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Vai su https://www.nordvpn.com/novageo e ricevi uno sconto esclusivo + 4 mesi extra sui piani biennali Viaggia con Viandar: https://viandar.it/ Il NUOVO libro di Nova Lectio, "L'Inganno dei confini": https://amzn.to/4jEy4hh Tutti gli altri libri di Nova Lectio: https://amzn.to/48dkPQo Canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NovaLectio Realpolitik, la mini-serie Podcast di Nova Lectio. Un viaggio tra geopolitica, economia e società per scoprire come funziona il mondo. Analisi, fatti e prospettive senza compromessi, per capire la realtà con pragmatismo e senza ideologie, "Realpolitik", appunto. Testo e ricerca, Jacopo Turco Voce, Giacomo Casandrini Mix e Sound Design, Davide Marcone Produzione, Nova Lectio Fonti: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/what-is-trumps-boards-of-peace-and-who-is-involved https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4093207?ln=en&v=pdf https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-administration-committee-opens-applications-to-form-new-police-force/3835170 https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gaza-technocratic-panel-unlikely-to-enter-gaza-this-week-with-no-date-set-for-start-of-operations/ https://www.ilpost.it/2026/02/16/israele-territori-cisgiordania-proprieta-statale/ https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/02/20/news/tajani_italia_board_of_peace_gaza_trump-425170587/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7mmpljze7o https://ecfr.eu/article/dispelling-trumps-dystopia-a-european-blueprint-for-gazas-renewal/ https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie/2026/02/20/prima-riunione-consiglio-pace-trump-su-gaza https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-preside-over-first-meeting-board-peace-with-many-gaza-questions-unresolved-2026-02-19/ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/19/trump-s-board-of-peace-opens-with-10-billion-pledge-and-troops-for-gaza_6750664_4.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-gaza-military-plan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/22/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-board-of-peace-an-international-body-in-service-to-one-mans-ego https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-meets-with-former-un-mideast-envoy-tapped-to-represent-board-of-peace/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/01/statement-on-president-trumps-comprehensive-plan-to-end-the-gaza-conflict/ https://www.ilpost.it/2026/02/19/consiglio-pace-meloni-tajani-gaza-osservatore/ https://static-prod.cdnilpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/23/1769172009-statuto-1.pdf https://www.ilpost.it/2026/01/21/meloni-trump-board-of-peace-davos/ https://www.axios.com/2026/02/19/trumps-board-of-peace-members-countries-list https://www.reuters.com/world/china/what-is-trumps-board-peace-who-has-joined-so-far-2026-02-19/ https://www.sb.by/en/expert-explained-why-belarus-was-first-to-join-board-of-peace.html https://fakti.bg/en/world/1035585-why-bulgaria-albania-and-kosovo-want-to-be-on-the-peace-council Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"He lied more than I thought he did—and I thought he lied a lot." — Tom Wells on Henry KissingerIn our Epstein age, everyone seems to have access to everyone else's dirtiest secrets. But half a century ago, in the Watergate era, it was harder to get one's hands on the secret files, phone calls and other private data. But historian Tom Wells has done exactly that with the private phone calls of Henry Kissinger. Wells' new book, The Kissinger Tapes, is based on transcripts of Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations—recordings he made primarily for his memoirs and to keep track of what he told to whom.Wells came to the project as a Kissinger critic but found himself respecting certain things about him: particularly his stamina, the work ethic and political skills. What Wells didn't expect was to discover that Kissinger lied even more than most of us assume. Especially about Vietnam and Cambodia. The most damning revelation is his callousness. Kissinger reveled in body counts, Wells reports. He even supported American planes indiscriminately bombing Vietnam so as to hit something. Anything. Anyone.So was Kissinger evil? Or was he, to borrow from Arendt's account of the Adolf Eichmann trial, banal? Whereas Eichmann might have been following orders, Henry Kissinger was following his own career. One was an efficient bureaucrat, the other a supreme networker. Neither had any sensitivity to human suffering. Five Takeaways● He Lied More Than Expected: Wells came to the project already critical of Kissinger. But going through the transcripts, he discovered Kissinger lied even more than he'd assumed. About the secret wiretaps of government officials and journalists. About the false reporting system for the Cambodia bombing. He kept saying he didn't know anything, had nothing to do with it. He did.● The Callousness Is Stunning: Nixon and Kissinger reveled in body counts. Nixon said, "I don't care about the civilian casualties." During the Laos invasion, he said he didn't even care if they lost 10,000 South Vietnamese troops. Kissinger remarked that if American planes just dropped bombs out the door without aiming, they'd have to hit something. This wasn't indifference. It was gratification.