Best GDR Podcasts (2025)

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Russophobia Was Always The Goal | Former GDR State Secretary Dr. Petra Erler 47:44

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Originally published on Dec 8, 2025. Being a “Putin-versteher”—a “Putin-understander”—is one of the worst accusations one can make against someone in German-speaking Europe. It usually comes from people who believe they know exactly what Russia really wants. But is the West even capable of understanding what its counterpart is striving for?Today I’…

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Rule by Decree of the Eurocrats: Democracy Has Ended. 16:19

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Originally published on Dec 27, 2025. The 59 individuals sanctioned by the EU are just the beginning. The eurocrats are only getting started with their campaign against internal dissent. Their unhinged nature is as much a function of the way they are losing the Ukraine proxy-war as also a direct result of 30 years of End-of-History megalomania in t…

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Europe's HATE For Russia Is Destroying The Continent | Guy Mettan 58:56

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Originally published on Dec 25, 2025. Today I’m joined by Guy Mettan, a Swiss Journalist and Politician who is currently serving as a member of parliament in Geneva, one of Switzerland’s 26 cantons. Monsieur Mettan is also the author of the book Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria, which he published already…

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When East German Soldiers Dreamed of Flying Over the Wall (436) 1:14:59

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Andrew was a British modern languages student in 1989. He recounts the serendipitous moment when he stumbled upon an advert for a work and holiday trip to the GDR. The trip was organized by the Great Britain GDR Society, which allowed participants to experience life behind the Iron Curtain. For just £120, students could immerse themselves in a cult…

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Death By Sanctions: EU Destroys German Journalist in Germany | Hüseyin Doğru 51:57

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Originally published on Dec 24, 2025. The European Union has started using the Anti-Russia sanctions as a repressive tool to smuther civil society dissent within the West. Last week, Colonel Jacque Baud, a former Swiss army member and NATO advisor was sanctioned, but so were several others before him, including activists and Journalists. One of the…

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Sanctioned by EU. Abandoned by Switzerland | Nathalie Yamb 53:19

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Originally published on Dec 22, 2025. Fifty-nine individuals are by now sanctioned by the European Union in pursuit of punishing Russia for the War in Ukraine. Many of them are Russian citizens but more and more the EU is putting its own citizens and those of third states on this list, for reasons that have often little to do with Russia. One of th…

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Yugoslav Collapse and NATO‘s Precedent for Violent Border Changes | Dr. Sandra Davidović 1:02:22

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Originally published on Dec 21, 2025. NATO and EU „jurists“ are trying to tell us that Kosovo is a case „sui generis“ — aka unlike any case before or after it. Well, how convenient, since it is the first case that NATO used to justify bombing foreign territory (Serbia). Today we are going to put a very close focus on Kosovo, the history of the conf…

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Rule of Law in EU Destroyed, ANYONE Can Be Next | MEP Michael v.d. Schulenburg 42:02

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Originally published on Dec 20, 2025. With its sanctions list, the EU HAS quietly revived medieval "outlawry" in the heart of modern Europe. Why can a secretive administrative body bypass every judicial safeguard to financially erase a citizen? Horrible realities are surfacing within the institutions supposedly built to protect our most fundamental…

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War Hysteria Is ENDING The EU Project | Ex-Ambassador Georges Martin 1:01:18

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Originally published on Dec 19, 2025. Europe is heading toward total war with Russia, while the responsible elites continue to pour fuel on the fire. What madness has taken hold of the continent’s political leaders, and what is driving European diplomats to finally stop this train rushing toward disaster? To shed light on these questions, I am join…

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Cold War Kid to Space Age Engineer via President Kennedy's last flight alive & RAF Upper Heyford (435) 1:27:11

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Keith Longstreth takes us through an extraordinary life shaped by the rhythms and risks of the Cold War. Born into an Air Force family, Keith grew up on bases across the world—from Scotland to Italy to Texas, where he describes a poignant last farewell to President Kennedy before his assassination. His career in the USAF placed him behind the scene…

