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The Western Bubble — 179 episodes

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1

Autopsy #12 Is Ukraine behind the NordStream Sabotage?

2

Stuck in the Cycle: Ukraine, Iran, US Politics #149

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Autopsy #11 Mark Rutte the Trump "Whisperer"

4

In Defence of Economists #148

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Autopsy #10 JD Vance on the use of AI in the military

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The World Cup America Ruined #147

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Autopsy #9 Analysing Pompeo vs Mearsheimer

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Nobody Likes Germany Anymore #146

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Autopsy #8 Hillary Clinton and the 1990s That Never Ended

10

The No-Polar World #145

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Autopsy #7 Obama Announces Bin Laden's Death

12

Nobody Interrupts an Enemy Making Mistakes #144

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Autopsy #6 The Carnegie Endowment For War

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Artificial Laziness and the Decline of the West #143

15

Autopsy #5 Palantir’s Orwellian Manifesto

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Europe: The Spineless Continent #142

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Autopsy #4 General Paranoia: Militarising the European Mind

18

The Whale, the War, and the West #141

19

Deep Dive S1E4: The Collapse of the International System

20

Deep Dive S1E3: The Illusion of Universality - The UN

21

Deep Dive S1E2: The Messianic Roots of the Western Bubble

22

Deep Dive S1E1: the International System, from 1648 to 2026

23

The US Troop Deployment Trap & Ukraine’s Drone Supremacy #140

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Autopsy #3 The MI6 Delusion on Iran

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Europe's Stockholm Syndrome during Trump's War #139

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Autopsy #2 Did Francis Fukuyama Invent the Western Bubble?

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Complicity and Silence: Europe’s Response to the Iran Strikes #138

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The Spaghetti Tactic: Trump's Chaotic Narratives on Iran #137

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Autopsy #1 The Illusion of Victory (George W. Bush's Iraq Speech)

30

Trump's War On Iran #136

31

Why the Western Bubble #000.2

32

The End of the World as We Knew It: A Liquidation Sale #135

33

The US National Security Strategy Made us Sick, Literally!

34

The Art of the Surrender: Trump’s 28-Point Plan for Ukraine #134

35

Trump + Venezuela = Iraq in 2003? #133

36

The AI-Bubble vs. the Western Bubble #132

37

The West Cancelled Climate Change #131

38

The Mamdani Mystery #130

39

The Post-Neoliberal Void #129

40

Chips, China, and Control #128

41

Trump’s Peace in Pieces #127

42

Cancel Disney, to Save the West? #126

43

Flotilla Makes Israel Sink to New Depths #125

44

Charlie Kirk, Gen Z, and the Future of the West #124

45

FRONTEX: Like ICE, but with children's books #123

46

Epstein Files, Trump, and the Decline of Complexity #122

47

Western Institutional Erosion Accelerates #121

48

Trump's Brutal Budget Bomb #120

49

Efficiency or Delusion? AI and the Western Bubble #119

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Flooding the Zone and Bombing Iran #118

51

Israel, Iran, and the Bomb: Strategic Brilliance or Dangerous Escalation? #117

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Israel Strikes Iran: Who Decides What Counts as War? EXTRA Episode

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Trump vs Los Angeles (and Elon Musk) #116

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The quasi-Trumps lose in Canada, Australia and Romania #115

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Trump’s New Playbook: Reward, Punish, Repeat #114

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Violence & Ceasefires: India, Ukraine & the DRC #113

57

Lights out for the West? 2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout #112

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The West is preparing for WAR #111

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Holy Alliances: Religion’s Role in Foreign Policy Today #110

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Reasonable Answers to the Trump Tariffs? #109

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Tariffs, Tantrums and Transactions: The Art of Understanding Trumpenomics. #108

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Signal failure: the Trump administration going off the rails #107

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The West Is Fading—Who Will Rule the World in 2050? #106

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History’s Biggest Mistakes: Are We About to Repeat Them? #105

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Breaking Free: What Europe Must Do in a Post-Atlantic World #104

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Oval Office Fallout – The End of Transatlantic Illusions #103

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Middle East at Boiling Point: Israel, Syria, and the Shadow of Iran #102

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Uncertain Alliances: Europe’s Shift and Trump’s Diplomatic Risks #101

