Tommy and Ben discuss the futility of aerial aid drops by the US in Gaza, Kamala Harris’ speech calling for an immediate ceasefire, Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz’s visit to Washington, and do a preview of President Biden’s State of the Union address. Then they discuss the breakdown of order in Haiti as gangs overrun prisons, a German audio leak about long range missiles for Ukraine posted by Russian state media, France enshrining abortion into their constitution, the thousands of Russians who came out for Alexei Navalny’s funeral, repercussions for multiple US leakers of classified intelligence, and Tucker Carlson’s about face on Putin. Then Tommy speaks with Kholood Khair, a Sudanese political analyst and founder of the Confluence Advisory think tank about the civil war in Sudan.
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An assassination in Haiti and protests in Cuba
World’s worst space race
Private mercenaries and naked sunbathers
Iranian elections and Justin Bieber’s state visit
Bye bye Bibi!
Joe's Eurovision 2021
Boris elopes, Bibi on the ropes (with Afua Hirsch)
Belarus hijacks a plane (and Samantha Power)
Time to call for a ceasefire in Gaza
Clashes in Israel and Gaza
Talks with Iran and covid in India
Fighting climate change, coronavirus, and capitalism
Putin's Power Plays
Biden ends one war, will Israel and Iran start another?
Should America boycott the 2022 Olympics?
Israel Deadlocked, Suez Unblocked
Biden versus Putin
Vaccine diplomacy and Kushner bashing
Oprah upends the British Empire
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