Angry Planet
430 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★ - 576 ratingsConversations about conflict on an angry planet. Created, produced, and hosted by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields
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Why People Online Defend the Uighur Genocide
January 21, 2022 21:14 - 37 minutes - 30 MBGenocide and disinformation. That’s the topic of today’s heady program. I hope none of you have had the pleasure of debating the Uighur genocide with friends or with, god forbid, with anonymous people on the internet. If you have, you may have noticed a certain … uniformity to the arguments despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. It turns out there may be a reason for that. Here to help us untangle it all is Alexander Reid Ross. Ross is a senior fellow at the Centre for Analysis of...
Inside Africa's ISIS Franchises
January 14, 2022 19:55 - 35 minutes - 28.5 MBThe Islamic State has fallen out of the headlines, but it’s still a major force around the world. Affiliates flourish across the Middle East and, especially, in Africa. The spread of the group there has some analysts calling it the Next Jihadist Battlefront. Here to help us with all this is Ryan O'Farrell. O'Farrell is a Senior Analyst at the Bridgeway Foundation and a researcher focusing on Islamist movements in east and central Africa. He’s also a contributing author of the book The Isl...
A War for the Former Soviet Union
January 08, 2022 16:38 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBThe former Soviet Union is looking a bit restive nowadays - putting it mildly. Russia has more than one hundred thousand troops on Ukraine’s borders - and has invaded Ukraine before - and has been fighting a war there ever since. And in the last few days, many Americans have learned there is a country called Kazakhstan, even if they can’t find it on a map. And Russia is playing a role to prop up the authoritarian government there. To help us understand what’s going on, we have the perfec...
ICYMI: Taliban Memories
December 31, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBThe Taliban - we all know them, few of us love them, and it looks like they’re going to rule Afghanistan - again. So, what was it like the first time the Islamic militants took over, in 1996? Today, we have two journalists who were in Afghanistan in the 90s. Scott Neuman was working for United Press International and wrote from the scene. Alan Chin is a photographer who went to Afghanistan to take pictures for The New York Times. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. ...
ICYMI: Fake Journalists Are the Latest Disinformation Twist
December 24, 2021 17:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBLast week The Daily Beast broke some bizarre news. Several news outlets, including The Washington Examiner, RealClear Markets, and The National Interest, had been running op-eds of journalists that did not exist. AI generated photos attached to profiles and credentials that, once scrutinized, collapsed. It was a massive effort at digital propaganda and questions still remain about its provenance and purpose. Here to explain just what is going on is Marc Owen Jones. Jones is an assistant pro...
Booze, Bribes, and Prostitutes: How Fat Leonard Seduced the U.S. Navy
December 17, 2021 20:10 - 37 minutes - 29.9 MBIt’s the greatest story you probably don’t know anything about. Or, at least, you have no idea how bad it actually is. The U.S. 7th Fleet is the most powerful Navy in the history of the world. Its area of operations stretches throughout the Pacific. It comprised of up of upwards of 70 ships, 400 aircraft, and around 40,000 sailors and Marines. For about a far too many years it was the plaything of a Malaysian playboy who grifted a fortune off the American taxpayer. We’re finally doing it. W...
How Assad Clings to Power
December 10, 2021 17:02 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBIs the Syrian civil war over? Did Bashar al Assad win it? And if he did, what does winning even mean for a country of rubble? And most importantly, what’s next for the dictator and the people who live within the sort-of nation’s borders? To help us understand what’s happening, we’ve got Washington Post correspondent Liz Sly. She’s covered the war since it began in 2011 and has made many trips to Syria. She’s also a fantastic writer and multiple award winner. Angry Planet has a substack! J...
ICYMI: The Air Force's Chicken Gun
November 26, 2021 17:58 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MBWhen the United States Air Force tests a new aircraft it needs to make sure it won't crash should a stray bird slam into the plane's side. Thankfully, the military has an artillery piece with a 60-foot barrel that hurls chicken more than 400 miles an hour. The chicken gun allows the military to make sure no stray bird will foul up its expensive jets while they're mid-flight. If you think the chicken gun is weird, it’s only the tip of a strange and fascinating iceberg. Angry Planet has a sub...
