Podcasts about Unipolar

As we get caught up in the Nation State V Nation State checker game of Geo Politics. In this short clip, the late Henry Kissinger explains that what we are & have been seeing for YEARS, has been in the works for a long time. And is all BY DESIGN. And the power on the Grand Chessboard is shifting from a Unipolar world order & US hegemony, to a Multipolar world order. With China's Belt & Road Initiative being a BIG driving force for this shift.

Get 50% off on the Biogena One Starter Pack with START50 at https://biogena-one.com/enRalph's German Channel: / @ralphschoellhammer-de Ralph's Substack in English: https://the1020.substack.com/Ralph's Substack in German: https://schoellhammer.substack.com/In this conversation, the Ralph and Neil delve into pressing geopolitical issues, focusing on the India-Pakistan conflict, the implications of historical context on current events, and the role of national identity in shaping global politics. They discuss the shifting dynamics of power, the risks of escalating conflicts, and the importance of understanding history in navigating contemporary challenges. In this conversation, the speakers discuss the current state of societal identity crises, the institutional crises leading to a pre-revolutionary phase in the UK and beyond, and the global shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world. They explore political changes in Africa, the role of leadership in development, and the implications of BRICS for global cooperation. The conversation also touches on the future of American influence and the significance of the new American pope in the context of Catholicism.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Geopolitical Developments02:12 The India-Pakistan Conflict: A Tectonic Shift12:12 Historical Context and Its Impact on Current Events22:20 The Role of National Identity in Global Politics29:06 Reprogramming Society: The Crisis of Identity30:51 Pre-Revolutionary Phase: Institutional Crisis in the UK and Beyond34:14 Global Instability: The Shift from Unipolar to Multipolar World36:12 Emerging Alternatives: Political Changes in Africa39:11 The Role of Leadership: Dictatorship vs. Democracy in Development42:44 The Changing Landscape: BRICS and Global Cooperation50:04 The Future of American Influence: A Shift in Strategy55:07 The American Pope: A New Era for Catholicism?

Danny and Derek are joined by Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, and Aslı Bâli, professor of law at Yale Law School and nonresident fellow at Quincy, to talk about the Institute's Better Order Project, a collaboration between over 130 people from more than 40 countries creating proposals for a stable, multipolar world. They talk about the vision of moving beyond the current “rules-based” order in favor of an inclusive, global one rooted in international law, the major variables around which the project's proposals and reforms are organized, how to address great powers prioritizing short-term, political thinking, the atmosphere in the worlds of think tanks, nonprofits, and elite law as we begin Trump 2.0, how these communities have been reckoning with the US policy on Gaza, and more. Subscribe now for much more content and an ad-free experience! Join our Discord (subscribers get more channels)! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek are joined by Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, and Aslı Bâli, professor of law at Yale Law School and nonresident fellow at Quincy, to talk about the Institute's Better Order Project, a collaboration between over 130 people from more than 40 countries creating proposals for a stable, multipolar world. They talk about the vision of moving beyond the current “rules-based” order in favor of an inclusive, global one rooted in international law, the major variables around which the project's proposals and reforms are organized, how to address great powers prioritizing short-term, political thinking, the atmosphere in the worlds of think tanks, nonprofits, and elite law as we begin Trump 2.0, how these communities have been reckoning with the US policy on Gaza, and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

BRICS held a summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, where 13 new "partner nations" were accepted. This followed the 2023 meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, where several members were invited to join. Ben Norton analyzes the historic events, and shows how the Global South is building a more multipolar world. BRICS MEMBERSHIP (9 members + 13 partner countries) - 5 original members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. - 4 new members officially admitted in January 2024 are Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and UAE. (Saudi Arabia has not accepted. Argentina rejected the offer.) - 13 "partner countries" are Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Türkiye, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUdlzmk73Ns Check out our related report - BRICS plans ‘multi-currency system' to challenge US dollar dominance: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/10/19/brics-russia-multi-currency-system-us-dollar/ Topics 0:00 BRICS expands 1:55 BRICS: 1/3rd of global GDP, 40% of population, 30% of oil production 2:40 Compare BRICS & G7 3:44 Saudi Arabia has not accepted offer; Argentina rejected 5:17 Leaders at 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia 6:48 China & India resolve border dispute 10:06 Unipolar domination vs multipolarity 11:04 Xi Jinping's speech 12:23 Plans to transform international monetary & financial system 13:24 Bretton Woods, US dollar, IMF, World Bank 15:19 BRICS grain exchange (commodities exchange) 17:17 Bolivia condemns "Western unipolarity & tyranny of the dollar" 20:19 Kazan declaration summary 25:49 Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Lebanon 27:16 Syria & Iran 28:27 Opposing nuclear weapons & space arms race 29:20 Outro

"El orden mundial unipolar dominado por EEUU está totalmente amenazado por los BRICS". Aníbal GarzónEl libro "La transición hacia un orden mundial alternativo" de Aníbal Garzón, analista internacional refleja la actualidad del mundo multipolar, más aún después de la Cumbre de los BRICS en Kazán. Los BRICS nacieron en 2009 con una propuesta del presidente ruso, Putin, donde entraron cinco miembros y que el año pasado le sumaron cuatro más. Nueve países miembros permanentes, a lo que se le suma la participación de 36 estados y socios aliados, donde más de la mitad de la población está representada en estos gobiernos. Unos BRICS que superan incluso al PIB del G7. "El mensaje de Occidente de aislar a Rusia e Irán está caduco y en desgaste", sostiene Aníbal recordando que el orden mundial controlado por EEUU está amenazado. El BRICS Bridge es parte de la clave, el sistema financiero es parte del cambio. Los BRICS hablan de monedas locales, incluso de una moneda digital y virtual para las transacciones, modelos alternativos a los siwfts y a los modelos de pago de Occidente. "Occidente no mira el baremos de derechos humanos, sino quienes son sus socios y quien no", por eso nuevos países apuestan por los BRICS.  "BRICS no es un pacto supranacional militar como la OTAN", pero si se preocupa por la seguridad y defensa de sus países mimebro como Rusia e Irán. EEUU tiene un presupuesto militar que crece cada año"Naciones Unidas está obsoleta y los BRICS quieren solucionarlo", es una transición entre el viejo y el nuevo orden mundial, detalla Garzón.  #eeuu #brics #economia #globalismo #multipolarworld #occidente #dolar #desdolarizacion #rusia #india #g7 #negociostv #vizner Si quieres entrar en la Academia de Negocios TV, este es el enlace:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwd8Byi93KbnsYmCcKLExvQ/join Síguenos en directo ➡️ https://bit.ly/2Ts9V3pSuscríbete a nuestro canal: https://bit.ly/3jsMzp2Suscríbete a nuestro segundo canal, másnegocios: https://n9.cl/4dca4Visita Negocios TV https://bit.ly/2Ts9V3pMás vídeos de Negocios TV: https://youtube.com/@NegociosTVSíguenos en Telegram: https://t.me/negociostvSíguenos en Instagram: https://bit.ly/3oytWndTwitter: https://bit.ly/3jz6LptFacebook: https://bit.ly/3e3kIuy

Albert Cortina y D. Pablo Sanz, profesor de derecho mercantil en ICADE, hacen un repaso por la historia para desentrañar y explicar los acontecimientos más importantes que han influido en la parte financiera de nuestro mundo. La Segunda Guerra Mundial fue un hito de gran relevancia en el que se han visto cambios y luchas entre las naciones para adquirir mayor poder a nivel global.

