 02:49 - 56 minutes - 52 MB10/19/22 Panel: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright. Discussion of Ukraine war, risk of nuclear escalation plus Kyle’s article being tweeted by Elon Musk. FOLLOW Kyle @KyleAnzalone_ @Con_Interest FOLLOW Dan @DSW_xyz Recorded on October 19, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundtheempire, Paypal paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod, Yo...
Ep 271 ATE Live Ukraine War Panel with Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright
November 30, 2022 21:45 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBPanel: Joanne Leon, Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright. Discussion about the war in Ukraine and latest developments. Recorded on September 15, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: Ukraine's counterattack: Unheeded warnings from Russia's pro-war hardliners, Riley Waggaman Military summary channel Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundth...
Ep 270 Crisis in Iraq PANEL feat Elijah Magnier Kyle Anzalone Dan Wright
September 02, 2022 04:53 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBPanel: Kyle Anzalone, Joanne Leon, Elijah Magnier, Dan Wright. Discussion about the protests and political crisis in Iraq and the Iran deal JCPOA. Elijah Magnier is a veteran war correspondent and political analyst with over 35 years of experience covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest. Dan Wright is a writer and podcaster and the co-founder of ...
Ep 269 Trouble in Eurasia: China, Korea, Russia, Ukraine feat Kyle Anzalone
September 02, 2022 04:51 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBGuest: Kyle Anzalone. We discuss a number of new articles written by Kyle about China, Korea, Russia and Ukraine. In a bonus segment we talk about how the war in Ukraine seems to be changing from a conventional war to an insurgency and dirty war. We also talk about Dugin car bombing. Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest show. FOLLOW Kyle on Twitter @KyleAnzalone_ and @Con_Interest, find his wri...
Ep 268 One Nation Under Blackmail: The Enterprise, PROMIS and Casolaro feat Whitney Webb
August 26, 2022 21:50 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBGuest: Whitney Webb. We discuss her new book “One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union between Intelligence and Organized Crime that gave rise to Jeffrey Epstein.” We focus on the story of the PROMIS software and the “Enterprise Network” that Danny Casolaro was investigating for his story about “The Octopus”. In a bonus segment we discuss the surprising roles played by Israel and China during the Clinton presidency years. Whitney Webb is an author and an investigative journalist. Her...
Ep267 Ukraine War and Logistics feat Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord)
August 26, 2022 04:24 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBHosts: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone. Guest: Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord) Discussion with Tyler Weaver aka Armchair Warlord about the war in Ukraine with some focus on logistics and armaments. A retrospective look at the war and also the recent developments. In a bonus segment we talk about Russia’s objectives in Ukraine at the point of invasion and how they have evolved since then. Tyler Weaver aka Armchair Warlord is a veteran, the author of the book “Maidens War” and a military analy...
Around the Empire LIVE: Ep 266 Taiwan / China Panel
August 04, 2022 00:46 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBHosts: Joanne Leon, Dan Wright Guests: Peter Lee, Patrick MacFarlane, Connor Echols Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundtheempire, Paypal paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod, YouTube youtube.com/aroundtheempire, Spotify, iTunes, iHeart, Google Podcasts FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon. Join us on TELEGRAM https://t.me/AroundtheEmpire Find everything on ...
Ep 265 Third Party Candidates Disrupt the Status Quo PANEL
July 30, 2022 02:10 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBHosts: Joanne Leon, Kelley Lane. Guests: Shannon Bray, Matthew Hoh, Scott Horton, Angela McArdle Panel discussion about the importance of third party candidates, especially anti-interventionist candidates who can act as a political insurgency to disrupt the establishment status quo. We also discuss the recent scandal with the North Carolina election board voting along partisan lines to prevent US Senate candidate Matthew Hoh from getting on the ballot, the recent takeover of the Libertari...
Ep 264 Ukraine War From a Baltic Perspective Swapcast Eastern Border
July 13, 2022 04:29 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBThis is a swapcast with Kristaps Andrejsons, host of the Eastern Border podcast. We talk about life in Latvia, what it’s like to be a small former Soviet republic country with a big neighbor like Russia, and the Ukraine war from a Baltic perspective. In a bonus segment we discuss the increase in NATO troops in Europe and the Baltic countries. Kristaps Andrejsons is an historian and a podcaster from Riga, Latvia, He hosts a podcast called Eastern Border about the politics and the history...
