It’ll be a hard act to follow, 2021! It often seemed as if all four horses of the apocalypse were charging down the road at full gallop. So, the question is this: will 2022 be just as tumultuous? One of the wisest men in journalism is Joe Lauria, of Consortium News. His new year started earlier than ours, as he joined Sputnik from Australia to try to come up with some answers. And what of predictions closer to home? Will the new year be much the same as the old year: will we again be forced to weather the maelstroms of the pandemic and the fallout from Brexit? Will Boris Johnson keep the loyalty of his party, and will he be able to keep the United Kingdom united? We invited Professor Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University aboard Sputnik to find out.

There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen. How will global markets fare in the new year as our Covid-stricken world hobbles into 2022? Dean of Miami University’s Herbert Business School John Quelch and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital Peter Schiff lay out a trajectory for our ongoing economic recovery. Compared to 50 years ago, measures of wealth and success appear to have been rewritten altogether.

Unemployment numbers have plummeted 70% since President Biden took office. So, why are there ‘help wanted’ signs everywhere? Strelmark president Hilary Fordwich explains the ‘Great Resignation’ – a phenomenon that’s reverberated across the professional world as the pandemic has reshaped the way millions of people view their livelihoods.

In this first episode of 2022, Max and Stacy chat to Gerald Celente, the original trends forecaster, to get his expert outlook on 2022. He sees ‘dragflation’ as the modern version of the 1970s’ ‘stagflation.’ Into this mix will come more money-printing, more lockdowns, more deplatforming, and more unionization. The trio discuss how a low-tech future will be the consequence of all these trends.

You know, it's estimated that the average adult makes up to 35-thousand decisions a day. So chances are...You’re going to make a **really bad one** once in a while...So what affects our everyday decisions and behaviors? And why do we sometimes behave our best and sometimes behave our worst? John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn professor of biology, neurology and neurosurgery at Stanford University Robert Sapolsky joins William Shatner on this week's episode of "I Don't Understand" to explore what makes a person good or bad.

In a speech at a Turning Point USA event, Fox News's Jesse Watters urged attendees to ambush Fauci with questions about NIH’s involvement in research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and “go in for the kill shot”. We'll show you what happened next. It's our “2021 Year In Review” show, and what would it be without CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, who returned to the network following six months off for masturbating on a work zoom call. What was he thinking?.. We'll have more on that. And we lost two talk radio giants in 2021 Rush Limbaugh and RT's Larry King. We'll pay tribute to both.

The Redacted team brought you great interviews from some of the most interesting people in the fight to save humanity from late-stage capitalism in 2021. In this recap episode, we bring you some of our favorite moments from interviews with important figures such as Dennis Kucinich, Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, Briahna Joy Gray, political prisoner Steven Donziger, and Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton. Enjoy, and have a happy new year!

First, we’ll take a look at the supply chain problems that have dominated both headlines and business talk over the past few months and consider whether the strain on the auto industry will continue into 2022. Next, this year saw the launch of the private space industry, so what might the coming one herald? We’ll consider the options. Finally, with seismic changes in the social media sphere, and with further crucial changes on the horizon, we bring you analysis of what we can expect.

With 2021 rapidly coming to an end, it is time for some reflection. What will we remember about this year? How did our lives change? Also, we look forward to the New Year. What does 2022 have in store for us? Will we be living in interesting times?

CrossTalking with Joti Brar and John Laughland.

A Russian adage has it that one can take the girl out of the village but never the village out of the girl. This dilemma gets even more amplified if the girl grows into an accomplished stateswoman and the village into the world’s most entitled country. What’s it like to acquire Russian citizenship after a life of public service to the United States of America? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Suzanne Massie, former adviser to Ronald Reagan on Russian affairs.

What would happen if hit TV Show Strictly Come Dancing, featured the UK royal family as dancing contestants? Find out when Alex and Tasmina ring in the New Year with the many voices of Spitting Image stars, Kate Robbins and Lewis McLeod, to review the year in television and poke some gentle fun at the biggest stars in showbusiness. Happy New Year!