Hva gjør legen når effekten av antidepressive legemidler uteblir? Depresjon forekommer hyppig blant eldre og risikoen øker med alderen. Man vet samtidig at riktig behandling reduserer sykelighet, risiko for institusjonalisering og død. Eivind Aakhus, psykiater og fagsjef psykisk helse, Aldring og helse, utdyper i dette foredraget temaet legemiddelbehandling ved unipolar depresjon hos eldre og han presenterer en trinnvis og målrettet modell for valg av legemidler når effekten uteblir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bem-vindo à 14ª temporada do PQU Podcast. Muito recentemente, em maio último, foi publicada no Canadian Journal of Psychiatry a atualização das diretrizes do CANMAT – a Rede canadense para tratamentos de (transtornos de) humor e de ansiedade. Nesse episódio, o 281, vamos apresentar e comentar alguns aspectos dessas diretrizes, a título de aperitivo para a leitura do texto completo, que é muito bem escrito, agradável de ler, contém tabelas que sumarizam bem o que foi descrito de modo mais detalhado no texto e esquemas didáticos bastante úteis. Não deixe de escutar. E não deixe de ler o artigo. Você não vai se arrepender.

This father-and-son duo is here to make you smile and change your life! Mark and John Cronin share their stories, including:-by being vulnerable, we get to make connections -building a community and offering hope -the loneliness of entrepreneurship: advice for when that happens -favorite things to improve their mental health-putting people FIRSTLooking for a mental health break?! Join John every Tuesday at 3 PM EST for a virtual dance party on Zoom, a space where everyone is welcome to let loose and have fun!Welcome back to A Mental Health Break! If you enjoy the show, please subscribe for weekly episodes and rate the show 5 stars to help others join our conversations!Love what you hear? Get ready to learn more about their business on That Entrepreneur Show next week!More about this dynamic duo: John's Crazy Socks is a social enterprise inspired by John Lee Cronin, a young man with Down syndrome, and his love of colorful and fun socks—what he calls his “crazy socks.” John suggested to his father, Mark X. Cronin, that they start the business to spread happiness. They built the business on five pillars:-Inspiration and Hope –Showing What People with Differing Abilities Can Do-Giving Back-Fun Products You Can Love-Making It Personal-Making It a Great Place to WorkStay connected with us on social media! You can find A Mental Health Break on all podcasts and social media platforms. For more information about our show and our guests, visit www.vincentalanci.com. We look forward to engaging with you!Episode Music Credits: Adventure by MusicbyAden | https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenHave a question for the host or guest? Looking to become a show partner? Email Danica at PodcastsByLanci@gmail.com.

Anatoly's strange CV ... How the 20th century set the stage for Putin's invasion of Ukraine ... Why did Putin turn against the West? ... Anatoly: I underestimated Russia's incompetence ... Has the Ukraine war really shifted in Russia's favor? ... Russia's “elite human capital” problem ... Is the “bio-singularity” near? ... Unipolar vs multipolar AI takeover scenarios ... Heading to Overtime ...

Anatoly's strange CV ... How the 20th century set the stage for Putin's invasion of Ukraine ... Why did Putin turn against the West? ... Anatoly: I underestimated Russia's incompetence ... Has the Ukraine war really shifted in Russia's favor? ... Russia's “elite human capital” problem ... Is the “bio-singularity” near? ... Unipolar vs multipolar AI takeover scenarios ... Heading to Overtime ...

Prof. John Mearsheimer: US and the Unipolar MomentSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Host Dr. Joseph Patterson interviews paper author Dr. Kanu Okike. This paper was presented at the 2023 OTA Annual Meeting.  To see the abstract while listening, download the free ConveyMED App: Apple Store click here Google Play click here For additional educational resources visit https://ota.org/

When Felix Zulauf has a hunch, he's usually right. Ed D'Agostino interviews Zulauf, the former head of UBS's institutional portfolio management group and founder of Zulauf Consulting, about the end of the multipolar world and where the markets are headed.

On this episode of STRAT, Mark Mansfield and Hal Kempfer tackle the issue of a fragmenting world order, where relative influence and leadership is shifting rapidly and framed by a US and China bilateral relationship tilting towards conflict. They look at various potential scenarios:• There is no scenario where the US and China become fully cooperative.• Most nations' cost-benefit analysis' support a world order where US leadership remains preferable to China or other non-aligned players.• The extremes of either a UNIPOLAR or BIPOLAR world – i.e., an old Cold War style scenario, will morph into a MULTIPOLAR gameboard.• As middle powers continually maneuver to remain relevant, a multipolar landscape creates the ‘off ramps,' realignment options and triggers needed to dilute / balance the relative strength of both the US and China - (‘Balancers': India, Japan, Germany, France, UK, and Canada).• ‘Spoiler' status will remain with Russia, Iran, and North Korea.In an uncertain world, with an increasingly dynamic planning environment, this is 20 minutes you don't want to miss.

