All Episodes

#147 "Quiet!" — Who Decides Who Gets to Ask?

#146 Can Democracy Be 'Postponed' in Wartime? Reflections on a Former Ukrainian Defense Minister's Accusation

#145 Can a Nation That Won't Judge Itself Ever Be Just? — The Killing of Aid Workers in Gaza and the Question of Justice

#144 Can a Nation Judge Itself? — The Shockwaves of No Charges in the Gaza Aid Workers' Killing

#143 Is Mourning a Crime? — National Security and the Freedom to Remember

#142 Does the State Have the Right to Kill? Questioning an Execution After a Year of Silence, From the Bottom of the Scales

#141 Can a Nation Judge Itself? — A 5-Year-Old Girl and the Justice of War

#140 Can an Army Judge Itself? A Five-Year-Old Girl's Death and What 'Investigation' Really Means

#139 Can Power Judge the Law? — The US Sanctions the ICC's Chief Prosecutor

#138 Who Judges Justice? — ICC Sanctions and the Logic of Great Powers

#137 Silencing the Anti-War Party: Can 'Order' Erase Dissent?

#136 The Day the Only Anti-War Party Disappears — Is Peace Built on Silence Still Peace?

#135 Can You Shake Hands with Your Enemy? Dissecting the Gaza Peace Plan and the Hamas Talks Through Power, Ethics, and Questions

#134 Is 'Ending the War' Peace, or Just Prep for the Next One? — Debating the Korean War Peace Talks

#133 Who Does an Emergency Warning Actually Protect? — Evacuation Orders and the Edge of Freedom

#132 Hero or Killer? The Society That Cheers a Man Who Shot a CEO

#131 Hero or Killer? The CEO Shooting Guilty Plea and the Society That Cheered

#130 If You Can't Conquer, Do You Destroy? — War's True Face in the Shadow of the Bomb

#129 You Can Destroy, But You Can't Conquer: The Shadow of Nuclear Weapons and the Illusion of 'Victory'

#128 Starve Them Out: Where Does 'Lawful Violence' Begin?

#127 Siege and Starvation: Can the Power to Take Land Ever Be Justified?

#126 Sentencing an Empty Chair to Death — Judging the Assad Trial in Absentia

#125 Death Sentence for an Absent Dictator: Justice or Politics?

#124 Striking the Home Front: Is Long-Range War on Logistics Justified, or the End of a Boundary?

#123 The Day Drones Cross Borders: Is a War That Strikes the 'Rear' Justified?

#122 Rejecting the Gaza Peace Plan: 'No Withdrawal Without Disarmament' — Justice or Just Power?

#121 'Until They're Truly Disarmed' — Is Peace a Deal or a Contract?

#120 Who Holds a Life in Their Hands on a Scorching Field? — Heatstroke Death and the Justice of Sport

#119 Will AI Bare Its Own Fangs? A Development Halt Puts the Reins of Intelligence on Trial

#118 Who Gets to Be Saved? The Cold Math of Missile Shortages

#117 81 Years After the Bombing: Is 'Nuclear Deterrence' Peace, or Institutionalized Terror?

#116 81 Years After Hiroshima: Is Nuclear Deterrence Peace, or Institutionalized Terror?

#115 The Day Drones Hunt Humans — Is Fear a Tactic, or Just the Destruction of a Person?

#114 Who Do Borders Protect? The Ceuta Migrant Surge and Europe's 'Unity'

#113 Why Disaster Rumors Target 'Foreigners': Fear, False Virtue, and the Art of Doubt

#112 60,000 at the Border: Sovereignty and Human Rights in the Age of People as Weapons

#111 Border Walls and 60,000 Souls: Hospitality or Order?

#110 Who Buys the Yen: The Market or the State? — The 'Power' Behind Japan-US Coordinated Intervention

#109 The Invisible Survivors: The Right Not to Evacuate and the State's Duty

#108 60,000 at the Border: Are People a Threat, or an End in Themselves?

#107 60,000 at the Border: Why Do We Stop the Other?

#106 The Day an AI Broke Into Other Companies on Its Own — Who Restrains an Actor With No Intent?

#105 The Night AI Broke In Uninvited — Who Puts a Leash on a Machine That Acts on Its Own?

#104 1% Tax on Groceries: Relief or Vote-Buying?

#103 Is Retaliation Justice, or Just Defeat? Tracing the Chain Reaction of the US-Iran Strikes

#102 The Humanoid Robot Ban: Cold Calculation or Arbitrary Exclusion?

