The Foreign Influence Podcast (2024)

28/03/2022

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• Ukraine continues its fight 🇺🇦
• Covid is still with us
• 5,000 exoplanets now. Plenty to choose from!

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Ukraine continues its fight 🇺🇦 • Covid is still w...

13/03/2022

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• Nikolaj claims he's still in Paris, not in Ukraine, but Bill isn't sure...

• Blame the West for the invasion?

• Triple vaxxed? ✅ Covid? ✅ DOUBLE COVID? ✅

• In the good news - vaccines work, people. Get one. Hell, get more.

Thanks for listening!

Reach out to us at [email protected] or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, and right here on this page, of course, where we can continue the conversation.

Remember, if you like what you hear, please help spread the word. 🙏

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Nikolaj claims he's still in Paris, not in Ukrain...

28/02/2022

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 , taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• Well, one more horseman of the apocalypse is upon us.
• We stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
• Masks are coming down, but the covid risk for many is low.\
• The whales shall soon rule us all.

Thanks for listening!

Reach out to us at [email protected] or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, but also continue the conversation right here on Facebook, as well

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Well, one more horseman of the apocalypse is upon...

20/01/2022

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• It's hard to quit the 'rona
• US politics is awesome
• Australians are hard core
• Looking for good news wherever you can find it

Thanks for listening!

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • It's hard to quit the 'rona • US politics is awes...

31/12/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• In this New Year's Eve episode, we celebrate the purely awesome, truly spectacular year that was 2021.

• Nikolaj got the 'rona! And it's coming for us all. But get vaccinated, and you'll likely be fine!

• China's crackdown on Hong Kong continues, and Bill continues to worry about war over Taiwan.

• Some predictions for 2022

Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉🥳🍾

Reach out to us at [email protected] or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, but also check out our FI page, where we can continue the conversation.

Remember, if you like what you hear, please help spread the word. 🙏

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • In this New Year's Eve episode, we celebrate the ...

18/10/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• We struggle to make Biden quotable, but you can't say we didn't try.

• A report out of France details decades of abuse of children by the French Catholic church.

• Starting to learn to live with covid and the real causes of covid vaccine reluctance.

• Keep your eyes on Taiwan as a tripwire to US-China conflict.

• And jeez, after such a depressing list, don't worry - we're arming robot dogs. We'll all be safe now!

Thanks for listening! 🙏🏻

Remember, if you like what you hear, please help spread the word. 🙏

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • We struggle to make Biden quotable, but you can't...

20/09/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:

• Thanks to a nuclear-powered sub deal between the US and Australia, we have the latest example of things slowly brewing into a low-level conflict between the US and China. Can we call it Cold War II yet?

• The Wall Street Journal has a new series of articles on how Facebook either can't or won't control the bad effects it creates. Maybe it can't be controlled at all?

• And we came this 🤏🏻 close to not talking about covid for once. But alas. How do you determine your personal - and the societal - level of acceptable risk?

Thanks for listening! 🙏🏻

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman 🇺🇸 and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg 🇳🇱 taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Thanks for a nuclear-powered sub deal between the...

07/09/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events! This time:

• Searching for good news, we find a country that has achieved top-level vaccination rates. Only to not open up again!

• Learning to live with covid.

• Afghanistan is bad, but don't lose sight of how bad it could get in East Asia.

• For crying out loud, we needed more good news. Your computer might - maybe, just maybe - be making you a bit richer on paper!

Thanks for listening!

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Searching for good news, we find a country that has ach...

23/08/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events! We're back after a month of moving and holiday. And boy, what a delightful line-up of things to talk about. This time:

• Ah, delta, we're just getting to know you. But ffs, people - get vaccinated.
• Afghanistan - the end or just a pause between American adventures?
• More Afghanistan - no one, nobody, and not one person will be held accountable for any of it
• Elon Musk is making friendly robots. Well, his team is. And have you seen his team? Need more team.