● Morality Was Not Part of the Calculation: Kissinger saw most conflicts through the lens of U.S.-Soviet rivalry. The balance of power mattered. The human cost didn't. They secretly armed the Pakistani military during the Bangladesh genocide—between 300,000 and 3 million dead—because they needed Pakistan as a channel to China. The opening to Beijing was more important than the slaughter.● He Was Supremely Two-Faced: Kissinger was always deferential to Nixon's face, always addressed him as "Mr. President." Behind his back, he said nasty things. He trashed Secretary of State William Rogers constantly. He and Defense Secretary Melvin Laird were rivals, both master leakers, both devious. They came to respect each other for it.● Evil or Banal?: Hannah Arendt wrote about the banality of evil after covering the Eichmann trial. Some apply that framework to Kissinger. But there's a difference. Eichmann was following orders. Kissinger was following his career. One was an efficient bureaucrat. The other a supreme networker. Neither had any sensitivity to human suffering. About the GuestTom Wells is a historian and the author of The War Within: America's Battle Over Vietnam. He is based in New Mexico.ReferencesBooks mentioned:● The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations by Tom Wells — his new book based on transcripts of Kissinger's phone recordings.● Zbig: The Man Who Cracked the Kremlin by Edward Luce — biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski, Kissinger's rival.People mentioned:● Hannah Arendt wrote about "the banality of evil" while covering the Eichmann trial—a framework some apply to Kissinger.● Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers; his son's book Truth and Consequences is discussed next week on the show.About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States—hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction: The age of Epstein vs. the age of Kissinger (01:31) - Why did Kissinger secretly record his calls? (02:54) - Did you come to this as a Kissinger hater? (05:43) - He lied more than I thought he did (06:08) - Breaking news: The callousness (07:47) - Realpolitik vs. indifference to human suffering (09:47) - Did Kissinger recognize moral critics? (11:06) - What kind of man was Kissinger? (14:18) - His relationship with Nixon (15:15) - Who did Kissinger trust? (16:40) - His private life and playboy reputation (19:00) - What the tapes reveal about Vietnam (20:56) - Did he care about American casualties? (22:19) - The monstrous quality (24:20) - Hannah Arendt and the banality of evil (25:52) - What the Kissinger tapes tell us about Trump (27:31) - What would Kissinger make of Ukraine and Gaza?
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre o novo ministro da Administração Interna, sobre o chumbo de Trump no Supremo e sobre a violência política nas ruas de França.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre o novo ministro da Administração Interna, sobre o chumbo de Trump no Supremo e sobre a violência política nas ruas de França.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre o novo ministro da Administração Interna, sobre o chumbo de Trump no Supremo e sobre a violência política nas ruas de França.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre o novo ministro da Administração Interna, sobre o chumbo de Trump no Supremo e sobre a violência política nas ruas de França.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Iran escalation leaves Trump with very few options: a long and unpredictable war, or a humiliating backtrack.
We sat down with Anna Moore, CEO of Domna Group, to talk about its approach to the business of retrofit, pragmatic retrofit strategy, and long-term asset management for landlords. All underpinned by a layer of data collation and machine learning.Domna is currently retrofitting around 10,000 homes per year through grant-funded and self-funded programmes, using an integrated asset management—strategy to: deliver impact and savings through a mix of strategy, support on funding, management of delivery, and quality assurance. Importantly, Anna knows her stuff and she is fun, too.Notes from the showAnna Moore on LinkedInDomna Group on LinkedIn The Domna website (sign up in the footer)**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this podcast, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page (we still don't have a proper website)Jeff and Dan about Zero Ambitions Partners (the consultancy) for help with positioning and communications strategy, customer/user research and engagement strategy, carbon calculations and EPDs – we're up to all sortsSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd Alter's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Retrofit Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**
Season Six! Episode Ten! REALPOLITIK! Mary Margaret O'Cconnel is the mayor of Cicely! Chris needs to get back on probation or see a therapist ASAP! Marylin has a new friend, Chuck! Joel is once again the heart of the show, making sure Dr. Capra is worthy of caring for Joel's patients! Tears and shouting into the wind for us!
