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Foreign Influence
by Foreign Influence
Join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg – both living in Singapore – as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through politics, economics, current events, and cultural movements of the day, all from a global perspective.
Episodes
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Ukraine continue to fight • Covid is still with us • Plenty of exoplanets to choose from
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Ukraine continues its fight 🇺🇦 • Covid is still with us • 5,000 planets and counting!...
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Ukrainians💪 • How about a little bit more covid? • We’re sure there’s good news out there
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Nikolaj claims he's still in Paris, not in Ukraine, but Bill isn't sure... • Blame the...
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Well, another of the four horsemen has arrived • Standing with Ukraine • Masks are coming down • Watch the whales
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Well, one more horseman of the apocalypse is upon us. • We stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦. •...
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Can’t quit the ’rona • US politics is awesome • Looking for good news anywhere
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • It's hard to quit the 'rona • US politics is awesome • Australians are hard core •...
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2021, please don’t go so soon! • The ’rona is coming for us all • 2022 will better. Right? Right?!
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • In this New Year's Eve episode, we celebrate the purely awesome, truly spectacular year...
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Making Biden quotable • Compromised Catholics • Real causes of vaccine reluctance • Don‘t worry about the armed robot dogs
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • We struggle to make Biden quotable, but you can't say we didn't try. • A report out of...
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Can we call it a Cold War yet? • There‘s no way to do Facebook right • We came *this* close to not talking about covid
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Thanks to a nuclear-powered sub deal between the US and Australia, we have the latest...
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Looking for positive covid news • Doom and gloom around Taiwan and East Asia • The endless search for good news
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Searching for good news, we find a country that has achieved top-level vaccination rates. Only to...
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And we're back! • Has anyone heard of this covid thing? • Afghanistan and accountability • Don't worry the robots will be nice
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Ah, delta, we're just getting to know you. But ffs, people - get vaccinated. • Afghanistan - the...
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Singapore no more! • Bill and Nikolaj reflect on their time in SG and Asia now that they have both left
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Just one topic, really - Singapore! Nikolaj is back in Europe now, and Bill is back in the US, of...
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Covid catch-up - who's fault is it now? • The western democracies make up • Changes afoot
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Catching up on covid - vaccines are getting there, but the variants are coming. Who's fault is it...
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Covid optimism • Hong Kong crackdown continues • Facebook "censorship" • Universalism is the answer to racism • Israel/Palestine • UFOs are real! But are aliens?
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time we had to catch up on a lot of items since we took an episode off: • We allows ourselves just a bit…
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Happy Mother's Day! • Chinese spaceship apocalypse • Covid • Gas attack! • Channel (fish) wars • Cheerio Scotland?
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the fortnight's international events. This time: • Happy Mother's Day to all whom it may concern! And a special thank you to our own...
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India covid crisis, but the vaccines are holding up • US policing - a good Floyd verdict, but the robot dogs are coming • Too much good news
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events. This time: • India is experiencing a horrific covid outbreak, but the efficacy of the vaccines is...
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On the way to vaccination • Pay attention to the South China Sea • Academic papers made easy
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast. In fact, it is the 50th episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast! As always, join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events. This time: •…
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The US and China get pissy with one another • Anti-Asian attacks in the US • When stairs strike back
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • High level US and Chinese officials met for the first time since Biden took office…
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America is back • Yay? • Principle or propaganda • China Time
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • Biden announces "America is back". Is that good news? • American credibility and…
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De-platforming • Maybe insurrection is the limit? • US vs Europe free speech • Whence truth?
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • De-platforming people - talking them offline is a serious issue. Isn't it? •…
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Insurrection • Awesome "beacon of democracy" • Enlightenment values on the line • Accountability
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • Seriously, what the hell else are we going to talk about? There was an insurrection -...
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Happy New Year! • 2020 reflections, 2021 predictions • And about as much happiness as we can muster
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the year's week's international events! This time: • It's our end-of-the-year show! We still don't know where the crab people are,...
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The US makes being a Third World country cool again • Nikolaj has just had it • Bring on the vaccines, baby!
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • The Supreme Court joins the Deep State • The US is making being a Third World country...
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We pioneer re-truthing • War on Christmas won • Wounding democracy is highly profitable • Covid is exhausting
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Fun with the War on Christmas and various Trump Cult highjinks • The cash machine…
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The Eastern Hemisphere moves on while the West is a basket case • Democratic institutions undermined
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Pretty much the entire Eastern Hemisphere has signed a new free trade agreement and...
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Relief with a Biden/Harris victory • Will underlying problems get addressed? • The joys of a botched presser
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! Another episode with a focus on the US, because, you know: • The presidential race has been called...
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Count all the votes! • No repudiation of Trump • Macron sticks up for western values
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! Did you hear there was an election in the US yesterday? Well, we've got you covered with trenchant...