Ep 263 Financial War: Fed Declares Independence feat Tom Luongo
July 12, 2022 04:47 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBGuest: Tom Luongo. We continue our conversations from previous episodes about the Federal Reserve and financial war underlying the conflicts and crises around the world right now. We discuss recent moves by the Fed and what it means, along with a lot of other political and philosophical commentary mixed in. In a bonus segment I ask Tom how the US and EU manage to be united in the Ukraine war while the Fed and ECB are waging epic battles. Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur da...
Ep 262 Yemen Ceasefire and Reasons Behind It feat Isa Blumi
July 01, 2022 00:39 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBGuest: Isa Blumi. We talk about the ceasefire in Yemen, the circumstances and the reasons why it happened. We also talk about energy development, the Hodeidah blockade, the situation in Aden, the ousting of Hadi and creation of a new Presidential Council and we continue our discussion from previous episodes about the war within wars in Yemen and the Gulf states. In a bonus segment we talk about Sweden and Finland changing their neutral status and joining NATO. When we recorded this, Turkey ...
Ep 261 War in Ukraine Panel Podcast
June 28, 2022 03:58 - 1 hour - 103 MBPanel: Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Joanne Leon, Stephen Semler, Dan Wright. A wide ranging discussion about the war in Ukraine, the possible escalation to nuclear war and the billions of dollars being approved by Congress. FOLLOW @stephensemler, @WrightLeaning, @Kelleyswords, @FreemansMind96, @joanneleon, @AroundtheEmpire Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundth...
Ep 260 Intel Influence Operations and British Leadership feat Kit Klarenberg
June 10, 2022 05:07 - 1 hour - 103 MBHosts: Joanne Leon and Dan Wright. We had a long and fascinating discussion with Kit Klarenberg about his recent report “Operation Surprise: leaked emails expose secret intelligence coup to install Boris Johnson” and his latest report “Leaked emails expose UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s connection to MI6-style ‘research and influence operation’”. We also talked about the parallels in American and global politics, Julian Assange and a variety of other subjects. Kit Klarenberg is an inve...
Ep 259 War Planning in the Pacific feat Peter Lee
May 19, 2022 04:21 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBGuest: Peter Lee. We discuss two of Peter’s recent China Threat Report episodes titled Death By Oil: US Warplanning in the Pacific and The Escalation Solution with a focus on Taiwan. In a bonus segment, we talk about the escalation in Ukraine, timely catastrophes and why Peter now considers himself a “catastrophist”. Peter Lee has decades of experience in East Asia both as a businessman and as a writer. He produces Peter Lee’s China Threat Report and has been published at Asia Times, C...
Ep 258 The Sword and Cross at Albright’s Funeral feat Sam Husseini
May 17, 2022 05:44 - 1 hour - 71 MBHosts: Joanne Leon and Kelley Lane. Guest: Sam Husseini. We talk about his recent article, Albright's Funeral -- The Sword and the Cross Come Together and more. In a bonus question, we talk about the convergence of neoliberal and neoconservative actors in the foreign policy establishment and the Biden administration. Sam Husseini is a Washington, DC metro based independent journalist who has been piercing through the establishment’s falsifications for 25 years. His more recent work incl...
Ep 257 Checkered Relations of U.S. and Russia Through History feat Peter Kuznick
May 01, 2022 02:07 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBGuest: Peter Kuznick. We talk about the checkered history of relations between the United States and Russia (and the USSR). We talk about the book “The Untold History of the United States” including a second edition with some new chapters on more recent history. In a bonus question we talk about possible Russian revanchism and whether the Baltic states and other former USSR states in the region are now in danger if Russia begins to feel threatened by NATO activity in those states and in the...
Ep 256 Clare Daly & Mick Wallace: The Anti-war Voices Heard Around the World
April 15, 2022 17:38 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBGuest: Clare Daly and Mick Wallace. We talk to the Irish Members of the European Parliament who are now some of the most powerful anti-war voices heard around the world. We discuss the war in Ukraine, sanctions, flooding the war with more arms and how all of these things lead to more war and destruction, not peace. We disagree with taking sides in a situation that requires more nuance. In a bonus segment, we talk about the position of neutrality taken by Ireland and how this status is const...
