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Around the Empire podcast explores the massive apparatus of the American Empire. In-depth interviews, discussions. Hosted by Joanne Leon.

Dec 1, 2022

10/19/22 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.

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Nov 30, 2022

Ep 271 ATE Live Ukraine War Panel

Panel: 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

 

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Sep 2, 2022

Ep 270 Crisis in Iraq PANEL feat Elijah Magnier Kyle Anzalone Dan Wright

Panel: 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 Around the Empire.

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Recorded on August 31, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

The Nuclear Deal is not Ripe Yet and Israel’s Worries are Irrelevant, Elijah Magnier

Sep 2, 2022

Ep 269 Trouble in Eurasia: China, Korea, Russia, Ukraine feat Kyle

Guest: 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.

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Recorded on August 22, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. US, South Korea to Resume Provocative Live-Action War Games After Four-Year Pause
  2. Russian Ambassador Says We ‘Simply Have No Contact’ With Western Diplomats
  3. Dennis Rodman: I’m Going to Russia to ‘Help That Girl’
  4. Pentagon Announces New $775 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine
  5. Agreement to Save Iran Nuclear Deal Is Close, But Obstacles Remain
  6. Around the Empire: Ep 261 War in Ukraine Panel Podcast
Aug 26, 2022

Ep 268 One Nation Under Blackmail: The Enterprise, PROMIS and Casolaro feat Whitney Webb

Guest: 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 highly anticipated books will be published in September (Volume 1) and October (Volume 2) by the publisher, Trine Day. Ebooks and audio book versions will also be available. Subscribe to her mailing list for all the latest updates on her writing and the book. 

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Recorded on August 23, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. One Nation Under Blackmail (Volumes 1 and 2, Bundle)
  2. Around the Empire: Ep 87 Newsguard & the “Trust Industry” feat Whitney Webb
  3. Around the Empire: Ep 117 The Mega Group and the Epstein Affair feat Whitney Webb
  4. Around the Empire: Ep 170 Biotech Industrial Complex feat Whitney Webb
  5. Around the Empire: Ep 170 EXTRA Biotech Industrial Complex feat Whitney Webb
  6. Around the Empire: Ep 121 Epstein and the Clintons feat Whitney Webb
  7. Around the Empire: Ep 202 Solar Winds, Dark Winter feat Whitney Webb
  8. Around the Empire: Ep 202EXTRA Beyond the 2020 Election and the WEF Agenda feat Whitney Webb

 

Aug 26, 2022

Ep267 Ukraine War and Logistics feat Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord)

Hosts: 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 analyst. 

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Recorded on August 21, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord) recommended Telegram channels: 

https://t.me/Slavyangrad

https://t.me/azmilitary11

https://t.me/DonbassDevushka

https://t.me/CyberspecNews

https://t.me/intelslava

https://t.me/asbmil

https://t.me/levigodman

https://t.me/brianlovethailand

 

Aug 4, 2022

Around the Empire LIVE: Ep 266 Taiwan / China Panel

Hosts: Joanne Leon, Dan Wright

Guests: Peter Lee, Patrick MacFarlane, Connor Echols

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Recorded on August 3, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. As Pelosi Taiwan visit looms, Menendez bill would ‘gut’ One China policy, Connor Echols
  2. Taiwan and Our ‘Feigned Ambiguity’, Patrick MacFarlane

 

Jul 30, 2022

Ep 265 Third Party Candidates Disrupt the Status Quo PANEL

Hosts: 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 Libertarian party by the Mises Caucus and the need to find common ground among anti-interventionists across the political spectrum. 

Shannon Bray is running for US Senate in North Carolina on the Libertarian party ticket and Matthew Hoh is running for US Senate in North Carolina on the Green Party ticket. Scott Horton is an author, director of the Libertarian Institute and Editorial Director of antiwar.com. Angela McArdle is the recently elected chair of the Libertarian national party. 

