All Episodes
Disorder — 207 episodes
Ep 197. Re-Run: The Rise of the Neo-Populists
Ep 196: Rule of Lies—the origin story of Putin’s Russia with Jamison Firestone
Ep 195: Trump, Iran, and the Epstein Files
Ep 194. Farage vs Count Binface, reflections on the NATO Summit and America
Ep 193. America’s 250th and a Reformed drug smuggler on how to tackle the narcotics industry and Epstein
Ep 192. Who is funding the Houthis?
Ep 191. Why Can’t Western governments get anything done? What do we do about trillionaires? Is the US missing out on the World Cup dividend?
Ep 190. An Orderly British transition is underway and the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara
Ep 189. The Armenian election and the Disorderly Caucasus
Ep 188. Disorder LIVE @ UNA-UK: The Disunited Kingdom, the disordered dynamics of U.S.-Iran talks, and how Hormuz affects Nigerian politics
Ep 187. Iran War restarted? And Is Latin America moving to the right?
Ep 186. How to oust Netanyahu, and give the UAE tough love
Ep 185. Is Ukraine Winning? And how has the Iran war reshaped the Middle East? With David Tafuri
Ep 184. How Ryan Cornelius Was Trapped in Dubai Jail With Chris Pagett
Ep 183. Trump Visits China, the world order is broken - With Leslie Vinjamuri
Ep 182. Reform win big in England: are they Disorderers or Orderers? with Alan Mendoza
Ep 181. Corrupted: The entrapment of Former Prince Andrew, with Andrew Lownie
Ep 180. Is the Iran War on or off? Is Hormuz open or closed? Is Orban’s fall the end of neo-populism?
Ep 179. What is Zionism and is it still relevant today? Israel’s Independence Day with Phil Rosenberg
Ep 178. Elemental: The Geopolitics of Climate Change with Arthur Snell
Ep 177. Iran War: Could Europe play Orderers? Or will China fill the void?
Ep 176. What’s next in Iran? Is NATO Doomed? And how do we tackle global inequality?
Ep 175. How should we use peacekeepers in a world of conflict?
Ep 174. Could Trump’s Iran War tank the global economy?
Ep 173. What is Strategy? And how do we stop democracies backsliding into autocracy?
Ep 172. Looking beyond the headlines of the Iran War; do the arrests of Mandelson and Andrew show the UK justice system works?
Ep 171. The Wars of Epic Epstein Distraction: RIP Dictator Khamanei
Ep 170. Why the Mainstream media is partially to blame for Epstein coverup - Jason Pack on KeenOn
Ep 169. Could Europe set up the democratic board of peace?
Ep 168. How can Epstein’s victims get closure? With civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom
Ep 167. Epstein survivor Rina Oh on getting justice
EEp 166. Epstein, the Disorderer of 2026; and McSweeney has gone
Ep 165. Why Another World is Possible with Sir Geoff Mulgan
Ep 164. The UN’s Last Chance to Save the World? With Lord Robertson & Antonio Patriota
Ep 163. Greenland, Iran, International Law, and where has decency gone? RIP Greg Merriman—Real Life Mega-Orderer
Ep 162. Venezuelization and What Disorder Will 2026 Bring? Disorder Live @ RUSI
Ep 161. What does warfare look like in smartphone age? Matthew Ford
Ep 160. What Disorder can we expect in 2026? With KeenOn
Ep 159. Wishing Our Listeners A Mega Ordering Christmas!
Ep 158. Rising Islamic militancy in Bangladesh?
Ep 157. Dalia Dassa Kaye: Will Iran and the US always be enemies?
Ep 156. Philip Coggan--The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump; And will the UK restore budgetary order?
Ep 155. Can Canada become the world’s mega orderers? With Marci Surkes
Ep 154. Is it in Israel’s interest to recognize Palestinian Statehood? A conversation with former Israeli Ambassador Ilan Baruch
Ep 153. Is wealth inequality the greatest global danger? U-turns on a U-Turn: Reeve’s Budget, and why is Trump suing the BBC?