Ep 255 It’s a Financial War feat Tom Luongo
April 13, 2022 15:45 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBGuest: Tom Luongo. We continue and update our conversation from Episode 229 Central Bank Wars about the financial war underlying the conflicts and crises around the world right now. We discuss the global financial infrastructure, LIBOR and it’s replacement, SOFR, the Federal Reserve, the great power wars, the hot war in Ukraine, and more. In a long bonus episode we talk about whether Russia and China are part of the Great Reset and “in on it”, so to speak, taking into consideration some arg...
Ep 254 Analyzing VAERS: The Unacceptable Interview feat Jessica Rose
April 08, 2022 06:16 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBGuest: Dr. Jessica Rose. We talk about her work analyzing the VAERS database and more. Due to censorship issues, most of this episode will not be available on Youtube but the full episode is available on our other platforms. You can find those on aroundtheempire.com. Dr. Jessica Rose is a brilliant Canadian scientist with integrity. She is an immunologist and molecular biologist who has specialized in computational biology and the bio-mechanisms behind pathogenic infections. She has degr...
Ep 253 D-Day in Kyiv feat Jeffrey Carr
March 31, 2022 04:48 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBGuest: Jeffrey Carr. We talk about his experience working with the Ukraine Ministry of Defense cyber warfare team when the invasion began. Jeffrey Carr has been an internationally-known cybersecurity adviser, author, and researcher since 2006. He has worked as a small business/entrepreneur in Russia for the CIA’s Open Source Center Eurasia Desk. He invented REDACT, the world’s first global R&D database and search engine to assist companies in identifying which intellectual property is of...
Ep252 Global Finance & Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine (Swapcast)
March 24, 2022 18:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBKyle Anzalone (Conflicts of Interest) and Joanne Leon (Around the Empire). We talk about some global finance aspects of the ongoing hybrid war, the invasion of Ukraine and geopolitics. FOLLOW on Twitter: @KyleAnzalone_ and @Con_Interest and find Kyle and the Conflicts of Interest podcast at Libertarian Institute Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundtheempire, Pa...
Ep 251 Global Technocracy feat Iain Davis
March 22, 2022 05:43 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBGuest: Iain Davis. We talk about his article titled: “Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Order.” We discuss the western international rules-based order vs a new international laws based order proposed by China and Russia and the governing mechanism of global technocracy. We also talk about global stakeholders, public-private partnerships, UN sustainable development goals, Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030 and more. In a bonus segment we speculate about the l...
Ep 250 Wars Within Wars feat Isa Blumi
March 13, 2022 04:53 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBGuest: Dr. Isa Blumi. A wide ranging discussion where we discuss the various wars within wars in Yemen and other areas. We talk about the turmoil in Lebanon, competition between the Gulf states, Europe’s gas supply and the gas fields in Eastern Mediterranean and more. Dr. Isa Blumi is an historian, an author and Professor of Global History, Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Yemen, Albania. His most recent Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World tells the story of the ...
Ep 249 Realistic View of Ukraine and Russia feat Mary Dejevsky
February 03, 2022 07:19 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBGuest: Mary Dejevsky. We talk about the recent communications between US, NATO and Russia with a realistic view of Russia and Ukraine. In a bonus segment we talk about why the UK establishment is hostile toward Russia. Mary Dejevsky is a veteran journalist and columnist, a former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris, Washington and a special correspondent in China. She has written about the collapse of the USSR from inside Moscow and she is an expert on relations between Russia and th...
Ep 248 Russia’s Range of Options for Ukraine Crisis feat Mark Sleboda
February 01, 2022 04:02 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBGuest: Mark Sleboda. We talk about the likelihood of Russian intervention in Ukraine, the options available to them, and the overall situation with the standoff between NATO and Russia. Mark Sleboda is an International Affairs & Security Analyst, a US Navy veteran, a university lecturer and a foreign policy realist. FOLLOW Mark on Twitter @MarkSleboda1 and look for his appearances on RT, Sputnik and other international channels. Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supp...