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Recorded on July 27, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Matthew Hoh for Senate
  2. Shannon Bray for Senate

 

 

Jul 13, 2022

Ep 264 Ukraine War From a Baltic Perspective Swapcast Eastern Border

This 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 of the eastern Europe and the USSR and the Baltic region but which is now mostly focused on the war in neighboring Ukraine. 

FOLLOW Kris and the podcast on Twitter at @Eastern_Border and find the podcast on podcast apps and Youtube and the website theeasternborder.lv

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Recorded on June 29, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Baltic Citizens Worry They’re Next on Russia’s Menu: Moscow’s aggression has stirred old fears in its neighbors, Kristaps Andrejsons
  2. Russia and Ukraine Are Trapped in Medieval Myths: A shared past underpins—and worsens—the conflict.
  3. Putin’s Speech Laid Out a Dark Vision of Russian History: There’s no room for Ukraine in the Russian leader’s distorted telling of the past.
  4. Eastern Border Podcast: War in Ukraine: Famine

 

Jul 12, 2022

Ep 263 Financial War: Fed Declares Independence feat Tom Luongo

Guest: 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 dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economist. His specialty is connecting geopolitics and finance/investment and he publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and whose work can be found on sites like Zerohedge, Lewrockwell.com, Bitcoin Magazine and Newsmax Media.

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Reference Links:

  1. Media: Why the Fed Raised 75 bps and How to Break the Davos Crowd, Tom Luongo
  2. Around the Empire: Ep 255 It’s a Financial War feat Tom Luongo
  3. Around the Empire: Ep 229 Central Bank Wars feat Tom Luongo
  4. Market Watch: Surprise ECB meeting yields commitment to fight widening bond spreads
  5. WSJ: ECB Calls Emergency Meeting to Address Bond Selloff
Jul 1, 2022

Ep 262 Yemen Ceasefire and Reasons Behind It feat Isa Blumi

Guest: 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 was still holding up the approval but yesterday at the NATO summit that block was cleared and it was announced that they would be joining NATO. 

Dr. Isa Blumi is an historian, an author and Professor of Global History, Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Yemen, Albania. His most recent book Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World tells the story of the wars in Yemen but also “ultimately tells an even larger story of today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia.”  He also authored the book Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939: Migration in a Post-Imperial World.

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Recorded on June 10, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Jun 28, 2022

Ep 261 War in Ukraine Panel Podcast

Panel: 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. 

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Reference Links:

  1. A breakdown of the Ukraine aid bill, Stephen Semler
  2. THERE IS NO OFF-RAMP’: A RECIPE FOR NUCLEAR WAR, Connor Freeman, Libertarian Institute

 

Jun 10, 2022

Ep 260 Intel Influence Operations and British Leadership feat Kit Klarenberg

Hosts: 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 investigative journalist who explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions and he has been published by numerous media outlets including The Grayzone, Cradle, Electronic Intifada, RT, MintPress News and more. 

FOLLOW @KitKlarenberg, follow his work on his substack https://substack.com/profile/29599137-kit-klarenberg

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Reference Links:

  1. Operation Surprise: leaked emails expose secret intelligence coup to install Boris Johnson, Kit Klarenberg, The Grayzone
  2. Leaked emails expose UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s connection to MI6-style ‘research and influence operation’, Kit Klarenberg, The Grayzone
    Yes Minister — Why Britain Joined the European Union   (near 36min mark)
  3. Christina Pushaw Twitter THREAD about Nina Jankowicz’s book
  4. MSNBC contributor deletes tweet of Russian plane being shot down after learning it was from video game
May 19, 2022

Ep 259 War Planning in the Pacific feat Peter Lee

Guest:  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, CounterPunch at his own blog, China Matters. FOLLOW @chinahand.  SUBSCRIBE to Peter Lee’s China Threat Report.