Ep 152. How do we still get people to believe in Democracy?
Ep151. Jason loses his city: the disordering pitfalls of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC
Ep 150. Why can’t the US justice system hold the powerful to account?
Ep 149. Is an alliance with Israel geostrategically useful to the US? Plus sanctions on Russia and the UN’s Role
Ep 148. Is there a path to lasting peace in Palestine and Israel?
Ep 147. From Gaza ceasefire and Hostage release and to Post-War State Building? With Sam Bahour (Commemorating October 7th Part 2)
Ep 146. Commemorating October 7th Part 1: Phil Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
Ep 145. How has Trump changed the UN?
Ep 144. Is Free Speech Dead in America (plus announcing Mega Orderers Club)?
Ep 143. Can The Politics Guys Help us Order the Disorder?
Ep 142. Why are stock markets not crashing? With the FT’s Katie Martin
Ep 141. Trump Visits UK, Starmer on verge of Recognising Palestinian Statehood
Ep 140. Could Britain Lead on Migration, Rule of Law, and Public Health?
Ep 139. Bangladesh and The Great Game for South Asia
Ep 138. Are we prepared for global disasters?
Ep 137. To Recognise a Palestinian State
Ep 136. Trump's High Summer of Disorder: Can Big Global Government actually regulate AI?
Ep 135. Are Drones replacing Air Forces; and is NATO ready for it?
Ep 134. Why Spying is vital in our age of Disorder
Ep 133. Could Epstein Bring Down Trump?
Ep 132. Why Backgammon Can Help us Order the Disorder
Ep 131. Have You Got What It Takes to Become British?
Ep 130. Is International Diplomacy Dead? With Stephanie Williams
Ep 129. What Does British Foreign Policy Actually Mean?
Ep 128. The Decline of American Leadership
Ep 127. How To Navigate Our Disordered World
Ep 126. 12 Day War Restarts? Can Trump Impose Peace on Iran and Israel?
Ep 125. As wars rage, can Trump be seen as a peacemaker?
Ep 124. How Does the Iran Israel War End? My Kingdom for a Bunker-Buster
Ep 123. Israel’s attack on Iran - The Wars of Disorder Commence
Ep 122. Can NATO Survive? With Sten Rynning
Ep 121. Could Project Russia Destroy the West? with David Troy
Ep 120. Could Nationalism Save Germany? With Will Wilkes
EEp 119. The Danger of Complete Anarchy with Robert Kaplan
EEp 118. Ordering the Global Financial Disorder
Ep 117. Ukraine’s Resilience in the Face of War
EEp116. Do Russia's Domestic Politics make it a Disorderer?
Ep115. Is the American Dream Dead?
Ep114. Trump’s True Goals and Trench Warfare in the Courts
EEp113. What’s America Without Allies? With Kori Schake
Ep112. Tariffs and The Divergence of US and Europe
Ep111. Crypto Corruption: Trump 2.0 with Frank Vogl
Ep110. Ransomware in our age of Disorder with RUSI’s Jamie MacColl
Ep109. Sir Bill Browder, Stephanie Baker, and Jason LIVE from the Frontline Club
Ep108. (Part 2) How to Combat Extreme Ideas with Julia Ebner
Ep107. (Part 1) The Hidden Logic of Extremist Conspiracy Theories with Julia Ebner
Ep106. Europe’s Role In the Battle For an Orderly World - Disorder LIVE SHOW
Ep105. Neoliberalism: The Ultimate Disorderer? With George Monbiot
EEp104. Trump and Putin - the Bromance reignited: with Sir Bill Browder
Ep103 Navigating Political Backlash and Keir Starmer's Mega Ordering Opportunity
Ep102 An All-American constitutional crisis?
Ep101 Munich Security Conference 2025 – What does it mean for European Security?
Ep100. Britain's Military: A Tool for Global Ordering?