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EX-Central Banker: Russian Asset Theft Will Destroy EU Markets | Prof. Dejan Šoškić 55:12

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Originally published on Dec 18, 2025. The European Union just decided to permanently freeze 140 Billion Euros or so of Russian State assets and basically expropriate the Russian state. What does mean for Europe as an economy and as a market place? Here to help with this question is Dejan Soskic, a Professor at the University of Belgarde and former …

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Colonel Jacques Baud & Nathalie Yamb Sanctioned: EU Goes Soviet | Glenn Diesen 50:09

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Originally published on Dec 16, 2025. How did we reach a point where quoting Western sources gets you branded a foreign propagandist? Is the EU's executive branch now completely out of its mind, punishing dissenters without trial under the guise of fighting "propaganda"?To discuss this Orwellian turn, I sat down with my friend and colleague Glenn D…

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US Naval Seizures In The Caribbean Are Only The Beginning | Amb. Chas Freeman 1:01:25

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Originally published on Dec 15, 2025. We are back with Ambassador Chas Freeman, a former US Assistant Secretary of Defense and as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia who will give us an update in his take of what is currently going on in world affairs.Links:Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies Neutrality Studi…

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Ex-Agent REVEALS: CIA Makes Peace Impossible | Larry C. Johnson 56:18

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Originally published on Dec 13, 2025. Mainstream Media keeps feeding us narratives about Russia without ever bothering going there. In contrast, a man who has been listening in on the Russian viewpoint for a long time is Larry C. Johnson, a former CIA analyst and member of group “Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity”.Links:Sonar21: https:/…

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US Trying To Fool Europe: New National Security Strategy Changes NOTHING 33:36

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Originally published on Dec 13, 2025. At the end of November this year, the United States published the so-called National Security Strategy. This document here, and when I say the United States, what I mean is actually the White House. I will explain in a moment why that matters. On the one hand, what we've also seen in December is that Representa…

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The West‘s 100-Year War To Destroy Russia | Michael J. Carley 59:51

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Originally published on Dec 12, 2025. A good part of Western media has been telling us for years that Vladimir Putin is trying to re-create the Soviet Union and its militant, expansionist foreign policy. But what exactly was Soviet Foreign Policy about in the first place? Here to help with this historical question is Dr. Michael Jabara Carley, a pr…

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Eyes at the Edge of the Iron Curtain - Life in a 1960s British Reconnaissance Regiment (434) 1:03:01

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This is the 2nd part of the story of Miles, a British National Service conscript during his military service in the late 1950s. I’d like to give special thanks for the Norfolk Tank Museum for highlighting Miles’ story and one of his relatives for putting me in contact with him. Throughout the episode, our Miles shares captivating anecdotes and the …

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USA In Shock: Russia Just Won BIG In Asia | Dr. Anuradha Chenoy 57:16

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Originally published on Dec 11, 2025. Last week, Vladimir Putin visited India and was received there with the highest honours. What does this tell us about these two countries and the emerging BRICS states? Here to discuss with me is the Indian scholar and Russia expert, Professor Anuradha Chenoy, a former professor and dean at the School of Intern…

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Russia’s Long-Game Strategy | Stas Krapivnik 56:58

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Originally published on Dec 10, 2025. Over the past weeks, something has changed about the war in Ukraine. Although the fighting is still raging, it feels as if we have crossed a tipping point. Zelensky is under fire even in the West for corruption, the American’s once again said they want to end it A.S.A.P. in their new national security strategy,…

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Israel‘s Zionist Self-Destruction | Y. Rabkin, M. Ramos & J. Sachs 1:03:03

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Originally published on Dec 9, 2025. Euro-American Zionism (Jewish and Christian) has killed millions in West Asia, devastated the region, and it is the motor behind the Gaza Genocide. But Israel itself is under threat of falling pray to the deadly logic that birthed the state in the first place.Today we are holding a panel discussion on what makes…

