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The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions. This week: Andy Andy Burnham Bright, Thomas Tuchel talks tactics, and Curious Cases considers a conundrum. Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod, Duncan Wisbey and Jess Robinson. Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Produced by Jon Holmes Production Co-ordinator: Giulia...

Chapo tech correspondent and AI skeptic Ed Zitron is back to mourn Our Keir, a good man struck down in his prime. What will the future hold for the UK, and are the writers foreshadowing 2029 in America? We then turn to the world of AI, where more and more companies are struggling to find an ROI on AI and OpenAI is burning unfathomable amounts of money. Plus: Elon Musk’s trillionaire status, the go...

Co-hosts John Dolan & Mark Ames

Matt and Daniel are joined by Noah Kulwin and Brendan James of the Blowback podcast to discuss the US-Israel relationship with regard to their new miniseries “No Daylight,” in addition to Iran, Trump, Netanyahu, Adam Louis-Klein, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jesse Brown, Naftali Bennett, and of course Sean Feucht. Please donate to Children in Conflict: https://www.childreninconflict.org/ Blowback Pod: https:/...

We continue with Part 4 of our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconclastic scholar, Ola Tunander . American Exception followers on Patreon , regardless of the tier, get first access to new episodes! Paid subscribers enjoy access to the entire library of the best historical analysis of deep events on the American Exception podcast.  Subscribe to our Patreon at https://patr...

  We conclude (for now?) our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconoclastic scholar, Ola Tunander . American Exception followers on Patreon , regardless of the tier, get first access to new episodes! Paid subscribers enjoy access to the entire library of the best historical analysis of deep events on the American Exception podcast.  Subscribe to our Patreon at https://patre...

In a world of crossfit and kink-shaming, budgeting and meal prep, John Tothill presents the antidote to self-improvement. In this episode John tackles the workplace - rejecting the nauseating barrage of self-betterment and productivity, in favour of your worst impulses and transgressions. Listen, we all have regrets that make us wince to remember and consider booking a one-way ticket to Nepal. But...

Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, the former Finance Minister of Greece, and the author of numerous bestselling books. Varoufakis discusses the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and why it is likely to be implemented, how the Gulf States must adjust, and why Europe's growing irrelevance cannot be reversed with military Keynsianism and war. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenn...

Aaron and Bryce discuss recent political developments, including some spectacular examples of tolerated Israeli criminality. Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter ! Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria , production Casey Moore , graphics Michelle Boley , animated intro Mock Orange , music

The iconic impressions show returns to lampoon the week’s biggest headlines. This week World Cup fever, Government resignations and a Downing Street haunting keep the cast busy. Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod, Duncan Wisbey and Jess Robinson. Executive Producer: James Robinson Produced by Jon Holmes Production Co-ordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu A BBC Studios Production

A roundup of Interwar US imperialism in four Central American countries

Will and Felix are in person to celebrate two great victories this week: the IRGC and the New York Knicks. The two also review “UFC Freedom 250” on the White House lawn, with Will as our entry point into and Felix as our expert in the field of MMA. Plus: we also discuss Eric Trump’s brilliant plan to gamble on the fights.

John Mearsheimer & Sergey Karaganov discuss why Russia is under mounting pressure to restore its deterrence, which will likely escalate quickly to a nuclear strike on Europe. Mearsheimer and Karaganov agree that a nuclear strike would likely be successful to restore deterrence as the US would not respond. Prof. Karaganov is an Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense and was an...

Co-hosts John Dolan & Mark Ames

Democracy Now! 2026-06-17 Wednesday Headlines for June 17, 2026 "The Point Is to Spread Fear": DOJ Charges 15 with Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests in Minnesota Has Trump Had Enough of Netanyahu? Israel Defies U.S., Vows to Continue War in Lebanon "Journacide: The War on Truth." New Film Investigates Israel's Killing of Reporters in Lebanon Download this show

Across this podcast's long existence, we have attempted to give you a magisterial study of the art and politics of the 2000s. And no comprehensive study of that time would be complete without Jerry Seinfeld's BEE MOVIE (2007). So here, friends, is what happens when the worker bees of the world unite. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - http://patreon.com/michaelandus Check out the...

The terms of the peace deal between the United States and Iran included an immediate halt to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon; the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz; the lifting of sanctions on Iran; the unfreezing of Iranian funds; and a massive compensation scheme being set up for Iran. But Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, says IDF security forces will remain in security zones...

Brighty’s holiday in Bath is interrupted by Babs insisting he make amends to his sister, Flan, after he ended her engagement with the entrepreneurial industrialist Mr Poach. Unfortunately the plan to fix the wrong of meddling in his sister’s life, involves more meddling in his sister's life. Meanwhile Churley has to contend with making ‘arrangements’ for an unexpected boxing match. Lord Christian...

Co-hosts John Dolan & Mark Ames

For the final episode of this series, we look at some of the stories that we’re leaving unresolved in our ‘News Quiz 2026 Summer Break Cliffhanger Special’. This includes the latest on the Peter Mandelson scandal and the back and forth between Trump, Israel and Iran. We also discuss the British animals which might make it onto our banknotes, and Andy challenges the panel on their best ways to impr...

Frank Skinner and guests Dee Allum, Pierre Novellie, Zoe Lyons and Hasan Al-Habib discuss the tactics of Genghis Khan, the ethics of mousetraps and the morals of forgetting to wear trousers. Also, Swedish sheep wagons. Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to wo...

Democracy Now! 2026-06-10 Wednesday Headlines for June 10, 2026 Report from Tehran: Amid More U.S./Iran Bombing, Trump Warns Iran Is "DEAD...Will Pay the Price" The Shocking Secrets of MSG's Surveillance Machine: Noah Shachtman on Knicks' Owner James Dolan Trump Admin Guts Vital Sea Monitoring, "Tears Out the Eyes and Ears of Science": David Helvarg "I Was Just Forced to Resign from NASA's Jet Pro...

McMansion Hell writer and architecture critic Kate Wagner joins us for an early review of the Obama Presidential Center. We talk about its design, its architecture, its cloying message of “HOPE” that feels like Ludovico conditioning, and what it means as a final, definitive end of the Obama era and the Long 2010s. Check out McMansion Hell: https://mcmansionhell.com/ Follow Kate Wagner on X: https:...

Democracy Now! 2026-06-08 Monday Headlines for June 08, 2026 Iran Warns Israel over Escalating Attacks on Lebanon After Iran, Israel Exchange Strikes: Trita Parsi Graham Platner's Billionaire-Bashing Message Resonates in Maine Senate Race, Despite Controversies Peru Votes for President Amid Trump's "Unprecedented Program of Aggression" Against Leftists in Region Download this show

  Aaron and Tonery are joined by Klonny of ParaPower Mapping to discuss Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in the Iran-contra meta-conspiracy. Check his recent article on the subject: " Jeffrey Epstein’s War and the PedoFash International (Pt. II): Iran-Contra and the Year of the Spy " ParaPower Mapping is an auditory and prosaic cork board mapping the interlocks and hidden passages of the capitalist e...