Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Yabloko, the only registered party to oppose the invasion of Ukraine, over its ban from parliamentary elections. Dozens of supporters were detained outside the courthouse. Three great minds debate wartime order versus the legitimacy of an election that has silenced dissent.

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.

US Middle East envoy Jared Kushner held an unusual direct meeting with Hamas leadership. The Trump administration's peace council announced last month that it had reached agreement on "complete disarmament," but Israel, the party actually at stake, rejected the peace plan just last week. Is talking directly to your enemy practical wisdom, or an unjust bargain?

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "クシュナー氏がハマス指導者と会談、トランプ米大統領のガザ和平案を推進と" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cy5ddxn4lp1o?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.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has proposed talks with North Korea to formally end a war that is, technically, still ongoing. Is a legal 'end of war' actual peace, or just groundwork for the next conflict? Idealism and power politics collide head-on.

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "韓国、北朝鮮との戦争を正式に終結させるための協議を提案" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/c78gg28jrj1o?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 record heavy rain emergency warning was issued for 22 cities and towns in Chiba Prefecture, leaving multiple people dead and huge numbers stranded unable to get home. Should a warning remain a mere 'advisory,' or should the state have the power to physically move people's bodies? Hobbes, who argues for concentrating power for the sake of safety, collides head-on with Rousseau, who indicts the urban structures that make escape impossible — while Socrates digs at the foundations of both by asking, 'Who decides what counts as danger in the first place?'

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "千葉に大雨特別警報、複数が死亡　大勢が帰宅困難に" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/c151yq9qx1po?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.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting an insurance company CEO in New York, has pleaded guilty to federal charges. The case has sparked a wave of public sympathy for the shooter, raising bigger questions about law and order, healthcare inequality, and the appeal of vigilante justice.

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "マンジョーネ被告、米保険会社CEO殺害を認める" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cd69epv88ylo?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.

Luigi Mangione, charged with fatally shooting a health insurance CEO, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of crossing state lines to stalk and kill his target. What began as a murder case has somehow been retold as a heroic saga — and tonight's panel dissects that phenomenon from three angles: order, inequality, and where morality actually comes from.

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "マンジョーネ被告、米保険会社CEO殺害を認める" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cd69epv88ylo?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 an exclusive BBC interview, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov said of the war in Ukraine that it 'can be destroyed but not conquered,' warning that this escalation could ultimately lead to nuclear use. Three lenses — power, ethics, and strategy — unpack what those words really mean.

Panel: Machiavelli, Kant, Sun Tzu (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ロシアの核使用も懸念……ノーベル平和賞受賞者がウクライナでの戦争語る　BBC単独取材" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cp8elkl021no?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.

Sparked by an exclusive BBC interview with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, who warned that 'you can destroy, but you cannot conquer' — and that destruction here means continuing to escalate all the way up to the use of nuclear weapons — this episode reexamines what 'victory' actually means, measured against three different yardsticks: the mechanics of power, the principles of ethics, and the calculus of strategy.

Panel: Machiavelli, Kant, Sun Tzu (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ロシアの核使用も懸念……ノーベル平和賞受賞者がウクライナでの戦争語る　BBC単独取材" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cp8elkl021no?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 BBC reported that in the West Bank, Israeli settlers have surrounded the homes of two Palestinian families, blocking their ability to come and go. This method of forcing people out without firing a shot puts the rationality of power as a technique on a collision course with the principle of human dignity.

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "パレスチナ人の住宅を包囲、飢えさせて追い出す……イスラエル人入植者の新しい手法" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyl2dr5kgwo?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 the Israeli-occupied West Bank, settlers have surrounded the homes of two Palestinian families — based on a BBC report, we dig into this 'siege-style' pressure that pushes people out without ever firing a shot. It's an episode that questions power dynamics, human dignity, and even the very definition of 'violence' itself.

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

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "パレスチナ人の住宅を包囲、飢えさせて追い出す……イスラエル人入植者の新しい手法" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyl2dr5kgwo?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.