En la geografía del poder, el 'Therian' de la politiká es quien, tras años de mimetismo ideológico, “descubre” su verdadera piel discordante con el movimiento
The globalists in the EU, Britain, Australia and Canada close ranks against the evil Donald Hitler Trump.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre a vitória de Seguro, sobre os candidatos que se julgam donos dos votos e sobre o novo plano de Macron para a Europa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre a vitória de Seguro, sobre os candidatos que se julgam donos dos votos e sobre o novo plano de Macron para a Europa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre a vitória de Seguro, sobre os candidatos que se julgam donos dos votos e sobre o novo plano de Macron para a Europa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre a vitória de Seguro, sobre os candidatos que se julgam donos dos votos e sobre o novo plano de Macron para a Europa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We continue to examine the Epstein files and get insights on how British politics actually works from behind the scenes.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:21 - Carney's dime-store realpolitik makes Canadians feel good—but that's not enough, by David Polansky 7:11 - Stephen Harper and the power of principled leadership, by Stephen Staley This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of popular Hub podcasts and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $2 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/ Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple) https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify) Watch The Hub on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en CREDITS: Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, email support@thehub.ca
Kanzler Merz sucht die Nähe zu Saudi-Arabien - trotz Kashoggi-Mord und Jemen-Krieg. Es geht um Energie, Sicherheit und Waffenexporte. Berlin setzt auf Realpolitik, Menschenrechte spielen nur noch eine Nebenrolle, sagt Eckart Woertz vom GIGA-Institut. Engels, Silvia www.deutschlandfunk.de, Interviews
Why Trump can't make up his mind, the pressure he's under, and what the outcome will be, and what Russia and China want.
Dopo quasi vent'anni di negoziati, Unione Europea e India hanno firmato un accordo di libero scambio che riflette i cambiamenti negli equilibri commerciali e geopolitici globali, accelerati dalle tensioni con gli Stati Uniti.
The post–World War order is dead. What comes after it in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia?
Vai su https://www.nordvpn.com/novageo e ricevi uno sconto esclusivo + 4 mesi extra sui piani biennali Viaggia con Viandar: https://viandar.it/ Il NUOVO libro di Nova Lectio, "L'Inganno dei confini": https://amzn.to/4jEy4hh Tutti gli altri libri di Nova Lectio: https://amzn.to/48dkPQo Canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NovaLectio Realpolitik, la mini-serie Podcast di Nova Lectio. Un viaggio tra geopolitica, economia e società per scoprire come funziona il mondo. Analisi, fatti e prospettive senza compromessi, per capire la realtà con pragmatismo e senza ideologie, "Realpolitik", appunto. Testo e ricerca, Jacopo Turco Voce, Alberto Lodi Mix e Sound Design, Davide Marcone Produzione, Nova Lectio Fonti: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-greenland-denmark-ukraine-moscow-b2902046.html https://apnews.com/article/nato-greenland-trump-denmark-threat-annex-4907c132b499531d8d5fe6cd549c0beb https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/15/european-troops-arrive-in-greenland-as-talks-with-us-hit-wall-over-future https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-and-norway-back-arctic-sentry-nato-mission-including-in-greenland/ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-denmark-european-tariffs-greenland-deal-rcna254551 https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-neglect-greenland-mineral-wealth-regret/ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260117-does-trump-need-own-greenland-to-build-his-golden-dome-missile-shield https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/americas/venezuela-machado-trump-meeting-nobel-intl-hnk https://news.gallup.com/poll/700241/americans-end-year-gloomy-mood.aspx https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/china-canada-partnership-new-global-realities-carney-xi-jinping https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/renee-good-ice-agent-comply-legal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/fraud-minnesota-somali.html https://www.axios.com/2026/01/14/ice-trump-joe-rogan-immigration-minneapolis-shooting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGTsYXBWQgU https://time.com/7346519/trump-threatens-insurrection-act-deploy-troops-minnesota/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-readies-1500-soldiers-possibly-deploy-minnesota-washington-post-reports-2026-01-18/ https://www.ilpost.it/2026/01/16/reclutamento-addestramento-ice/ https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/dhs-white-nationalist-anti-immigrant-social-media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Firas explains why the Atlantic is the American Mare Nostrum, where the Ukraine negotiations are, and the collapse of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Kevork Almassian, an Armenian-Syrian, discusses with Firas Israel's role in Syria, how Assad fell, and the ongoing threats to minorities.
