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The Western Bubble — 165 episodes

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1

Autopsy #5 Palantir’s Orwellian Manifesto

2

Europe: The Spineless Continent #142

3

Autopsy #4 General Paranoia: Militarising the European Mind

4

The Whale, the War, and the West #141

5

Deep Dive S1E4: The Collapse of the International System

6

Deep Dive S1E3: The Illusion of Universality - The UN

7

Deep Dive S1E2: The Messianic Roots of the Western Bubble

8

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

9

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

10

Autopsy #3: The MI6 Delusion on Iran

11

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

12

Autopsy #2: Did Francis Fukuyama Invent the Western Bubble?

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

Trump's War On Iran #136

17

Why the Western Bubble #000.2

18

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

19

The US National Security Strategy Made us Sick, Literally!

20

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

21

Trump + Venezuela = Iraq in 2003? #133

22

The AI-Bubble vs. the Western Bubble #132

23

The West Cancelled Climate Change #131

24

The Mamdani Mystery #130

25

The Post-Neoliberal Void #129

26

Chips, China, and Control #128

27

Trump’s Peace in Pieces #127

28

Cancel Disney, to Save the West? #126

29

Flotilla Makes Israel Sink to New Depths #125

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

Western Institutional Erosion Accelerates #121

34

Trump's Brutal Budget Bomb #120

35

Efficiency or Delusion? AI and the Western Bubble #119

36

Flooding the Zone and Bombing Iran #118

37

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

38

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

39

Trump vs Los Angeles (and Elon Musk) #116

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

The West is preparing for WAR #111

45

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

46

Reasonable Answers to the Trump Tariffs? #109

47

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

48

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

49

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

51

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

54

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

55

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

57

Trump's Foreign Policy #098

58

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

59

Immigration in the Western Bubble #96

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

61

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

65

US (UK) Elections and the Media #090

66

The World without the West #089

67

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

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#087 US Elections, Israel & Iran

69

Solutions to the Western Bubble #086

70

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

71

The US Supreme Court #084

72

Individual Responsibility #083

73

The Fear of War #082

74

European Parliament Elections #081

75

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

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Israel's increasing Isolation #071

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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

90

The US Republican Party #066

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The ICJ's Ruling on Israel #65

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Cancel Culture #064

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The Bubble Awards #63

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

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Right-Wing Populism #62

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The Roman Empire #61

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David Cameron is back! #60

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Global Conflicts we forget about #59

99

Israel vs. Hamas 3 #58

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Reconnecting with Venezuela #57

101

Global Realignment #56

102

Israel vs Hamas 2 #55

103

Israel vs Hamas #54

104

Sovereignty Trumps Self-determination #53

105

Interview with Usama Ghanem #52

106

BRICS and G20 Summits # 51

107

Trailer Season 3

108

Sweden vs the UN #49

109

Hope for the West? #48

110

The Coup in Niger #47

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The Art of Doing Nothing #46

112

Peace in the West #45

113

EXTRA : Simon Tisdall 

114

Simon Tisdall #44

115

Technology and Politics #43

116

Jordan Peterson #42

117

Symptoms of Western Decay #41

118

EXTRA : Wagner Group

119

Free Speech #040

120

Georg W. Bush #039

121

Samuel Huntington #038

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Francis Fukuyama #37

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The Middle Class #36

124

Saudi Arabia #035

125

EXTRA: Biden and Carlson

126

EXTRA: Macron China Trip

127

#EXTRA: Pentagon Leaks

128

Conspiracy Theories & Externalising Responsibility #034

129

2003 Iraq War #033

130

Future of Democracy? #032

131

#Extra Putin and the ICC

132

Democratic Bubble #031

133

#EXTRA Saudi-Iran Peace?

134

Nuclear (Non-)Proliferation #030

135

Nuclear Weapons #029

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EXTRA Putin leaves START

137

Hero Worshipping #028

138

EXTRA Chinese Balloons

139

Nordstream Sabotage #027

140

The Problem of Winning History #026

141

End of the Year #025

142

Historical Awareness #024

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Social Media #23

144

Ukraine: Murder, Sabotage and WWIII #022

145

Sick Leave #021

146

Last Month in Foreign Policy #020

147

Neocolonialism #018

148

The West and Covid-19 #019

149

The United Kingdom, again #017

150

The Wealth Gap #016

151

Recap #015

152

Western Media Bias #014

153

Western Media on Ukraine #013

154

The United Kingdom #012

155

Human Rights #011

156

Monthly Review #010

157

Development Aid from the West #009

158

China and Taiwan #008

159

The Fall of US FP #007

160

The Rise of US FP #006

161

Monthly Review #005

162

Terrorism and the West #004

163

The hollowing out of institutions #003

164

The Iran Nuclear Deal #002

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The War in Ukraine #001