Lula da Silva has returned as Brazil's president. This will cause a major geopolitical shift. Meanwhile, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing legal consequences for his corruption.

Brazil-based journalist Brian Mier joins to discuss what a third Lula government means for Latin America and the world.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CQq1kTubYQQ

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Brazil's President Lula is back - and Bolsonaro fled to Florida

As we enter 2023, it's time for our annual look back on the movies that defined our podcast over the past 12 months. In our third Year-in-Review Extravaganza, we're handing out awards for Best Movie, Worst Movie, Best End-of-History Movie, Thing We Liked Growing Up That Holds Up Relatively Well, Best Tubi Movie, and more. Will Alexandra Pelosi win an award? Will Dinesh D'Souza go home empty-handed? What about Trump vs. the Illuminati? Tune in to find out!

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Michael and Us

#391 - The Third Annual Michael & Us Year-in-Review Extravaganza

We are excited to announce the creation of the independent media outlet Geopolitical Economy Report - an evolution and expansion of Multipolarista.

Our team will be growing, and we have exciting new projects planned, including a regular show with economists Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai.

Editor-in-chief Ben Norton explains the changes (and the continuity).

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=v8h8viUeDr4

Introducing Geopolitical Economy Report: Multipolarista is evolving

Historian Aaron Good explains how Western colonial powers meddled in Indonesia to try to control its massive gold reserves. He also discusses the Suez Crisis in Egypt in 1956, and the Dwight Eisenhower administration's response.

This is PART 16 of the Empire and the Deep State series Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xYLGNw-GZ8w

PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL

How Western empires meddled to exploit Indonesia's huge gold reserves (with historian Aaron Good)

We discuss famed Japanese Pink director Hisayasu Satō and focus on his films THE BEDROOM, SPLATTER: NAKED BLOOD and MUSCLE.

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#323 - The Lonely and Disturbing Sex of Hisayasu Satō

We discuss the career of under-the-radar French filmmaker Marie-Claude Treilhou and discuss her crackling debut film SIMONE BARBÈS OU LA VERTU (1980), about one young woman's night as a porno film ticket taker and her acidic look into the lives of the elderly in LE JOUR DES ROIS (1991.

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#328 - The Dreamy Nights of Marie-Claude Treilhou

Talking In My Sleep

We discuss the preeminent director of the Australian genre film: Brian Trenchard Smith.

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#334 - Brian Trenchard-Smith Always Went All In

We begin with a rundown of recent events, from the Coronation to the CNN Trump town hall to the Liberal Party of Canada's recent convention, before discussing this month's Superdelegate pick: the beloved comedy GALAXY QUEST (1999). We situate the film's satire in the context of 1999-era fan culture, and hash over our own respective histories with the Star Trek franchise. PLUS: a dive into a young Tucker Carlson's journalism.

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#426 - By Grapthar's Hammer

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I made a nice batter of "Desmond Champ-Edge Of Dawn" track, with an extra pinch of pepper to give some spice...
Fat Joe & once again Peppa Pig in it...

Patsy's Pancake Party

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