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Political analyst and journalist Andrew Korybko hosts a hit parade of the week's most intriguing and ridiculous stories. A mix of commentary and comedy.

Andrew Korybko

  • Mar 29, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 15m AVG DURATION
  • 20 EPISODES


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Mali Massacre vs Christchurch Terror; US-Oman Base Deal; EU to Xinjiang?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 16:25


The Mainstream Media’s typical double standards were on blatant display after a recent massacre in Mali resulted in the slaughter of over 150 Muslims but failed to generate the international attention that the Christchurch terrorist attack did despite the latter having more than 3x less victims.

Christchurch & Balkan History; Fake Fort Trump?; Erdogan & Crimea

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 14:53


The Australian terrorist who carried out the Christchurch mosque attacks deliberately tried to deceive the world into thinking that Balkan history partially inspired his gruesome killing spree.

US’ Anti-Russian Budget; US to Be Top Oil Exporter; Cuba & Russia in Venezuela

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 15:49


The over half a billion dollars allocated in the US’ 2020 budget to countering “Russian malign influence” is part of America’s Hybrid War against its rival’s information, military, energy, and trade interests.

The US’ Anti-Venezuelan Coalition; Russia & the GCC; the Post-Hillary Democrats

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2019 15:56


The US’ plans to formalise an international coalition against Venezuela are being justified by the Monroe Doctrine and seek to institutionalise the strategic concept of “Fortress America”.

“Zircon Missile Scandal”; Turkey Talks About Xinjiang; UK to Ban Hezbollah

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2019 15:47


The Western Mainstream Media manufactured a scandal about Russia’s hypersonic Zircon missiles after a popular TV host did a program about these munitions could potentially hit the US.

Smollett's Staged Hate Crime?; Polish-Israeli Holocaust Row; EU Terror Citizens

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 16:18


The famous homosexual African-American actor Jussie Smollett with charged with one felony count of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report alleging that he was the victim of a hate crime.

Russia's 'Great Society'; Polish-Norwegian Diplomat Tiff; Haftar in S. Libya

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 15:45


The Russian government will begin implementing President Putin’s “May Decrees” from last year as the state seeks to make progress on the national development program known as the “Great Society”.

Japanese-German Alliance; Pope in UAE; Afghan Opposition Meeting in Moscow

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2019 15:35


Japan agreed to team up with Germany against Trump after Merkel’s visit to the East Asian nation, which advances the recent trend of Tokyo behaving more independently to Washington’s chagrin.

Anti-Venezuelan Sanctions; Iran vs Israel; RuPak Coop in Afghanistan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019 15:55


The US’ sanctions against Venezuela’s PDVSA state oil firm are intended to reroute upwards of $7 billion to Juan Guaido’s “government-in-waiting” so as to allow it to more easily fund military defections and Color Revolutionary violence as it approaches the climax of its regime change campaign.

"MAGA Hat Kids"; Venezuelan Crisis; Suicide Bombings in Syria

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 16:35


The scandal over the “MAGA hat kids” shows how desperate the Mainstream Media is to malign Caucasian Christian Trump supporters that they’d ignore an African-American cult’s racist hate rant in order to attack a teenager for smiling in front of a passive-aggressive Native American drum-beater.

“Brave New (Saudi-)Canadian”; Assassination in Poland; Is Pakistan a US Ally?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2019 16:09


Canada’s welcoming of Rahaf al-Qunun as a “brave new (Saudi-)Canadian” controversially sets the precedent that renouncing Islam and claiming to be a victim of domestic violence can potentially get anyone refugee status.

Bolton’s Plan for Syria; Pope Francis vs Nationalism; Taliban Talks Cancelled

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 15:17


Bolton’s tour of the Mideast aims to influence the future of Syria by explaining the grand strategy that Trump has in mind after he surprisingly announced his plans to withdraw American forces from there.

2019 Forecast for Eurasia

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2018 14:51


Here’s what might unfold all across Eurasia in 2019.

Dorsey’s Myanmar Scandal, UN Migration Pact, Russian Bombers to Venezuela

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 16:22


The growing outrage over Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s recent vacation to Myanmar is driven by the false equivalency between a private apolitical vacation among the civilian population and a supposed political endorsement of the country’s military leadership.

'Fourth Generation Espionage', Trump’s Letter to Khan, 'Crimean Corridor'

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 15:32


The head of the British Secret Intelligence Services (MI6) Alex Younger briefed the public about the challenges of so-called “fourth generation espionage”, which actually isn’t all that different in principle from what the world’s second-oldest profession has been confronting for millennia.

Trump’s 'Hard Brexit' Support, 'Designer Babies', UK’s “Pre-Crime” Campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 15:45


Trump extended serious support for a so-called “hard Brexit” after claiming that May’s accord precludes the UK from reaching a free trade agreement with the US, which might doom her “soft Brexit” deal in parliament and inevitably pave the way for its “hard” variant to enter into force instead.

China’s “Social Credit”; “Mexico First”; EU’s “Too Strict” Israel Policy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2018 16:40


The Beijing municipal government’s recently unveiled plan to implement China’s controversial “social credit” system is causing quite a stir in the West after being compared to an “Orwellian” plot.

Anti-Iranian Sanctions Waivers; 'Nationalist Leprosy'; EU 'Sea Bandits'

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 15:48


The US’ granting of temporary anti-Iranian sanctions waivers to several countries and the breakaway Chinese province of Taiwan is a strategic move that shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign of weakness.

Will Trump Invade Mexico?; Trudeau Welcomes “White Helmets”; Yemen Peace Plan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 16:30


Trump ordered up to 15,000 US troops to the Mexican border in response to the approaching caravan, with some fearing that he intends to take kinetic action against it.

Brazilian Meddling, Germany Punishes the Saudis, China vs US in Central America

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 15:52


The accusations that the buddies of Brazilian frontrunner Bolsonaro are illegally funding an election meddling campaign on social media have shook the country’s democracy to the core but are unlikely to have any real impact on the second round this weekend.

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