Episodes

  • Where Have All the Statesmen Gone?

    Where Have All the Statesmen Gone?
    Jul 14 2022
    "The law is reasserting itself, particularly around Trump. I think inside the party they're doing everything they can to kill him, and cripple him." Before getting into domestic news this week, we look at some major international stories, with the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the resignation of Boris Johnson, and upheaval in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, on the US homefront, little to be surprised about coming from the January 6th Hearings. Also talking defiance over Roe v. Wade, the Iran nuclear deal, and Joe Biden's 2024 prospects.
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    21 mins
  • Move On and Celebrate Freedom

    Move On and Celebrate Freedom
    Jul 7 2022
    "What can be done? That's what I ask everyone, what can be done?" A wave of mass shootings across the country on the July 4th holiday weekend leaves Americans... What? Indifferent? Unmoved? Meanwhile, the Georgia Grand Jury subpoenas Trump allies, and a lot of upset but little action following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. We also discuss, NATO, North Korea and the Asia-Pacific Region, and the latest troubles for British PM Boris Johnson.
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    19 mins
  • As Rome Burns

    As Rome Burns
    Jun 30 2022
    "Democracies require heroes." The destruction of Roe v. Wade and Americans' constitutional right to abortion has led to widespread condemnation and protests around the globe, as well as questions about the continuing legitimacy of the Supreme Court. We look at all the ins and outs, but first the most damning testimony to come out of the January 6th hearings yet regarding Trump's role in the attempted coup, Plus, QAnon returns, gun control, NATO, and sentencings for Ghislaine Maxwell and R.Kelly in a massive news week this week.
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    34 mins
  • Turns Out the Insurrection WILL be Televised

    Turns Out the Insurrection WILL be Televised
    Jun 23 2022
    "Trump is absolutely mercurial... the sooner he's off the stage, the sooner the democracy can be repaired." Fresh evidence this week in the January 6th televised hearings, with the reveal that Donald Trump and his family invited a documentary crew along on their efforts to overturn the 2020 election, of which most of their team were unaware. Meanwhile, Trump-Republicans and more moderate voices within the party are turning on each other, threatening violence and an irreparable tear in the Grand Old Party. Also talking Uvalde police, Ukrainian refugees, religious separation, primaries, and Biden's challengers in 2024.
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    18 mins
  • The Insurrection Will Not be Televised

    The Insurrection Will Not be Televised
    Jun 15 2022
    "The issues of truth or not truth have nothing to do with this, what they want to do is have an internal revolution in the United States." Televised hearings into the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol have largely confirmed for us what we already knew, but new heroes, and more so villains, are emerging from the saga. Meanwhile, some small actions have been taken in the Senate on gun control following the Uvalde Massacre, but little appears poised to change. Also talking Ukraine, inflation, Saudi Arabia, and latest from the Supreme Court.
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    22 mins
  • Into the Trenches

    Into the Trenches
    Jun 9 2022
    "Things are getting bad in Russia, but they never were that good." Russia is struggling under sanctions, and other nations are threatened with hunger as grain exports are unable to ship, but there is no end in sight for the conflict in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has passed measures on gun control following the Uvalde Elementary School Shooting but the Senate is unlikely to cooperate. Also talking a lack of climate action in New York, recall for San Francisco's DA, survival for Boris Johnson, and the January 6th televised hearings about to kick off.
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    23 mins
  • US of Ed: Protect and Serve

    US of Ed: Protect and Serve
    Jun 2 2022
    "The problem is deeper than this one incident, as we know." Fallout continues over the Uvalde Elementary School Shooting that left nineteen children and two teachers dead with details emerging about the actions of police while the shooter was active, and those same police now refusing to cooperate with investigators. Meanwhile, oil prices have surged amid Russian sanctions and inflation is gouging people's hip pockets. Also discussing student debt forgiveness, California water restrictions, China's attempt at a new deal with Pacific Island nations, and Aussie PM Anthony Albanese's first week in office.
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    17 mins
  • When Does it End?

    When Does it End?
    May 26 2022
    "It's too late, too long... until the gun manufacturers are held accountable nothing's going to happen." Tragedy in Texas as a lone gunman kills 21 people, 19 of them children, in an elementary school two days before Summer vacation. While the attack is reminiscent of Sandy Hook almost a decade ago, the shooting itself and the reaction is almost routine at this point as advocate for gun control despair over the lack of concrete action. In Australia, we discuss the results of the federal election which has seen Anthony Albanese installed as PM with a mandate for climate action. Also talking about Monkeypox, Ukraine, religion in politics, and Trump's outright calls for civil war.
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    21 mins