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Long voting lines • Do we like politicians to lie to us? • New missiles = big trouble
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Bill has voted. He had to wait an hour-and-a-half to do so, and Nikolaj just can't...
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Paris Is Under Attack - Again • Covid Lockdowns in Europe • Asia's Got It Together
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Paris faces attacks of freedom of expression - again. • Europe is going under a new...
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Trump Says If You Get the Covid, You're Weak • How Patient Should You Be • Stoking War with China
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • The continuing saga of Trump getting the covid. • How patient should you be with…
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Trump's Got the Covid • Europe on Its Own • Bill Makes His Endorsement
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Well, we thought we'd be discussing the US presidential debate, but then Trump got…
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Are They Anti-Maskers or a Comedy Troupe? • "Supreme" Court • Pumpkins!
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Coronavirus chaos continues in the US, with the Trump administration seizing control...
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The Other Stuff Going on in the World: Hong Kong • Taiwan • Neural Pigs
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week we discuss some of the events we feel haven't gotten enough attention, as the US…
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Truth Is Hard and That Ain't Good • Parliamentary Politics Are Good • Our Good News Supply Dried Up
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Bill despairs at finding a common truth for Americans, while Nikolaj is just baffled…
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Back After Bill's Long March Back to the US
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • We're back after all the baloney Bill had with moving back to the US. • US…
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End of an Era • The West Has Given Up on Covid-19 • Masks Are for Suckers, It Seems
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Bill and Nikolaj record in the same studio for the last time in the foreseeable…
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Police Violence Protests Continue • Tech & Contact Tracing In Singapore • Restoring the US Reputation
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Protests against police violence against blacks continue in the US, and police are...
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The 'Merica Edition • Protests and Riots Rage • Singapore As Another Way? • SpaceX
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week, an episode mostly on 'Merica. Highlights are below, but please make sure to sign up for...
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Hong Kong Requiem • Checking Your Expat Privilege • Masks as Middle Fingers
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • China lays the groundwork for a final crackdown on Hong Kong • Reflecting on the...
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How South Korea Crushed the Coronavirus Outbreak with science journalist Mark Zastrow
In this episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast, we shake things up a bit with Bill interviewing freelance science journalist Mark Zastrow about South Korea's response to the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus. The country has become an international model on how to contain the virus, and Bill talked to him...
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Getting Serious About Managing the Dual Crisis • Corona Is a Class Issue • Goats for Everyone
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg - in defiance of all things corona - take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Staying in is hard for some people. • What it...
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Don't Inject Disinfectant (Language!) • How World Leaders Are Covid'ing • China Crackdowns
Warning: We were a bit wound up on this episode, so definitely some NSFW words. 🤬🥺😇 It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg - in defiance of all things corona - take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the...
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The Physical and Mental Strain of Recovering from Covid-19
A special episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast - following up on one our previous episodes, we talk again with Adam Hodgkins, who had been in isolation with covid-19 here in Singapore but has now been released! Bill caught up with him by phone to discuss his 25-day-long experience recovering...
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Singapore Circuit Breaker • On the Ground in Detroit with Covid-19 • Good News
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg - in defiance of all things corona - take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Singapore has at last joined much of the rest…
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Singapore Circuit Breaker • On the Ground in Detroit with Covid-19 • Good News
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg - in defiance of all things corona - take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Singapore has at last joined much of the rest…
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A First-Person Account of Being Infected with Covid-19 • In Times of Crisis, Be Nice
It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg - in defiance of all things corona - take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! A special episode this week: • Our friend, Adam Hodgkins,...
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On the Ground In Europe with Covid-19 • China Makes Its Move • Good Coronavirus News (Yes, We Mean It!)
It's the latest episode of Foreign Influence, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg - despite the unrelenting coronavirus news - take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: The WHO now says Europe is the...
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Europe and the Coronavirus Covid-19 • Viral math challenges • It's Not Looking Good for Sanders
It's the latest episode of Foreign Influence, in which American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international news! This week: In the midst of the Europe's growing struggles with the coronavirus covid-19,...
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Covid-19 Resignation • AgTech Startups & Sustainable Food • The West Is Winning
After a few unfortunate delays (some virus related, some technical), American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg are back, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international news! This week: Covid-19 continues quickly, and we're becoming...
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More Coronavirus Capers • US Elections • Journalism, Disruption, & Start-Ups
Join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, living in Asia, as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international news! This week: Coronavirus ain't going away, so all we've got is gallows humor US politics is feeling the Bern, even...
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Coronavirus Capers in Singapore • China's Legitimacy at Stake • US Politics Any Better?
Join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, living in Asia, as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international news! This week: Coronavirus in Singapore The legitimacy of the Communist Party in China is challenged by the virus US...
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Living with the Wuhan Corona Virus • Plagues of Today & the Past • Brexit Ho!
Join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, living in Asia, as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international news! This week we have a special focus on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: The novel coronavirus out of Wuhan, China...
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