Ep.99 The New Age of Political Influence
Ep.98 Disorder Emergency cast – Tariffs, Impoundment, Gaza, AID Freeze, and plane crash
Ep97. Does Diplomatic Secrecy actually Work? And What’s Next for Centre-Left Politics?
Ep96. Saved by God to Make American Great Again
Ep95. Fox News, Elon, and Neo-populists: Engines of Deliberate Disorder?
Ep94. Gaza Ceasefire: What’s Next?
Ep93. Africa in the Age of Disorder
Ep92. Trump 2.0: A Shift Away from Neoconservatism?
Ep91. An Orderly or Disorderly New Year?
EEp90. A Disorderly Christmas Special
EEp89. Canada: 2025’s stealth mega orderers?
Ep88. Syria: New Order or Fresh Chaos?
Ep.87 Syria, Georgia, South Korea, France, Ireland, Hunter Biden, oh my
Ep86. Is Democracy Dead? Or actually alive and kicking?
Ep85. Thanksgiving Special: Taiwan, Identity Politics, and Can Taylor Swift Order the Disorder?
Ep84. Through the Looking Glass: Trump’s Appointments and Can Starmer do Global Leadership?
Ep83. Trump Derangement Syndrome with the Two Matts
EEp82. Fool me twice: Shame on me
EEp81. Disorder Trumped Order
Ep80. What does the Post-Election Future hold?
Ep79. Trick or Treat? Spooky Trump or Visionless Harris?
Ep78. China’s Economic Disorder: Overproduction, Oversupply, Overcapacity, oh my!
Ep.77. The System is Rigged: Conspiracy theories and the revenge of the losers
Ep76. Can Sanctions help us Order the Disorder?
Ep75. What can Backgammon teach us about Ordering the Disorder?
Ep74. Part2: The Case for Palestinian Statehood
Ep73. Part1: Commemorating the October 7 Massacre
Ep72. JD Vance vs Tim Walz: A gentlemanly Disorderer in a crisp suit vs a folksy Midwestern Orderer
Ep71. Nasrallah Killed in Lebanon – What’s Next?
Ep70. Peak Disorder in Bangladesh
Ep69. Life in North Korea, Kidnapping Stories, and Why Symbolism Matters with Dictators -- Jordan Harbinger on Tyrants and Disorderers
Ep68. Disorder’s One Year Anniversary
Ep67. Dictators’ Disordering Quest for Internal Security
Ep66. Harris taunts Trump; the Disorderer implodes, Order appears to prevail
Ep65. Why is Harris not appealing to middle - aged white men? Plus listener questions on migration, the NHS, and Ukraine
Ep64. Part 2: Nationalism – Can it be reclaimed for Order?
Ep63. Part 1: Does our biology facilitate our Global Disorder?
Ep62. Celebrating ONE MILLION Downloads
Ep61. Could AI help us Order the Disorder?
Ep60. Question Time: The ICC, Unelected Disorderers, and why Ukraine should not be forced to make peace
EEp59. Part 2: Could a new global institution help Order the Disorder?
Ep58. Part 1: Will the Burgeoning Bioeconomy be a force for Order or for Disorder?
Ep57. Tunisia’s Postponed Presidential elections
Ep56. Nothing became his presidency like the leaving of it
Ep55. NATO Summit 2024 – Did it help Order the Disorder?
Ep54. If you come for the King, best not miss
Ep53. NATOs 75th Summit – Where the real Ordering happens?
Ep52. Suburban Lib Dem Mums and Centrist Starmer Dads take back control
EEp51. UK Elections: A lone bright spot for global Order?
Ep50. The Emperor has no clothes - Biden’s disorderly debate performance
Ep49. Did WWI start our era of Disorder?
Ep48. Hotter or Poorer? Should Gulf States care about global warming?
Ep47. Has the essence of Warfare changed?
Ep46. Is a truly progressive foreign policy compatible with Ordering the Disorder?
Ep45. Part 2: Is Britain in the Moral Superiority Industry?