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It Is Worse Than You Think In Germany | Dr. Hans-Georg Moeller 55:22

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Originally published on Dec 7, 2025. In Europe, we once honestly believed that we had learned the lessons of the past. Never again would we support a Genocide. Never again would we support war on this continent. Yet here we are, at the loosing end of a NATO proxy war in the East and a Genocide in Gaza. And so much more.Here to discuss what went wro…

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German Militarism Is Back | Fabian Scheidler 51:20

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Originally published on 6 Dec 2025. War propaganda in Europe is running at full throttle. Whether in the mainstream or on social media, anyone calling for more war against Russia is being listened to. How can we possibly get out of this?That is the question my guest today is addressing: the German author and playwrite Fabian Scheidler, who recently…

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Europe & NATO at the Edge of Disaster—With Eyes Wide Shut | Dr. Gabriele Krone-Schmalz 49:18

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Originally published on 5 Dec 2025. While the United States and Russia are negotiating peace, Germany and the rest of Europe are yapping for more military force in order to impose their vision of “justice.” Yet Europe has neither the weapons nor the economic strength to achieve anything even remotely like that. What on earth is going on with German…

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What was Cold War British Army Conscription really like? (433) 59:22

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We hear the fascinating story of Miles, a British National Service conscript during his military service in the late 1950s. I’d like to give special thanks for the Norfolk Tank Museum for highlighting Miles’ story and one of his relatives for putting me in contact with him. Miles shares vivid memories of receiving his call-up papers, the initial me…

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Moscow Meeting Shock: USA Abandons Europe & Ukraine | Ray MacGovern & Larry Johnson 58:04

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Originally published on 4 Dec 2025. The US delegation just met with Vladimir Putin and his staff in Moscow and although there is no peace agreement yet, we seem to be one step closer to some form of “compromise” as the Russian TASS news agency puts it.Here to help explaining the developments are Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson. Links:Ray's website: …

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Why Moscow Can't Escape Tel Aviv | Dr. Maria Kicha 56:01

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Originally published on 2 Dec 2025. Last week I did an interview with a young Chinese academic about China’s approach toward West Asia and especially Palestine. Today we want to do the same for Russia to understand the complex relationship Moscow has with the region. Here to help with this task is Dr. Maria Kicha.Dr. Kicha holds a PhD in Law and sh…

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Western Projection: Creating Enemies to Maintain Power | Dr. Jan Oberg 51:07

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Originally published on 1 Dec 2025. The global center of gravity is shifting. One way we see this clearly is by the number of important conferences that are being organised outside the Collective West. My guest today recently visited two of those recently in China. Dr. Jan Oberg is joining us today again to discuss what he learned there. Links:Jan …

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The Swiss Fight to Revive Their Neutrality | Amb. J.D. Ruch 30:21

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Originally published on 1 Dec 2025. Former ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch is the founder of the Geneva Center for Neutrality (GCN) and a strong supporter of the Neutrality Initiative. Listen to his reasons explaining why this initiative is important and represents the right path for Switzerland. Links: Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.y…

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East-German Historian Shocks NATO Establishment | Dr. Lothar Schröter 51:35

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Originally published on 30 Nov 2025. The biggest lie NATO has planted in the minds of its victims is that of a constant threat.Today I'm speaking with military historian Dr. Lothar Schröter. Born in East Germany, Dr. Schröter worked at the Military History Institute in Potsdam from 1974 to 1990, ultimately reaching the rank of Major in the National…

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USA Rules Ukraine Through Anticorruption Agency | Prof. Ivan Katchanovski 58:07

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Originally published on 29 Nov 2025. Ukraine is marred in a corruption scandal, investigated by its anticorruption bureau, NABU, linking very high profile politicians to all sorts of illegal money schemes. What a coincidence that this is coming out right now, when the USA is trying to except power over Kiev to accept Trumps so called “28 Point Peac…

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The West Is Drowning In Its Own War Lies | Anatol Lieven 55:16

