Aram Shabanian stops by this week to talk to us about the strong men of the Caucasus. We start with a deep dive into what’s going on in Armenia and Azerbaijan right now with a focus on the 1990s. Shabanian calls Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyevl, the “Saddam Hussein of the Caucasus” and comes to grip with the realpolitik of the conflict. Then we turn our attention to Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov and discuss rumors of his failing health, mixed martial arts, and how a brutal warlord became an internet meme. Angry Planet<a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> has a Substack</a>! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Saddam Hussein of the Caucasus

Vice News reporter Any Hayward spent the better part of the last year in Russia reporting on the domestic situation there. His work has appeared in various segments on Vice’s website, but he’s got a new documentary coming out on the anniversary of fullscale invasion called Warped by War. Hayward is here to walk us through what he saw, who he talked to, and the unique dangers of reporting in Putin’s Russia as a foreign journalist.The Vice YouTube channel is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@VICE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Warped by War will be available there on February 24. Angry Planet <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has a Substack</a>! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

One Year Reporting in Russia

Joining&nbsp;your faithful Angry Planet crew this week are <a href="https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/rose-gottemoeller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rose Gottemoeller</a> and <a href="https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/article/2020016/michael-c-ryan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Ryan</a>, both national security experts and both with a strong view that the war in Ukraine can still be won. And they'll even tell you how, if you listen to this week's show. You can read more of their thoughts in Foreign Policy: <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/08/ukraine-russia-war-victory-stalemate-strategy-weapons-congress-aid/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine Has a Pathway to Victory</a> Angry Planet <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has a Substack</a>! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

How Ukraine Wins

Oil makes the world go ‘round, for now. But rare earth minerals such as lithium are increasingly in demand and, as a result, the source of conflict. With us on the show today is Reuters journalist Ernest Scheyder. His new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/War-Below-Lithium-Copper-Global/dp/B0C7XY6H2B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FYQGT11OG0JT&amp;keywords=the+war+below&amp;qid=1706461253&amp;sprefix=the+war+below%2Caps%2C84&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives</a> explores the new resource war that’s sucking in community activists, titans of industry, and global superpowers. <a href="http://Scheyder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scheyder’s work at Reuters</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/War-Below-Lithium-Copper-Global/dp/B0C7XY6H2B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FYQGT11OG0JT&amp;keywords=the+war+below&amp;qid=1706461253&amp;sprefix=the+war+below%2Caps%2C84&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives</a> We took questions from subscribers this week for the show. If you want in on the discussions and memes, and want to get an idea of what’s coming up click the link below. Angry Planet <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has a Substack</a>! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ore Is the New Oil

Retired Colonel John Spencer, who is a combat veteran who now teaches at West Point, joins Matthew and Jason for a second time. This time we're not talking about how to carry out urban warfare, but we're looking at how you fight morally&nbsp;under impossible&nbsp;circumstances. John recently <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/israel-implemented-more-measures-prevent-civilian-casualties-any-other-nation-history-opinion-1865613" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wrote a piece for Newsweek</a> (Jason's day job), making the controversial case that the Israelis are doing more than any other modern military to limit civilian casualties. You can see if he's persuasive for yourself. Angry Planet <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has a Substack</a>! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Can You Fight a Moral War in a Tight Space?

One of the persistent themes of Angry Planet has been that smaller countries in the spheres of influence of great powers have far greater control over their destinies than it would appear. If the recent fighting in the Middle East has taught us anything, it’s that local partners have plans of their own and it’s impossible for a patron to have complete control over what happens on the ground. On this episode of Angry Planet, Barbara Elias of Bowdoin College comes on to make the case for retiring the term ‘proxy war.’ It’s a wide ranging conversation that covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Vietnam. Tune in for a worthwhile discussion of geopolitical semantics and stick around for a wild story of million dollar goats in Afghanistan.&nbsp; <a href="https://medium.com/war-is-boring/afghanistan-s-failed-goat-farm-is-the-perfect-american-disaster-ed2114523b44" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Afghanistan’s Failed Goat Farm Is the Perfect American Disaster</a> <a href="https://irregularwarfare.org/articles/local-partners-are-not-proxies-the-case-for-rethinking-proxy-war/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Local Partners Are Not Proxies: The Case for Rethinking Proxy War</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Allies-Rebel-Partners-Counterinsurgency/dp/1108490107" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Allies Rebel: Defiant Local Partners in Counterinsurgency Wars</a> Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

It’s Time to Retire the Term ‘Proxy War’

