Abdi and Ahmed have been friends for 15 years. They've been talking about global politics together for 13. Together they host your new favorite news commentary show.
Abdi and Ahmed recap the first month and a half of the Biden administration, from the stimulus bill to the Syrian airstrikes.
Abdi and Ahmed talk about the loss of the failure-in-chief president-reject Donald Trump and preview a Biden presidency.
Ahmed explains why he thinks electoralism is BS but wants Biden to win anyway
Abdi and Ahmed wade into the debate on whether or not leftists should hold off on criticisms of Biden until after the election, and discuss both the causes of left dissatisfaction, as well as potential avenues that frustration can be channeled into.
Ahmed talks about the state of the supreme court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the future of Roe v Wade.
Ahmed talks about the early manifestations of climate change in the news, a transition to "energy metals" like vanadium and lithium, and how to ensure their safe and fair extraction
Ahmed finishes his (delayed) recap of the RNC, updates his election predictions, and talks about why he's so excited to see Ed Markey win.
In another solo episode, Ahmed talks about the impact of Biden's nomination of Kamala Harris for VP on the 2020 election, and democrat party politics for the rest of the decade.
Abdi and Ahmed discuss America's looming homelessness crisis and Trump's deployment of stormtroopers to major American cities. They were somewhat interrupted by unexpected rain on Ahmed's end. Thankfully, he was able to run to cover. Unfortunately, more and more Americans will find themselves unable to do so if/when they are evicted. That is, of course, if they haven't already been thrown onto the streets.
In another solo episode, Ahmed talks about the death of the great Michael Brooks before diving into the latest developments surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Abdi and Ahmed talk about Trump and the GOP's futile attempts to reign in the crazy anti-mask furor they started. Note: While uploading last week's episode I inadvertently selected the raw audio, but that's fixed now. If you listened to it before I noticed the error, thanks and sorry.
Abdi and Ahmed talk about Trump's dud of a rally, as well as more important topics, like police involvement in mental health crises. Note: I inadvertently uploaded the raw audio, but that's fixed now. If you listened to it before I noticed the error, thanks and sorry.
Abdi and Ahmed discuss the shift in the media's coverage of the protests and the superficial reforms being put in place to placate the protestors.
Abdi and Ahmed dig into the 8 Can't Wait proposal that's being touted as a reasonable alternative to defunding the police.
Is a description necessary for this episode? You know we're gonna be talking about the protests.
Abdi and Ahmed talk about Central Park Karen, Karens in general, and the impact race may have on the 2020 election.
Abdi and Ahmed talk about Obamagate, Jeff Bezos' consolidation of wealth, and the hit show Tiger King.
Abdi and Ahmed talk about Trump's declining popularity, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and how police culture is hindering coronavirus containment efforts.
Ahmed and Abdi talk about the right-wing push to re-open America, coronavirus conspiracies, and—in something of a departure from the usual subject matter—the shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Ahmed hate reads a shitty op-ed in USA Today about Tara Reade's accusations about Joe Biden https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/29/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation-tara-reade-column/3046962001/
Ahmed decided to relaunch his short-lived solo podcast—Ahmed Salah Talking—by talking about the death threat that led him to scrap it. For the record, the threat came because he made fun of jihadis, not because of the podcast's quality.
Abdi and Ahmed discuss the speculation around Kim Jong Un and argue about the optics of the Andrew Cuomo/Mitch McConnell before talking about Isreal and Ramadan.
Abdi makes up for his absence from episode 8 with a special midweek podcast were he and Ahmed talk about the terrifying right-wing protests, the latest coronavirus relief package, and the Democratic party leadership snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
In another solo episode, Ahmed discusses the radical and conspiratorial mindsets of the right-wing protesters demonstrating against lockdown orders and proposes an approach to convert the convertible. He also outlines the cynicism of Trump's "plan" to re-open America. Fun stuff.
Abdi and Ahmed look for lessons from the primaries in their first post-Bernie podcast
Abdi and Ahmed talk about the Defense Production Act, the impact of globalization of coronavirus responses, and—in their first recorded argument—debate the nationalization of social media platforms.
Abdi and Ahmed discuss their first heckler, as well as the impacts of various political responses to the coronavirus outbreak.
Abdi is self-isolating due to the coronavirus, so Ahmed had to talk about the pandemic relief plans and Iran all by himself.
Abdi and Ahmed discuss the primaries and coronavirus. Ahmed gets touchy-feely talking about bereavement at the end, but it's the good kind of touchy-feely.
Abdi and Ahmed discuss their awful Super Tuesday predictions and the Bernie movement's "black problem" They then compare Biden and Bernie's stances on crime, foreign policy, and social security, ending off by previewing Trump's campaign strategy against Biden Correction: Biden embarrassed him in the response to HW Bush's Presidential Address on National Drug Policy, not SoTU address Ahmed apologizes
Abdi and Ahmed discuss the primaries the US/Taliban deal and the Syrian attack on Turkish soldiers. Ahmed makes a hilariously inaccurate prediction about the South Carolina race a few hours before the results came in which is fun for everyone but him.
Just Ahmed for this one which means this is newsier than most of our episodes will be. I discuss the Washington Post's story (0:45-8:25) an ISW report about Syria (8:25-15:45) and the NV results with one depressing prediction (15:45-18:30) Conspiracy study: https://bit.ly/2VeGDHR ISW BS: https://bit.ly/39YYLJY
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