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Originally published on 28 Nov 2025. If war is the continuation of politics by other means—as Clausewitz once said—then, logically, politics is also the continuation of war by other means. Is the US currently trying to switch back from one to the other in its Proxy War in Ukraine through the 28 point peace plan?Here to discuss this with me is Anato…

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Ukraine’s Last Chance To Save Odessa | Dr. Michael Rossi 50:14

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Originally published on 27 Nov 2025. Ever since Donald Trump came back into office, the US went through several phases of diplomacy and then renewed military escalations with Russia. The latest swing of the pendulum has us again talking about peace, this time based on a so-called 28-point plan. But is it a real effort toward peace or just the lates…

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Ex-Spy Reveals: NATO's Goal To Destroy Russia AND Europe | Rainer Rupp 1:12:26

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Originally published on 26 Nov 2025. Did you ever wonder what a REAL spy has to say about world politics today? Well you're in luck because today I’ve got one of East Germany’s most successful spies on this show.Mr. Rainer Rupp was born in 1945 and grew up in West Germany but started working for the East-German intelligence services in the early 19…

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The Berlin Airlift - Victories, Myths, and the Berlin Blockade (432) 1:08:35

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The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War when the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. I speak with Joseph Pearson, the author of “The Airlift Victories, Myths, and the Berlin Blockade. This is not your standard military hi…

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The Transatlantic Empire Is Already DEAD | Amb. Kishore Mahbubani 35:37

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Originally published on 25 Nov 2025. Asia transformed massively in just one century — from a region carved up by colonial empires to the powerhouse of today’s emerging multipolar world. BRICS, the SCO, ASEAN… so many of the key pillars of the new global order are now anchored right here in Asia. To discuss the continent’s stunning success and its f…

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Europe's 28-Point Fantasy: A Counterproposal to Fail | David T. Pyne 44:16

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Originally published on 24 Nov 2025. As the United States seems ready to negotiate an end to the Proxy War in Ukraine along Russia’s “Istanbul+” formula of June 2024, and we now have a 28 Point Peace plan from the US side, the Europeans, yesterday, published their own 28-point peace plan with substantial changes to the US proposal.Here to discuss t…

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The NATO Effect: Erasing Anti-War Voices in Finland | Armando Mema 32:39

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Originally published on 24 Nov 2025. Do you remember the Former European Parliament candidate who hackled Ursula van der Leyen and was arrested for it? His case is still not through in the courts, but now, Finland’s largest newspaper is smearing Armando as a Russian stooge and part of the Kremlin’s “hybrid warfare”.Here to discuss his case is with …

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Ukraine Is Doomed. Russia Wins Multipolarity | Dr. Nicolai Petro 1:03:04

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Originally published on 23 Nov 2025. There is, once more, hope for peace in Ukraine, and it is—once more—freaking out the Europeans. The US and Russia are nearing a proposal for cessation of hostilities along a so called 28-point peace plan. Here to discuss this with me is Dr. Nicolai Petro, Professor for Political Science at the University of Rhod…

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China‘s Silence on Gaza is Strategic | Zhang Sheng 1:01:01

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Originally published on 22 Nov 2025. The United States just managed to pass a highly controversial resolution in the United Nations Security Council, which basically transforms Gaza into a UN Mandate and makes Donald Trump its governor. Resolution 2803 has alredy been heavily criticized by Human Rights experts like Francesca Albanese and Craig Mokh…

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Next US War Will Be DEVASTATING | Stanislav Krapivnik 32:42

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Originally published on 21 Nov 2025. Donald Trump is getting ready for all out war with Venezuela, even the aircraft carrier group USS Gerald R Ford, has by now arrived in the Caribbean. At the same time, Trump also threatens intervention in Nigeria to allegedly “protect christians”. What happened to the US peace president? To discuss this I’m join…

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Surrounded and outnumbered 8-1 : A forgotten story of the Korean War (431) 59:43