Ein Kanzler zwischen Wirtschaftsagenda und Weltkrisen: Friedrich Merz will 2026 innenpolitisch liefern - doch Donald Trump funkt dazwischen.Paul blickt mit Michael Bröcker, Chefredakteur von Table.Media, auf die ersten Wochen des neuen Jahres im Kanzleramt. Wie will Friedrich Merz Deutschlands Wirtschaft wieder in Gang bringen? Welche Rolle spielen Reisen nach Indien, Koalitionskonflikte und personelle Entscheidungen im Kanzleramt? Und wie sehr binden Trump, Grönland und die Ukraine den Kanzler außenpolitisch - bis hinein in seine innenpolitische Strategie? Eine Analyse über Macht, Realpolitik und die Frage, ob Merz sein Jahr 2026 noch drehen kann.Wenn euch der Podcast gefällt, lasst gerne Like & Abo da!GANZ NEU: Diskutiert mit Paul, Filipp & unseren Gästen und erfahrt noch mehr über die Hintergründe der Episoden auf joincampfire.fm/ronzheimerPaul auf Instagram | Paul auf XRONZHEIMER. jetzt auch im Video auf YouTube!Redaktion: Filipp Piatov, Lieven Jenrich u. Moritz MüllerExecutive Producer: Daniel van Moll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Firas reviews the biggest geopolitical stories in 2025, including the breakdown in the liberal order's moral status, the collapse of support for Israel, the US' failures in sanctioning Russia, and more!
Firas covers the capture of Nicolas Maduro and the return of gunboat diplomacy, Trump style.
Vai su https://www.nordvpn.com/novageo e ricevi uno sconto esclusivo + 4 mesi extra sui piani biennali Viaggia con Viandar: https://viandar.it/ Il NUOVO libro di Nova Lectio, "L'Inganno dei confini": https://amzn.to/4jEy4hh Tutti gli altri libri di Nova Lectio: https://amzn.to/48dkPQo Canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NovaLectio Realpolitik, la mini-serie Podcast di Nova Lectio. Un viaggio tra geopolitica, economia e società per scoprire come funziona il mondo. Analisi, fatti e prospettive senza compromessi, per capire la realtà con pragmatismo e senza ideologie, "Realpolitik", appunto. Testo e ricerca, Jacopo Turco Voce, Giacomo Casandrini Mix e Sound Design, Davide Marcone Produzione, Nova Lectio Fonti: https://theconversation.com/uganda-election-museveni-will-win-but-the-landscape-has-changed-since-his-last-victory-271535 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/19/live-violence-breaks-out-in-bangladesh-after-prominent-protest-leader-dies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/asia/bangladesh-riots-student-killing.html https://asia.nikkei.com/opinion/can-nepal-s-youth-turn-protest-into-power-in-2026 https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2025/11/12/hungarys-election-could-change-europe https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/10/reform-uk-could-overtake-welsh-labour-2026-senedd-vote https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/hard-left-candidate-ivan-cepeda-leads-poll-for-colombias-2026-election/ https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/armenia-in-2026-what-is-next-225192 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-leads-potential-right-wing-rivals-ahead-2026-vote-poll-shows-2025-11-25/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-17/ty-article/.premium/sources-in-arab-leadership-if-opposition-forms-next-israeli-govt-well-be-part-of-it/0000019b-290a-d5c5-a3df-bfeeb8e00000 https://theconversation.com/economic-forecasts-point-to-a-democrat-win-in-the-2026-us-midterm-elections-270178 https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/12/18/trumps-approval-rating-in-latest-survey-down-8-points-since-start-of-his-term/ https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker/economy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre truques sujos nas presidenciais, sobre as ideias políticas de Brigitte Bardot e sobre os 40 anos de Portugal na Europa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ivan Katchanovski discusses how the media hid the realities of Ukraine's 2014 Maidan uprising, the actual triggers of the war, and the prospects for peace.