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Ah, delta, we're just getting to know you. But ffs, peo...

16/07/2021

Singapore no more! As of this episode, both Nikolaj and Bill no longer live on the Little Red Dot (as the country is affectionately known). Nikolaj the Dutchman is back in Europe, while Bill the American has been back in the US for a year now. This is the perfect time for us to reflect on our time in Singapore and Asia. Join us for this extended discussion (settle in; it's an hour!) as we discuss:

• Singapore is the freest unfree place you'll ever see. Western-style politics and civil liberties are missing, but the place works - and works for most everybody. (We thought it wasn't supposed to be that way...)

• The live-in Foreign Domestic Worker/maid/helper system was bizarrely great. We admire these ladies immensely.

• Should we be upset to be called ang mohs?

• We're pretty sure we were spied upon.

• The Chinese Community Party could do worse for models going forward.

Thanks for listening! 🙏🏻

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time: • Just one topic, really - Singapore! Nikolaj is back in ...

12/04/2021

It's the *50th* episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast! As always, join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events. This time:

• Bill has had his first dose of vaccination, and he feels fine. But the battle ain't over people. Hold it together.

• If ongoing pandemic isn't enough to get your blood going, how about war in Asia? It doesn't get a lot of coverage in the west, but China and the US continue to escalate tensions in the South China Sea. Not good. Repeat, not good. But hey, we can still laugh, can't we?

• Nikolaj has started processing academic papers for the small-brained, like Bill. Find the explanations on LinkedIn and YouTube. This time - how to tackle bias by building better algorithms.

Thanks for listening!

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast. In fact, it is the 50th episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast! As always, join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg as they take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week...

22/03/2021

Hello, everyone! After a little bit of a hiatus, we're back!

American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg take you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events. This time:

• High level US and Chinese officials met for the first time since Biden took office, and it was quite the argumentative spectacle.

• Anti-Asian attacks are on the rise in the US and have culminated in a mass attack in Atlanta.

• In a somewhat funny, but also somewhat scary and cringeworthy moment, Pres. Biden tripped up the stairs to Air Force One three times.

Thanks for listening!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • High level US and Chinese officials met for ...

07/02/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time:

• Biden announces "America is back". Is that good news?

• American credibility and empire and allies and promise.

• From Paris to Peoria? Say, yes!

Thanks for listening!

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • Biden announces "America is back". Is that g...

19/01/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time:

• De-platforming people - talking them offline is a serious issue. Isn't it?
• Comparing US vs European concepts of freedom of speech and freedom of expression
• Capitol policeman says thanks, but f*ck you for being there.

Thanks for listening!

And a programming note - in 2021, we'll be publishing every other week. Plenty of time for us to come up with plenty of nonsense opinions!

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • De-platforming people - talking them offline...

08/01/2021

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time:

• Seriously, what the hell else are we going to talk about? There was an insurrection - not hard to call it an attempted coup - in the US this week by Trump supporters. Seriously 2021? We couldn't get one good week?!

• Processing the details, events, and outcomes of the insurrection. Including with the Animaniacs!

• Revolutions aren't for lightweights.

• There needs to be accountability and consequences.

• Enlightenment values themselves - liberty, equality, brotherhood, reason - are all under threat now. With authoritarian regimes ready to throw them into the dustbin of history. Good times!

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Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This time: • Seriously, what the hell else are we going t...

28/12/2020

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the year's international events! This time:

• It's our end-of-the-year show! We still don't know where the crab people are, but we're sure they're delicious.

• According to scientists and historians, 2020 hasn't even made it on the list of worst years (yet). We have the objective answer to when you really didn't want to be alive.

• We invoke the Power of the Jinx to make sure 2021 will be better.

• We remember the long-term trends that will really shape life going forward.

Thanks for listening!

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Stay safe, and be nice to one another!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the year's week's international events! This time: • It's our end-of-the-year show! We sti...