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between the NATO/West bloc and the Global Majority, analyzing Israel's war on Gaza, Ukraine's defeat in the proxy war against Russia, and the rise of the far-right in Argentina and Europe. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Io0H1i7Xf8s You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Members of the Australian Parliament speak in DC to call for release of imprisoned publisher Julian Assange... Portion of speech by Colombian President Gustavo Petro at UN... Gerald Horne: world meetings are further sign that the U.S. unipolar moment is over but Blinken still doubles down on two-front cold war...Poland's president calls Ukraine's head of state a 'drowning man' that is dangerous... Plus Headlines: it looks increasingly likely that the U.S. federal government will shut down on October 1, 2023... United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain says that a general strike of all its 150,000 workers against the big thee auto makers is still on the table... GM and Ford made record profits but are paying an average combined tax rate of just one percent... Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other lawmakers have introduced a resolution that apologizes for the role the United States played in the deadly 1973 military coup in Chile, and calls for release of all secret government documents about the coup and the mass murders, torture, and decades of fascist terror that followed... The American Library Association reveals that a record number of library books, all by or about people of color or the LGBTQ community, were challenged during the first eight months of 2023. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you! Portions of show audio and photo screenshot from video by @News2share

The US is indisputably the most tyrannical regime on earth. Only the US is instigating wars around the world, circling the planet with hundreds of foreign military bases, starving populations with massive unilateral sanctions and blockades, and working to destroy any nation which disobeys it. No other government has spent the 21st century killing people by the millions in wars of aggression; only the US has. Continually trying to destroy anyone in the world who doesn't obey your dictates is as tyrannical as it gets. If you point this out you'll get people telling you that if it wasn't the US doing those things it would be someone else, but that's ridiculous. There has never once been a unipolar planetary hegemon at any time in human history until three decades ago. People look at this freakish historical aberration and talk about it as though it's some immutable quality inscribed in adamantine upon human DNA strands.  A single power structure dominating the planet is very much the exception, not the rule. A multipolar world is the norm in the same way a cancer-free body is the norm; you'd only assume cancer is the norm if you'd only ever seen one human body and it was a cancer patient. That doesn't mean a future multipolar world order would be perfect or free from problems, it just means the expectation that the US unipolar hegemon would be replaced by another one is based on absolutely nothing and is refuted by all historical precedent. And as an added bonus we'd no longer be trapped in this horrifying situation where a planetary empire is continually trying to shore up disobedient nations like Russia and China while brandishing armageddon weapons with increasing aggression. Reading by Tim Foley.

It's fitting that the G7 recently met in Hiroshima because the policies they are following are blowing up the world economy. Original Article: "The G7 in Hiroshima: The Latest Attempt to Impose a Unipolar World"

It's fitting that the G7 recently met in Hiroshima because the policies they are following are blowing up the world economy. Original Article: "The G7 in Hiroshima: The Latest Attempt to Impose a Unipolar World"

Interview with Carsten Hjorthøj, PhD, author of Cannabis Use Disorder and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Cannabis Use Disorder and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Interview with Carsten Hjorthøj, PhD, author of Cannabis Use Disorder and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Cannabis Use Disorder and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Hanging with Harley: The UniPolar Breakdown Continues & What We Can Do? by RogueNews

Hanging with Harley: The UniPolar Breakdown Continues & What We Can Do? by RogueNews

Patrick from 21 Wire invited me back to cover an overview of Brzezinski's works and the technocratic strategy for IMF shock doctrine and control throughout the post-modern imperium. 21 Wire is here: https://21stcenturywire.com

Robbie shared his insights not only about how AUKUS is dragging Australia into doing the US's bidding with China. Furthermore, By accepting to buy nuclear subs from the US & UK, Australia is placing its citizens in danger in case a conflict between the US & China erupts!!!Protect Your Retirement W/ A Gold IRA https://www.GeopoliticsGold.com Noble Gold is Who I Trust ^^^The US is terrified of the multipolar world and is striving to maintain the status quo: A Unipolar system, one that no longer exists. Yet, some argue that a multipolar world serves America's interests more than any other regime.For Business inquiries, please go to ➡︎ show@geopoliticsinconflict.com⏰ LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE:Sorry, no set schedule for now. We are traveling to gain a first hand knowledge of the events we are addressing.

Protect Your Retirement W/ A Gold IRA https://www.GeopoliticsGold.com Noble Gold is Who I Trust ^^^The US is terrified of the multipolar world and is striving to maintain the status quo: A Unipolar system, one that no longer exists. Yet, some argue that a multipolar world serves America's interests more than any other regime.For Business inquiries, please go to ➡︎ show@geopoliticsinconflict.com⏰ LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE:Sorry, no set schedule for now. We are traveling to gain a first hand knowledge of the events we are addressing.