Ukraine on the Brink
November 20, 2021 18:56 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBUkraine. It started with pro European protests in the Winter of 2013. Then came the annexation of Crimea, the little green men, Igor Strelkov, the Donbas, and a long simmering war in the Eastern Ukraine. Things are changing. Ukraine’s president said that Russia has amassed 100,000 troops on the border, Latvia has mobilized its National Guard, and Poland called for an emergency meeting of NATO. To say tensions are rising would be an understatement. Here to walk us through what’s happening i...
UNLOCKED: Inside Europe’s 3D Printed Gun Scene
November 12, 2021 20:29 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBGuns. Guns. Guns. We Americans love them, don’t we folks? But the culture is different in other parts of the world and people who want to build their own weapons, make their own Ammo, and fire down range with a sweet semi-automatic have to break the rules to do so. Thanks to 3D printing, that’s getting a lot easier to do as groups like Deterrence Dispensed spread the good word—and the plans—of making guns at home. Is it for home defense? Is it all in good fun? Or is it part of a broader ide...
How Militaries Camouflage Their Carbon Emissions
November 05, 2021 17:17 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBMilitaries around the world are preparing for climate change. That’s true even in countries where politicians are indifferent to global warming. But what about the emissions being spewed by those militaries themselves? Joining us to talk about that today is Doug Weir. He’s Research and Policy Director, The Conflict and Environment Observatory, and has studied the issue. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more convers...
Hawaii's Place at the Crossroads of Empire
October 29, 2021 16:56 - 23 minutes - 19.1 MBHawaii. America’s latest state is a tropical paradise, a vacation hotspot, and an important strategic military asset. If you’ve never been to Hawaii you might be shocked at how much of a presence the Pentagon has on the islands. It’s America’s gateway to the Pacific and an important part of its Naval might. Something we’re going to learn the broader importance of in an upcoming episode. Here with us today to talk about Hawaii is someone who has spent the last few years there covering the mi...
Patrolling the Seven Seas Isn't Cheap
October 25, 2021 16:52 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBSea power was the secret of the Phoenicians, the Greeks - even the landlubber Romans when they took the upper hand against Carthage. More recently - which isn’t hard - the British Empire was won on the seas and an empire with tall ships. But how much navy is enough navy? And can a smaller, lighter, more advanced fleet do the job? Joining us today to talk about the future of the US Navy is Dr. Jerry Hendrix. Hendrix serviced 26 years in the Navy and retired a captain. He is now a vice presi...
How 9/11 Led to a 'Reign of Terror'
October 15, 2021 18:17 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBThe Forever War. It may be gone from Afghanistan but it’s not gone from our hearts. Our minds. Our souls. The body politic is riddled with the consequences of the last twenty years of conflict. The Department of Homeland Security is my go to. The first half of my life it didn’t exist. Now I am faced with the consequences of its disastrous policies on a daily basis. With us today is Spencer Ackerman. Ackerman is a journalist and war correspondent who has spent his entire career reporting one...
ISIS-K Is Coming For the Taliban
October 08, 2021 19:23 - 38 minutes - 31 MBThe idea of terrorism as a franchise isn’t new, maybe, but nobody’s done it better than Islamic State. Most Americans thought the fight against ISIS was over with the fall of Raqqa. But on August 26, at least 169 Afghans and 13 US troops were killed in Kabul by a group calling itself ISIS-K. Islamic State, apparently, lives on. Joby Warrick of the Washington Post joins us to talk about ISIS - how it started and what it is now. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get...
Is North Korea a Hypersonic Threat?
October 01, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBNorth Korea is back in the headlines, and as usual, it’s not because they’ve invented a new soft drink. No, Kim Jong Un’s fiefdom has once again launched missiles into the sea, claims to have invented hypersonic ones, is building up their capability to launch nuclear-tipped missiles from submarines and is restarting everyone’s favorite nuclear reactor at Yong Byon. So, why are we here again, and what does it mean? Well, Jean Lee rejoins the show to help us understand what’s going on and wh...