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Recorded on May 6, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

Death By Oil: US Warplanning in the Pacific, Peter Lee, China Threat Report

The Escalation Solution, Peter Lee, China Threat Report



May 17, 2022

Ep 258 The Sword and Cross at Albright’s Funeral feat Sam Hussein

Hosts: 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 includes the possible lab origin of the pandemic (which he started writing about in its early days) and the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 trial. In the 1990s and 2000s he covered the Yugoslavia Wars, sanctions policy against Iraq and the Iraq war. He has rigorously questioned officials including Colin Powell, Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi, Saudi Amb. Turki bin Faisal al-Saud and many others. 

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Reference Links:

Albright's Funeral -- The Sword and the Cross Come Together

Autopsy Of A Disaster: The U.S. Sanctions Policy On Iraq, Institute for Public Accuracy

May 1, 2022

Ep 257 Checkered Relations of U.S. and Russia Through History feat Peter Kuznick

Guest: 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 context of the current invasion of Ukraine.

Peter Kuznick is an author, historian and the Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. He was active in the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements and remains active in antiwar and nuclear abolition efforts. He regularly provides commentary for all the major U.S. and international media and has begun his fourth term as Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer.

FIND Peter Kuznick on the American University website, look for the updated version his book with Oliver Stone: The Untold History of the United States (new 2019 edition) and watch their documentary series which is available on multiple streaming services. 

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Apr 15, 2022

Ep 256 Clare Daly & Mick Wallace: The Anti-war Voices Heard Around the World

Guest: 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 constantly under pressure. 

FOLLOW Clare on Twitter @claredalymep and follow Mick @wallacemick. Listen and subscribe to their podcast I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace, “political podcast from Ireland's two best-known independent left wing MEPs, straight from the belly of the EU beast”. 

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Recorded on April 12, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Apr 13, 2022

Ep 255 It’s a Financial War feat Tom Luongo

Guest: 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 arguments from both sides of that question. And more.

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economist. His specialty is connecting geopolitics and finance/investment and he publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and whose work can be found on sites like Zerohedge, Lewrockwell.com, Bitcoin Magazine and Newsmax Media.

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Recorded on March 31, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. ATE Ep 229 Central Bank Wars feat Tom Luongo
  2. GGG Podcast Episode #75 – Davos and the Week That Changed Everything Part 1
  3. GGG Podcast Episode #76 – Davos, Ukraine and the Week That Changed the World Part II
  4. SOFR v. LIBOR: Have We Been Missing Something About the Fed’s Upcoming “Policy Error?”, Tom Luongo
  5. The Putin Interviews, Oliver Stone
  6. Tom Luongo: Can Russia Kill the Great Reset? Palisades Gold Radio
Apr 8, 2022

Ep 254 Analyzing VAERS: The Unacceptable Interview feat Jessica Rose

Guest: 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 degrees in Applied Mathematics, Immunology, a PhD in Computational Biology and 2 Post Doctoral degrees: one in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Her research and publications include investigating hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, HIV, and anthrax and her most current research project is analysis of the VAERS data and an effort to make this data accessible to the public. She is currently based in Israel and she loves surfing. 

She publishes in her Substack Unacceptable Jessica and her website Jessica’s Universe

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Recorded on March 27, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Jessica’s Universe
  2. Unacceptable Jessica
  3. Presentation of VAERS data to the World Council for Health by Jessica Rose
  4. World Council for Health: Understanding Vaccine Causation Conference (2/7/22)
  5. VAERS data
  6. OpenVAERS
  7. Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – 10/26/2021
  8. Senate Hearing on Federal Response to COVID-19 Variants - January 11, 2022



Mar 31, 2022

Ep 253 D-Day in Kyiv feat Jeffrey Carr

Guest:  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 value to foreign governments. He is the founder and organizer of Suits & Spooks, a conference for discussion of challenges in the national security space, and he is the author of the book Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld.