Hello and welcome back everybody. We are on Week 3 of the Sexual Health and Anxiety Series. At first, we talked with the amazing Lauren Fogel Mersy about sexual anxiety or sexual performance anxiety. And then last week, I went into depth about really understanding arousal and anxiety, how certain things will increase arousal, certain things will decrease it, and teaching you how to get to know what is what so that you can have a rich, intimate, fulfilling life.  We are now on Week 3. I have to admit, this is an episode that I so have wanted to do for quite a while, mainly because I get asked these questions so often and I actually don't know the answers. It's actually out of my scope. In clinical terms, we call it “out of my scope of practice,” meaning the topic we're talking about today is out of my skill set. It's out of my pay grade. It's out of my level of training.  What we're talking about this week is the sexual side effects of antidepressants or anxiety medications, the common ones that people have when they are anxious or depressed. Now, as I said to you, this is a medical topic, one in which I am not trained to talk about, so I invited Dr. Sepehr Aziz onto the episode, and he does such a beautiful job, a respectful, kind, compassionate approach to addressing sexual side effects of anxiety medication, sexual side effects of depression medication. It's just beautiful. It's just so beautiful. I feel like I want to almost hand this episode off to every patient when I first start treating them, because I think so often when we're either on medication or we're considering medication, this is a really common concern, one in which people often aren't game to discuss. So, here we are. I'm actually going to leave it right to the doctor, leave it to the pro to talk all about sexual side effects and what you can do, and how you may discuss this with your medical provider. Let's do it. Kimberley: Welcome. I have been wanting to do this interview for so long. I am so excited to have with us Dr. Sepehr Aziz. Thank you so much for being here with us today. Dr. Aziz: Thanks for having me. Kimberley: Okay. I have so many questions we're going to get through as much as we can. Before we get started, just tell us a little about you and your background, and tell us what you want to tell us. Dr. Aziz: Sure. Again, I'm Dr. Sepehr Aziz. I go by “Shepherd,” so you can go ahead and call me Shep if you'd like. I'm a psychiatrist. I'm board certified in general adult psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. I completed medical school and did my residency in UMass where they originally developed mindfulness-based CBT and MBSR. And then I completed my Child and Adolescent training at UCSF. I've been working since then at USC as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry there. I see a lot of OCD patients. I do specialize in anxiety disorders and ADHD as well. Kimberley: Which is why you're the perfect person for this job today. Dr. Aziz: Thank you.  WHAT ARE THE BEST MEDICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH ANXIETY & OCD (IN GENERAL)? Kimberley: I thank you so much for being here. I want to get straight into the big questions that I get asked so regularly and I don't feel qualified to answer myself. What are the best medications for people with anxiety and OCD? Is there a general go-to? Can you give me some explanation on that? Dr. Aziz: As part of my practice, I first and foremost always try to let patients know that the best treatment is always a combination of therapy as well as medications. It's really important to pursue therapy because medications can treat things and they can make it easier to tolerate your anxiety, but ultimately, in order to have sustained change, you really want to have therapy as well. Now, the first-line medications for anxiety and OCD are the same, and that's SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. SNRIs, which are selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, also work generally, but the best research that we have in the literature is on SSRIs, and that's why they're usually preferred first. There are other medications that also might work, but these are usually first-line, as we call it. There are no specific SSRIs that might work better. We've tried some head-to-head trials sometimes, but there's no one medication that works better than others. It's just tailored depending on the patient and the different side effects of the medication. SSRI'S VS ANTIDEPRESSANTS DEFINITION Kimberley: Right. Just so people are clear in SSRI, a lot of people, and I notice, use the term antidepressant. Are they synonymous or are they different? Dr. Aziz: Originally, they were called antidepressants when they first were released because that was the indication. There was an epidemic of depression and we were really badly looking for medications that would work. Started out with tricyclic antidepressants and then we had MAOIs, and then eventually, we developed SSRIs. These all fall under antidepressant treatments. However, later on, we realized that they work very well for anxiety in addition to depression. Actually, in my opinion, they work better for anxiety than they do for depression. I generally shy away from referring to them as antidepressants just to reduce the stigma around them a little bit and also to be more accurate in the way that I talk about them. But yes, they're synonymous, you could say.  BEST MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION Kimberley: Sure. Thank you for clearing that up because that's a question I often get. I know I led you in a direction away but you answered. What is the best medication for people with depression then? Is it those SSRIs or would you go-- Dr. Aziz: Again, these are first-line medications, which means it's the first medication we would try if we're starting medication, which is SSRIs. Other medications might also work like SNRIs again. For depression specifically, there are medications called serotonin modulators that are also effective such as vortioxetine or nefazodone, or vilazodone. But SSRIs are generally what people reach for first just because they've been around for a long time, they're available generic, they work, and there's no evidence that the newer medications or modulators work better. They're usually first line. Kimberley: Fantastic. Now you brought up the term “generic” and I think that that's an important topic because the cost of therapy is high. A lot of people may be wondering, is the generic as good as the non-generic options? Dr. Aziz: It really depends on the medication and it also depends on which country you're in. In the US, we have pretty strict laws as to how closely a generic has to be to a regular medication, a brand name medication, and there's a margin of error that they allow. The margin of error for generics is, I believe, a little bit higher than for the brand name. However, most of the time, it's pretty close. For something like Lexapro, I usually don't have any pressure on myself to prescribe the brand name over the generic. For something like other medications we use in psychiatry that might have a specific way that the brand name is released, a non-anxiety example is Concerta, which is for ADHD. This medication uses an osmotic release mechanism and that's proprietary. They license it out to one generic company, but that license is expiring. All those patients who are on that generic in the next month or two are going to notice a difference in the way that the medication is released. Unless you're a physician privy to that information, you might not even know that that's going to happen. That's where you see a big change. Otherwise, for most of the antidepressants, I haven't noticed a big difference between generic and brand names.   Kimberley: Right. Super helpful. Now you mentioned it depends on the person. How might one decide or who does decide what medication they would go on? Dr. Aziz: It's really something that needs to be discussed between the person and their psychiatrist. There are a number of variables that go into that, such as what's worked in a family member in the past, because there are genetic factors in hepatic metabolism and things like that that give us some clue as to what might work. Or sometimes if I have a patient with co-occurring ADHD and I know they're going to be missing their medications a lot, I'm more likely to prescribe them Prozac because it has a longer half-life, so it'll last longer. If they miss a dose or two, it's not as big of a deal. If I have a patient who's very nervous about getting off of the medication when they get pregnant, I would avoid Prozac because it has a long half-life and it would take longer to come off of the medication. Some medications like Prozac and Zoloft are more likely to cause insomnia or agitation in younger people, so I'll take that into consideration. Some medications have a higher likelihood of causing weight loss versus weight gain. These are all things that would take into consideration in order to tailor it to the specific patient. Kimberley: Right. I think that's been my experience too. They will usually ask, do you have a sibling or a parent that tried a certain medication, and was that helpful? I love that question. I think it informs a lot of decisions. We're here really. The main goal of today is really to talk about one particular set of side effects, which is the sexual side effects of medication. In fact, I think most commonly with clients of mine, that tends to be the first thing they're afraid of having to happen. How common are sexual side effects? Is it in fact all hype or is it something that is actually a concern? How would you explain the prevalence of the side effects? Dr. Aziz: This is a really important topic, I just want to say, because it is something that I feel is neglected when patients are talking to physicians, and that's just because it can be uncomfortable to talk about these things sometimes, both for physicians and for patients. Oftentimes, it's avoided almost. But because of that, we don't know for sure exactly what the incidence rate is. The literature on this and the research on this is not very accurate for a number of reasons. There are limitations. The range is somewhere between 15 to 80% and the best estimate is about 50%. But I don't even like saying that because it really depends on age, gender, what other co-occurring disorders they have such as depression. Unipolar depression can also cause sexual dysfunction. They don't always take that into account in these studies. A lot of the studies don't ask baseline sexual function before asking if there's dysfunction after starting a medication, so it's hard to tell. What I can say for sure, and this is what I tell my patients, is that this sexual dysfunction is the number one reason why people stop taking the medication, because of adverse effects.  