Ep 247 Can Ukraine Crisis Be Solved Without War? (Swapcast)
January 31, 2022 04:58 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBSwapcast with the hosts of Conflicts of Interest Podcast: Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman. We talk about the crisis in U.S.-Russian relations. This roundtable first covers Washington and NATO’s written responses to Moscow regarding last month’s Russian security proposals and then we discuss the threat of war, the potential scope of such a war, why Russia is likely no longer concerned about further U.S. sanctions, the role of CIA paramilitaries on the front line, the shutdown of the Ukrainia...
Ep 246 Questions About Kazakhstan feat Hrvoje Morić
January 27, 2022 08:43 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBGuest: Hrvoje Morić, host of the Geopolitics and Empire podcast. About a week after the protests and unrest in Kazakhstan in early January, Hrvoje and I got together for a chat about the questions we still had about the situation and our skepticism about the immediate claims of color revolution. Some things have changed in the past two weeks since we recorded this but for me, many questions still remain. Hrvoje Morić is a podcaster and an educator. He lived in Kazakhstan from 2017 to 202...
Ep 245 Covert State Sponsored Media feat Kit Klarenberg
January 27, 2022 02:42 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBGuest: Kit Klarenberg. Kit Klarenberg returns to the show, again with leaked documents related to information and psychological warfare. We discuss his Grayzone article titled: “Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction critics.” In this case a state-sponsored influence operation was created to undermine critics of coronavirus policies and they’re covertly using at least one prominent YouTube personality as their media conduit for eli...
Ep 244 Biological Weapons in the Korean War feat Jeffrey Kaye
January 12, 2022 08:24 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBGuest: Jeffrey Kaye. We talk about his research and writing on the Korean War and the biological warfare that was waged. HIs work is based on years of experience and research including in depth research of the depositions by prisoners of war and other materials that required laborious and expensive efforts to obtain. In a bonus segment we talk about how the US biowarfare operations have changed since the offensive bioweapon programs were officially ended during the Nixon administration when...
Ep 243 Civil War in Ethiopia Swapcast feat Teodrose Fikremariam
December 21, 2021 05:25 - 1 hour - 58 MBGuest: Teodrose Fikremariam. An in depth discussion of the civil war in Ethiopia. This is a swapcast with Kyle Anzalone of the Conflicts of Interest podcast. Teodrose Fikremarium, is the co-founder and editor of the Ghion Journal and host of video shows on the Ghion Journal channel. Originally from Ethiopia, he is a published author, a prolific writer, a consultant in the defense industry and a former community organizer and political activist. FOLLOW Teodrose at @teodrose3 and find h...
Ep 242 Libya Elections and Foreign Intervention feat Giorgio Cafiero
December 20, 2021 20:19 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBGuest: Giorgio Cafiero. We talk about the upcoming elections in Libya, scheduled for December 24, 2021. The situation still remains chaotic and uncertain with just a few days left. To quote Giorgio in one of his recent articles: “Libya is at a delicate point in its history. The deeply fractured and divided North African country has the first round of presidential elections officially set for December 24, yet we do not know if the elections will be held that day. Whether or not elections ...
Ep 241 Theranos Through A New Lens feat Alex Krainer
December 16, 2021 01:40 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBGuest: Alex Krainer. After two years of pandemic response, there are new and interesting perspectives and ways to view Theranos through a new lens. We discuss Alex Krainer’s three-part article titled Theranos Scandal: The Real Story. In a bonus episode, we talk about how world wars have led to “great resets” in the past and whether our current situation signals that preparations for world changing wars are being made and who the real “empire builders” are. Alex Krainer has an impressive...
Ep 240 Witnessing the Transformation of China feat ADVChina (Winston & Matt)
November 27, 2021 00:23 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBGuests: Hosts of the ADVChina YouTube channel and podcast Winston Sterzel (aka Serpentza) and Matthew Tye (aka C-Milk/laowhy86) lived and traveled through most of China for more than a decade. They started a custom motorcycle business and did most of their traveling on those motorcycles and they produced two documentary films. Their video and podcast content (they have individual channels as well as the ADVChina channels) is broad ranging but mostly about life in China from a westerner’s pe...
Ep 239 Questions Still Unanswered (Part 2): Anthrax Attacks
November 01, 2021 03:52 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBPanelists: Peter Castagno, Gumby, Joanne Leon, Robbie Martin, Dan Wright. A panel discussion about the questions that are still unanswered 20 years after 9/11. This is part two of an ongoing series where we talk about the anthrax attacks. We are honored to have such a knowledgeable and talented line up in this panel. Joanne Leon and Dan Wright are co-founders of Around the Empire. Peter Castagno is the co-owner of the Citizen Truth independent media website covering international politic...