Why Criminals Post Evidence on Instagram
September 24, 2021 19:41 - 31 minutes - 25.5 MBInstagram is a world of influencers, models, bizarre ads and aspirational living. It’s a place where artists share their work and people go to see and be seen. It’s also the epicenter of gang violence in America and, increasingly, an important resource for law enforcement looking to solve murders and disrupt street violence. Read the charging documents or warrants of a gang-violence related case and you’ll be confronted by a wealth of Instagram posts. Why? With us today is Danny Gold. Gold...
UNLOCKED: The Drones of the Vietnam War
September 17, 2021 16:58 - 36 minutes - 27.7 MBA special production of Angry Planet and David Axe explores how a group of scruffy contractors pioneered the use of drones during the Vietnam War. Axe’s book, Drone War Vietnam, is out now. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
America's Liaison to the Taliban on What Went Wrong
September 10, 2021 17:48 - 32 minutes - 26.1 MBThe facts on the ground are undeniable. The U.S. is out, the Taliban is back in. The end was ugly and there were plenty of ugly spots along the way. Since we’re all doing what ifs, here’s ours: what would the off-ramp have looked like, and did we ever at least have our turn signal on? Joining us today is a guy who was in the room. Former diplomat Frank Ruggiero dealt directly with the Taliban, as well as managing U.S relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan between 2010 and 2012. Hillary C...
Space: Final Frontier or Billionaire's Playground?
September 03, 2021 18:19 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBSpace… Is it still the final frontier? And does anyone really care about it anymore, aside from a few billionaires and maybe a millionaire or two? Does NASA have any mojo left? And are any of us alive now going to see a landing on Mars? These are all questions dear to my heart, so we have Christian Davenport who covers space for the Washington Post and is the author of the Space Barons on the show today. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into ou...
A Brief History of Lying About Afghanistan
August 27, 2021 17:39 - 40 minutes - 32.5 MBAfghanistan. If you’re listening to this show you’ve probably been following the news. Despite what the Pentagon or White House will tell you, the evacuation isn’t going great. There is a dichotomy between what officials tell us and what’s actually happening that—in the age of mass communication—seems … insulting. That dichotomy and how it affected America’s view of Afghanistan is at the heart of the new book—The Afghanistan Papers. Craig Whitlock, its author, is here with us today. Whitloc...
When the Soviets Fled Afghanistan
August 18, 2021 19:49 - 53 minutes - 42.7 MBConquerors and nations have been trying to rebuild Afghanistan in their own image for thousands of years. The U.S. is just the latest to fail. The Soviet Union also failed, with a little push from the United States. But they learned their lesson in only 10 years, from 1979-1989. Mark Galeotti joins us today to talk about the lessons the U.S. probably should have learned from the USSR. He’s Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and has literally written the book - n...
UNLOCKED: America's Moral Duty to Afghan Interpreters
August 06, 2021 16:49 - 32 minutes - 25.8 MBAmerica is leaving Afghanistan. President Joe Biden has set a September 11th withdrawal date and things are continuing apace. As America packs up its gear and goes home it’s leaving behind something far more valuable than MRAPs and M16s—people. For two decades individual Afghans have stepped up to help the United States and as it leaves the battlefield, some of these interpreters are being left behind. With us today is former Marine Sergeant, Afghanistan War veteran, and Purple Heart recip...
Rome Was Always in Decline
July 30, 2021 19:26 - 49 minutes - 39.3 MBAre we living in a declining empire in need of renewal? Maybe. But one thing to keep in mind? Romans thought the same thing centuries before the great empire fell. So what’s up with the fascination with the decline and fall of Rome? And what lessons does it have for US politics? To help us answer that question, we’ve got Edward J. Watts. He’s a professor of history at UC San Diego and the author of a new book, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the In...
