10/19/22 Panel: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright. Discussion of Ukraine war, risk of nuclear escalation plus Kyle’s article being tweeted by Elon Musk. 

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Recorded on October 19, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

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Panel: Joanne Leon, Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright. Discussion about the war in Ukraine and latest developments. 

Recorded on September 15, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

Ukraine's counterattack: Unheeded warnings from Russia's pro-war hardliners, Riley Waggaman

Military summary channel

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Panel: Kyle Anzalone, Joanne Leon, Elijah Magnier, Dan Wright. 

Discussion about the protests and political crisis in Iraq and the Iran deal JCPOA. 

Elijah Magnier is a veteran war correspondent and political analyst with over 35 years of experience covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest. Dan Wright is a writer and podcaster and the co-founder of Around the Empire.

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Recorded on August 31, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

The Nuclear Deal is not Ripe Yet and Israel’s Worries are Irrelevant, Elijah Magnier

Guest: Kyle Anzalone. We discuss a number of new articles written by Kyle about China, Korea, Russia and Ukraine. In a bonus segment we talk about how the war in Ukraine seems to be changing from a conventional war to an insurgency and dirty war. We also talk about Dugin car bombing.

Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest show.

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Recorded on August 22, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. US, South Korea to Resume Provocative Live-Action War Games After Four-Year Pause
2. Russian Ambassador Says We ‘Simply Have No Contact’ With Western Diplomats
3. Dennis Rodman: I’m Going to Russia to ‘Help That Girl’
4. Pentagon Announces New $775 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine
5. Agreement to Save Iran Nuclear Deal Is Close, But Obstacles Remain
6. Around the Empire: Ep 261 War in Ukraine Panel Podcast

Guest: Whitney Webb. We discuss her new book “One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union between Intelligence and Organized Crime that gave rise to Jeffrey Epstein.” We focus on the story of the PROMIS software and the “Enterprise Network” that Danny Casolaro was investigating for his story about “The Octopus”. In a bonus segment we discuss the surprising roles played by Israel and China during the Clinton presidency years. 

Whitney Webb is an author and an investigative journalist. Her highly anticipated books will be published in September (Volume 1) and October (Volume 2) by the publisher, Trine Day. Ebooks and audio book versions will also be available. Subscribe to her mailing list for all the latest updates on her writing and the book. 

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Recorded on August 23, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. One Nation Under Blackmail (Volumes 1 and 2, Bundle)
2. Around the Empire: Ep 87 Newsguard & the “Trust Industry” feat Whitney Webb
3. Around the Empire: Ep 117 The Mega Group and the Epstein Affair feat Whitney Webb
4. Around the Empire: Ep 170 Biotech Industrial Complex feat Whitney Webb
5. Around the Empire: Ep 170 EXTRA Biotech Industrial Complex feat Whitney Webb
6. Around the Empire: Ep 121 Epstein and the Clintons feat Whitney Webb
7. Around the Empire: Ep 202 Solar Winds, Dark Winter feat Whitney Webb
8. Around the Empire: Ep 202EXTRA Beyond the 2020 Election and the WEF Agenda feat Whitney Webb

Hosts: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone. Guest: Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord)

Discussion with Tyler Weaver aka Armchair Warlord about the war in Ukraine with some focus on logistics and armaments. A retrospective look at the war and also the recent developments. In a bonus segment we talk about Russia’s objectives in Ukraine at the point of invasion and how they have evolved since then.

Tyler Weaver aka Armchair Warlord is a veteran, the author of the book “Maidens War” and a military analyst. 

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Recorded on August 21, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

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Tyler Weaver (Armchair Warlord) recommended Telegram channels: 

https://t.me/Slavyangrad

https://t.me/azmilitary11

https://t.me/DonbassDevushka

https://t.me/CyberspecNews

https://t.me/intelslava

https://t.me/asbmil

https://t.me/levigodman

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Hosts: Joanne Leon, Dan Wright

Guests: Peter Lee, Patrick MacFarlane, Connor Echols

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Recorded on August 3, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. As Pelosi Taiwan visit looms, Menendez bill would ‘gut’ One China policy, Connor Echols
2. Taiwan and Our ‘Feigned Ambiguity’, Patrick MacFarlane

Hosts: Joanne Leon, Kelley Lane. Guests: Shannon Bray, Matthew Hoh, Scott Horton, Angela McArdle

Panel discussion about the importance of third party candidates, especially anti-interventionist candidates who can act as a political insurgency to disrupt the establishment status quo. We also discuss the recent scandal with the North Carolina election board voting along partisan lines to prevent US Senate candidate Matthew Hoh from getting on the ballot, the recent takeover of the Libertarian party by the Mises Caucus and the need to find common ground among anti-interventionists across the political spectrum. 

Shannon Bray is running for US Senate in North Carolina on the Libertarian party ticket and Matthew Hoh is running for US Senate in North Carolina on the Green Party ticket. Scott Horton is an author, director of the Libertarian Institute and Editorial Director of antiwar.com. Angela McArdle is the recently elected chair of the Libertarian national party. 

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Recorded on July 27, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. Matthew Hoh for Senate
2. Shannon Bray for Senate

This is a swapcast with Kristaps Andrejsons, host of the Eastern Border podcast. We talk about  life in Latvia, what it’s like to be a small former Soviet republic country with a big neighbor like Russia, and the Ukraine war from a Baltic perspective. In a bonus segment we discuss the increase in NATO troops in Europe and the Baltic countries. 

Kristaps Andrejsons is an historian and a podcaster from Riga, Latvia, He hosts a podcast called Eastern Border about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe and the USSR and the Baltic region but which is now mostly focused on the war in neighboring Ukraine. 

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Recorded on June 29, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. Baltic Citizens Worry They’re Next on Russia’s Menu: Moscow’s aggression has stirred old fears in its neighbors, Kristaps Andrejsons
2. Russia and Ukraine Are Trapped in Medieval Myths: A shared past underpins—and worsens—the conflict.
3. Putin’s Speech Laid Out a Dark Vision of Russian History: There’s no room for Ukraine in the Russian leader’s distorted telling of the past.
4. Eastern Border Podcast: War in Ukraine: Famine

Guest: Tom Luongo. We continue our conversations from previous episodes about the Federal Reserve and financial war underlying the conflicts and crises around the world right now. We discuss recent moves by the Fed and what it means, along with a lot of other political and philosophical commentary mixed in. In a bonus segment I ask Tom how the US and EU manage to be united in the Ukraine war while the Fed and ECB are waging epic battles.

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economist. His specialty is connecting geopolitics and finance/investment and he publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and whose work can be found on sites like Zerohedge, Lewrockwell.com, Bitcoin Magazine and Newsmax Media.

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1. Media: Why the Fed Raised 75 bps and How to Break the Davos Crowd, Tom Luongo
2. Around the Empire: Ep 255 It’s a Financial War feat Tom Luongo
3. Around the Empire: Ep 229 Central Bank Wars feat Tom Luongo
4. Market Watch: Surprise ECB meeting yields commitment to fight widening bond spreads
5. WSJ: ECB Calls Emergency Meeting to Address Bond Selloff

Guest: Isa Blumi. We talk about the ceasefire in Yemen, the circumstances and the reasons why it happened. We also talk about energy development, the Hodeidah blockade, the situation in Aden, the ousting of Hadi and creation of a new Presidential Council and we continue our discussion from previous episodes about the war within wars in Yemen and the Gulf states. In a bonus segment we talk about Sweden and Finland changing their neutral status and joining NATO. When we recorded this, Turkey was still holding up the approval but yesterday at the NATO summit that block was cleared and it was announced that they would be joining NATO. 

Dr. Isa Blumi is an historian, an author and Professor of Global History, Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Yemen, Albania. His most recent book Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World tells the story of the wars in Yemen but also “ultimately tells an even larger story of today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia.”  He also authored the book Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939: Migration in a Post-Imperial World.

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Recorded on June 10, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.