On today's episode, we discuss the very weird story about how the Soviet Union tried to cross-breed humans and apes.

The craziest parts of this story are less about their failed attempt to create hybrids, and more about the ideals and sensibilities of the scientific community around the world at the time.

Bonus: Here's a link to our new music video inspired by this episode: "Soviet Monkey Business" - https://youtu.be/ALelKgYOhHk

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On today's episode, we try our best to wrap our heads around Hannah Arendt's book "The Origins of Totalitarianism," published in 1951.

We focus primarily on her arguments around the history of Anti-semitism. While we struggle a bit to fully grip the text, we make a good faith effort to better understand the historical context of anti-semitism in the 20th century

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Trump was just convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents. We couldn't help ourselves.

On today's episode, we give the background of this and other charges trump is currently facing, and have an open conversation about what we feel like this means for the coming election.

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On today's episode, we talk about MeK, an Iranian opposition group operating out of Albania who's entire purpose is to overthrow the Islamic republic of Iran.

Also, they're pretty much a cult, definitely a terrorist group, and has been buying up US politicians since the early 00's.

Enjoy

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On today's episode we discuss the recent events surrounding Gaza's final battleground - the southern city of Rafah.

We also discuss the implications of the ongoing pro-palestinian protests in schools and universities, as well as a recent bill passed in the house which attempts to codify into law the definition of anti-semitism.

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In today's episode, we unpack the strategic lessons learned from one of the most costly war games in U.S. history, where unconventional tactics by General Van Riper dramatically challenged traditional military doctrines. We analyze how these lessons hold up against the backdrop of today’s geopolitical tensions with Iran, examining potential strategies, the role of technology, and the political implications of military planning

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So we started off talking about the rise of anti-semitism, and went into a long debate on Thomas Sowell's theories on violence committed against "middleman minorities"

It's a very unstructured episode, with a lot of debate and rabbit holes. Enjoy.

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Its bad. LOL

In all seriousness though, we started off the episode attempting to talk with Joseph Solis-Mullen about "what is left wing and what is right wing," and it unsurprisingly went down an economic rabbit hole which we think you'll like.

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Haiti has been going through a rough couple years following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Since then, over 200 gangs have overrun the capital and the majority of the country, creating a major humanitarian crisis.

On todays episode, we discuss the history of how Haiti became Haiti by focusing on the revolution in 1791.

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Following up from last time, On today's episode, we set the dive deeper into ethnic cleansing and subsequent genocide of the "Danube Swabian" Germans living in Yugoslavia after world war 2.

Importantly, we paint a picture of the brutality of the third reich towards the Yugoslavians before the end of the war as a backdrop for the brutality of communist partisans towards the remaining ethnic Germans in the region. We also struggle with reading some victim testimonies at the end, and it gets dark fast ... Fair warning.

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