On the Assassination of Haiti's President
July 23, 2021 18:34 - 36 minutes - 28.9 MBLife in Haiti has rarely been easy. It’s the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Corruption is rampant. And it’s been invaded more than once since independence, including by the United States. It’s little wonder that the half-Island nation has suffered repression and political turmoil And, on July 7, it’s president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated. To help us understand the current situation -- and a bit of the history as well -- I’m joined by Francois Pierre-Louis of Queens Colleg...
Lies, Damn Lies, and the Alamo
July 15, 2021 16:41 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBWhen I was a kid I learned about the Alamo. It’s 1836. Houston said to Travis, fortify the Alamo. Volunteers came from across the continent to fight and die for the dream of a free and independent Texas. Like the Ballad said, One hundred and eighty five holding back five thousand. In the southern part of Texas, near the town of San Antone, like a statue on his pinto rides a cowboy all alone. And he sees the cattle grazing where a century before Santa Anna’s guns were blazing and the canno...
The View From Kabul
July 09, 2021 19:51 - 50 minutes - 40.5 MBAfghanistan, the site of America’s longest war, is changing. The Taliban is gaining ground in the North while peace talks stall. The U.S. continues its withdrawal and the Afghan military is left to pick up the pieces. Here to help us understand what’s going on is Ali M. Latifi. Latifi is an Afghan journalist living in Kabul. His work has appeared in Al Jazeera, Business Insider, and NBC News. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Can the US Win the Wars of the Future?
July 01, 2021 15:49 - 41 minutes - 33.3 MBIt doesn’t take high technology to kill someone. Simple chemicals propel pieces of lead out of steel tubes. Other simple chemicals are placed in larger vessels and are triggered by the weight of a vehicle or even a human body. Some are even set off by strings attached to fuses. Not one computer involved. But the weapons of warfare do evolve - some into trillion dollar monsters that gobble up whole defense budgets and can destroy life on earth with the turn of a key. And new weapons are alwa...
Can an Apolitical Military Survive Democracy's Crisis?
June 25, 2021 16:43 - 41 minutes - 33.1 MBSo far, in the political battles at the heart of our democracy, they have been AWOL. Just as they should be. The military is an expressly non-political institution, even if they do report to an elected commander-in-chief. But with political divisions deepening, could that change? Eliott Ackerman took on just that issue in a recent column for the New York Times. Ackerman is a combat veteran, journalist and author. And he’s here to talk to us today. Ackermans’ article is here: https://www...
One Place, Two Peoples
June 17, 2021 19:40 - 58 minutes - 46.8 MBOver the past few months the world watched as the conflict between Israel and Palestine flared up. I’m not interested in litigating the facts of that conflict in this opening and you’ve likely already decided where you stand on the conflict. For some, it’s complicated. For others, the very idea that someone would call it complicated is an insult. Here to help us untangle some of what’s happened and to discuss the future of Palestine is Joey Ayoub. Joey is a writer, scholar, and podcaster w...
'Homegrown Hate' and the Modern Crusades
June 11, 2021 17:15 - 41 minutes - 33.6 MBFor the last two decades, America has been possessed with a Global War on Terror. The threat of militant Islam has funded the security state and given the Pentagon an overarching goal. But that threat feels increasingly distant and a new specter is haunting America—that of white nationalism. Both groups are complicated, varied, and prone to in-fighting. Both groups rely on apocalyptic visions of the future to drive home their message. Both groups are waging war against the United States. W...
ICYMI: This Is (Not) Sparta!
June 04, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 38.1 MBWhen you hear the word Sparta, there’s an immediate association with war and the military. Of the Greek City States, it’s the one most associated with battle. Spartan men were expected to be warriors and their society was geared almost entirely toward training for war. For generations, military leaders have drawn inspiration from Sparta. Much of the romance around Sparta centers Around the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE, where the Persian Empire crushed a small and ill-equipped collection...
UNLOCKED: The Failure of McDonald's Peace Theory
May 28, 2021 19:11 - 52 minutes - 42.4 MBThere’s a maxim that says “No two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” This so-called Golden Arches theory enjoyed a brief moment of prominence in the 1990s, got shaky after 9/11, and has been out-right assaulted by pundits and political theorists in the past ten years. It died it’s final death in October when McDonald’s Azerbaijan took public sides in the fight between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Here to walk us through the Golden Arches Theory and ...
