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On the Fringe — 65 episodes
The slower the Strait of Hormuz gets, the faster things move in the Gulf
Rebuilding democracy from the ground up: the Digital Democracy Project (Feat. Ramon Perez)
How and why you should learn a foreign language (feat. Polyglot David Ramos)
Gadgets in the Dragon's Grip: China's control over critical minerals (Feat. Tomasz Nadrowski)
Pakistan: a kingmaker or a pawn in the Gulf--Or Both?!
The UAE is waking up to a new world while Saudi hits snooze
Mali's Junta is short on time, fuel, and control (Feat. Stuart Bolus)
The Dark Side of Prediction Markets
Is higher ed worth it as small colleges shut down? Dave and Gavin's take
There's no strait answer to Europe's jet fuel problem
Trump's Board of (Rest In) Peace
AI is so 2025 if prediction markets get their way
How to build trust in a world doused in AI slop (ft. Braden Frame, COO of Modern Cartographers)
A war that's going on, yet gets almost no coverage
Keep the faith in these trying times
The Fog of War...Profiteering on Prediction Markets
A Wild Ride through the Balkans: From Tito to Today
Why West Africa is struggling and falling to jihadists
The Gulf States just got pushed off the fence
Season 4, Episode 6: Indonesia, Gaza, and rules of engagement
Why South Korean Presidents go to prison: From the Blue House to the big house
Would soldiers hope for a war if they could become instant millionaires?
Season 4, Episode 5: Things are heating up in the Gulf, Part 2
Season 4, Episode 4: Things are heating up in the Gulf, Part 1
A casino in Macau cashing in on a golden opportunity
The World Factbook has been closed
Season 4, Episode 3: Cleaning house in Cambodia and China
Season 4, Episode 2: What if peace was a literal country club?
Season 4, Episode 1: The rule of fang and claw
A MASSIVE thank you from Dave and Gavin
Bonus: A ChatGPT Christmas Miracle? Or, straight to the top of Santa's naughty list?
Season 3, Episode 24: Reno PD needs Lt. Dangle, an episode about blind trust in AI systems
Season 3, Episode 23: Kyrgyzstan, land of mountains, mines, and elections. Featuring Joe Barnes
Bonus: A Tale of Two Airstrikes
Season 3, Episode 22: IndiGone. An epic meltdown for India's biggest airline
Season 3, Episode 21: On the Edge of Everything. The Future of AI, with Derek Crager, CEO of Practical AI
Season 3, Episode 20: Why the state of African democracy matters, featuring Stuart Bolus
Bonus: American women have a problem with America
Season 3, Episode 19: The twisting and turning tales of Alice...Guo
Bonus Episode: One bear of a problem in Japan that the Japanese can't just grin and bear
Season 3, Episode 17: Courtship on the king's court
Season 3, Episode 15: Bamako on the brink
This is one country you don't want to visit right now
Season 3, Episode 14: A Christian missionary was kidnapped in the heart of Niger's capital
Season 3, Episode 13: Why is Gen Z rising up worldwide? No, really.
Season 3, Episode 12: The Front Lines of the AI Future (featuring Sherman Tylawsky)
Season 3, Episode 11: How The CCP (Communist Part of China) 'fights crime' in the Golden Triangle
Season 3, Episode 10: How scam farms in Southeast Asia are crippling Thailand's tourism industry
Season 3, Episode 9: What you need to know about Nepal's youth movement
Season 3, Episode 8: We don't need no education. We don't need impulse control
Season 3, Episode 7: Questions that anyone using AI needs to ask themselves (featuring John Otwell and Kevin Wong)
Season 3, Episode 6, Part 2: A disaster in Afghanistan
Season 3, Episode 6, Part 1: A disaster in Afghanistan
Bonus: Business Taliban Style
Travel Abroad #7 The State of Spirit Air (title B)
Living Abroad #7: Air travel in the United States (title A)
The BIGGEST story that everyone missed last week
Season 3, Episode 5: A Crash Course on GPTs and AI (featuring John Otwell)
Season 3, Episode 4: The Center of Asia's Maritime Universe
Season 3, Episode 3: A bird's eye view of Bolivia and its upcoming presidential election
Season 3 Episode 2: Kazakhstan from 30,000 feet (Featuring Joe Barnes)
Season 3, Episode 1: The Bungle in the Jungle
What you can expect in Season 3
Season 2, Episode 1: The Turkestan Islamic Party in Syria
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