Arbitration

A special announcement from the Arbitration crew.

Arbiters Alex Kraemer, Sophia Freuden, Jordan Paul, and Hannah Luzadder convene to actually praise Donald Trump's meeting with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and discuss the Petya/Not Petya cyber attack in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Music: "footprints-guitar" by pc2752 with a CC0 1.0 license for Freesound (http://freesound.org/people/pc2752/sounds/262839/)

Arbiters Alex Kraemer, Kenzy Seifert, and Sophia Freuden discuss the impact of Jeff Sessions's recent memo on drug charges and the legacy of the war on drugs.

Musis: "Intro 1N15" by Setuniman with a CC BY-NC 3.0 license for Freesound.org (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)

Arbitration host Alex Kraemer sits down with Katurah Morrish, a young Cambridge scholar and British politics enthusiast, to discuss the recent general election in the U.K. and Brexit.

Music: "Oh! By Jingo!" by All-Start Trio with a Public Domain Mark 1.0 on Free Music Archive (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/All-Star_Trio/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_01192016/Oh_By_Jingo_All_Star_Trio)

Arbiters Alex Kraemer, Drake MacFarlane, and Kenzy Seifert turn the podcast lens to Latin America, where U.S.-Cuba relations are yet again. They also discuss Trump's decision to retain DACA, an Obama-era policy that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. before the age of 18.

Music: "Light Jazz" by Valentin Sosnitskiy with a CC BY 3.0 license on FreeSound (http://freesound.org/people/ValentinSosnitskiy/sounds/218807/#).

Arbiters Alex Kraemer, Drake MacFarlane, and Hannah Luzadder take on power struggles between Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the U.S., touching on oil, cyber security, and the media before turning to anti-Sharia law protests that broke out in the U.S. this past weekend.

Music: "Nylon String Guitar with Steel String Bass" by 4barrelcarb with a CC0 1.0 License on Freesound (http://www.freesound.org/people/4barrelcarb/sounds/362832/)

Arbiters Sophia Freuden, Jordan Paul, and Drake MacFarlane take a swing at the intersection of economics and environmental problems, with the added bonus of discussing social stigmas surrounding scientific thought. Topics covered include climate change, GMOs, vaccines and Autism, and nuclear energy.

Music credit: "Horizons" by eardear with a CC BY-NC 3.0 license on Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/people/eardeer/sounds/393779/.

Arbiters Sophia Freuden, Jordan Paul, and Alex Kraemer convene once more to dissect the MacArthur amendment on the AHCA, also known as TrumpCare, and to discuss Iran's future in the light of Rouhani's reelection as president.

Jordan Paul, Alex Kraemer, and Sophia Freuden have decided North Korea, South Korea, and Donald Trump are their victims this week. They've taken bets and just how awful Trumps travels can go this week, and have tried to crack the case of why Kim Jong Un is having a geopolitical temper tantrum.

Arbitration dream team, Alex Kraemer, Hannah Luzadder, and Sophia Freuden, are at it again, this time with a dissection of Trump's surprise firing of FBI Director James Comey, the Russia investigation, and a discussion on the NHS hack and cyber security.