WHAT MEDICATIONS ARE MORE PRONE TO SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS?  Kimberley: Right. It's interesting you say that we actually don't know, and it is true. I've had clients say having anxiety has sexual side effects too, having depression has sexual side effects too, and they're weighing the pros and cons of going on medication comparative to when you're depressed, you may not have any sexual drive as well. Are some medications more prone to these sexual side effects? Does that help inform your decision on what you prescribe because of certain meds? Dr. Aziz: Yeah. I mean, the SSRIs specifically are the ones that are most likely to cause sexual side effects. Technically, it's the tricyclics, but no one really prescribes those in high doses anymore. It's very rare. They're the number one. But in terms of the more commonly prescribed antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications among the SSRIs and the SNRIs and the things like bupropion and the serotonin modulators we talked about, the SSRIs are most likely to cause sexual dysfunction. Kimberley: Right. Forgive me for my lack of knowledge here, I just want to make sure I'm understanding this. What about the medications like Xanax and the more panic-related medications? Is that underneath this category? Can you just explain that to me? Dr. Aziz: I don't usually include those in this category. Those medications work for anxiety technically, but in current standard practice, we don't start them as an initial medication for anxiety disorders because there's a physical dependency that can occur and then it becomes hard to come off of the medication. They're used more for panic as an episodic abortive medication when someone is in the middle of a panic attack, or in certain cases of anxiety that's not responding well to more conventional treatment, we'll start it. We'll start it on top of or instead of those medications. They can cause sexual side effects, but it's not the same and it's much less likely.  SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDICATION FOR MEN VS WOMEN  Kimberley: Okay. Very helpful. Is it the same? I know you said we don't have a lot of data, and I think that's true because of the stigma around reporting sexual side effects, or even just talking about sex in general. Do we have any data on whether it impacts men more than women? Dr. Aziz: The data shows that women report more sexual side effects, but we believe that's because women are more likely to be treated with SSRIs. When we're looking at the per capita, we don't have good numbers in terms of that. In my own practice, I'd say it's pretty equal. I feel like men might complain about it more, but again, I'm a man and so it might just be a comfort thing of reporting it to me versus not reporting. Although I try to be good about asking before and after I start medication, which is very important to do. But again, it doesn't happen all the time. Kimberley: Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it? Because from my experience as a clinician, not a psychiatrist, and this is very anecdotal, I've heard men because of not the stigma, but the pressure to have a full erection and to be very hard, that there's a certain masculinity that's very much vulnerable when they have sexual side effects—I've heard that to be very distressing. In my experience. I've had women be really disappointed in the sexual side effects, but I didn't feel that... I mean, that's not really entirely true because I think there's shame on both ends. Do you notice that the expectations on gender impacts how much people report or the distress that they have about the sexual side effects?  Dr. Aziz: Definitely. I think, like you said, men feel more shame when it comes to sexual side effects. For women, it's more annoyance. We haven't really talked about what the sexual side effects are, but that also differs between the sexes. Something that's the same between sexes, it takes longer to achieve orgasm or climax. In some cases, you can't. For men, it can cause erectile dysfunction or low libido. For women, it can also cause low libido or lack of lubrication, which can also lead to pain on penetration or pain when you're having sex. These are differences between the sexes that can cause different reporting and different feelings, really. Kimberley: Right. That's interesting that it's showing up in that. It really sounds like it impacts all the areas of sexual playfulness and sexual activity, the arousal, the lubrication. That's true for men too, by the sounds of it. Is that correct?  Dr. Aziz: Yeah.  Kimberley: We've already done one episode about the sexual performance anxiety, and I'm sure it probably adds to performance anxiety when that's not going well as well, correct? Dr. Aziz: It's interesting because in my practice, when I identify that someone is having sexual performance anxiety or I feel like somebody, especially people with anxiety disorders, if I feel like they have vulvodynia, which means pain on penetration—if I see they have vulvodynia and I feel that this is because of the anxiety, oftentimes the SSRI might improve that and cause greater satisfaction from sex. It's a double-edged sword here. COMMON SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS Kimberley: Yeah. Can you tell me a little more about What symptoms are they having? The pain? What was it called again? Dr. Aziz: Vulvodynia. Kimberley: Is that for men and women? Just for women, I'm assuming. Dr. Aziz: Just from vulva, it is referring to the outside of the female genitalia. Especially when you have a lack of lubrication or sometimes the muscles, everyone with anxiety knows sometimes you have muscle tension and there are a lot of complex muscles in the pelvic floor. Sometimes this can cause pain when you're having sex. There are different ways to address that, but SSRIs sometimes can improve that.  Kimberley: Wow. It can improve it, and sometimes it can create a side effect as well, and it's just a matter of trial and error, would you say? Dr. Aziz: It's a delicate balance because these side effects are also dose-dependent. It's not like black or white. I start someone on 5 milligrams, which is a child's dose of Lexapro. Either they have sexual side effects or don't. They might not have it on 5, and then they might have it a little bit on 10, and then they get to 20 and they're like, “Doctor, I can't have orgasms anymore.” We try to find the balance between improving the anxiety and avoiding side effects. SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS TREATMENT Kimberley: You're going right into the big question, which is, when someone does have side effects, is it the first line of response to look at the dose? Or how would you handle a case if someone came to you first and said, “I'm having sexual side effects, what can we do?”  Dr. Aziz: Again, I'm really thorough personally. Before I even seem to start a medication, I'll ask about libido and erectile dysfunction and ability to climax and things like that, so I have a baseline. That's important when you are thinking about making a change to someone's medications. The other thing that's important is, is the medication working for them? If they haven't seen a big difference since they started the medication, I might change the medication. If they've seen an improvement, now there's a pressure on me to keep the medication on because it's working and helping. I might augment it with a second medication that'll help reverse the sexual side effects or I might think about reducing the dose a little bit while maintaining somewhere in the therapeutic zone of doses or I might recommend, and I always recommend non-pharmacological ways of addressing sexual side effects. You always do that at baseline. Kimberley: What would that be? Dr. Aziz: There's watchful waiting. Sometimes if you just wait and give it some time, these symptoms can get better. I'm a little more active than that. I'll say it's not just waiting, but it's waiting and practicing, whether that's solo practice or with your partner. Sometimes planning sex helps, especially if you have low libido. There's something about the anticipation that can make someone more excited. The use of different aids for sex such as toys, vibrators, or pornography, whether that's pornographic novels or imagery, can sometimes help with the libido issues and also improve satisfaction for both partners. The other thing which doesn't have great research, but there is a small research study on this, and not a lot of people know about this, but if you exercise about an hour before sex, you're more likely to achieve climax. This was specifically studied in people with SSRI-related anorgasmia. Kimberley: Interesting. I'm assuming too, like lubricants, oils, and things like that as well, or? Dr. Aziz: For lubrication issues, yes. Lubricants, oils, and again, you really have to give people psychoeducation on which ones they have to use, which ones they have to avoid, which ones interact with condoms, and which ones don't. But you would recommend those as well. Kimberley: Is it a normal practice to also refer for sex therapy? If the medication is helping their symptoms, depression, anxiety, OCD, would you ever refer to sex therapy to help with that? Is that a standard practice or is that for specific