Antifa's Car Brigades
May 20, 2021 20:48 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBIn the summer of 2020, violent riots broke out across America between ordinary citizens and police. These riots led to groups finding ways to develop their own security forces to deal with violence from police, opposition groups, and other antagonists on the ground. Here to help us understand what’s going on is Nikki West. West is a local Seattle photojournalist who was previously on the show talking about the Chapel Hill Autonomous Zone. She’s documented the push and pull between protestor...
What Is Happening in Jerusalem Right Now?
May 10, 2021 18:00 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBLiterally recorded as missiles hit and news broke. Guest: Noga Tarnopolsky, a reporter on Israel and Palestine. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe You can listen to Angry Planet on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. Our website is angryplanetpod.com. You can reach us on our Facebook page: https://www.faceb...
Ukraine in the Crosshairs
May 06, 2021 16:48 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MBRussia and Ukraine have been fighting ever since Little Green Men invaded Crimea in 2014. That wasn’t enough for Russia. The former evil empire then aided separatist enclaves inside the rest of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military was unprepared, the world mostly sat back and watched, and an ugly stalemate ensued. If a stalemate includes tanks firing at each other. Recently, Russia massed troops on Ukraine’s border as rhetoric ratcheted up. To help us understand what exactly is going on, we ha...
Comics, Garth Ennis, and the Golden Age of Tanks
April 22, 2021 17:02 - 48 minutes - 38.5 MB“From mud, through blood, to the green fields beyond.” The tank was meant to push through entrenched enemy lines and put an end to the stale-mate of trench warfare during The Great War. It created a whole new kind of combat. It was high risk, high reward, as men in armored units trundled across the world. With us today is comics writer Garth Ennis. Ennis is the diabolical mind behind Sara, Hitman, War Stories, The Boys, and Preacher. He’s here today talking about his new collection of war s...
Taliban Memories
April 16, 2021 17:59 - 59 minutes - 47.6 MBThe Taliban - we all know them, few of us love them, and it looks like they’re going to rule Afghanistan - again. So, what was it like the first time the Islamic militants took over, in 1996? Today, we have two journalists who were in Afghanistan in the 90s. Scott Neuman was working for United Press International and wrote from the scene. Alan Chin is a photographer who went to Afghanistan to take pictures for The New York Times. I’ve known them both for more than 20 years. Angry Plane...
How 'The Daughters of Kobani' Defeated ISIS
April 09, 2021 14:45 - 35 minutes - 28.8 MBWhen Islamic State’s capital, Raqqa, finally fell in late 2017, America wasn’t really paying close attention. We’d had nearly a year of turmoil here at home, and, in many ways, Islamic State was old news. And if we weren’t paying that much attention to the fight, we paid even less attention to the fighters. So, today we’ll tell the story of the Kurdish men and women who led the Syrian Democratic Forces. To take us through it, we have Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, who’s just published Daughters of ...
Tacticool Girlfriend Explains Why America Loves Guns
April 01, 2021 17:47 - 47 minutes - 37.9 MBGuns, guns, guns. America loves them and their use is enshrined in the second amendment. It’s such a big deal here that an entire culture has grown around it. From the outside looking in, gun culture can seem...surreal and fetishistic. The truth is more complicated. The overwhelming majority of American gun owners are responsible and are not taking photos of themselves aiming a loaded weapon at their own dick. Yes, that’s a thing. Here to talk to us about the second amendment and gun cultur...
The Fish Wars Are Coming
March 26, 2021 17:29 - 34 minutes - 28 MBBillions of people eat fish every day and as the global population has exploded, so too have human efforts to catch more and more fish. As more people take to the high seas looking for protein, very human problems have followed them. We’re fighting over fish. Here to walk us through this is someone actively working on the problem in Washington D.C. Captain Kate Higgins-Bloom is the Strategic Foresight Director for the U.S. Coast Guard. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War ...