Ep 238 Taiwan Trouble feat Peter Lee
October 29, 2021 15:56 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBGuest: Peter Lee aka @chinahand. As Peter said “it’s been a pretty good week for the chinahawks.” In fact, a lot of good weeks lately. We talk about the escalation of tensions with China over Taiwan, the US-led “Asian NATO”l ships sailing through the Taiwan strait and in the South China sea, Chinese military exercises scrambling jets near Taiwan, the issue of Taiwan independence and US defense, the political situation and the prospects for war to break out and more. In a bonus episode I ask...
Ep 237 Realignments in the Middle East & Africa feat Isa Blumi
October 11, 2021 21:31 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBGuest: Dr. Isa Blumi. This is a wide-ranging discussion about the political realignments in the Gulf states, new partnerships in the Middle East and Africa, Qatar’s involvement in the withdrawal from Afghanistan, developments in Yemen, quiet military repurposing of strategic island of Socotra, the long and complicated exploitation of East Africa, the Red Sea region and Horn of Africa, the mass of military bases in Djbouti, the Turkey-Russia relationship and more. For those listening to th...
ATE Ep236 Questions Still Unanswered
September 30, 2021 23:35 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBPanelists: Peter Castagno, Gumby, Joanne Leon, Dan Wright. A panel discussion about the questions that are still unanswered 20 years after 9/11. This is part one of a series. There is an “after hours” bonus segment where we talk about turning this into a series, the fact that dissent from the official 9/11 story is (finally) being discussed more openly and there is strong pressure to make it less taboo, and more. Joanne Leon and Dan Wright are co-founders of Around the Empire. Peter Cast...
Ep 235 Afghans Come to America
September 04, 2021 04:37 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBPanelists: Kyle Anzalone, Kelley Lane, Joanne Leon, Dan Wright. A panel discussion about the war in Afghanistan and the evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans, most of whom will be settling in the United States. There is a bonus “After Hours” segment where we let loose on the foreign policy establishment “Blob” of idiots, the profiteering, the pivot to China and more. FOLLOW @KyleAnzalone_, @Kelleyswords, @JoanneLeon, @DanSWright Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener su...
Ep 234 Afghanistan War: The Big Lie feat Matthew Hoh
August 31, 2021 02:37 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBGuest: Matthew Hoh. Hosts: Joanne Leon and Dan Wright. A wide ranging discussion about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the response to losing the war, the media coverage over the past 20 years and the bad actors we were allied with throughout the war but now upon leaving, the outrage and sudden concern for the Afghan people. Over the years, so many lies were told that the whole war seems like a big lie. We also talk about why the evacuation went so badly, the national security council, the...
Ep 233 Hold the Generals Accountable This Time feat Ray McGovern
August 27, 2021 04:54 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBGuest: Ray McGovern. Hosts: Joanne Leon and Kelley Lane. We talk about Ray’s recent article calling for military generals to be held accountable this time, for this 20-year March of Folly called the War in Afghanistan. If they are not held accountable, there will be still worse to come. In a bonus episode, we talk about Biden’s battle with the media, the intelligence complex and the whole “MICIMATT” (an acronym that Ray has coined for the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Medi...
Ep 232 The Escalation Ladder With China feat Connor Freeman
August 15, 2021 01:59 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBGuest: Connor Freeman. We talk about the escalation ladder of hostilities with China and how it developed under the last four presidents and how we seem to climb further up that ladder every day. In a long bonus episode we talk about the fall of Saigon moment in Afghanistan, playing out right now. We recorded this episode less than 48 hours ago but things are changing so rapidly that I added an update at the end of the bonus episode. Connor Freeman is a writer at the Libertarian Insti...
Ep 231 Hybrid Warfare and Cyberdiplomacy feat Jon Lancelot
August 12, 2021 03:46 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBGuest: Jon Lancelot. Hosts: Joanne Leon, Kelley Lane. A wide ranging discussion on hybrid warfare, cybersecurity, cyberdiplomacy, democracy, technocracy and more. In a bonus segment we talk about creeping fascism and what went wrong with the progressive movement. Jonathan Lancelot is a cybersecurity analyst at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and principal policy analyst for the OSET Institute focused on election cybersecurity in the context of national security. He has a Mas...
