Podcast Episodes

Special Edition: The First Medium Range Ballistic Missile Ever Fired In Anger

Season 1 Episode 103

As the first every intermediate range ballistic missile to be fired in anger lands on Ukraine, it is more than just a world historic event in the evolution of arms. It’s a shot across the bows for th…

Published on 1 year ago

We Didn't Start The Fire: Multipolarity is 100

Season 1 Episode 102

In a very special episode, we’re celebrating our hundred with a walk back along the yesteryears of Multipolarity. 

Two yesteryears in particular - 2023 and 2024. 

That’s right: we’re old enough to reme…

Published on 1 year ago

Post Election Special: Question Marco, Queen of the Ashes, Straw Polls

Season 1 Episode 101

From Marco Polo to Marco Rubio – the West keeps rediscovering that China is a big Asian landmass with a mind of its own. So is Trump’s hawkish new Secretary of State about to get himself tangled in a…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

America Votes, Europe Decides

Season 1 Episode 100

At the centre of the Global American empire, a storm is coming. But it’s in the European periphery that the effects will be the most acute. 

Can anyone steer a path through the rocks? 

We’ll be looking…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Special Episode: Warwick Powell on How To Build A New Global Currency

Season 1 Episode 99

After the BRICS meeting in Kazan, a picture of a bundle of fake BRICS banknotes began to circulate online. Right up to a picture of Putin holding one, like a mobster holds a cigar. 

The intent was moc…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Moldova Joins The Club, Chindia, Keir There And Everywhere

Season 1 Episode 98

Moldova has voted to join the EU – A referendum won by less than a single percentage point. It’s less clear when the EU’s citizens get their vote on whether they want to house a very poor, seriously …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters, First Come First Serb, Strait Talk

Season 1 Episode 97

Oil might be about to fall out of bed, because of an almighty concatenation of the US elections, the Houthis in the Red Sea, the Israelis  striking Iran, and the Iranians striking The Strait of Hormu…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Special Edition, feat. Malcom Kyeyune: Helene Is A Disaster, The Foam Dome Bursts

Season 1 Episode 96

Something a little bit different. 

In a crowded news week, we’re bringing you only two stories - but three hosts.

Katrina, Sandy, Helene. In the annals of hurricane disasters, the latest storm is looki…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

The Grand Opening of the Northern Front, The Lebanisation of Lebanon, The Hungaro-Austrian Empire…

Season 1 Episode 95

Hezbollah has been decapitated. As the turban falls off Hassan Nasrallah for the final time, we’ll be assessing whether anyone will pick up the crown of Jihad they find lying in the gutter. 

Meanwhile…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Special Episode: Philipp Mattheis on Germany's Downward Spiral

Season 1 Episode 94

For decades now, Germany has stood as the doughty centurion at the gates of European civilisation. A nation of recyclers, engineers, and a super-sensible, hyper-dull political class. 

But since 2022,…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago