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World Discord Podcast
by Brian Endless PhD, Joel Ostrow PhD
Professors Brian Endless and Joel Ostrow explore conflicts around the world. We bring more depth to those that are in the news and highlight others that most people know nothing about.
Episodes
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Episode 65: Discord at the United Nations
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless discuss the recent UNGA Opening Session for 2026, including security issues, the environment and AI, as well as what a new world order might look like.
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Episode 64: Oh Canada!
Profs Brian Endless and Joel Ostrow are joined by Carlo Dade, the Director of Policy and New North America Initiative at the University of Calgary, to discuss Canada and the troubled US/Canada relationship.
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Episode 63: Discord in Colombia
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by UCLA graduate student and Colombian native Laura Ochoa Rincon to discuss the current situation in the country, both political and the ramifications of the recent earthquake.
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Discord in Rwanda: An Interview with Paul Rusesabagina, Park 2 of 2
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless interview Paul Rusesabagina, whose story was told in the movie Hotel Rwanda. Paul saved 1,268 people during the horrific Rwandan genocide. After the genocide he focused on speaking out about human rights violations in Rwanda and for his efforts he was kidnapped...
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Ep 61: Discord in Rwanda, An Interview with Paul Rusesabagina, Part 1 of 2
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless interview Paul Rusesabagina, whose story was told in the movie Hotel Rwanda. Paul saved 1,268 people during the horrific Rwandan genocide. After the genocide he focused on speaking out about human rights violations in Rwanda and for his efforts he was kidnapped...
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Episode 60: Cuba's Conundrum
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Dr. Robin (Lauren) Derby from the UCLA Institute of Environment and Stability to discuss the current situation in Cuba and how we got here.
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Ep 59: Discord in Iran, an Update from an Iranian Refugee
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Dr. Ali Tarokh, Adjunct Faculty at Loyola University Chicago and Director of Development and Communications at the Syrian Community Network. Dr. Tarokh is an Iranian refugee who discusses his experience, the experience of other refugees, and what…
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Ep 58: Discord and Infectious Diseases
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by public health researcher and science writer Dr. Katie Suleta to discuss the many problems facing the word involving infectious diseases.
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Ep 57: Discord in the Politics of Climate Change
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Episode 56: Who Benefits? Culture Wars and Voting
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless conclude the "Who Benefits" series of the World Discord Podcast, focusing on who is benefiting from the Culture Wars going on in America now, and how this is intricately linked to voting.
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Ep 56: Who Benefits the Culture Wars and Voting
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless finish off the "Who Benefits" series with a discussion of who is benefiting from the Culture Wars, and how this is all linked to voting.
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Ep. 55: Who Benefits in Cryptocurrency
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Scott Greytak, Deputy Executive Director of Transparency International. They talk about cryptocurrency - the realities and the danger - with a focus on "who benefits." Including the Trump family of course.
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Episode 54: Who Benefits in the Media
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless look at the media scene that is now dominated by a few companies, and how they are profiting from our current political environment.
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Episode 53: Who Benefits From Our Taxes?
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless look at how taxes work in the United States, and how the ultra rich use their political power to pay as little as possible, while getting as much as possible from the government in return.
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Episode 52: Update on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless discuss events as of Mid-June in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank
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Ep 51: Who Benefits? The Financial Industry
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless explore the ways in which the financial industry benefits from and controls much of our economy, including connections to the Trump administration
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Ep. 50: Update on What's Happening in Ukraine
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless provide an early June, 2026 update on the situation in Ukraine.
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Ep 49: Who Benefits - the ICE Detention Facilities and prison complex
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless focus on ICE facilities as a part of the giant profit making machine that is the prison industrial complex.
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Ep. 48: Who Benefits? The Oil-Gopoly
This week Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless continue the "Who Benefits" series talking about big oil and the fossil fuel industry. How they dominate our economy and massively benefit off of the rest of us.
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Ep. 47: Who Benefits? The Military Industrial complex
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless continue the series on "Who Benefits" from politics in the US and the world. This week's focus is on the Military Industrial Complex
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Ep. 46: World Discord Podcast, Looking at the Trump Family
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless continue to look at the question of "who benefits" that underlays much of American politics. Everyone seems to "know" that the Trump family is gaining immense personal wealth from the presidency. This episode goes into just some of the details (v2)
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Discord in the World: Who Benefits?
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless open a new segment of the World Discord Podcast focused on the question of "Who Benefits?" Any time you see a problem in the world, it is likely there is someone behind the scenes who is benefiting from it. This and upcoming episodes will look at who is...
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Episode 42: The Fascism Series Part IV
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless continue to explore fascism in the US and the world, this time focusing on how fascist regimes destroy and transform institutions.
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Episode 41: The Fascism Series, Part III
Profs Brian Endless and Joel Ostrow continue their discussion of fascism. This episode focuses on how fascist regimes utilize disinformation to take and keep control of the people and country.
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Episode 40: The Fascism Series Part II
Professors Brian Endless and Joel Ostrow continue their analysis of the United States' trend towards fascism, with a discussion of the role of militarized violence in fascism, the ICE actions in Minneapolis, and the murders of Robin Goode and Alex Pretti.
