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- France's Far-Right Le Pen Convicted and Disqualified From Presidency
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right RN party, was convicted of embezzling EU funds and sentenced to two years with an ankle monitor and five years barred from running for the French presidency. Paris held another summit for the "coalition of the willing" to support Ukraine while Trump and Putin had a micro-falling out over the ceasefire talks. And an earthquake in Southeast Asia killed thousands, bringing chaotic conditions to countries like Myanmar that are already in the midst of yearslong national crises.
Then, in Have You Heard Headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week's stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
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This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.
22 min - The White House Air Strike Group Chat
Top officials at the White House planned a highly-secret airstrike on Yemen in a group chat, and what's worse is they included a journalist in the group. Türkiye is seeing mass protests after President Erdogan arrested his main opponent ahead of elections. And the Sudanese Army saw modest gains against the RSF rebel forces in the country's civil war.
Then, in Have You Heard Headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week's stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.20 min - Israel Breaks Gaza Ceasefire, Strikes Kill 400+
Israel renewed the violence in Gaza, launching airstrikes that killed more than 400 people after negotiations with Hamas on a phase two of a ceasefire fell through. The U.S. is deporting Venezuelan migrants to prisons in El Salvador without any legal oversight or due process, abandoning the legal process. And Trump and Putin are calling to talk about a ceasefire in Ukraine while Europe works to build defense capacity for itself.
Then, in Have You Heard Headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week’s stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook (Stay With Me Here Podcast), or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.22 min - Ukraine Strikes Russia Before Negotiations
Ukraine launched its largest drone strike yet against Russia, killing three people ahead of negotiations in Saudi Arabia. In Syria, sectarian violence sparked along the coastal regions between supporters of the ousted Assad regime and the new government.
Then, Jake sat down with Ishaan Srivastava of the Ishaan S. show to talk U.S. politics, including Musk, the Democrats, and more. You can check out Ishaan's show here.
In Have You Heard headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week's stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Reya Divekar provided editing assistance for the podcast.
26 min - Trump: "I'm Just Getting Started"
Trump gave his 2025 State of the Union address to Congress, and it was not all that different from just another campaign speech. The U.S.-Ukraine relationship is on the rocks after a tumultuous week, but it’s on the mend (slowly). And Arab leaders proposed an alternate plan for reconstructing Gaza to Trump’s “Riviera of the Middle East” idea.
Then, in Have You Heard headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week’s stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.
27 min - Meet Germany's New Chancellor, Friedrich Merz (and more)
Germany just got a new chancellor after Sunday’s elections, with the center-right making gains and the far-right doing a little too well. Emmanuel Macron went to Washington to meet with Trump and discuss the situation in Ukraine, and while they had some differences, they seemed like old pals and both were optimistic about peace in Ukraine. And speaking of Washington, Trump fired some top military brass as well as Army lawyers, for no great reason that we can find (though we have some theories).
Then, in Have You Heard headlines, Erin & Jake go through the rest of the week’s stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.
27 min - Ukrainian Peace Without Ukraine? (and more)Erin & Jake break down the last week’s chaos surrounding Ukraine, with peace talks in Riyadh that didn’t include Ukraine or the Europeans, and Trump seeming to align more with Russia than the west. Then they talk through the crypto scandal that Argentine President Javier Milei is caught up in, having shared a link to a “rug pull” scam on social media. In the DRC, they discussed the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels taking over of Bukavu, and what the real aims from Rwanda seem to be here.
Then, in Have You Heard headlines, they go through the rest of the week’s stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
Liam Kuhns provided editing assistance for the podcast.17 min - Second Round of Trump Tariffs (and more)Erin & Jake break down' Donald Trump's plan to revive steel and aluminum tariffs, further stressing U.S.-Canada trade tensions and dealing with retaliation from China. Then they talk through, the Gaza ceasefire negotiations for a second phase agreement being at a standstill as Hamas delays the next hostage release, accusing Israel of failing to uphold its side of the agreement. On the global tech front, world leaders gathered in Paris for the AI Action Summit, discussing the future of AI models and regulatory frameworks, and while 60 countries backed an agreement on AI ethics and safety, the U.S. declined, saying it would stifle innovation.
