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- 10: Dispatch from Tblisi: the frontline of Russian interference?
In this episode David is in Tbilisi, Georgia to speak with former Prime Minister and opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia about the country's recent heavily disputed election result. David and Gakharia discuss everything from intense Russian interference in the country, why Georgia is a key battleground State between Western and Russian influence and what the election of Donald Trump may mean for both sides.
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38 min - 9: Historian Simon Schama: Trump 'gets off on tariff porn'
After perhaps the most extraordinary election result in US history, David Patrikarakos speaks to famed historian Sir Simon Schama to unpack what on earth happens next.
The pair also discuss how a second Trump term will push America toward authoritarianism and why Ukraine may be the biggest casualty of the result.
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37 min - 8: Trump expert Michael Wolff: ‘He's on the edge of freaking out!’
On the eve of the US Presidential election the foremost chronicler of Trump’s first term, Michael Wolff, speaks with David Patrikarakos to share what is really going on in Trump’s camp; what is really driving the former President and why his son-in-law may become one of the most influential figures in global geo-politics.
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35 min - 7: How billionaires Putin and Xi are funding war
Despite years of intense sanctions, regimes like Russia and Iran are not only surviving but thriving at keeping the money rolling in.
What makes it worse is that we can’t blame it all on Tehran or Moscow. The uncomfortable truth is that much of this network of corrupt finance was created by us in the West… London being a primary culprit.
In this episode David Patrikarakos speaks to Pulitzer Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum about how these countries are using shadow financial networks to earn and launder hundreds of billions every year, how it's having an increasingly dangerous effect on global geo-politics and why the West is partly to blame.
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Editor: Alex Graham
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Host: David Patrikarakos
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38 min - 6: Inside Iran: Does it really want to take on the West?
David Patrikarakos speaks to Iran expert Holly Dagres to unpick one of the most complex countries on earth – Iran. The two discuss whether the Islamic Republic really wants to wipe out the West; just how stable it is; and, why its huge Gen Z population may prove to be the most significant factor in long term geopolitics of the Middle East.
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40 min - 5: Dispatch from Tel Aviv
One year on from the October 7th attacks on Israel, David Patrikarakos is in Tel Aviv to hear how that day sparked one of the most dangerous and uncertain periods in the recent history of the Middle East.
First, David talks to IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Reserve Peter Lerner to get the latest on the Israel’s military operations in both Gaza and Lebanon, before sitting down with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to hear why he thinks Benjamin Netanyahu is the biggest obstacle to a peaceful resolution of the conflict and the safe return of the hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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42 min - 4: Niall Ferguson on an escalating global conflagration
David Patrikarakos is joined by Niall Ferguson to discuss the latest events in the Middle East; why the US is irrelevant in the calculations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu; and, how Israel is likely to retaliate against Iran.
They also discuss the ‘Axis of Ill Will’ comprising China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea; why Ferguson believes that we are in the early stages of a second Cold War and the probability of this escalating into World War III; and whether the US will discover the true meaning of deterrence.
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Editor: Chelsey Ranore
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Host: David Patrikarakos
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36 min - 3: Dispatch from Beirut
Beirut local Ronnie Chatah talks to 90 Seconds to Midnight about the latest developments on the ground in Lebanon and how likely an all-out war is between Israel and Hezbollah.
Ronnie also explains whether Israel's motives are different against Hezbollah compared to Hamas and the shadowy role and aims of Iran in this escalating conflict that is threatening to engulf the Middle East.
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35 min - 2: Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Exploding Pagers, Hezbollah and Putin
Foreign Secretary David Lammy talks Special Correspondent David Patrikarakos about the pager attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and escalating tensions across the wider region; the latest from Ukraine; and how we know that Putin is rattled...
We also hear from defence expert Andrew Fox about the ramifications of the attacks against Hezbollah and the potential for a wider regional war in the Middle East.
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36 min - 1: The War in Ukraine - A Watershed Moment?
In this, the first episode of 90 Seconds to Midnight, the Daily Mail’s Special Correspondent David Patrikarakos is in Kyiv to meet legendary Ukrainian war reporter Illia Ponomarenko. In a wide ranging discussion, the two catch up on the recent Ukrainian counter-offensive into Russian territory; what any potential peace between Russia and Ukraine might look like; and, the breaking news of further American support for Ukraine from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
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About Apocalypse Now?
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Look around you, if you can’t see the flames, you can certainly smell the smoke. They say it’s darkest before dawn, but what if dawn or help isn’t coming? January 6th 2021’s attack on the…
Capitol felt like a fever dream at the time, now a ghoulish forewarning of what was to come. Current American policy,, has sent seismic shockwaves throughout the world.
You only have to glance at the TV to see a grim-faced Trump, holding yet another executive order, or a vice president in a very public, televised spat with a world leader. Tariffs are in place, a US trade war is underway, while the said same vice president is undermining British fighting forces in an administration that’s cosying up to Putin’s war machine while pausing military aid to Ukraine. No wonder it’s so easy to forget the rise of the far right with our European neighbours. Or that Israel’s prime minister has threatened Hamas with “consequences you can’t imagine” if the Palestinian group does not release the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
That sort of language barely registers now, let alone shocks anyone. In Syria, the country’s new leader faces a power struggle as the country’s fragile alliances – born after the fall of Assad – begin to fray and rival factions vie for a seat at the table. In Serbia, the opening day of the spring Parliament saw MPs light flares and discharge teargas, before scuffling with security guards. PMQs is positively sedate in comparison.
But this is serious. How did we get here? To help us answer that question and more is David Patrikarakos, best selling author and the Daily Mail’s Special Correspondent, and a host of guests who have stared into the abyss or been on the frontline of the geopolitical world as it threatens to spin off its axis. Each episode, we’ll go on the ground to try and understand what forces and adversity each territory faces and how that might eventually, almost inexorably, impact us all.
One world used to be a term of hope and defiance, now it simply sounds like the first domino falling… To get in touch, email: [email protected]
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