UNLOCKED: Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Crossing the Red Line
March 22, 2021 20:51 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBSyria’s Bashar Al Assad had no such hesitancy. Thousands of people died. The U.S. threatened to strike Syria, but Russia suggested striking a deal instead. It was weird. To talk us through the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons throughout the country’s civil war is Joby Warrick of the Washington Post. Warrick is the winner of an improbable two Pulitzer Prizes, including one for his book on ISIS, Black Flags. His new book, Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy ...
What's 'The Deal' With Iran's Nukes?
March 19, 2021 16:26 - 39 minutes - 32 MBWhat do mid-century funnyman Tom Lehrer, nuclear Armageddon, and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action have in common? They’re all features of the excellent podcast The Deal—a show all about the Iran nuclear deal. As its host once said, he’s not here to fix problems. He’s just here to narrate the collapse. Well, that narrator is here with us today. Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is an expert on all things nuclear, the host of The Deal, and Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middl...
Welcome to the Angry Ocean
March 12, 2021 22:27 - 46 minutes - 37.2 MBAh international waters. A quiet place to do some crimes or have crimes done to you. Welcome to Angry Ocean, a series we’re doing that examines the underreported topic of conflict on the high seas. This is part one - Outlaw Ocean. With us today is Ian Urbina. Urbina is an investigative reporter and the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on reporting about environmental and human rights crimes at sea. https://ww...
COVID, Extremists, and Readiness: How Is the U.S. Military?
March 05, 2021 17:43 - 39 minutes - 31.8 MBIt’s a weird time for the US military. Endless small-scale wars. Veterans joining the riots at the capital. Right-wing extremism in the ranks. Tens of thousands of troops refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. So, time for a status check. To help us understand what’s going on, we have Meghann Myers who is the Pentagon Bureau Chief for Military Times. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in c...
How 9/11 Changed the British Military
February 26, 2021 19:58 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBIt’s been a long time since the sun set on the British Empire and many institutions in British society have changed a great deal. In some ways, the British Army is the exception - a living linkage between imperial great power status and the current post-colonial European nation. In other ways, like the US military, the British Army has been comprehensively transformed by the long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11. The way the British Army has altered - and also failed to react -...
How the Iran-Iraq War Shaped the Modern World
February 19, 2021 21:08 - 44 minutes - 31.4 MBWe live in a world shaped by the Iraq War. No, not that Iraq War. No, not that one either. We’re talking about the Iran-Iraq war. Just after Iran’s Islamic Revolution, it fought an eight year war with Iraq. The details of that war are incredible, and in the west, little known. Children cleared minefields, Iraq used chemical weapons, drones flew through the air, and helicopters engaged in dog fights with jets. And the consequences of that war shaped the region and the world. The effects are s...
Service Without a Smile: A History of the Draft
February 12, 2021 18:20 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBThe United States’ military is an all volunteer force and has been since 1973. The people who fought both Gulf Wars and the war in Afghanistan asked to join up. They had as many reasons as there are troops, but not one was compelled by the government. Today, we’re talking to Beth Bailey, Distinguished Professor at Kansas University and the author of AMERICA'S ARMY: Making the All-Volunteer Force. We’re going to talk about the history of the draft and what came after. Recorded 1/19/21 Sup...
Why Navalny Went Back to Russia
February 05, 2021 21:23 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MBAfter surviving a poisoning attempt, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to his home country and was arrested. Now he’s been sentenced to serve a 3 and a ½ year prison sentence. After Navalny’s arrest in mid-January, people took to the streets of Russia’s cities to protest. We’ve seen this before, but there is a sense that this time is different. Is it? Here to help us answer that question is Mark Galleotti. Galeotti is a frequent guest on the show, a Russia expert, and is c...
TEASER: The Cold War Conspiracy That Shaped the Modern GOP
February 04, 2021 22:34 - 8 minutes - 7.01 MBHere's a look at what we've been working on in the premium feed. Sign up at angryplanetpod.com or angryplanet.substack.com. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe You can listen to Angry Planet on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. Our website is angryplanetpod.com. You can reach us on our Facebook page: https:...