[O Observador está a republicar os três episódios mais ouvidos do ano em cada podcast. Este é de 12 de novembro de 2025.] No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre a greve geral que aí vem, sobre as trapalhadas na campanha de Gouveia e Melo e sobre a importância da recente polémica com a BBC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre os vencedores e vencidos dos debates, sobre os limites para a transparência dos políticos e sobre a divisão da UE em relação à RússiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
[O Observador está a republicar os três episódios mais ouvidos do ano em cada podcast. Este é de 29 de outubro de 2025.] No "Realpolitik", Sérgio Sousa Pinto e Miguel Pinheiro falam sobre o passado e o futuro do Bloco de Esquerda, sobre o Orçamento de mais-do-mesmo e sobre a radicalização de André Ventura.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Firas and Dan discuss the global financial situation and why another major crisis that makes the 2008 crisis look like a picnic is likely.
247 | Warum ist Google die Überraschung und die EU der Flop des Jahres? Flo Heinemann & Alex machen den traditionellen Jahresrückblick.Finde eine Geschäftsidee, die perfekt zu dir passt: digitaleoptimisten.de/quizKapitel:(00:00) Intro(04:18) Was war der Deal des Jahrs?(18:21) Was ist das Unternehmen des Jahres?(26:42) Was war die Überraschung des Jahres?(38:32) Was war der Flop des Jahres?(50:27) Wer war die Person des Jahres?(58:09) Was war die Erkenntnis des Jahres?Mehr Kontext:In dieser Episode blicken Alexander Mrozek und Florian auf das Jahr 2025 zurück, analysieren die wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen, bedeutende Deals und Unternehmen sowie die Überraschungen des Jahres. Sie diskutieren die Trends im Bereich AI und die Veränderungen in der Wahrnehmung von Unternehmen wie Google und Nvidia. In dieser Episode diskutieren Alexander Mrozek und Florian die wichtigsten Themen des Jahres, darunter die Hype-Kultur in der Startup-Welt, die Flops des Jahres im Bereich Virtual Reality und AI, die Herausforderungen der Nachhaltigkeit, die Wahl von Zoran Mandani als Person des Jahres und die Erkenntnis, dass Autarkie für Europa eine neue Realität darstellt.Keywords:Jahr 2025, DAX, Wirtschaft, Arbeitslosigkeit, Deals, Unternehmen, Überraschungen, AI, Google, Nvidia, Startup, Hype, Flop, Nachhaltigkeit, Zoran Mamdani, Autarkie, Realpolitik, AI, VR, Investitionen
In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, I—Stewart Alsop—sit down with Garrett Dailey to explore a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the mechanics of persuasion and why the best pitches work by attraction rather than pressure, to the nature of AI as a pattern tool rather than a mind, to power cycles, meaning-making, and the fracturing of modern culture. Garrett draws on philosophy, psychology, strategy, and his own background in storytelling to unpack ideas around narrative collapse, the chaos–order split in human cognition, the risk of “AI one-shotting,” and how political and technological incentives shape the world we're living through. You can find the tweet Stewart mentions in this episode here. Also, follow Garrett Dailey on Twitter at @GarrettCDailey, or find more of his pitch-related work on LinkedIn.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversationTimestamps00:00 Garrett opens with persuasion by attraction, storytelling, and why pitches fail with force. 