diagnoses, like you said, with the pain around the vulva and so forth? Dr. Aziz: Absolutely. A lot of the things I just talked about are part of sex therapy and they're part of the sexual education that you would receive when you go to a sex therapist. I happen to be comfortable talking about these things, and I've experienced talking about it. When I write my notes, that would fall under me doing therapy. But a lot of psychiatrists would refer to a sex therapist. Hopefully, there are some in the town nearby where someone is. It's sometimes hard to find someone that specializes in that. Kimberley: Is there some pushback with that? I mean, I know when I've had patients and they're having some sexual dysfunction and they do have some pushback that they feel a lot of shame around using vibrators or toys. Do you notice a more willingness to try that because they want to stay on the meds? Or is it still very difficult for them to consider trying these additional things? Are they more likely to just say, “No, the meds are the problem, I want to go off the medication”? Dr. Aziz: It really depends on the patient. In my population that I see, I work at USC on campus, so I only see university students in my USC practice. My age group is like 18 to 40. Generally, people are pretty receptive. Obviously, it's very delicate to speak to some people who have undergone sexual trauma in the past. Again, since I'm a man, sometimes speaking to a woman who's had sexual trauma can be triggering. It's a very delicate way that you have to speak and sometimes there's some pushback or resistance. It can really be bad for the patient because they're having a problem and they're uncomfortable talking about it. There might be a shortage of female psychiatrists for me to refer to. We see that. There's also a portion of the population that's just generally uncomfortable with this, especially people who are more religious might be uncomfortable talking about this and you have to approach that from a certain angle. I happen to also be specialized in cultural psychiatry, so I deal with these things a lot, approaching things from a very specific cultural approach, culturally informative approach. Definitely, you see resistance in many populations. Kimberley: I think that that's so true. One thing I want to ask you, which I probably should have asked you before, is what would you say to the person who wants to try meds but is afraid of the potential of side effects? Is there a certain spiel or way in which you educate them to help them understand the risks or the benefits? How do you go about that for those who there's no sexual side effects, they're just afraid of the possibility? Dr. Aziz: As part of my practice, I give as much informed consent to my patients as I can. I let them know what might happen and how that's going to look afterwards. Once it happens, what would we do about it if it happened? A lot of times, especially patients with anxiety, you catastrophize and you feel this fear of some potential bad thing happening, and you never go past that. You never ask yourself, okay, well now let's imagine that happens. What happens next? I tell my patients, “Yeah, you might have sexual dysfunction, but if that happens, we can reduce the medications or stop them and they'll go away.” I also have to tell my patients that if they search the internet, there are many people who have sexual side effects, which didn't go away, and who are very upset about it. This is something that is talked about on Reddit, on Twitter. When my patients go to Dr. Google and do their research, they often get really scared. “Doctor, what if this happens and it doesn't go away?” I always try to explain to them, I have hundreds of patients that I've treated with these medications. In my practice, that's never happened. As far as I know from the literature, there are no studies that show that there are permanent dysfunctions sexually because of SSRIs.  Now, like I said, the research is not complete, but everything that I've read has been anecdotal. My feeling is that if you address these things in the beginning and you're diligent in asking about the side effects of baseline sexual function beforehand and you are comfortable talking with your patients about it, you can avoid this completely. That's been my experience. When I explain that to my patients, they feel like I have their back, like they're protected, like I'm not just going to let them fall through the cracks. That has worked for me very well. Kimberley: Right. It sounds like you give them some hope too, that this can be a positive experience, that this could be a great next step. Dr. Aziz: Yeah, absolutely. Kimberley: Thank you for bringing up Dr. Google, because referring to Reddit for anything psychologically related is not a great idea, I will say. Definitely, when it comes to medications, I think another thing that I see a lot that's interesting on social media is I often will get dozens of questions saying, “I heard such and such works. Have your clients taken this medication? I heard this medication doesn't work. What's your experience?” Or if I've told them about my own personal experience, they want to know all about it because that will help inform their decision. Would you agree, do not get your information from social media or online at all? Dr. Aziz: I have patients who come to me and they're like, “My friend took Lexapro and said it was the worst thing in the world, and it may or not feel any emotions.” I'm explaining to them, I literally have hundreds of patients, hundreds that I prescribe this to, and I go up and down on the dose. I talk to them about their intimate lives all day. But for some reason, and it makes sense, the word of their friend or someone close to them, really, carries a lot of weight. Also, I don't want to discount Reddit either, because I feel like it's as a support system and as a support group. I find other people who have gone through what you've gone through. It's very strong. Even pages like-- I don't want to say the page, but there's a page that's against psychiatry, and I peruse this page a lot because I have my own qualms about psychiatry sometimes. I know the pharmaceutical companies have a certain pressure on themselves financially, and I know hospitals have a certain pressure on themselves. I get it. I go on the page and there's a lot of people who have been hurt in the past, and it's useful for patients to see other people who share that feeling and to get support. But at the same time, it's important to find providers that you can trust and to have strong critical thinking skills, and be able to advocate for yourself while still listening to somebody who might have more information than you. Kimberley: I'm so grateful you mentioned that. I do think that that is true. I think it's also what I try to remember when I am online. The people who haven't had a bad experience aren't posting on Reddit. They're out having a great time because it helped, the medication helped them, and they just want to move on. I really respect those who have a bad experience. They feel the need to educate. But I don't think it's that 50% who gave a great experience are on Reddit either. Would you agree? Dr. Aziz: Right. Yeah. The people who are having great outcomes are not creating a Reddit page to go talk about it, right? Kimberley: Yeah. Thank you so much for answering all my questions. Is there a general message that you want to give? Maybe it's even saying it once over on something you've said before. What would be your final message for people who are listening? WHEN SSRIs IMPACTS YOUR SEX LIFE: ADVICE FROM DR AZIZ Dr. Aziz: I just want to say that when SSRI's impact your sex life, it's really important for psychiatry, and especially in therapy, that you feel comfortable sharing your experiences in that room. It should be a safe space where you feel comfortable talking about your feelings at home and what's going on in your intimate life and how things are affecting you. Your feelings, positive or negative towards your therapist or your psychiatrist, whether things they said made you uncomfortable, whether you feel they're avoiding something, that room should be a safe space for you to be as open as possible. When you are as open as possible, that's when you're going to get the best care because your provider, especially in mental health, needs to know the whole picture of what's going on in your life. Oftentimes, we are just as uncomfortable as you. And so, again, a lot of providers might avoid it because they're afraid of offending you by asking about your orgasms. As a patient, you take the initiative and you bring it up. It's going to improve your care. Try not to be afraid of bringing these things up. If you do feel uncomfortable for any reason, always let your provider know.  I always tell my patients, I have a therapist. I pay a lot of money to see my therapist, and sometimes I tell him things I hate about him. He's a great therapist. He's psychoanalytic. Every time I bring something up, he brings it back to something about my dad. He's way older than me. But he's a great therapist. Every time I've brought something like that up, it's been a breakthrough for me because that feeling means something. That would be my main message to everyone listening. Kimberley: Thank you. I'm so grateful for your time and your expertise. Really, thank you. Can you tell us where people can get in touch with you, seek out your services, read more about you? Dr. Aziz: Sure. I work for OCD SoCal. I'm on the executive board, and that's the main way I like to communicate with people who see me on programs like this. You can always email me at S, like my first name, Aziz, that's A-Z-I-Z, @OCDSoCal.org. If you're a USC student, you can call Student Health and request to see me at the PBHS clinic. That's the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services clinic on campus at USC. Kimberley: They're lucky to have you. Dr. Aziz: Thank you. Kimberley: Yes. I love that you're there. Thank you so much for all of your expertise. I am so grateful. This has been so helpful.

