The world of geopolitics exists in multiple layers often invisible to the public A core dimension that seems to drive them all - war and peace riches and poverty governments rising and falling - is the oftentimes dark world of international finance Our chief guest today is Steven Hiatt editor of a book entitled A Game as Old as Empire which explains a lot of the happenstance in today's global environment John's extended boralogue examines the disparate blips that have been moving on the global radar this week nbsp Want more resources on these topics Here are some previous programs

Happy Earth Day Also known as Lenin's Birthday There has been a long-standing relationship between neo-Marxism and the environmental movement which has been sowing the seeds of its own destruction by rejecting sound economics and policies Now that the global warming train has left the station an entire public-private industry is growing around greenhouse credit trading So who stands to profit Richard Loomis from World Energy Source www worldenergysource com joins us The country felt tax pain this week -- not only paying the tax but also the burdensome record-keeping and time required to complete the returns Guess what The

We're clearing the decks for two important interviews which will allow us to focus on emerging trends Last November former Russian FSB agent Lt Col Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated in England by means of sophisticated radioactive Polonium- poisoning another in a string of assassination hits by Russia's FSB But that didn't happen before he co-authored a book with Russian historian Dr Yuri Felshtinsky Ph D entitled Blowing Up Russia This was the first book banned in Russia by Vladimir Putin since the works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn were banned Dr Felshtinsky joins us for an eye- opening insight into the resurgence

Christ is risen He is risen indeed Tensions in the Middle East seem to have subsided this week with Iran returning the British soldier hostages and the dreaded attack on Iran seems to have fizzled so far Even so rumors of war remained strong in Israel through Passover keeping their military on alert All sides seem to sense that something may break loose this year and are making preparations to maximize their positions if it does We'll look at the new Palestinian government amalgam of Hamas and Fatah Western journalists are having all their rosy-glass viewpoint of the Palestinian side

Good Passover and Holy Week Rumors flew on the internet this week about possible attacks on Iran or other conflicts in the Middle East Tensions are definitely rising and all parties seem to be bracing or arming for a conflict they believe will arise in short order John executes an extended boralogue connecting Middle East data points Then we bring on Alex Safia from CAMERA www camera org for a summary of the Arab Summit which has been posited as a peace offer to Israel but in reality was much more of an violent ultimatum Former Vice President Al Gore

Today's show focuses on the -year progressive effort to get people in the West to hate their past and their religion in order to remold society into a secular socialist utopia First Dave Noebel author of Understanding the Times www summitministries org explains how progressives always compare western civilization to some non-existent ideal and then decry the shortfall while never emphasizing how far western civilization came vs other civilizations Then conversation shifts to an identical process in the church and the flying wedge being driven to debase the evangelical belief system and convert in to a social gospel socialist-driven system

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone The entire program focuses on developments in the Middle East We're trying to sketch a picture that lets you understand the emerging issues and conflicts First what is happening in Lebanon north of Israel Hezbollah is rearming right under the nose of the United Nations as it anticipates the next conflict with Israel Also Syria wants the Lebanese government to remain weak as it meddles in Lebanon's affairs and supports Hezbollah Lebanese American John Hajj www cedarsrevolution com joins us Then the show jumps to Jerusalem for a conversation with South African journalist Stan Goodenough

While border security is a hotly debated issue the debate often ignores the effect illegals are having on those who live by the U S 's southern border Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Pima County Arizona www pimasheriff org provides hands-on insight to the border security chaos At the moment pro-global warming groups think they've taken the field but we'll look at the future of the issue what it means to the coming energy shortages and its probable demise as a political focus Dennis Avery co-author of Unstoppable www hudson org joins us Finally what would George Washington think of politicians'

Former Vice President Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth scored an Oscar this week and global warming seems to be rising in an unstoppable crescendo of fervor But given geo-economic events crossing the horizon it may well turn be a swan song instead The Fraser Institute www fraserinstitute ca in Canada executed an independent peer-review assessment of the IPCC climate change report which is radically different than the doomsday crowing we hear in the mainline media Nicholas Schneider joins us from Toronto February was Black History Month so we'll look at the issue of racial reconciliation in the church is

The New Cold War is under way with oil and global currencies being utilized as weapons The world oil order is morphing from an open pool where anyone can buy to a locked source-to-destination system controlled by tight contracts Russia leads the charge to exclude the U S and the West from these contracts limiting their sources of oil This war also threatens the dollar which has been the basis as a global oil currency but will no longer be required for these contracts These are conditions over which countries go to war W Joseph Stroupe www geostrategymap com editor