05:00 We explore gravity as metaphor, the opposite of force, and the “ring effect” of a compelling idea. 10:00 AI as tool not mind; creativity, pattern prediction, hype cycles, and valuation delusions. 15:00 Limits of LLMs, slopification, recursive language drift, and cultural mimicry. 20:00 One-shotting, psychosis risk, validation-seeking, consciousness vs prediction. 25:00 Order mind vs chaos mind, solipsism, autism–schizophrenia mapping, epistemology. 30:00 Meaning, presence, Zen, cultural fragmentation, shared models breaking down. 35:00 U.S. regional culture, impossibility of national unity, incentives shaping politics. 40:00 Fragmentation vs reconciliation, markets, narratives, multipolarity, Dune archetypes. 45:00 Patchwork age, decentralization myths, political fracturing, libertarian limits. 50:00 Power as zero-sum, tech-right emergence, incentives, Vance, Yarvin, empire vs republic. 55:00 Cycles of power, kyklos, democracy's decay, design-by-committee, institutional failure.Key InsightsPersuasion works best through attraction, not pressure. Garrett explains that effective pitching isn't about forcing someone to believe you—it's about creating a narrative gravity so strong that people move toward the idea on their own. This reframes persuasion from objection-handling into desire-shaping, a shift that echoes through sales, storytelling, and leadership.AI is powerful precisely because it's not a mind. Garrett rejects the “machine consciousness” framing and instead treats AI as a pattern amplifier—extraordinarily capable when used as a tool, but fundamentally limited in generating novel knowledge. The danger arises when humans project consciousness onto it and let it validate their insecurities.Recursive language drift is reshaping human communication. As people unconsciously mimic LLM-style phrasing, AI-generated patterns feed back into training data, accelerating a cultural “slopification.” This becomes a self-reinforcing loop where originality erodes, and the machine's voice slowly colonizes the human one.The human psyche operates as a tension between order mind and chaos mind. Garrett's framework maps autism and schizophrenia as pathological extremes of this duality, showing how prediction and perception interact inside consciousness—and why AI, which only simulates chaos-mind prediction, can never fully replicate human knowing.Meaning arises from presence, not abstraction. Instead of obsessing over politics, geopolitics, or distant hypotheticals, Garrett argues for a Zen-like orientation: do what you're doing, avoid what you're not doing. Meaning doesn't live in narratives about the future—it lives in the task at hand.Power follows predictable cycles—and America is deep in one. Borrowing from the Greek kyklos, Garrett frames the U.S. as moving from aristocracy toward democracy's late-stage dysfunction: populism, fragmentation, and institutional decay. The question ahead is whether we're heading toward empire or collapse.Decentralization is entropy, not salvation. Crypto dreams of DAOs and patchwork societies ignore the gravitational pull of power. Systems fragment as they weaken, but eventually a new center of order emerges. The real contest isn't decentralization vs. centralization—it's who will have the coherence and narrative strength to recentralize the pieces.
Imperial consolidation against China and a more chaotic world.