Ep 230 Who Rules Haiti? Undermining Haiti’s Sovereignty feat Margaret Kimberley
August 02, 2021 20:20 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBGuest: Margaret Kimberley. We talk about the recent assassination and leadership change in Haiti and the campaign for US military intervention. The details of the assassination are important but the fundamental issue is the undermining of Haiti’s sovereignty and who is really dominating and determining the rulership of the country. From Black Alliance for Peace: Who rules Haiti? Certainly, neither the Haitian people nor Haitian civil society. Instead, in the two weeks since President J...
Ep 229 Central Bank Wars feat Tom Luongo
July 27, 2021 17:41 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBGuest: Tom Luongo. We talk about the financial aspect of war and foreign policy, central bank wars between the Fed and the European Central Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Great Reset. In the bonus segment we talk about how the sanctions and trade disputes with China were condemned when Trump was in office but have been resurrected under Biden and it now seems that trade war with China is back in fashion. Tom Luongo is an analyst, writer and a former research chemist. His specialty...
Ep 228 Leaving Afghanistan feat Scott Horton
July 21, 2021 04:02 - 1 hour - 62 MBGuest: Scott Horton. We talk about the war in Afghanistan, a landlocked country with rough terrain and the diverse groups of people who live there. We talk about the reasons why we lost that war and have to withdraw. We also discuss the news and footage from the withdrawal in progress and the reactions to the various factions who support and oppose that, and the dishonesty and hypocrisy that happen when people try to justify long wars and occupations like this one. In a bonus episode, we di...
Ep 227 Consolidation of Political Power in Iran feat Neda Bolourchi
July 13, 2021 05:08 - 56 minutes - 41.6 MBGuest: Dr. Neda Bolourchi. We talk about the recent election in Iran: a deep dive about the background, the people involved, the consolidation of power and the outlook for the future. In a bonus segment we talk about the US shifting priorities toward great power competition and what this means for policy and strategy with respect to Iran. Dr. Neda Bolourchi is an assistant professor and Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick Center for Middle Ea...
Ep 227 4th of July Holiday Special
July 06, 2021 14:23 - 2 hours - 85 MBAs a holiday special for 4th of July, a researcher who is well known on Twitter and goes by the pseudonym Gumby4Christ and Joanne talk about his research on the Covid origins lab leak theory, the pandemic in general and how basic freedoms and rights in our society have been impacted by the response to all of it. FOLLOW @gumby4christ on Twiitter. Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patre...
Ep 226 4th of July Holiday Special
July 06, 2021 14:23 - 2 hours - 85 MBAs a holiday special for 4th of July, a researcher who is well known on Twitter and goes by the pseudonym Gumby4Christ and Joanne talk about his research on the Covid origins lab leak theory, the pandemic in general and how basic freedoms and rights in our society have been impacted by the response to all of it. FOLLOW @gumby4christ on Twiitter. Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patre...
Ep 225 Business, Politics and Organized Crime feat Jeremy Kuzmarov
June 23, 2021 04:12 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBGuest: Jeremy Kuzmarov. We talk about Jeremy’s new article in Covert Action Magazine, titled How Organized Crime Infiltrated American Business After WW II and Corrupted National Politics from Truman to Trump. In it, he talks about a book by Jonathan Marshall, titled Dark Quadrant: Organized Crime, Big Business, and the Corruption of American Democracy. In a bonus segment, we talk about the January 6th riots. Jeremy Kuzmarov is Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine. He is the author ...
Ep 224 Swapcast with Geopolitics and Empire
June 12, 2021 06:19 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBJoanne from Around the Empire and Hrvoje from Geopolitics and Empire get together for a wide ranging discussion about the Great Game, the Great Reset, the pandemic lockdowns and other responses, the ramping up of hostilities with Russia and China, withdrawal from Afghanistan and the sudden permission to speak about the lab leak theory. FOLLOW Hrvoje at @Geopolitics_Emp SUBSCRIBE to the Geopolitics and Empire podcast on podcast apps, Youtube, Odyssey and other platforms and find the webs...