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Episode 39: The Fascism Series, Part 1
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless define fascism and discuss what it really means in comparison to democratic and other authoritarian forms of government.
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Episode 38, Discord in Gaza: France, Famine and Genocide
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless give an update on the current situation in Gaza, where more countries are now pressuring the Israeli government on famine and human rights issues.
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EPISODE 37: UPDATED The Media's Role in Discord
UPDATED: this episode had some sound quality issues and is reloaded here. Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Joan Esposito, award-winning Chicago media personality and host of "Live, Local and Progressive" on WCPT-AM820 radio. We discuss ways in which the impact of the media in our...
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Episode 37: the Media's Role - Discord in the Media
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Joan Esposito, award-winning Chicago media personality and host of "Live, Local and Progressive" on WCPT-AM820 radio. We discuss ways in which the impact of the media in our current political climate.
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Episode 36: Breaking the ICE with a Mayor
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by local mayor Rory Hoskins of Forest Park, IL to discuss immigration enforcement and ICE issues as they apply to local areas.
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Episode 35: Israel and Iran - War Gaming the Day After
Brian and Joel discuss Israel's military strike against Iran, Iran's response, and the likely regional and global repurcussions.
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Episode 34: Caring Amid Carnage - a volunteer medic on the Ukrainian front
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined today by Rima Ziuraitus, a US citizen who moved to Ukraine when the war broke out in 2022 to help people, and has since enlisted in the Ukrainian military as a combat medic working on the front lines. This is certainly the most intense World Discord...
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Episode 33: Make the World Sick Again?
Dr. Katie Suleta, an expert on global public health, joins Brian and Joel to discuss the global impact of the US withdrawal from international obligations, the dissolving of USAID, withdrawal from the WHO and other attacks on science and health.
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Episode 32: The Terror of Tariffs
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Alex Jacquez, the Chief of Policy and Advocacy for the Groundwork Collective to go into depth about the many potential issues arising from new tariffs and the potential tariff wars.
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Episode 31: Ukraine Under American Chaos
Drs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined today by Ukrainian student and youth activist Khrystyna Dmytryshyn to talk about the war in Ukraine, what life is like for average citizens, and what chaos in US politics does to the people of that war-torn country.
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Episode 30: America Playing Alliance Roulette
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Alexandra Chinchilla, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Texas A&M University to discuss the problematic nature and future of US alliances in the new administration.
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Episode 29: Discord American Style!
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless get together in this episode to talk about the extreme discord in the US since the election of President Trump.
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Episode 28: The Crumbling Facade of Assad - Trying to Make Sense of Syria
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Dr, Joshua Landis, Co-Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma to talk about what's happening in Syria after the civil war that drove out the Assad regime.
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Episode 27: Crisis in Congo: Will the World Actually Notice This Time?
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless talk about the current crisis in Goma, DRC with M-23 forces and Rwandan military taking over the city, which could lead to a wider war in the region.
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Episode 26: Constitutional Crisis in Korea: Who, What, and Why
Profs Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Professor Ji Yeon Hong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Politics at the University of Michigan, to discuss the recent political turmoil around the declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachment of the president of South Korea.
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Episode 25: Some Words About the Kurds
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by Karwan Gaznay, former member of the Kurdish Parliament in Northern Iraq, to talk about the Kurdish situation in Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran.
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Episode 24: 2024 Year in Review
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless review various conflicts and issues around the world in a recap to the year 2024.
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Ep 23: Veterans Discuss the Fog of War
Profs. Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless are joined by two US military veterans, Justin Van Gundy and Edward Levy, to talk about the experiences of our soldiers in various war zones and their perspectives on war.
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Ep. 22: Globalization Trump'd
Brian and Joel discuss the global consequences of the election of Donald Trump.
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Ep. 21: What Will Happen to the Rohingya?
Brian and Joel are joined by Simon Billenness, Executive Director, International Campaign for the Rohingya, for a discussion of the political chaos in Myanmar and the plight of the Rohingya.
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Ep. 20: Unpacking Pakistan's Problems and Potential
Afiya Zia, a Pakistan-based scholar and activist, joins Brian and Joel to discuss internal politics in Pakistan, and how the Taliban has destabilized much of that politics over the years.
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Why Should We Still Care About Rwanda?
Brian and Joel discuss the situation in Rwanda with Claude Gatabuke, Executive Director of the African Great Lakes Network and a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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Ep. 18: The Sorry Situation on the South Side. Sudan, That Is
Joshua Meservey of The Hudson Institute returns to join Brian and Joel in a discussion of the continuing conflict and chaos in South Sudan
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Ep. 17 - Exploding Pagers: Just Terrorism or Just War?
Brian and Joel discuss the Israeli operation in Lebanon that detonated scores of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the legitimacy, or lack thereof, of the operation.
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Hatin' on the Continued Chaos in Haiti
Professor Emeritus Robert Fatton of the University of Virginia joins Brian and Joel to discuss the deteriorating political situation in Haiti.
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Professors Brian Endless and Joel Ostrow explore conflicts around the world. We bring more depth to those that are in the news and highlight others that most people know nothing about.
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