Since the middle of December, a U.S.-led coalition has been trading munitions with Houthis in Yemen. The day after Christmas, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower began participating in strikes against targets along the coast. It hasn’t left since and the conflict between a group of international allies and the Houthis has continued. On this episode of Angry Planet, former fighter pilot and current YouTuber Ward Carroll sits down to walk us through the ins and outs of Operation Prosperity Guardian. The conversation was recorded on February 20, 2023, and as Carroll predicted, the conflict remained remarkably static in the weeks that followed. That changed on March 5, when a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile struck the M/V True Confidence, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/6/suspected-houthi-attack-ship-gulf-of-aden-yemen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">killing three</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxaRAu0Y2Ck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Did the Houthis Cut Internet Cables in the Red Sea?</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68227200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The fighter pilots hunting Houthi drones over the Red Sea</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHGcOAD8RU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ward’s initial thoughts on the "ace"</a> Angry Planet has a Substack! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribeSupport this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

America’s Fight in the Red Sea

It's easy to say the words "two-state solution" between Israel and the Palestinians, but as Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations explains, there are plenty&nbsp;of reasons why there hasn't been one so far. We also take another look at "moral" war in a tight space. What's the difference between collateral damage and a war crime? And has world&nbsp;opinion turned permanently against Israel?&nbsp; We also talk to Steven about his upcoming book, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-end-of-ambition-9780197578575?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The End of Ambition: American's Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East</a>. Recorded 3/8/24. https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribeSupport this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

What Would an End Game Look Like in Gaza?

The U.S. is <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-1-5-trillion-nuclear-weapons-program-youve-never-heard-of/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spending $2 trillion</a> to overhaul its nuclear weapons. China is building <a href="https://fas.org/publication/a-closer-look-at-chinas-missile-silo-construction/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ICBM silos</a> in the desert. Russia has spent the last ten years talking about its <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russias-new-nuclear-missiles-squeeze-response-time/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fancy new</a> nukes. After decades of drawdown, the world’s great powers are reversing course and rebuilding their nuclear arsenals. We have forgotten the power and terror of these weapons. W.J. Hennigan of The New York Times wants the world to remember.&nbsp; On this episode of Angry Planet, Hennigan discusses the Time’s new series: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-weapons-nytimes.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">At the Brink</a>. He’s spent the last year interviewing experts about the threat of nuclear war. His reporting asks its reader to imagine the unimaginable. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-weapons-nytimes.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nuclear War Is Called Unimaginable. In Fact, It’s Not Imagined Enough.</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-weapons-nytimes.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How America Made Nuclear War the President's Decision</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Nuclear War and Imagining the Unimaginable

Sing up at <a href="https://angryplanetpod.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">angryplanetpod.com</a> to get instant access to the full episode. Writing, even fiction writing, about war provides a clear-eyed and honest view of conflict that the best movies and television shows can’t replicate. Civilians and soldiers on all sides of conflicts have always turned to poetry and prose to express feelings that are hard to articulate any other way.&nbsp; On March 10, the literary magazine Guernica published a personal essay from British-Israeli writer Joannna Chen about the Israel-Hamas War. After a backlash to the essay that came from both inside and out, Guernica pulled the piece. “Guernica regrets having published this piece and has retracted it. A more fulsome explanation will follow,” the literary magazine published <a href="https://www.guernicamag.com/from-the-edges-of-a-broken-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in place of the essay</a>. As of this writing, that more fulsome explanation has not arrived. On this bonus episode of Angry Planet, author, journalist, and veteran Matt Galagher comes on to the show to walk us through the Guernica dustup and the importance of war writing. He talks to us about his recent trips to Ukraine, his relationship with the literary world, and his new novel: Daybreak. In Daybreak, Gallagher tells the story of American veterans who travel to Ukraine looking to fight a war that isn’t their own. Recorded on 3/14/24 <a href="https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/03/18/from-the-edges-of-a-broken-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“From the Edges of a Broken World,”</a> republished by Washington Monthly.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/looking-back-on-the-spanish-war/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Looking Back on the Spanish Civil War” by George Orwell</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Daybreak-Novel-Matt-Gallagher/dp/1501177850/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NWB_uwl_P9CEBNzqQujfocJZ8A3US27cJ9WKx4hKJRQ-Kjx0QEDStlDeV_5dTxacJvaDUvXvfeP6sYjcw-zIe-PdbbeSgpJbz0gs4-tUW-4_NTKBAGfb98BfCfpa4R84kwGrLS8Kats3jDk9BPOZD5VyoMxbycP9u5oSJuqKG0PRTH5t8uA0JOj7YdkPxl6JHwHCpUf0Ok3CqTu0rmQCxxLHcGbmb0UTjSyre3q4r8A.Y8q4oiB-m2O_OdmUz2bO0zMEHWnQFCXLDtFCIwh3XbY&amp;qid=1710947679&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy Daybreak here</a>.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TEASER: War Literature as Culture War Fodder

