In this month’s Hot Topics segment, our host and guest speakers discuss the Malaria Vaccine, Glasgow UN Climate Summit, and women’s rights in South Korea’s Military. We’ll also go into worsening tensions between Beijing and Taiwan, clashes in Lebanon, SCOTUS updates, and take a look at the 2021 Nobel Prizes.

As a teaser for the next Philippine American History month, follow along with our speakers as we go over the history behind, and current developments in, the South China Sea dispute! Whether you’re a Social Studies student, current events buff, or simply interested in taking a listen, we hope this material is relevant and that you get a more well-rounded view of the conflicting claims of the region.

Here’s the link to the “Life on board the Sierra Madre” if any of our listeners are interested:

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/international/2014/07/01/sierra-madre-philippine-marines.cnn

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, our speakers go into the current events of Central and South America. We’ll be discussing pro-Bolsonaro protests in Brazil, the developments in the Argentinian and Haitian political crises, and the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender alongside the national currency in El Salvador, and what this means for the global economy.

In this month’s Hot Topics segment, our speakers discuss the recent AUKUS deal and its implications on the regional Balance of Power, and a transition to a technological arms race. Also on this episode is a summary of the developments in China’s #MeToo case and a discussion of censorship, the new HERA agency and a Covid surge in India, as well as discontent among Alexei Navalny allies in response to the recent parliamentary elections in Russia. Finally, our speakers discuss the redistricting of New York’s voting system. A trigger warning to those sensitive to content regarding sexual assault. 

In honor of National Immunization Awareness month, our speakers discuss the Covid-19 situation and address and debunk vaccine conspiracies.

Alexa, Sofya, David, Kahil, and Kailani discuss this month's hot topics, including the Taliban insurgency, the Kabul Airport attack, and the Philippines under Covid-19. 

In honor of pride month, we take a quick look at the history of LGBTQ+ rights, remembrances during this pride month, developments in the movement during the pandemic, and look ahead at the future of LGBTQ+ activism.

This months' Verus Nuntius speakers discuss the recent heat wave in Canada and its connection to the global climate crisis, as well as North Korea's food shortage amid its COVID-19 border closure with China, its main trade parter, and international sanctions. We also go into the discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous children discovered in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and the process in the US to allow for a third "X" gender marker in its passports. 

In this month's Hot Topics' segment, Jasmine, Yana, Elena and Taka discuss the recent coup d'etat in Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi's quick fall from power, and its effects living in the Philippines, which had a previous dictatorship from the 60s to the 80s under Ferdinand Marcos. Tune into their interesting and knowledgable talks about the Biden Administration's lack of action against Chinese genocidal intent against the Uighur people of Xinjiang and Xi Jinping's growing power.

In honour of Black History Month, we have taken a quick dive into the various historical and current African American-oriented periods of time in American History from the Atlantic Slave Trade to the Civil War and as current as of the recent surge in violence against Blacks by the police. Tune into a thought-provoking and enlightening discussion on the aftermath of the Jim Crow Laws and the reverberations of discrimination against Black people since the Civil Rights Era which have continued till date.