Popular Front
276 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 727 ratingsPopular Front is a grassroots media organisation that focuses solely on war and conflict. We go deeper than mainstream news in a way that makes important war coverage accessible for everyone. The podcast focuses on the niche details of modern warfare and under-reported conflict.
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Real Trouble in the Arctic
June 17, 2024 05:08 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBToday we speak to journalist Sergiy Slipchenko about how, after years of media exaggeration, there is now actually a real threat of potential conflict in the Arctic region. www.arcticpod.co Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Deadly Blueprint of Iron Guard // PREVIEW
June 13, 2024 07:57 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
An Armed Uprising in a South Pacific Colony // PREVIEW
June 10, 2024 09:53 - 6 minutes - 6.38 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
The Myanmar Rebels are Actually Winning
June 09, 2024 14:59 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBToday we’re speaking to geospatial analyst Nathan Ruser about how the rebels in Myanmar have turned the tide of the war and are now actually winning against all odds. The resistance has managed to take huge areas of land back from the junta, disarming their soldiers, and sending them back to the dwindling government controlled areas. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront....
NATO and the Big Article 5 Boogaloo // PREVIEW
May 26, 2024 21:21 - 6 minutes - 6.38 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Surviving a 14 Hour Russian Ambush
May 24, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBToday we speak to journalist Conall Kearney about how he recently got stuck in a 14 hour gun battle with Russian forces whilst embedded with Ukraine battalion 'Kayfariki Group' on the frontlines in East Ukraine. https://www.patreon.com/Cocobongo666 https://www.instagram.com/cocobongo666 https://www.instagram.com/kayfariki.group/ Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfro...
Mercenaries in Congo // PREVIEW
May 19, 2024 10:50 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Intra-Kurdish Chaos in Northern Iraq
May 06, 2024 12:16 - 52 minutes - 72 MBToday we speak to Kurdish politcal analyst Ariz Kader about the rising levels of internal chaos taking place in Northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. It involves the government in Baghdad, Turkey, Iran, and Kurdish rebel group the PKK. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.tw...
The O9A Coup of the National Socialist Order // PREVIEW
May 01, 2024 11:54 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Huge Protests Sweep Across Tbilisi
April 30, 2024 09:21 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBToday we speak to politcal commentator and Georgian protester Gattsu. He tells us about the largescale anti-"Russian law" protests happening right now in Georgia, where many believe the government needs to be overthrown. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Death Triangle of Israel, Iran, and America // PREVIEW
April 20, 2024 11:36 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
All Out War in East Congo
April 08, 2024 15:35 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBToday we speak to journalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham about the state of the rapidly escalating war in East Congo. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Violent Legacy of National Action // PREVIEW
March 30, 2024 15:33 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
The Red Army Faction Militants on the Run for 34 Years
March 28, 2024 22:11 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBToday we speak to researcher Bertolt Hunger about the still at-large Red Army Faction militants and their recent run-in with the German police. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Occult Anarchists Who Planned to Bomb New York // PREVIEW
March 14, 2024 16:15 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Is the British Government Fuelling Rwandan Death Squads?
March 12, 2024 14:20 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBToday we speak to journalists Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy about the British government's shadowy dealings with Rwanda, which are potentially causing violence, death, and many more refugees. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Planned Attacks of Finland's Esoteric Nazis // PREVIEW
March 06, 2024 06:34 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Real Updates From the Ukraine Frontlines
March 05, 2024 15:09 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBToday we speak to journalist Neil Hauer about the situation on the Ukraine frontlines two years after Russia launched its full scale invasion into the country. The situation on the ground is often not what it's presented to be on social media, especially now. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.fron...
Are 3D-Printed Rocket Launchers Effective? // PREVIEW
February 20, 2024 15:18 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Hell's Angels, US Assassinations, and the Iranian Regime
February 08, 2024 10:48 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBToday we speak to journalist and 404 Media co-founder Joseph Cox. He's talking to us about a bizarre situation that involves a Canadian Hell's Angels assasination plot to murder Iranian dissidents in America. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Blood of the Grey Wolves // PREVIEW
February 02, 2024 13:41 - 7 minutes - 10.1 MBListen in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Mexican Cartels Take Over Chiapas
January 30, 2024 11:44 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBToday we speak to journalist Ioan Grillo about how the Mexican cartels have taken over the historic area of Chiapas with little to no resistance from armed groups there. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Palestinian Journalists are Being Targeted and Killed
January 18, 2024 05:47 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBToday we speak to journalist Hind Hassan about Israel's ongoing killing of journalists in Gaza and beyond. We also discuss the media's perceieved silence on this issue. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Popular Front presents: Skeleton Key - Deep Dives on Real Fascist Militancy
January 10, 2024 17:43 - 1 minute - 1.32 MBFor the past five years or so, everyone and their nan has been accused of being a fascist, a neo-Nazi, or whatever. Often these accusations come from angry internet addicts who can’t take a joke. At Popular Front, we don’t care about all that drama. We do care though, about actual violent fascist militancy. The organised extremists who wish to violently cut off someone else’s freedom because they’re a different race, religion, sexuality, gender, or whatever. To help understand where the re...