Historical Influences: Bismarck and Realpolitik: Colleague Geoffrey Roberts discusses how Stalin studied Bismarck as a fellow modernizer who executed a "revolution from above" to build a strong state, arguing that regarding Machiavelli, Stalin did not need The Prince to learn cynicism or power politics, as he had already learned those lessons effectively from Bolshevik mentors like Lenin and Trotsky. 1935
Vai su https://www.nordvpn.com/novageo e ricevi uno sconto esclusivo + 4 mesi extra sui piani biennali Viaggia con Viandar, in Islanda: https://viandar.it/products/islanda-vichinga-dalle-saghe-ai-fiordi-occidentali Il NUOVO libro di Nova Lectio, "L'Inganno dei confini": https://amzn.to/4jEy4hh Tutti gli altri libri di Nova Lectio: https://amzn.to/48dkPQo Canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NovaLectio Realpolitik, la mini-serie Podcast di Nova Lectio. Un viaggio tra geopolitica, economia e società per scoprire come funziona il mondo. Analisi, fatti e prospettive senza compromessi, per capire la realtà con pragmatismo e senza ideologie, "Realpolitik", appunto. Testo e ricerca, Jacopo Turco Voce, Alberto Lodi Mix e Sound Design, Davide Marcone Produzione, Nova Lectio Fonti: https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-28-points-russia https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-peace-plan-security-confernece-halifax-senators-6041a181cbe0de6498e1043d9a982f4b https://www.ft.com/content/883e5a47-430c-4fc2-85ee-cd6af9bb599d https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290 https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-told-frontline-liberation-pokrovsk-vovchansk-kremlin-says-2025-12-01/ https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-who-is-implicated-in-ukraines-biggest-ongoing-corruption-case-and-what-are-they-accused-of/ https://kyivindependent.com/who-is-andriy-yermak-and-can-ukraines-new-corruption-scandal-finally-sink-him/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/25/russia-ukraine-war-offensive-2025/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/29/verified-russian-deaths-in-ukraine-war-surpass-150k-independent-tally-a91279 https://www.interfax.ru/business/1054527 https://www.ilpost.it/2025/11/29/russia-economia-problemi/ https://www.politico.eu/article/kyiv-ukraine-cash-crunch-exposes-tight-russia-assets-timeline/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Hezbollah has become useful to Israel, nothing changed in Iran, Venezuela war coming, and why the Americans are suddenly making peace proposals for Ukraine.
Firas is joined by Joseph Robertson to discuss the current situation in Britain, explore potential solutions, and consider what the future may hold.
Vai su https://www.nordvpn.com/novageo e ricevi uno sconto esclusivo + 4 mesi extra sui piani biennali Viaggia con Viandar, in Islanda: https://viandar.it/products/islanda-vichinga-dalle-saghe-ai-fiordi-occidentali Il NUOVO libro di Nova Lectio, "L'Inganno dei confini": https://amzn.to/4jEy4hh Tutti gli altri libri di Nova Lectio: https://amzn.to/48dkPQo Canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NovaLectio Realpolitik, la mini-serie Podcast di Nova Lectio. Un viaggio tra geopolitica, economia e società per scoprire come funziona il mondo. Analisi, fatti e prospettive senza compromessi, per capire la realtà con pragmatismo e senza ideologie, "Realpolitik", appunto. Testo e ricerca, Jacopo Turco Voce, Giacomo Casandrini Mix e Sound Design, Davide Marcone Produzione, Nova Lectio Fonti: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/nordic-baltic-eight-europe-western-resolve https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/nordic-baltic-eight/ https://ecfr.eu/publication/northern-lights-how-a-nordic-baltic-coalition-of-the-willing-can-do-even-more-for-ukraine/ https://hdr.undp.org/data-center https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00108367251346416 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/10/russia-ukraine-war-live-ukraine-says-its-air-force-has-downed-drones-and-guided-missiles-launched-by-russia?page=with:block-661691328f0882d1a2add524 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10074/ https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/13/nordic-and-baltic-allies-to-fund-joint-430mn-purl-military-package-for-ukraine-nato-says https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-counted-its-bomb-shelters-found-50500-them-2023-08-29/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/25/sweden-prepare-war-citizens-booklet-crisis https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/kit-sopravvivenza-e-risposta-coordinata-cosi-ue-si-prepara-guerre-e-crisi-AGJGIblD?refresh_ce=1 https://www.ilpost.it/2025/10/01/unione-europea-muro-di-droni/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gz2ppye5zo https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/denmark-takes-pride-in-being-top-military-aid-donor-to-ukraine-in-nato/3481390 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Firas is joined by Northern Variant for an in-depth conversation on how we can fix Britain what's gone wrong, what needs to change, and what the future could look like if we get it right.
The Democrats' plan for a colour revolution against Trump, and their Antifa and BLM shock troops. Featuring Mike Shelby, a former intelligence analyst and specialist in radical leftwing movements.
How the Syrian Civil War came to be, the role of the USA, and the future of Syria.
Trump's strategy and its limitations, why the USA needs Venezuela and South America generally, and how China is preparing for war. After Taiwan is invaded, China will be the greatest geopolitical player, risking wars in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
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