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100 Episodes, One Western Bubble – A Retrospective #100

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The Cracks Are Showing: Power, Dysfunction, and the Road to Episode 100 #099

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Trump's Foreign Policy #098

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End of Year (and the world as we know it) #097

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Immigration in the Western Bubble #96

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Martial Law in South Korea and the US Health Care System #095

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The Global Dominoes: Syria, Lebanon, and Georgia #094

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Geopolitics of the Arctic #093

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From Gaza to Amsterdam: The Stubborn Western Lens #092

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Emotional Comfort post and pre Election Drama #091

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US (UK) Elections and the Media #090

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The World without the West #089

81

The Death of Sinwar, Elon Musk and India vs. Canada

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#087 US Elections, Israel & Iran

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Solutions to the Western Bubble #086

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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, the UK & Biden #085

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The US Supreme Court #084

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Individual Responsibility #083

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The Fear of War #082

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European Parliament Elections #081

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Institutional Decline Part III: Who wants to come to the West? #080

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Institutional Decline Part II: Foreign Policy #079

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Institutional Decline Part I: University #078

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Eurovision Israel Scandal #077

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The UK's Rwanda Policy #076

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Haiti failed by the West #75

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Multinational Corporations in the West #074

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The Eastern-West #073

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Is the Western Bubble a substitute religion? #072

98

Israel's increasing Isolation #071

99

The Role of the Military #070

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North vs South Europe #069

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EXTRA: Macron sending troops to Ukraine?

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Two years Ukraine #068

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Donald Trump's Foreign Policy #067

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The US Republican Party #066

105

The ICJ's Ruling on Israel #65

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Cancel Culture #064

107

The Bubble Awards #63

108

EXTRA Why do young people vote for right-wing populists?

109

Right-Wing Populism #62

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The Roman Empire #61

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David Cameron is back! #60

112

Global Conflicts we forget about #59

113

Israel vs. Hamas 3 #58

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Reconnecting with Venezuela #57

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Global Realignment #56

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Israel vs Hamas 2 #55

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Israel vs Hamas #54

118

Sovereignty Trumps Self-determination #53

119

Interview with Usama Ghanem #52

120

BRICS and G20 Summits # 51

121

Trailer Season 3

122

Sweden vs the UN #49

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Hope for the West? #48

124

The Coup in Niger #47

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The Art of Doing Nothing #46

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Peace in the West #45

127

EXTRA : Simon Tisdall 

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Simon Tisdall #44

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Technology and Politics #43

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Jordan Peterson #42

131

Symptoms of Western Decay #41

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EXTRA : Wagner Group

133

Free Speech #040

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Georg W. Bush #039

135

Samuel Huntington #038

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Francis Fukuyama #37

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The Middle Class #36

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Saudi Arabia #035

139

EXTRA: Biden and Carlson

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EXTRA: Macron China Trip

141

#EXTRA: Pentagon Leaks

142

Conspiracy Theories & Externalising Responsibility #034

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2003 Iraq War #033

144

Future of Democracy? #032

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#Extra Putin and the ICC

146

Democratic Bubble #031

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#EXTRA Saudi-Iran Peace?

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Nuclear (Non-)Proliferation #030

149

Nuclear Weapons #029

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EXTRA Putin leaves START

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Hero Worshipping #028

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EXTRA Chinese Balloons

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Nordstream Sabotage #027

154

The Problem of Winning History #026

155

End of the Year #025

156

Historical Awareness #024

157

Social Media #23

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Ukraine: Murder, Sabotage and WWIII #022

159

Sick Leave #021

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Last Month in Foreign Policy #020

161

Neocolonialism #018

162

The West and Covid-19 #019

163

The United Kingdom, again #017

164

The Wealth Gap #016

165

Recap #015

166

Western Media Bias #014

167

Western Media on Ukraine #013

168

The United Kingdom #012

169

Human Rights #011

170

Monthly Review #010

171

Development Aid from the West #009

172

China and Taiwan #008

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The Fall of US FP #007

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The Rise of US FP #006

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Monthly Review #005

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Terrorism and the West #004

177

The hollowing out of institutions #003

178

The Iran Nuclear Deal #002

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The War in Ukraine #001