Attacks and Rigged Elections in Serbia
January 09, 2024 12:09 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBToday we speak to scientist, analyst, and activist Jovana Maksić about the recent election tampering in Serbia. Off the back of the government's rigging, attacks on opposition and protesters has once again broken out in the Balkan country. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Chaotic Farmer Protests You Haven't Heard Of // PREVIEW
January 02, 2024 11:13 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Speaking to Anti-War Russians, Inside Russia
December 21, 2023 13:36 - 1 hour - 124 MBToday we speak to journalist and filmmaker Andy Hayward about his time filming with anti-war Russians who speak out against the Putin regime, whilst still living inside the country. A very risky situation. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Understanding the Dublin Riot // PREVIEW
December 13, 2023 16:58 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Living with the Myanmar Rebels
December 08, 2023 10:56 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBToday we speak to journalist Daphne Wesdorp about her time staying with the Myanmar rebels deep in the jungles of Karen state. She saw how they live, how they fight, and how they stay motivated to contiune their struggle against the military junta despite being ignored by the world. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Blood and Oil: The Ongoing Battle for the Niger Delta
November 22, 2023 08:34 - 1 hour - 116 MBToday we speak to writer and researcher James Barnett about the ongoing conflicts in the Niger Delta. We speak about the underground oil industry, milita turf wars, and cult domination in the region. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Iran-backed Militias are Attacking US Bases in Iraq Again // PREVIEW
November 14, 2023 17:11 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
On the Ground in Gaza City
November 10, 2023 12:06 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBToday we speak to Palestinian academic Refaat Alareer about what it's like to live in Gaza City right now as Israeli forces move in. Be warned, this is a hard episode to listen to as Alareer's neighbourhood is bombed throughout the interview. His children can at times be heard screaming in the background. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Rapid Rise of Authoritarian Britain
October 31, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBToday we speak to Silkie Carlo, the director of the British civil liberties organisation 'Big Brother Watch'. She talking to us about the rapid rise of authoritatianism in the UK. This is espically relevant now with the backdrop of the new Palestine - Israel war, as the British government has branded all pro-Palestine marches as a 'hate crime'. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - ...
The Militant Sadist Cult That Wants to Kill Everyone // PREVIEW
October 25, 2023 11:12 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Inside the New Israel - Palestine War
October 22, 2023 06:30 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBToday we speak to journalist Ari Flanzraich about the new war between Palestine and Israel. Flanzraich has been on the ground covering the war from all borders. He gives us an insight into the missions of Israeli soldiers and speaks on how the killing of civilians in Gaza has no end in sight. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Mysterious Kosovo Monastery Siege // PREVIEW
October 05, 2023 14:41 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
On the Ground for the Artsakh Exodus
September 29, 2023 10:29 - 1 hour - 112 MBToday we speak to journalist Raffi Elliott about the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh / Karabakh. He's been on the ground as hundreds of thousands of Armenian refugees flood over the border from Azeri persecution. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Gun Battles in Lebanon's Largest Refugee Camp
September 27, 2023 09:35 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBToday we speak to journalist Matt Kynaston about the recent conflict in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Azerbaijan Restarts the Karabakh War
September 19, 2023 18:23 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBWe speak to writer and genocide researcher Joe Kassabian about the deadly violence that broken out in Karabakh / Artsakh as Azerbaijan ends the ceasefire and has begun shelling civilians. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The Israeli Settler Militias Attacking Palestine
September 13, 2023 05:04 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBToday we speak to open source researcher Chris Osieck about the armed Israeli Settlers who've formed militias and are now launching attacks on Palestinians in their own homes. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Niger's Military Coup is More Complex Than it Seems
August 23, 2023 10:09 - 44 minutes - 61 MBWe speak to Dr. Olayinka Ajala, a senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He explains to us, in detail, why the recent military coup in the African country of Niger is not quite as straight forward as it look at first glance. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanra...
Life in Russian Occupied Crimea // PREVIEW
August 14, 2023 12:24 - 6 minutes - 9.46 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
The Surviving 9/11 Attacker Who Wants to be Taken Off The No Fly List
August 11, 2023 06:39 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBToday we speak to journalist Roman Lehberger about the remaining 9/11 militant who helped bring the Twin Towers down. He did 15 years in prison in Germany and now he wants to be removed from the terror list so he can start travelling the world... - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
191. Life and Death Behind the Karabakh Blockade
August 04, 2023 10:15 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBToday we speak to Nina, an Armenian teacher living behind Azerbaijan's blockade on Artsakh / Karabakh. Children are now dying due to the blockade and the international community is largely silent. We hear first hand what life is like as Azerbaijan effectively starves people out of their homes. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
190. Interview with a Myanmar Freedom Fighter
July 27, 2023 13:01 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBToday we speak to Kabaw, a Burmese rebel fighter on the frontlines of the insurgency against Myanmar's military junta. Excuse the audio, he was literally in the jungle as we spoke. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
The US Soldiers who Fled to North Korea // PREVIEW
July 21, 2023 14:03 - 6 minutes - 9.46 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
How the FBI Groomed a Mentally Handicapped Teenager into "ISIS"
July 14, 2023 13:12 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBToday we speak to journalist Murtaza Hussain about a horrific case where the FBI entrapped a mentally handicapped teenager so that they could arrested him on terrorism charges. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
188. Armed Revenge Riots in France
July 06, 2023 11:53 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBToday we speak to anthropologist Louis Stavenhagen about the massive riots sweeping across France in response to an unarmed 17 year old being shot dead by police at a traffic stop. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan
Gun Furries // PREVIEW
June 29, 2023 09:04 - 7 minutes - 10 MBHear it in full only at https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
187. Riding on Moscow: Wagner's 24 Hour Mutiny
June 27, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutes - 63.7 MBToday we speak to researcher Aram Shabanian about the madness over the weekend where the Kremlin's very own paramilitary unit turned on it. This is how Wagner's short-lived mutiny unfolded. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan