The World Unraveled with Brandon Kenig

This week, I discuss the impact and historical significance of the center-left wins in Canada and Australia's national elections as direct repudiations of Trump's hostile foreign policy and aggressive tariff actions as Trump creates a coalition of allies opposed and willing to fight back. As Trump's approval ratings nosedive to the lowest point recorded by a president at this point in his term in...

I dissect the impact of the Democrats' blowout victory against Elon Musk in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election the reducing the margins of solid red Republican Florida congressional districts by half in this past Tuesday's election and what it means for energy and momentum heading into the 2026 midterms. Also: why Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking, marathon, 25-hour filibuster speech matters, a...

The fallout continues from this week's Signalgate revelations as the administration gets tied up in semantics and contradictions as polling shows Americans view this as a greater security lapse than any involving politicians in the past decade. Brandon speculates on how many classified conversations were convened over Signal, whether other individuals were mistakenly included, and who may have com...

This week, Brandon highlights the Trump administration's shameless audacity in pausing intelligence sharing with Ukraine and cutting off weapons and equipment. Brandon also reads the powerful statements by former Polish President and freedom fighter Lech Walesa and current French Senator Claude Malhuret as they call out Trump and America for turning its back on the world order it helped create and...

Brandon records live from the Principles First Summit in Washington, D.C. and speaks to the bomb threat from the Proud Boys and disruption by one of their leaders before lambasting the Trump Administration changing sides in the war on Ukraine: embracing Russia and sidelining Ukraine and our European allies. Brandon discusses the Munich Security Conference, the American bilateral talks with Russia,...

This week, Brandon zeroes in on Musk's breach of critical database systems at federal agencies, his unilateral (and illegal) dismantling of those agencies, and who will blink first - congress or the courts - in curtailing his unchecked power. Brandon also dives into Musk's motivations as well as those of Trump's and the administrations - not the same, but all converging to the same outcome.

After a four month break, we're back! Brandon explains how he took several months off to join the 2024 campaign effort against Trump and took time to recharge and relax before taking on the Trump era, Part 2. Brandon starts by analyzing the recent constitutional crisis in South Korea as an example of how one nation protected democracy when under attack and held its leader accountable, while the U....

After a vacation hiatus, Brandon returns to discuss the impact and fallout of what may be the only debate between Harris and Trump, the impact of Trump and Vance's untrue racial panic on a small town in Ohio, the indictment against Russia Today (RT) for election interference with prominent MAGA influencers, and the first installment of a new segment, "Around the World in 60 Seconds," where Brandon...

Brandon outlines the format, topics, and recurring segments of the show going forward. Iran's alleged hacking attempt of the Trump campaign is analyzed in perspective against the long history of British and American interference in Persia, dating back to the events leading up to Coup 53 (also known as Operation Ajax), when MI6 and the CIA staged a coup to halt the advance of democracy and national...

In this inaugural episode, I discuss my inspiration for starting this podcast; the complete collapse of political gravity; the critical elections held around the world; how we can learn from the democracy coalitions that successfully defeated populist autocrats in Poland, the United Kingdom, and France; and the top reforms we can undertake to enable the rise of additional political parties and all...