Defense contractors and governments can run a thousand simulations, but the data they get will never be as good as what’s generated on a battlefield. When Russia invaded Ukraine, tech companies saw an opportunity. A land war in Europe presented a unique chance to test cutting-edge technologies. That’s why, a few months after the 2022 invasion, Palantir CEO Alex Karp drove into the capital to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.&nbsp; TIME Senior Correspondent <a href="https://time.com/author/vera-bergengruen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vera Bergengruen</a> is here on Angry Planet to tell the story. She traveled to Ukraine herself to see how tech companies have turned the country into a test bed for AI and other advanced technologies. As the war grinds on, Kyiv is singing the praises of the companies that help keep it safe. But wars aren’t forever and what becomes of some of the more invasive technology like facial recognition when the fighting stops? <a href="https://time.com/6691662/ai-ukraine-war-palantir/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Tech Giants Turned Ukraine Into an AI War Lab</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/XEM5qz__HOU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Palantir-published tech demo</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

How Palantir Is Using AI in Ukraine

Yemen has become a battlefield of technological firsts. The Houthis have turned the Red Sea into a proving ground for Iranian weapons, and Tehran is learning what works and what doesn’t. It’s become a place where the Khamenei and his crew can test new technologies and new strategies. It’s a win for Iran and a win for the Houthis in the short-term, but missiles on their own don’t win wars. On this bonus episode of Angry Planet, Fabian Hinz of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London comes on to tell us about the technological capabilities of the Houthis. Recorded on 3/21/24 <ul><li>A quick and dirty history of the Houthi movement</li><li>Its mysterious founder</li><li>Jason learns about lasers</li><li>Matthew learns about Manhattan allergies</li></ul>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TEASER: The Shockingly Sophisticated Arsenal of the Houthis

Violence thrives in countries where political solutions to conflict have failed. On this episode of Angry Planet, Jeffsky Poincy comes on the show to walk us through the origins of Haiti’s gang problems and lay out the complicated history that gave rise to them. Poincy, who is Haitian, is a program manager at PartnersGlobal, an NGO that helps foster democratic conflict resolution. Poincy’s perspective on the violence in Haiti is that it will require complicated and lengthy political solutions. The gangs thrive, he says, because of their place in a complicated transnational criminal network. It’s a local problem that requires local solutions. A <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kenya-haiti-un-police-gang-violence-542869c4b67e02dbba97bd8f6235ae75" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thousand Kenyan soldiers</a> on the ground in the devastated country won’t provide long term relief. Real political change will. Recorded 4/5/24 Angry Planet <a href="angryplanetpod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has a Substack!</a> Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Origins of Haiti’s Gangs and What Comes Next

<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/face-off-the-u-s-vs-china/id1734890307" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Go here to listen to Face-Off</a> Jane Perlez is a veteran foreign correspondent, the former Bejing Bureau Chief for The New York Times, and host of the new podcast “Face-Off.” She’s on Angry Planet today to talk to us about the show and her experiences reporting on China. “Face-Off” is all about America’s complicated relationship with China. Perlez says she started the show because she was tired of the hysterical conversations she hears about Beijing in Washington.In this episode we learn … <ul><li>Why On the Beach is Perlez’s favorite nuclear war movie.</li></ul> <ul><li>What it’s like to visit China for the first time at the height of the Cultural Revolution.</li></ul> <ul><li>What “Communism” means in a country with a growing bourgeoisie.</li></ul> <ul><li>What it takes for someone to lead China.</li></ul> <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/khrushchev-in-water-wings-on-mao-humiliation-and-the-sino-soviet-split-80852370/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When Mao and Khrushchev Went Swimming</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

What Happens to the World When China and the U.S. ‘Face Off’?

Sign up at <a href="https://angryplanetpod.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">angryplanetpod.com</a> to get instant access to the full episode. <a href="https://angryplanetpod.com/p/crawl-out-through-the-fallout" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A direct link to the episode on Substack</a>. A successful TV adaptation of the Fallout video game franchise has everyone excited about the post-apocalypse again so we thought it was a good time to finally do a bonus episode we’ve been threatening for a long time. Cultural critic, journalist, and YouTuber Noah Caldwell-Gervais comes on this episode of Angry Planet to discuss all things Fallout. It’s a long episode, we dive into a lot of topics including <ul><li>Jason’s globe from 1937</li><li>The peculiar pleasure of vacuum tube technology</li><li>Cold War memories</li><li>The anxiety of worrying about dying in a nuclear blast</li><li>West Coast vs East Coast Fallout&nbsp;</li><li>In defense of Fallout 76</li><li>Power armor and Soviet Tanks</li><li>Vault-Tec the ultimate villain</li><li> </li></ul>Full spoiler warning for all of the Fallout video games and the entire TV show.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TEASER: Crawl Out Through the ‘Fallout’