Then, in Have You Heard headlines, they go through the rest of the week's stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.27 min - Trump's Tariffs (and more)Erin & Jake break down Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and who these tariffs actually punish in the end. Then they look at the meeting of European leaders in Brussels to iron out some defense spending things before Trump's Tariff Train comes to town. They close out the big stories talking through what it means that military-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger just left ECOWAS, and its impact on West African politics.
Then in Have You Heard headlines, they go through the rest of the week's stories to keep you in the know about what else is happening out there in the world.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe! You can also follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the US.19 min - Conflict in the DRC (and more)This week, Erin and Jake talked about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has escalated with the rebel group M23 capturing the city of Goma. The roots of the conflict are complex, stemming from arbitrarily drawn African national borders by European colonizers. This has led to disputes between tribal and religious groups within the same country and is also a factor in the Rwandan genocide. The M23 group, formed to protect Tutsi people, has reignited violence in the resource-rich eastern DRC, leading to mass casualties and a humanitarian crisis, and prompting international calls for action. There are also reports that the fighting has caused water and electricity supplies to the city to be cut off.
Then they moved to the US, where newly inaugurated President Trump signed a series of executive orders on immigration, including one that seeks to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents and halting all refugee admissions. Trump has framed immigration as a national security issue, granting the president more unilateral power. The immigration policies led to a recent diplomatic breakdown between the US and Colombia over deported Colombians sent on military planes. The issue was resolved through diplomatic channels.
Then, some financial news. A Chinese startup, DeepSeek, launched an AI chatbot at a fraction of the cost of its US competitors, sparking concern in the US tech and stock markets. DeepSeek says that it only needed $6 million to train their chatbot, compared to the $100 million needed to train ChatGPT. The AI model is comparable to the industry leaders in the US, on par with Google and OpenAI, and it has raised questions about the US's ability to keep up in this market, with Nvidia, a major processor manufacturer, seeing the largest single-day drop in market history. But while China has global ambitions for AI, their censorship standards may end up being the challenge that slows them down.
Other global headlines from the week include Denmark bumping up military spending for the defense of Greenland after Trump's comments about taking it by force, the Serbian PM resigning after months of protests, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claiming victory in an election which was called a sham by Western governments. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he will cover the US contribution to the UN's climate body after Trump withdrew the US from the Paris agreement in his first day in office. Displaced Palestinians have begun returning to Northern Gaza, many of them to destroyed homes, and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was marked on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Finally, Thailand has become the first country in SE Asia to recognize marriage equality for same-sex couples, with hundreds of couples getting married to celebrate.
Stay With Me Here is an independent project, and all views and opinions expressed in this show, and in this writeup, represent our personal views and not that of any organization we’re affiliated with.
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the US.23 min
About Stay With Me Here
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A weekly politics podcast where Erin Flanagan and Jacob Shropshire help you navigate through the noise, so you walk away with all the stuff you need to know and none of the stuff you don’t. Each week,…
the two of them break down the three biggest stories around the world, and talk about how the different parts of the global machinery fit together. Then, in Have You Heard? they talk through the rest of the headlines and give you just what you need to know to fit in at the watercooler, and they'll even throw in some animal news just for fun.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe!
You can follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.
This podcast turns into an article summary at each week's episode over on Substack. We'd love for you to subscribe!
You can follow us on Instagram (@staywithmeherepod), Facebook, or Bluesky (@swmhpod.bsky.social).
Erin Flanagan is a former U.S. Coast Guard intelligence officer and Agence France-Presse digital investigations journalist.
Jacob Shropshire is an editorial intern at Worldcrunch and the managing editor of Peacock Media at the American University of Paris. He spent two years working for Democratic political campaigns in the U.S.