Ep44. Part 1: Are Corruption and Kleptocracy at the very heart of the Enduring Disorder?
Ep43. Are we having enough babies? And listeners questions
Ep42. Britain's True Independence (from Neopopulists) Day
Ep41. Iran’s Disorderer-in-Chief Dies; and as Russia Advances, Is Kharkiv at risk of being turned into Mariupol?
Ep40. What’s next for Georgia and its 'foreign agent’ law?
Ep39. What Role, if any, is there for Empathy in Ordering the Disorder?
Ep38. Could Germany and South Korea go nuclear?
Ep37. (Part II) Former Armenian President Sarkissian on: Can a Club of Small States Order the Disorder?
Ep36. (Part I) Former Armenian President Sarkissian on: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Ep35. Israel Strikes Back: Foolish Revenge or Calculated De-escalation?
Ep34. The Battle for Taiwan
Ep33. Iran attacks Israel: Start of the Wars of Gog and Magog or an opportunity for regional cooperation and de-escalation?
Bonus Episode: Oh Yeah-Woman: who is winning the narrative battle in Yemen, the Red Sea, and Gaza?
Ep32. The Caribbean: Global Enduring Paradise or crossroads of the Global Enduring Disorder?
Bonus Episode: Which country is more Disorderly – The UK or US?
Ep31. Is India a neopopulist Disorderer or a potential Orderer?
Ep30. Is there Order in the universe? Or are we all the playthings of chance?
Ep29. Freedom in the world is measurably declining… what can we do?
Ep28. The Rematch of the Disorderer-in-Chief vs Joseph Robinette Status-Quo Jr.
Ep27. Can we Order the entire cosmos – along with our alien friends?
Ep26. Was Alexei Navalny a Martyr for Democracy?
Bonus Episode: How should the West respond to Navalny’s murder: Can the Munich Security Conference help order that response?
Ep25. Could Artificial Intelligence-powered disinformation campaigns cause electoral mayhem?
Bonus Episode: What has sixty years on planet earth taught Alex? Plus, listener questions.
Ep24. What does South Africa stand to gain from accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza?
Ep23. Is the democratic world morally responsible for allowing Putin's rise? With Evgenia Kara-Murza
Bonus Episode: Can the Two Matts Help Us Order the Disorder?
Ep22. What are Iran’s and Egypt’s roles in the evolving Middle East crisis?
Ep21. Is the EU a trade giant, but a political dwarf?
Bonus Episode: Oh Yeah, Man, why are the Houthis disordering global shipping in the Red Sea?
Ep20. Corruption in Plain Sight
Ep19. Water Wars – myth or reality?
Ep18. Can the non-West Order the Disorder? BRICs and the future of global institutions
Ep17. What novel disorder lies ahead in 2024? And how do we bring the holiday spirit into diplomacy?
Ep16. The Struggle for Leadership of the Islamic World
Ep15. NATO: an alliance for the future? With Kurt Volker
Bonus Episode: The moral and military dynamics at play in Ukraine and Gaza with David Patrikarakos
Ep14. Is Disinformation Destroying Democracy?
Ep13. It’s getting hot in here
Bonus Episode: NATO, Europe, China, and the Israel-Hamas War
Ep12. Neo-Populism in the US with Tom Malinowski
Ep11. The Psychology of Chaos
Ep10. How international actors can stabilize the ongoing Israel-Hamas War and prevent a regional escalation
Ep9. The 2023 Israeli - Hamas war: Could the Qataris help us order the disorder
Ep8. Rules for the Ungoverned
Ep7. Dirty money is everywhere, as Wall St and St Petersburg are on the same page
Bonus Episode: The 2023 Israeli-Hamas war: A Symptom of our era of Disorder?
Ep6. NATO: A Model for Ordering the Disorder?
Ep5. Migration, climate, and our era of disorder
Ep4. Who is leading the disorder?
Ep2. Who Referees Cyberspace?
Ep3. The Rise of the Neo-Populists
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