The Great Game w/ Matthew Ehret: Unipolar World is Failing. by RogueNews

The Great Game w/ Matthew Ehret: Unipolar World is Failing. by RogueNews

People are doing it for themselves! We cover the various shifts in geopolitics and diplomacy that have occurred in the last few weeks. Such as the Iran/Saudi Deal, the Putin Xi meeting, Turkey Syria relations, and we show one of the wonderful speeches that came out of the Chinese counter conference to the US's Summit for Democracy. We also show an exclusive interview organized by the Ministry of Propaganda whereby Senator Joe McCarthy of the 1950s grills the CEO of TikTok. Please like, share, and subscribe. Contents: 0:00 Introduction 1:06 Saudi Iran Deal and its political implications 4:00 Latuff's cartoon depicting the significance of the Saudi/Iran/China deal 7:00 The entrenchment of regionality and regional politics 7:40 Further peace talks between Syria, Turkey, and the Saudis 8:45 The end of the ISIS-era and Turkish inconsistency as a member of the Western alliance 12:23 UNSC rejected an investigation into the Nord Stream attacks and discussion about the Nord Stream attacks 17:00 Russia can still propose an investigation into the attack from the general assembly of the UN 18:00 The Soviet Union was somehow less of a pariah in the West than Putin's Russia is 19:30 The US' Summit for Democracy and the Chinese response 20:10 The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States 2022, A Chinese government report which covers life expectancy decline , gun related deaths, drug related deaths, prison slavery, and money in American politics 33:20 Who was invited to the Summit for Democracy and who wasn't 34:55 African politician gives a speech in Beijing laying down the insanity of the US hosting a summit on democracy and our discussion around that speech 48:24 The ICC arrest warrant for Putin 50:10 Julius Malema offers his opinion on the arrest warrant and a short discussion on the EFF in South Africa 56:28 Our special correspondent, Senator McCarthy, interrogated the CEO of TikTok on our behalf 1:00:37 Red Scare over TikTok and the return of a scared American leadership of the 1950s 1:04:15 US hegemony is dying in the world that it created 1:07:33 Dugin's multipolar world conference Please like, share, and subscribe. Politics, news, discussion.

The Biden Administration is waging economic warfare against China in a gambit to sabotage Beijing’s plans for creating a new Silk Road, linking up Europe to Asia. If this is allowed to happen, geopolitical power will shift from the Atlantic to Central Asia. It will relegate the United States to backwater status. What we’re watching ... The post The Death of the Unipolar World appeared first on The New American.

Publisher Kris Millegan speaks with Whitney Webb about her book, ONE NATION UNDER BLACKMAIL: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence And Organized Crime That Gave Rise To Jeffrey Epstein, the hidden scandals inside “Chinagate,” and the people who want to model the world on, and rule it, through China.

Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't mince words aiming his assault directly at the feet of WEF globalists. This is a war between the unipolar liberal order and multipolar sovereign states. 

森海塞尔历史系列节目第二卷，1960s-1990s。从Senn 家耳机系列之滥觞hd110 为起点，一路聊到hd414-hd430-hd540/hd250，为你梳理森海塞尔耳机产品的「近现代」部分。系列节目参考资料：Sennheiser: The 60th Anniversary Chronicle1960到1980年代，耳机作为音响器材的一部分，逐渐走出了专业工具和音响附件的领域，变成了一种重要的聆听设备。比这个支线更大的洪流，是流行音乐、摇滚乐的席卷，是个人音响和家电的不断平民化，也是CD规格逐渐取代LP，以及walkman 和各类随身听设备开始成为时代文化符号和流行风尚。Jörg Sennheiser 引领的森海塞尔，就在这样的时代里，摇身一变成为了耳机产业的世界巨头。同时，AKG、Beyerdynamic、Sony 和Koss 的产品我们也有所涉及。这期节目完全回归了发烧友聊器材的节奏，希望各位老听众能觉得亲切。时间轴： [00:00:03] BGM#1. Kraftwerk - Computer Love [00:00:36] 正式节目开始，起立鼓掌欢迎v版；关于参考书目Sennheiser: The 60th Anniversary Chronicle 的中文翻译情况； [00:03:47] Sennheiser 开始介入耳机领域；hd110 和同时间的AKG/Beyerdynamic； [00:10:58] 大杀四方的hd414；盛传的森海塞尔持有的「开放式耳机」专利； [00:27:36] TV时代与家庭娱乐方向的产品；第一代旗舰hd430；Unipolar 2000/2002； [00:38:45] BGM#2. Faust - It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl； [00:39:59] 森海塞尔的「机海战术」与冷门型号若干； [00:45:25] 1980年代，耳机的黄金时代到来；为随身设备设计的小头戴式；hd540/hd540g/hd250 和同时代的其他产品；80年代老耳机的趣味； [01:11:15] BGM#3. Kraftwerk - The Model [01:12:18] 德奥系御三家中森海塞尔的特点如果你喜欢「声波飞行员」，请在「爱发电」平台为我们打赏，增加它继续飞行下去的动力，谢谢。 策划：包雪龙 录音：包雪龙 / vineland / 孟获 后期：孟获最后，这个年代的好歌实在太多了，所以我决定把节目切分一下。毕竟，做节目的乐趣就在于强迫各位听歌 :-)

Aaron is joined by Lawrence Wilkerson and Peter Kuznick to discuss the Ukraine War in the context of America's evaporating “unipolar moment.” Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired US Army Colonel, former chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, and current Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary: Peter Kuznick is Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. The author of numerous books and articles, Kuznick is perhaps most notably the cocreator—with Oliver Stone—of The Untold History of the United States. It is a 12-part documentary series that first played on Showtime, and there's also an excellent book version, now in its second edition. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “The End of the World” by Mock Orange

