Ukraine's dismissed former defense minister has said the president should be held accountable for corruption within his own administration, and has renewed his call for a presidential election to be held even during wartime. How should power be restrained in a state of emergency? We think it through from three angles: institutions, virtue, and the logic of war.

Panel: Montesquieu, Confucius, Clausewitz (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ゼレンスキー氏は汚職について何を知っていたのか問われるべき……解任された前国防相がBBCに語る" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cn072ewxj82o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

In April 2024, seven staff members of the aid organization World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Israel has now announced it will not pursue a criminal investigation into the incident. The UK, Canada, and Australia have condemned the decision as 'shameful.' Tonight, we dissect the very structure of a nation judging its own military — through the lenses of idealism, realism, and Socratic questioning.

Panel: Kant, Machiavelli, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ガザでの援助活動家ら殺害をイスラエルは刑事捜査せず　英豪カナダが非難" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyr0zvelqro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

In April 2024, seven World Central Kitchen staff members were killed in central Gaza. Israel has now announced it will not pursue a criminal investigation into the incident. The UK, Australia, and Canada condemned the decision as 'shameful.' The discussion probes whether a nation at war is obligated to judge its own violence, and what standing those who condemn it actually have.

Panel: Kant, Machiavelli, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ガザでの援助活動家ら殺害をイスラエルは刑事捜査せず　英豪カナダが非難" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyr0zvelqro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

A Hong Kong court has convicted two former leaders of a group that organized annual vigils for the Tiananmen Square crackdown, finding them guilty of incitement to subvert state power under the national security law. How far can national security go in restricting citizens' right to gather and remember? Hobbes and Rousseau, both starting from the same idea of the 'social contract,' collide with opposite conclusions, while Socrates dismantles the assumptions underneath both.

Panel: Hobbes, Rousseau, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "香港の裁判所、天安門事件追悼団体の元幹部らに有罪判決　国安法違反で" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/c70g2x1nnk9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

The Japanese Ministry of Justice carried out the execution of a death row inmate convicted of setting fire to a pachinko parlor in Osaka and killing five people — the first execution in Japan in over a year. Rather than debating the case itself, this episode probes the deeper question of whether the state has the authority to take a life at all, through three voices: Kant, who defends retributive punishment; Nietzsche, who exposes the murky origins of our sense of justice; and Socrates, who once drank the hemlock himself after his own death sentence.

Panel: Kant, Nietzsche, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "大阪市のパチンコ店放火で5人殺害、死刑囚の刑を執行" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/clyelr192p7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

For the first time, the Israeli military has acknowledged that its forces fired on a car carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza City in January 2024, and has announced the launch of a criminal investigation. We examine the setup of a military investigating itself for wrongdoing it committed, weighing it from two opposing angles: universal humanity and the cold calculus of state governance.

Panel: Kant, Machiavelli, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "イスラエル軍、ガザ市の5歳少女殺害で乗っていた車への発砲認める　刑事捜査を開始" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/ce85rlmd158o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

The Israeli military has for the first time admitted that it fired on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza, and has announced the opening of a criminal investigation. Is it justice for the perpetrator to investigate itself, or simply political calculation? Idealism and realism collide head-on.

Panel: Kant, Machiavelli, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "イスラエル軍、ガザ市の5歳少女殺害で乗っていた車への発砲認める　刑事捜査を開始" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/ce85rlmd158o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

US Secretary of State Rubio announced sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane and other top officials. This episode digs into the relationship between power and law, examining what it means for a major power that isn't even a member to sanction a standing war crimes tribunal empowered by over 120 nations.

Panel: Machiavelli, Kant, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "トランプ米政権、国際刑事裁判所の幹部を制裁対象に　赤根所長も" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cn9nrlwv4yno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

US Secretary of State Rubio announced sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, including President Tomoko Akane. The Trump administration has already sanctioned various judges and the lead prosecutor. Can a judge who stands above nations even exist? Tonight's panel questions the relationship between power and law.

Panel: Machiavelli, Kant, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "トランプ米政権、国際刑事裁判所の幹部を制裁対象に　赤根所長も" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cn9nrlwv4yno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Yabloko, the only registered party opposing the war, over its exclusion from parliamentary elections. Dozens of supporters were detained outside the courthouse. Tonight's panel asks whether wartime order can justify silencing dissent, and where the legitimacy of sovereignty actually comes from.

Panel: Hobbes, Rousseau, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ロシア唯一の反戦政党、来月の議会選挙から除外　最高裁前で支持者ら数十人拘束" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cj0361m4el5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.