#101 Can Robots Be Stopped at the Border? The Day Security Put Technology on Trial

#100 The Shelter That Wouldn't Open: Can the State Really Protect Us?

#99 Whose Town Is the Mosque Built In? — Religious Freedom vs. 'Local Sentiment'

#98 Torching the Occupied Territories: Cold Power Calculus or Law and Human Rights?

#97 The Day the Cockroaches Formed a Political Party: When Exams and Public Rage Shake a Nation

#96 Who Gets to Decide on Tax Cuts? Committee Consensus vs. the Leader's Call

#95 The Order to Stop the Strikes — Diplomacy or Just a Truce of Power?

#94 The Hung Parliament and the Future of Consensus: Majority Rule or Dialogue?

#93 Does AI Need a Kill Switch? Who Stops the One Who Stops It?

#92 Order by Force or Restraint by Law? Reading Trump's Iran Threat

#94 The Half-Life of Power: What the US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Reveals About Empire

#93 The Chokepoint: Why He Who Holds the Strait Holds the World

#92 The Age Verification Paradox: France, Screens, and the Soul of the Young

#91 The Tariff Wall: When Neighbors Become Rivals

#90 The Tariff Wall: When Nations Retreat from the Market

#89 The 50% Wall: Adam Smith, Karl Polanyi, and the Return of the Tariff

#88 The Wake-Up Moment: When Neither Side Can Stop the Machine

#87 The Slow Slide Into War: Reading the Iran-US Escalation Through Thucydides' Ghost and the Owl of Minerva

#86 The Cycle of Retaliation: Why Empires Answer Blood with Blood

#85 The Just War Illusion: When Killing Becomes Righteous

#84 The Ambassador on the Yacht: When Power Sails Away

#83 The Panopticon of Politics: When Voting Itself Becomes Suspect

#82 Market-Moving Truth: When Presidential Posts Become Premium Products

#81 The Teleprompter and the Casino: When Insiders Bet on the Words They Type

#80 War, Negotiation, and the Art of the Open Door: Reading the Iran Strikes Through Sun Tzu

#79 The Bookshop and the Empire: When Words Become Sedition

#78 The Strait, the Threat, and the Trap: Why Great Powers Can't End the Wars They Start

#77 The Strait, The Empire, and the Water That Cannot Be Held

#76 The Locked Door: When Systems Fail the People They Should Protect

#75 The Strait, the Toll, and the Shadow of Empire: Trump's Hormuz Gambit

#74 The Transformer of Qatar: How a Tiny Nation Bent the World

#73 The Strait, the Lion, and the Fox: What Machiavelli Saw in the Hormuz Standoff

#72 The Judge Who Wouldn't Look Away: Mob Morality in the Age of the Algorithm

#71 When the Press Meets Power: Subpoenas, Secrets, and the Fragile Republic

#70 When Billionaires Build Their Own Countries: The Ancient Warning About Escaping the Social Contract

#69 The King's Fury: When Power Meets the Private Self

#68 The Reusable Rocket and the Reusable Empire: China, SpaceX, and the Innovator's Trap

#67 The Strait, the Ship, and the Shadow of War: Reading the Hormuz Crisis Through Sun Tzu

#66 The Gold Rush of Silicon: When AI Wealth Reshapes a City

#65 The Fake Agency in the President's House: Kafka's Castle in Real Life

#64 The Ports, the Machines, and the 28-Hour Week: What Marx Saw Coming

#63 Hungary's TV Apology: When the Ministry of Truth Says 'Sorry'

#62 The Master Depends on the Slave: NATO's Identity Crisis and the Dialectic of Power

#61 The Sultan's Stage: Turkey, NATO, and the Theater of Power

#60 The Counterfeit Kingdom: Vietnam, Fake Luxury, and the Philosophy of Value

#59 The Invisible Successor: Power, Silence, and the Shadow Throne of Iran

#58 The Pastor and the President: When Faith Becomes a Bargaining Chip

#57 The Empty Throne: Succession, Silence, and the Fragility of Iron Rule

#56 The Flamingo and the Crowd: When a Bird Becomes a Revolution

#55 The Comedian and the Sultan: When Laughter Becomes a Crime

#54 The Algorithm's Shadow: When Platforms Sell What Society Forbids

#53 The Weight of the Sky: Kyiv, Aerial War, and the Ancient Question of Justified Violence

#52 The Emperor's Ledger: When the Palace Becomes a Business

#51 The Trade Deal That Wouldn't Die: Adam Smith, Tariffs, and the Ghost of Free Trade