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Episode 10·13 min

Swatted, Struck, and Spiritually Warned

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And what a week to unpack. So the incident itself was confirmed quickly. Police responded, radio traffic circulated online fast. Pretty clear-cut on the facts.

Stories covered: Police respond to swatting call at Justice Amy Coney Barrett's home; Five of seven people trapped in flooded Laos cave found alive; Trump Administration Meets with Iran; Hegseth Warns US Ready to Resu…

Previous Episodes
Episode 9·May 24

Child Marriage, Blind Eyes, and What the Money Ignored

Big week. A lot of silence in some very loud places. So here's the editorial logic. The right has largely moved on from Afghanistan as a story. It's not a live policy debate for them anymore.

Episode 8·14 min·May 17

Boeing Jets, Missile Tests, and the Week the Right Looked Away

So the split was actually pretty interesting. Left-leaning outlets led with what DIDN'T happen. No major deals. No real breakthroughs. Exactly. 'Constructive stability' is the geopolitical version of 'we had a good conversation.'

Episode 7·12 min·May 10

Starmer's Bad Week, Burry's Exit, and the Hormuz Blindspot

'Made everything weird' is one way to put it. So the interesting thing is the coverage split — not left-right exactly, but by GEOGRAPHY. US outlets like the Times and Bloomberg treated it as a Starmer survival story. Al Jazeera led with Reform UK's gains.

Episode 6·14 min·May 3

War Powers, Whale Rescues, and What the Money Missed

Big week. Like, genuinely big. Yeah. So the War Powers Resolution deadline hits on May first. Trump's letter argues the war is already 'terminated' — his word — because of the ceasefire.

Episode 5·14 min·Apr 26

Mines, Maps, and the Week the Right Looked Away

As usual. As per usual. So the IRGC deployed additional mines in the Strait of Hormuz this week. Brent crude cracked a hundred and five dollars. United Airlines announced ticket hikes of up to twenty percent.

Episode 4·12 min·Apr 19

Easter Pauses, Eric Swalwell, and the Iran War Nobody's Calling a War

Because everything else flows from it, honestly. So here's the split. Center-left outlets are using the word 'war.' Right-leaning outlets? Not so much.

Episode 3·10 min·Apr 12

Shelved, Paused, or Just Stalling? The Week in Loaded Words

The word problem. Yes. So — BBC says the UK 'shelves' the Chagos deal. Reuters says 'pauses.' Al Jazeera says 'holds off.' 'Holds off' is the most neutral. It doesn't commit to a timeline or an outcome.

Episode 2·13 min·Apr 5

48 Hours, A Missing Airman, and a War Nobody Planned

So March 30th. Iran hits aluminum facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, a power and desalination plant in Kuwait. The conflict just jumped borders. It is. Bloomberg and CNBC are speaking to an investor audience first. The strikes become supply shocks, not atrocities. Totally different emotional regis

Episode 1·12 min·Mar 25

Trump Declares Victory. Tehran Didn't Get the Memo.

Big week. Immediate and stark. NYT's headline was 'Israel's Missile Defense Under Scrutiny.' Think about what that's doing.

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