It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the fortnight's international events. This time:
• Happy Mother's Day to all whom it may concern! And a special thank you to our own two special "birthing people".
• We've all survived the Chinese spaceship apocalypse, as the Long March 5B booster rocket fell into the ocean somewhere just southwest of India. Well, at least that's what we're told.
• Covid continues to ravage India and South America. With a surplus of doses in the US, maybe it can start helping out.
• A critical pipeline that supplies half the gas (petrol) and diesel to the east coast of the US shut down after a cyberattack. Why in the hell is this system attached to the internet?
• The United Kingdom held elections. Now we have to think about whether Scotland will leave the UK for the EU. Good times. Thanks, Brexit!
• And some good news - the US might really, kind of, possibly leave Afghanistan. Breath held...
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The Physical and Mental Strain of Recovering from Covid-19
Singapore Circuit Breaker • On the Ground in Detroit with Covid-19 • Good News
Singapore Circuit Breaker • On the Ground in Detroit with Covid-19 • Good News
A First-Person Account of Being Infected with Covid-19 • In Times of Crisis, Be Nice
On the Ground In Europe with Covid-19 • China Makes Its Move • Good Coronavirus News (Yes, We Mean It!)
Europe and the Coronavirus Covid-19 • Viral math challenges • It's Not Looking Good for Sanders
Covid-19 Resignation • AgTech Startups & Sustainable Food • The West Is Winning
More Coronavirus Capers • US Elections • Journalism, Disruption, & Start-Ups
Coronavirus Capers in Singapore • China's Legitimacy at Stake • US Politics Any Better?
Living with the Wuhan Corona Virus • Plagues of Today & the Past • Brexit Ho!
Fighting Climate Change Using Carbon Markets • Coronavirus in China • Davos Blues
World War III-ish • Mythmaking & the Middle East • Happy China
Impeachment ✅ • India & Global Nationalism • US Farmer Bill Hickey in the Trade War Trenches
Amit Prothi on cities and climate change • Quick hits: Brexit & Impeachment • Good News
The Afghanistan Papers • The UK Votes • Thomas Jestin on Inequality, GDP, and Tech Optimism
Articles of Imp • France Strikes I: Macron at NATO • France Strikes II: It's General • Rendering faces from DNA
Social media platforms as publishers • Future of podcasting • Confronting China
Hong Kong Unrest • French Zest • Tech is the Best • Trump Fest
China Bucks • Trump's Not Always Wrong and That's Bad • We(outta)Work • Nuclear Floppy Disks
US Dems Debate • Knuckling Under to China * AI's Gonna Getchya
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