The overthrow of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War restructured global imperialism and all of world politics. Without an understanding of the internal logic of imperialism, some hoped that now there would be a “peace dividend,” a period after the Cold War where the United States and its junior partners would have no reason to initiate more wars and invasions. The illusion was that the lone superpower would not be threatened by any potential rival, and therefore peace and calm would rein. In the quarter-century since the overthrow of the Soviet Union, the United States has in fact been engaged in constant war, and now has a bipartisan military outlook based on “permanent war.” It continues to operate over 900 military bases in more than 100 countries in every region of the world. Read the full article here: https://www.liberationschool.org/the-unipolar-era-of-imperialism/

This week's episode features geopolitical and natural resource commentator ‘Paul' from The Sirius Report in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Paul discusses global energy supplies and the vulnerability of European nations in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as precious metals, rare earths, and what will likely be an increasing competition for resources between the West and the ‘Global South'.  All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop mock the self-awareness of beltway foreign policy experts lamenting Putin's challenge to "rules-based international order." With countries like India and Brazil increasingly unwilling to follow the lead of America and the West in sanctioning Russia—and actively pointing out the hypocrisy of the US regime—we may be witnessing the end of the post-Cold War unipolar world. Recommended Reading "The Rules-Based International Order Is Dead. Washington Killed It." by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_76_A Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop mock the self-awareness of beltway foreign policy experts lamenting Putin's challenge to "rules-based international order." With countries like India and Brazil increasingly unwilling to follow the lead of America and the West in sanctioning Russia—and actively pointing out the hypocrisy of the US regime—we may be witnessing the end of the post-Cold War unipolar world. Recommended Reading "The Rules-Based International Order Is Dead. Washington Killed It." by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_76_A Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop mock the self-awareness of beltway foreign policy experts lamenting Putin's challenge to "rules-based international order." With countries like India and Brazil increasingly unwilling to follow the lead of America and the West in sanctioning Russia—and actively pointing out the hypocrisy of the US regime—we may be witnessing the end of the post-Cold War unipolar world. Recommended Reading "The Rules-Based International Order Is Dead. Washington Killed It." by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_76_A Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

People lost their minds when President Biden uttered the phrase "new world order" last month and were quickly informed by mainstream "fact checkers" that this does not validate longstanding conspiracy theories about an elite agenda to create a one-world government. In reality, though, the real agenda to create a one-world government is not some hidden conspiracy involving secret societies and shadowy figures with Jewish surnames. The US empire is openly working to unite the planet under a single power structure which effectively functions as one government in many ways. Reading by Tim Foley.

So I think we're seeing a broad lack of awareness among the general public of just how close to the precipice we are for the same reason nuclear winter theory has been suppressed: because if everyone deeply understood how dangerous these unipolarist grand chessboard power plays are, and how they deliver no real benefit to ordinary people, they wouldn't permit them to happen. A responsible news media would be educating the public about things like nuclear winter, and how easy it would be for a nuclear war to be triggered by a malfunction, miscommunication, misunderstanding, or miscalculation in the chaos and confusion of soaring cold war escalations as nearly happened many times during the last cold war. A "news" media whose job is not to report the news but to manufacture consent for imperial agendas will do everything it can to prevent people from paying attention to those things. This is why, if you really understand nuclear war and what it means and how close we are to its emergence, it feels so surreal and dissonant looking around at the things people are talking about today. How ungrounded in reality it all is, how unseriously people are taking this thing, how willing they are to consent to things like no-fly zones and other direct military action against Russia. It's because people are prevented from seeing and understanding this reality. You can't have the riff raff interfering in the mechanics of the imperial machine. Unipolar hegemony is too important to be left to democratic processes. Keep the local fauna confused and distracted while you roll the dice on nuclear armageddon with the hope of ruling the world. Reading by Tim Foley.

Josh Hammer, an Opinion Editor for Newsweek Magazine recently wrote a piece for The American Spectator titled, "The End Of The Unipolar Moment", he discusses this with Mark Reardon!

Physicist, startup founder, and polymath Steve Hsu discusses the end of the unipolar moment, the return of geopolitics, and the U.S.-China New Cold War. He believes China is not as fragile as some say. We talk Taiwan, how Beijing has caught up in military tech, and how the nature of naval warfare in the next war will be very different. On the technology and AI front, he feels the U.S. and China are at parity, but that the long-term trend is in China's favor. He feels the social credit system is advancing just as fast in the West as in China and that the digital yuan is rapidly gaining in stature. He gives his view on the Ukraine crisis and how it has been a huge strategic error by the U.S. because it has cemented the Eurasian alliance. He's concerned about a systemic financial meltdown, discusses being a victim of woke cancel culture, and knowing Richard Feynman. Watch On BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / YouTube Geopolitics & Empire · Steve Hsu: The End of the Unipolar Moment & the Cementing in Blood of the Eurasian Alliance #273 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.comDonate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donationsConsult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopoliticseasyDNS (use code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.comEscape The Technocracy course (15% discount using link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopoliticsPassVult https://passvult.comSociatates Civis (CitizenHR, CitizenIT, CitizenPL) https://societates-civis.comWise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Show Notes On Ukraine: the return of Multipolarity and Hard Power https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2022/03/on-ukraine-return-of-multipolarity-and.html Strategic Calculus of a Taiwan Invasion https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2021/08/strategic-calculus-of-taiwan-invasion.html Websites Twitter https://twitter.com/hsu_steve Information Processing Blog https://infoproc.blogspot.com Manifold Podcast https://www.manifold1.com About Steve Hsu Dr. Stephen Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Michigan State University. Educated at Caltech and Berkeley, he was a Harvard Junior Fellow and held faculty positions at Yale and the University of Oregon. Hsu was founder and CEO of SafeWeb, a Silicon Valley technology startup acquired by Symantec for $26 million. He is a scientific advisor to BGI and a member of its Cognitive Genomics lab. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Physicist, startup founder, and polymath Steve Hsu discusses the end of the unipolar moment, the return of geopolitics, and the U.S.-China New Cold War. He believes China is not as fragile as some say. We talk Taiwan, how Beijing has caught up in military tech, and how the nature of naval warfare in the next […]

Moderate Rebels has ended as of January 2022, but this show will be continuing under the new name Multipolarista, hosted by Benjamin Norton. The show will report once or twice a week on the end of US unipolar hegemony and the transition to a multipolar world. Follow Multipolarista's website: https://multipolarista.com

V and Cj break down the latest news and information. They discuss the global shenanigans of the Unipolar world and their continued dive into obsolescence.