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This is the largely untold story of Task Force Faith, the U.S. Army soldiers who although outnumbered 8-1 by Chinese troops fought valiantly during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. Author Steve Fogel has written a new book called A Task Force Called Faith - The Untold Story of the U.S. Army Soldiers Who Fought for Survival at Chosi…

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Diplomatic Crisis Deepens: Japan & China on the Brink | Dr. Warwick Powell 40:34

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Originally published on 20 Nov 2025. Chinese airlines just cancelled over 400,000 flights to Japan after belligerent remarks in parliament of Sanae Takaichi, the new Japanese prime minister. In all of this, the USA is suspiciously quiet. Is the real winner of this Beijing vs Tokyo fight gonna be, once again, Washington? Here to discuss with me this…

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Japan Crosses China's Red Line on Taiwan | Dr. Joanna Lei 37:12

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Originally published on 19 Nov 2025. Japan’s brand new prime minister, just made China serious angry. During a parliamentary hearing, on November 7, Sanae Takaichi said relations to a potential Chinese blockade of Taiwan "If warships are used and other armed actions are involved, I believe this could constitute a Survival-threatening crisis".China …

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Suing the USA for 70 Years of Interventionism | Ali Borhani 44:55

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Originally published on 18 Nov 2025. “The rule of law” is a fundamental concept to the modern West and especially to the United States. In fact, my guest today calls the U.S. “the most litigious nation on Earth” and asks why it is that while internally, the rule of law has an almost religious flavor to it, in the international realm, the U.S.—and W…

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The Billionth-of-a-Second Attack That Ends All Critical Infrastructure | Prof. Steven Starr 56:33

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Originally published on 17 Nov 2025. For the longest time, I thought electromagnetic pulses—those bursts of invisible radiation that can wipe out power grids and shut down entire cities—were just sci-fi fantasy. The kind of thing you’d see in The Matrix or Hollywood disaster movies.But I was wrong. The United States actually has a Task Force on EMP…

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The West is COLLAPSING But Still Tries To Capture Proxies | Lasha Kasradze 50:29

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Originally published on 16 Nov 2025. The Post-Cold War myth of the "Liberal International Order" is dead. And it's dead for good. But there are others that are still persisting and they are dangerous. One of the most hurtful myths is of course that the West only wants to "spread democracy" and "protect" peoples at home and abroad. Nother could be f…

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American Imperialism Masquerading as a Peace Process | Audio Essay by Jeffrey Sachs 6:05

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Originally published on 16 Nov 2025. Palestine remains the endless victim of US and Israeli maneuvers. The results are not just devastating for Palestine, which has suffered an outright genocide, but for the Arab world and beyond.Read by Jeffrey D. Sachs.Read the essay here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/...More from Jeffrey D. Sachs: https:…

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Ex-MSM Journalist Reveals: The West Is HOOKED To Its Own Propaganda | Felix Marquardt 58:19

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Originally published on 15 Nov 2025. Mainstream Media in the West is obviously broken. Yet, the more dysfunctional the industry gets, the more it seems to be denying any wrong doing, blaming anything, from technological progress to Social Media and Fake-News for their demise. Instead of soul-searching, we get a relentless blame-game. And this trend…

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Germany Sacrifices Itself for US Empire: The True Purpose Of German War-Hysteria | Sevim Dagdelen 44:57

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Originally published on 14 Nov 2025. Europe can no longer be taken seriously—and that has serious consequences for Europe itself. Above all, Germany has completely forfeited its position on the world stage. After the still-unresolved Nord Stream 2 attack, Olaf Scholz’s obsequiousness, Friedrich Merz’s warmongering, the countless humiliations inflic…

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Shaking Hands with China’s Second Most Powerful Man (430) 54:25

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Bill Hodes was an American school child in 1950s Revolutionary China and this is the second part of his story. Among many stories we hear how he had the unique opportunity to meet one of China's most revered leaders, Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of the People's Republic of China and how he played softball with US and British POWs from the Korea Wa…