Latest Plaid avenger Podcast Episodes
Good News Friday 10-30-20
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 30, 2020 16:50 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsFrom good things happening with the climate to a famed sandwich coming back…
Good News Friday 10-30-20
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 30, 2020 16:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsFrom good things happening with the climate to a famed sandwich coming back…
Trash-Talkin’ Turkish Titan, Recep Erdogan
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 27, 2020 19:36 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSeriously! This dude has been body-slammin’ peeps all weekend long! Learn what ol’ Recep has been up to, and how it impacts the wider world. Related Plaidcasts: Everybody hates Turkey? Part 2 Turkey Ticks of the World Part 1
Trash-Talkin’ Turkish Titan, Recep Erdogan
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 27, 2020 19:36 - 2 hours - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSeriously! This dude has been body-slammin’ peeps all weekend long! Learn what ol’ Recep has been up to, and how it impacts the wider world. Related Plaidcasts: Everybody hates Turkey? Part 2 Turkey Ticks of the World Part 1
China: Power Projections Abroad (part 4)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 26, 2020 19:41 - 2 hours - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsFinal part 4 of the series on rise of modern China. Related Plaidcasts: China, Friend or Foe? (part 1) China, Friend or Foe? Part 2: Taiwan China: Friend or Foe: Territorial Titillations (part 3)
China: Power Projections Abroad (part 4)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 26, 2020 19:41 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsFinal part 4 of the series on rise of modern China. Related Plaidcasts: China, Friend or Foe? (part 1) China, Friend or Foe? Part 2: Taiwan China: Friend or Foe: Territorial Titillations (part 3)
China: Friend or Foe: Territorial Titillations (part 3)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 21, 2020 19:01 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThis focus of the podcast is on the territorial disputes that China finds itself in (Taiwan, Tibet, Spratly Islands, etc), and what the consequences are for possible future conflict and chaos…some of which just might include the USA! And it might be coming right soon! Related Plaidcasts:...
China: Friend or Foe: Territorial Titillations (part 3)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 21, 2020 19:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis focus of the podcast is on the territorial disputes that China finds itself in (Taiwan, Tibet, Spratly Islands, etc), and what the consequences are for possible future conflict and chaos…some of which just might include the USA! And it might be coming right soon! Related Plaidcasts:...
China, Friend or Foe? Part 2: Taiwan
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 20, 2020 21:46 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsPart 2 dealing with the US/China situation in regards to Taiwan. Related Plaidcasts: China, Friend or Foe? (part 1)
China, Friend or Foe? Part 2: Taiwan
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 20, 2020 21:46 - 2 hours - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsPart 2 dealing with the US/China situation in regards to Taiwan. Related Plaidcasts: China, Friend or Foe? (part 1)
China, Friend or Foe? (part 1)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 19, 2020 21:42 - 2 hours - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHad tons of current students asking me questions about Taiwan being invaded, about Uighur Muslims, about the US/China trade war, about Hong Kong, and a whole lot more.
China, Friend or Foe? (part 1)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 19, 2020 21:42 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHad tons of current students asking me questions about Taiwan being invaded, about Uighur Muslims, about the US/China trade war, about Hong Kong, and a whole lot more.
The Big Picture: Team Turk goes it alone? (part 3)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 14, 2020 22:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTurk Talk Part 3: Anatolian Wrap-up! The Neo-Ottoman Empire, featuring our Turkish Titan Recep Erdogan! Related Plaidcasts: Turkey Ticks of the World Part 1 Everybody hates Turkey? Part 2
The Big Picture: Team Turk goes it alone? (part 3)
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - October 14, 2020 22:32 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsTurk Talk Part 3: Anatolian Wrap-up! The Neo-Ottoman Empire, featuring our Turkish Titan Recep Erdogan! Related Plaidcasts: Turkey Ticks of the World Part 1 Everybody hates Turkey? Part 2
Everybody hates Turkey? Part 2
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 13, 2020 22:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsPart 2 Regional Rivalries & the Kurdish Conundrum Related Plaidcasts: Turkey Ticks of the World Part 1
Turkey Ticks of the World Part 1
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 12, 2020 22:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTurkey is Ticking Off Everyone! What’s up with that?
Friday Weekly World In Review
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - October 09, 2020 22:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOctober 9, 2020
Ta-Ta, TPP! No Longer The Place To Be!
