Bouazizi, Arab Spring, SiriusXM and Is It Happening Here?
Pete and Laura's recent appearance on SiriusXM with host Eric Ham, bookended by discussion of the psychology of frustration, even humiliation, that can lead whole populations to support strongmen.
20 Sep 201823min
Tamil Genocide - History Repeats Itself?
Bob Blake offers an alternative to genocide, but his help is refused. How similar is the tragedy in Sri Lanka to the current crisis in Myanmar?
18 Sep 201830min
Tamil Tigers - The Memory Still Haunts Sri Lanka
Want to go to jail in Sri Lanka today? Just mention the Tamil Tigers in a positive manner and you will be on trial. That's how upset people still are about the war that ended almost ten years ago. B...
13 Sep 201829min
Russia - Is It Happening Here? Putin Consolidates Power
Sandy Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia 2002-2005, recounts Putin's gradual seizure of power over more and more of the Russian State, leaving ordinary Russians with little, if any, voice in the polici...
8 Sep 201832min
Russia - Is It Happening Here? "He Must Be Like Putin"
Conditions precedent and the rise of populist autocrat Putin, via Sandy Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, 2001-2005. Plus bonus Russian hit song "One Like Putin". Your internal soundscape may never b...
30 Aug 201825min
Pete Goes Native - Second Part of Pete's Visit with the Indians
Pete visits the Huarani Indians, botches up a boar hunt, drinks the mystery drink chicha, and receives upon his departure a marriage proposal, ambiguously addressed either to himself one of the other ...
23 Aug 201832min
Cowboys and Indian at the Embassy
"Embassy death squads? Sure, I made that up!" ~ Moi, Huarani Indian and tribal ambassador
16 Aug 201837min
Soybean Laura Goes to Washington
Trade, demystified. And accompanied by a stiff drink. Plus bonus song "Soybeans!" Shaun Donnelly tells all.
9 Aug 201830min
