All Episodes

Ukraine continue to fight • Covid is still with us • Plenty of exoplanets to choose from

Ukrainians💪 • How about a little bit more covid? • We’re sure there’s good news out there

Well, another of the four horsemen has arrived • Standing with Ukraine • Masks are coming down • Watch the whales

Can’t quit the ’rona • US politics is awesome • Looking for good news anywhere

2021, please don’t go so soon! • The ’rona is coming for us all • 2022 will better. Right? Right?!

Making Biden quotable • Compromised Catholics • Real causes of vaccine reluctance • Don‘t worry about the armed robot dogs

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

Looking for positive covid news • Doom and gloom around Taiwan and East Asia • The endless search for good news

And we're back! • Has anyone heard of this covid thing? • Afghanistan and accountability • Don't worry the robots will be nice

Singapore no more! • Bill and Nikolaj reflect on their time in SG and Asia now that they have both left

Covid catch-up - who's fault is it now? • The western democracies make up • Changes afoot

Covid optimism • Hong Kong crackdown continues • Facebook "censorship" • Universalism is the answer to racism • Israel/Palestine • UFOs are real! But are aliens?

Happy Mother's Day! • Chinese spaceship apocalypse • Covid • Gas attack! • Channel (fish) wars • Cheerio Scotland?

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

On the way to vaccination • Pay attention to the South China Sea • Academic papers made easy

The US and China get pissy with one another • Anti-Asian attacks in the US • When stairs strike back

America is back • Yay? • Principle or propaganda • China Time

De-platforming • Maybe insurrection is the limit? • US vs Europe free speech • Whence truth?

Insurrection • Awesome "beacon of democracy" • Enlightenment values on the line • Accountability

Happy New Year! • 2020 reflections, 2021 predictions • And about as much happiness as we can muster

The US makes being a Third World country cool again • Nikolaj has just had it • Bring on the vaccines, baby!

We pioneer re-truthing • War on Christmas won • Wounding democracy is highly profitable • Covid is exhausting

The Eastern Hemisphere moves on while the West is a basket case • Democratic institutions undermined

Relief with a Biden/Harris victory • Will underlying problems get addressed? • The joys of a botched presser

Count all the votes! • No repudiation of Trump • Macron sticks up for western values

Long voting lines • Do we like politicians to lie to us? • New missiles = big trouble

Paris Is Under Attack - Again • Covid Lockdowns in Europe • Asia's Got It Together

Trump Says If You Get the Covid, You're Weak • How Patient Should You Be • Stoking War with China

Trump's Got the Covid • Europe on Its Own • Bill Makes His Endorsement

Are They Anti-Maskers or a Comedy Troupe? • "Supreme" Court • Pumpkins!

The Other Stuff Going on in the World: Hong Kong • Taiwan • Neural Pigs

Truth Is Hard and That Ain't Good • Parliamentary Politics Are Good • Our Good News Supply Dried Up

Back After Bill's Long March Back to the US

End of an Era • The West Has Given Up on Covid-19 • Masks Are for Suckers, It Seems

Police Violence Protests Continue • Tech & Contact Tracing In Singapore • Restoring the US Reputation

The 'Merica Edition • Protests and Riots Rage • Singapore As Another Way? • SpaceX

Hong Kong Requiem • Checking Your Expat Privilege • Masks as Middle Fingers

How South Korea Crushed the Coronavirus Outbreak with science journalist Mark Zastrow

Getting Serious About Managing the Dual Crisis • Corona Is a Class Issue • Goats for Everyone

Don't Inject Disinfectant (Language!) • How World Leaders Are Covid'ing • China Crackdowns

The Physical and Mental Strain of Recovering from Covid-19

Singapore Circuit Breaker • On the Ground in Detroit with Covid-19 • Good News

Singapore Circuit Breaker • On the Ground in Detroit with Covid-19 • Good News

A First-Person Account of Being Infected with Covid-19 • In Times of Crisis, Be Nice

On the Ground In Europe with Covid-19 • China Makes Its Move • Good Coronavirus News (Yes, We Mean It!)

Europe and the Coronavirus Covid-19 • Viral math challenges • It's Not Looking Good for Sanders

Covid-19 Resignation • AgTech Startups & Sustainable Food • The West Is Winning

More Coronavirus Capers • US Elections • Journalism, Disruption, & Start-Ups

Coronavirus Capers in Singapore • China's Legitimacy at Stake • US Politics Any Better?

Living with the Wuhan Corona Virus • Plagues of Today & the Past • Brexit Ho!

Fighting Climate Change Using Carbon Markets • Coronavirus in China • Davos Blues

World War III-ish • Mythmaking & the Middle East • Happy China

Impeachment ✅ • India & Global Nationalism • US Farmer Bill Hickey in the Trade War Trenches

Amit Prothi on cities and climate change • Quick hits: Brexit & Impeachment • Good News

The Afghanistan Papers • The UK Votes • Thomas Jestin on Inequality, GDP, and Tech Optimism

Articles of Imp • France Strikes I: Macron at NATO • France Strikes II: It's General • Rendering faces from DNA

Social media platforms as publishers • Future of podcasting • Confronting China

Hong Kong Unrest • French Zest • Tech is the Best • Trump Fest

China Bucks • Trump's Not Always Wrong and That's Bad • We(outta)Work • Nuclear Floppy Disks

US Dems Debate • Knuckling Under to China * AI's Gonna Getchya

Nile Bowie takes us on the ground in Hong Kong

Journalist Teymoor Nabili makes us sound good and smart

Impeachment! • Greta & Climate Change • New Cold War with China

Another Mideast War? • Let Women Lead • Robots, Schrobots

The Beginning (Again)