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - February 22, 2017 16:13 - 36 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsOn January 23rd 2017, on his first day on the job, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order pulling the USA out of the TPP. That was the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free trade block that former President Obama had worked to get passed for years. In this podcast, the Profes...
Ta-Ta, TPP! No Longer The Place To Be!
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - February 22, 2017 16:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOn January 23rd 2017, on his first day on the job, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order pulling the USA out of the TPP. That was the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free trade block that former President Obama had worked to get passed for years. In this podcast, the Profes...
BREXIT: Britain Votes To No Longer Be “Great”
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - June 27, 2016 16:39 - 49 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsPip, pip, and Cheerio, Great Britain! And so long to the EU! Greetings Global Friends! The Plaid Avenger has been pulled out of summer slumber in order to rant and rage a bit about the BREXIT vote which has pulled the UK out of the European Union, and caused chaos across the continent! In this ...
BREXIT: Britain Votes To No Longer Be “Great”
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - June 27, 2016 16:39 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsPip, pip, and Cheerio, Great Britain! And so long to the EU! Greetings Global Friends! The Plaid Avenger has been pulled out of summer slumber in order to rant and rage a bit about the BREXIT vote which has pulled the UK out of the European Union, and caused chaos across the continent! In this ...
Dilma’s Downfall
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - April 17, 2016 20:00 - 33 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsRio de Impeachment! It has happened! The current President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff is going to be impeached! The Professor made this impeachment podcast for you before the final vote was even tallied, but it has since come to pass, and what was passed was the start of the full-on impeachment o...
Buhari: Bad Luck for Goodluck, and Boko!
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - April 01, 2015 18:26 - 33 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHoly Boko Haram in the hot-seat! A big election just went down in the “Giant of Africa” which is Nigeria! President-elect Muhammadu Buhari will soon be taking the top slot of power there, and this spells HUGE changes for the corrupt politicians and peeps currently on the take in this super stat...
Dilma’s Democratic Dilemma in Brazil
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast Audio - March 17, 2015 17:48 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHundreds of thousands of Brazilian peeps took to the streets to protest against the government of President Dilma Rousseff last weekend…some calling for her to resign, others calling for a military coup to overthrow her! What, what what is that all about? The Professor explains the situation, a...
Dilma’s Democratic Dilemma in Brazil
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - March 17, 2015 17:48 - 30 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHundreds of thousands of Brazilian peeps took to the streets to protest against the government of President Dilma Rousseff last weekend…some calling for her to resign, others calling for a military coup to overthrow her! What, what what is that all about? The Professor explains the situation, a...
Putin Can’t Lose; Russia Can’t Win
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - February 18, 2015 00:05 - 43 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAfter a year of almost non-stop chaos in eastern Ukraine, the Professor summarizes the major events of the Ukrainian unraveling in the last 11 months….but mostly as a backdrop to the actions of Vladimir Putin in this drama, and the potential long-term impacts that all of this mess will have in ...
Saudi Shift to Salman #2: Salaam to King Salman
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - February 04, 2015 18:26 - 17 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHoly House of Saud! The most revered and awesome King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia passed away on Jan 23, and has been replaced by new King Salman. In this 3-part podcast, the Professor chats about the old King, the new King, and the possible huge (but subtlety unfolding) impacts of this regime cha...
Saudi Shift to Salman #3: Potential Impacts
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - February 04, 2015 18:26 - 25 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHoly House of Saud! The most revered and awesome King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia passed away on Jan 23, and has been replaced by new King Salman. In this 3-part podcast, the Professor chats about the old King, the new King, and the possible huge (but subtlety unfolding) impacts of this regime cha...
Saudi Shift to Salman #1: Adios King Abdullah
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - February 04, 2015 18:19 - 23 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHoly House of Saud! The most revered and awesome King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia passed away on Jan 23, and has been replaced by new King Salman. In this 3-part podcast, the Professor chats about the old King, the new King, and the possible huge (but subtlety unfolding) impacts of this regime cha...
Oil Price Drops: Geopolitics Pops!
Plaid Avenger Plaidcast - December 17, 2014 16:34 - 34 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsLet’s get rude with the crude! What’s up with dropping oil prices world wide? Like the Titanic, they are going down my friends, and that has titanic geopolitical consequences for a whole lot of countries. The Professor points out the winners (USA! USA! USA!) and losers (sorry Russia!) of the p...