Ben and Tommy talk about a blockbuster report that Ukraine bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, the bombing of a dam in Ukraine, accountability for the assassination of Haiti’s president, CIA Director Bill Burns goes to China, Saudi Arabia and sportswashing, Henry Kissinger’s human rights record and accountability in Washington, Trump’s classified d ... Show More
Nov 19
Trump & Saudi Arabia: A Tale of Corruption
<p>Tommy and Ben discuss Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington, his request for F-35 fighter jets and a NATO-like security guarantee, the real estate deals the Trump family might get in return, and how corruption is driving US foreign policy, including in t ... Show More
1h 38m
Nov 10
What Should Progressive Foreign Policy Look Like? (Crooked Con)
<p>Live from Crooked Con, Tommy and Ben look back at the last year since Trump was re-elected and unpack the worst and most surprising moments of Trump 2.0 foreign policy, including the president’s bogus claims that he’s a “peacemaker,” the continuing horrors of Russia’s war on U ... Show More
1h 5m
Feb 2022
Russia’s move on Ukraine triggers western sanctions
<p>Western powers impose sanctions on Russia as Biden says Ukraine ‘invasion’ has begun, and Russian assets are set to bear the brunt of the Ukraine conflict. Plus, the FT’s Berlin bureau chief, Guy Chazan, explains what freezing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project means for Germa ... Show More
10m 50s
Dec 2022
Putin and Biden: Will they talk?
The BBC’s chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, gives us her take on whether President Biden’s offer to talk may offer a moment for diplomacy, despite an apparent rebuff from Vladimir Putin. A former US marine who heads up the Mozart Group, an unarmed private military c ... Show More
29m 46s
Mar 2022
Ukraine’s army of volunteers
<p>Oil exports from a crucial pipeline on Russia’s Black Sea coast were fully halted on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin said Russia will begin to invoice European gas buyers in roubles, and writer Tim Judah talks about Ukraine’s many volunteer armies, and the FT revealed that Archegos ... Show More
8m 13s
Feb 2022
Voices from Ukraine: A family trapped in the war and a journalist in Kyiv
In today's episode, we bring you urgent voices from inside the war in Ukraine including a Ukrainian-Canadian father desperate to get his family out, and Sara Firth, a British foreign correspondent in Kyiv. The first conversation in the podcast was edited for clarity and to elimin ... Show More
28m 43s
Feb 2024
Should western troops go to Ukraine?
<p>Vladimir Putin’s forces have rehearsed using tactical nuclear weapons at an early stage of conflict with a major world power and Emmanuel Macron, president of France, has refused to rule out sending troops to Ukraine. Plus, profits for the biggest US oil and gas producers have ... Show More
9m 19s