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Recorded on March 24, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. D-Day in Kyiv, Jeffrey Carr
  2. Around the Empire Episode 13: Crowdstrike’s Russian Hacking Claims feat. Jeffrey Carr
  3. Around the Empire Ep 145 Crowdstrike Analysis Revisited feat Jeffrey Carr
  4. Exclusive: U.S. spy agency probes sabotage of satellite internet during Russian invasion, sources say
  5. Hackers Attacked Satellite Terminals Through Management Network, Viasat Officials Say (Update on the Viasat hack that was reported on the same day this podcast was recorded)

 

Mar 24, 2022

Ep252 Global Finance & Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Swapcast

Kyle 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

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Recorded on March 23, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Reuters: Rouble firms past 100 vs dollar after Putin announces gas currency switch
  2. Putin Misunderstands History. So, Unfortunately, Does the U.S., Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg
  3. IMF: Foreign Policy Live with Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath
  4. ‘Countries may cut dollar holdings after Russian reserves frozen’ – IMF



Mar 22, 2022

 

Guest: 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 likelihood that a world war would advance the goals of global technocracy and whether that’s the situation we are in right now.  

Iain Davis is an independent investigative journalist based in the UK. His focus is upon widening readers awareness of evidence that is not commonly reported by the so-called mainstream media. He writes for the UK Column, Unlimited Hangout and on his blog In This Together. His work has been featured by the Corbett Report, the OffGuardian, Lew-Rockwell, Zero Hedge and other independent news outlets. 

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Recorded on March 3, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Order, Iain Davis, Unlimited Hangout
  2. Book: Pseudo Pandemic: New Normal Technocracy, Iain Davis
  3. United Nations: Agenda 21
  4. United Nations: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  5. Book: Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time, Carroll Quigley
  6. Book: Tragedy and Hope 101: The Illusion of Justice, Freedom, and Democracy, Joseph Plummer
  7. Book: Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists, Anthony Sutton
  8. Book: Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler, Anthony Sutton
  9. World Economic Forum
  10. The World War I Conspiracy, Corbett Report

 

Mar 13, 2022

Ep 250 Wars Within Wars feat Isa Blumi

Guest: 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 wars in Yemen but also “ultimately tells an even larger story of today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia.”  He also authored the book Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939: Migration in a Post-Imperial World

We recorded this in February, 2022. 

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Feb 3, 2022

Ep 249 Realistic View of Ukraine and Russia feat Mary Dejevsky

Guest: 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 the western world. She now writes for several media outlets across the political spectrum.

FOLLOW Mary Dejevsky on Twitter @marydejevsky, read her columns at the Independent, at Spiked and The Spectator. Also look for her writing and appearances on various media outlets.  

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Recorded on January 29, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Zbigniew Brzezinski at the Wilson Center June 2014: Mutual Security on Hold? Russia, the West, and European Security Architecture
  2. Ukraine’s president is the voice of reason in stand-off with Russia, Mary Dejevsky, The Independent
  3. What Putin really wants, Mary Dejevsky, Spiked Online
  4. What the US and UK get wrong about Ukraine, Mary Dejevsky, Spiked Online
  5. 5,000 helmets and Germany’s dark history in Ukraine, Mary Dejevsky, The Spectator
Feb 1, 2022

Ep 248 Russia’s Range of Options for Ukraine Crisis feat Mark Sleboda

Guest: 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. 

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Recorded January 26, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

  1. Around the Empire: Ep 213 Ukraine Escalation feat Mark Sleboda
  2. Around the Empire: Ep 157 Crisis of Confidence in Ukraine feat Mark Sleboda
  3. Around the Empire: Ep 120 Ukraine Political Transformation? feat Mark Sleboda
  4. Around the Empire: Ep 99 Ukraine feat Mark Sleboda
  5. Around the Empire: Ep 141 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine feat Ivan Katchanovski
  6. A Year After 1/6, Ukraine's War Draws U.S. Far-Right to Fight Russia, Train for Violence at Home, Tom O’Connor, Naveed Jamali, Newsweek
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