The war between Israel and Hamas, which began on Oct. 7 when terrorists overran the Gaza frontier and killed more than 1,200 Israelis, is now more than six months old. More than 100 Israeli hostages are still being held in Gaza. Israel, in return, has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians, with two thirds of that number likely to be civilians, including women and children. There are negotiations for a ceasefire going on—at least sporadically—but Dan Perry, former Associated Press bureau chief in the region, says that Hamas isn't playing by the same rules as Israel, or anyone else. Hamas, according to Perry, welcomes the deaths of Palestinian civilians. Anyone and everyone can be a martyr for Hamas's cause, which is not peace, but a complete destruction of Israel. Whoever must be sacrificed in the process, well, other people's live are a price Hamas is willing to pay. Angry Planet<a href="http://angryplanetpod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> has a Substack!</a> Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

An Insider's Critique of Israel

Luke Paxton and Han Lee know a good cause when they see one. When Russia invades Ukraine in 2022, the American vets know what they need to do. Their time in Afghanistan has given them the skills to help fight a war and the moral clarity needed to know when a cause is just. But are they going to fight in Ukraine for the right reason? Do Ukrainians want them there? And does either matter when bombs are dropping all over the country?On this episode of Angry Planet, author Matt Gallagher returns to the podcast to talk about his novel Daybreak. It’s the story of Paxton and Lee as they travel to Ukraine to fight. It’s a work of fiction that strikes at deeper emotional truths about the conflict. It’s also pieced together from Gallagher’s own experiences in Ukraine, some of which wouldn’t fit neatly into a work of journalistic non-fiction. <ul><li>What fiction can do that non-fiction can’t.</li><li>Exploring Lviv’s mystical toy barter alley.</li><li>The contractually required Joan Didion quote.</li><li>Why Ukrainians are suspicious of Americans who say “I want to help.”</li><li>The structure of a Daybreak movie.</li><li>Recorded 4/23/24</li></ul> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Daybreak/Matt-Gallagher/9781501177859" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Go here to buy Daybreak</a>. Angry Planet<a href="http://angryplanetpod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> has a Substack!</a> Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Americans in Ukraine Looking for ‘Daybreak’

Sign up at&nbsp;<a href="https://angryplanetpod.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">angryplanetpod.com</a>&nbsp;to get instant access to the full episode. <a href="https://angryplanetpod.com/p/russian-murderers-who-go-to-war-and" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A direct link to the episode on Substack</a>. In Russia there’s a revolving door between prisons and the frontlines. What began as a Wanger program is now official: the Kremlin will pardon nearly any crime if the convict agrees to serve on the front lines in Ukraine. After a six month stint at war, murderers and rapists are free to return to the scene of the crime. Some come home to kill again. On this episode of Angry Planet,&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;journalist Milana Mazaeva is here to talk about what happens to Russian communities when criminals return to them after going to war. The first half of the conversation covers the articles and details harrowing stories of Russian murderers who became soldiers who became murderers again.&nbsp; The latter half of the episode is about how hard it is to report from Russia right now, the incredible games of telephone Mazaeva plays to get the stories she does, and what’s lost when you can’t visit the place you’re reporting on. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/world/europe/russia-convicts-war-murder.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pardoned for Serving in Ukraine, They Return to Russia to Kill Again</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

TEASER: Russian Murderers Who Go to War and Come Home to Kill Again

Americans love shrimp. They love it so much they don’t think too hard about where it comes from—or the virtual slaves who are farming them. Joshua Farinella doesn’t have that luxury. A few years ago, Farinella took a job working for a shrimp production company in India. The money they were paying would set his family up for a long time to come, but what he saw when he landed in the country made him realize the cash wasn’t worth it. He chose to blow the whistle. On this episode of Angry Planet, Farinella sits down with us to talk about what he saw in the shrimp factory. It all starts one fateful night when he receives a WhatsApp message telling him that one of the plant’s workers was caught in the place’s water treatment facility. “She was searching for a way out of there,” the message said. “Her contractor is not allowing her to go home.” After Farinella decided to blow the whistle, he began to document what he saw at the plant. Video, audio, and documents he secured can be viewed at The Outlaw Ocean Project.&nbsp; Read <a href="https://www.theoutlawocean.com/investigations/india-shrimp-a-growing-goliath/the-whistleblower/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Whistleblower</a> at The Outlaw Ocean Project <a href="https://www.theoutlawocean.com/investigations/india-shrimp-a-growing-goliath/documents/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read through the documents</a>.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Horrors Behind Your Frozen Shrimp

RE-RELEASE: Dan Carlin, who hosts the Common Sense and Hardcore History podcasts, joined us last year to discuss men and women who fundamentally change&nbsp;the worlds they are born into. Good may eventually come from what these "historical arsonists" do, but the price paid by their contemporaries is usually in blood.

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