We are back on the environment file with Stan Cox, to discuss his latest two dispatches. Januarys on who is attacking the US electrical grid? Februarys on the curious defense of gas stoves from the

Frances incremental takeover of Morocco based on their colonization of Algeria; Germany declares that it will protect Moroccos sovereignty, which it doesnt actually do. See how Moroccos colonizati

The Austro-Hungarian Empire lasted hundreds of years but could not survive WWI. We look at its makeup, its economy, its socialist movement, at Franz Josef and the glamorous empress Sissi, and wonder w

Its just me on this emergency broadcast in the spirit of do a coup, get a pod. Angry opponents of the Lulas newly elected government in Brazil (with some security forces help) stormed government b

Of all the mysteries of the World Wars, Germanys is perhaps the most mysterious. We discuss this country with the fastest growing industrial power, the largest and most powerful socialist movement, a

The 1905 Russian Revolution was, though no one knew it at the time, the rehearsal for the 1917 Russian Revolution. Dave takes us from Bloody Sunday to the calculations and miscalculations of the Tsar;

The earth-shaking event where an Asian power defeated a European power in a war, leading to a revolution in Russia and a major shakeup in world affairs. We talk about the role education played in Japa

Perus president Pedro Castillo has been overthrown in a coup and is in Peruvian jail while the former Vice President Dina Boluarte has taken over, vowing NOT to hold an election any time soon. People

First one of a mini-series about the 1905 Russian Revolution, we talk about the economic, political, and social conditions of Russia on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War. Foreign investment, infrastru

Stan Cox is back with his November dispatch about the US midterm elections, in which the feared Red Wave didnt materialize but Stan wastes no time in warning us that 2024 is also going to be scary.