13/12/2020

It's the latest Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week:

• The Supreme Court joins the Deep State

• The US is making being a Third World country great again

• In a related manner, Nikolaj has just about had it

• The GOP has done caught the crazy

• In the good news, we have a vaccine! We're absolutely certain it will go to the needy first.

Thanks for listening!

Remember, if you like what you hear, please help spread the word. 🙏

Stay safe, and be nice to one another!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • The Supreme Court joins the Deep State • The...

08/12/2020

It's the latest episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week:

• Fun with the War on Christmas and various Trump Cult highjinks
• The cash machine that is tearing the fabric of American democracy
• This could all get pretty dangerous, actually
• . Please.

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Stay safe, and be nice to one another!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Fun with the War on Christmas and various Tr...

15/11/2020

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week:

• Pretty much the entire Eastern Hemisphere has signed a new free trade agreement and brought covid under control. They're moving on while the West is a giant basket case.

• American democratic institutions are being deeply wounded by Trump and his enablers. Quite the international inspiration.

• One tiny bit of good news. Can't say we didn't try.

Thanks for listening!

Reach out to us at [email protected] or through social media. You'll find us individually on Twitter, but also, you know, you're right here on our page, too!

Remember, if you like what you hear, please help spread the word. 🙏

Stay safe, and be nice to one another!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Pretty much the entire Eastern Hemisphere ha...

08/11/2020

It's the latest from the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! Another episode with a focus on the US, because, you know:

• The presidential race has been called for Biden/Harris, and we're breathing a sigh of relief. But it still feels tenuous until Trump concedes.

• The sheer joy that was the “press conference” at the “Four Seasons” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• We’re concerned that the underlying problems will not be addressed, especially issues of inequality and especially by the Democrats. And Andrew Yang backs us up.

• Given the closeness of the race - and in the interests of domestic peace - Americans need to try to understand one another. But man, some Trump supporters make it hard, especially the conspiracy theorists.

• And just in case it bears repeating, the good news is the Biden/Harris win.

Thanks for listening!

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Stay safe, and be nice to one another!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! Another episode with a focus on the US, because, you know...

04/11/2020

It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! Did you hear there was an election in the US yesterday? Well, we've got you covered with trenchant analysis and commentary, including:

• Count all the votes! As expected, Trump is trying to prevent all the votes from being counted. Bernie called it.

• Even if Biden wins, it's a hugely disappointing result since it's clearly not a repudiation of Trump, his performance in office, and his values.

• We've long thought the present and future of western values were on the ballot in the US this time. Elsewhere, Pres. Macron of French is doing his part to stick up for them.

• China could still have an opening to dominate the 21st century.

• For the song we finish the episode with, check out March of the Mindless by Casper.

https://youtu.be/6I4YB2sARi4

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Stay safe, and be nice to one another!

Bill & Nikolaj

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! Did you hear there was an election in the US yesterday? W...

26/10/2020

The latest Foreign Influence Podcast - you know you want it! Listen as Bill the American and Nikolaj the Dutchman take on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international news. This week:

• Bill has voted. He had to wait an hour-and-a-half to do so, and Nikolaj just can't understand how that's possible.

• Lying and politics - We have global issues of trust in government. Do politicians lie, or do we want to be lied to? Or is politics basically just impossible?

• And we have fun with "hydrosonic" weapons. That is, until war breaks out in Asia...

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Bill has voted. He had to wait an hour-and-a...

20/10/2020

The latest episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast is upon you, with American Bill and Dutchman Nikolaj taking you on their seriously humorous and humorously serious romp through the week's international news. This time:

• Paris is under attack for freedom of expression - again.
• Europe is going under covid lockdown, the US never got it together, and meanwhile East Asia and the Pacific countries are rising high.
• We have some fun with tape from the last week.

Thanks for listening!

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It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg, taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through the week's international events! This week: • Paris faces attacks of freedom of expression...

12/10/2020

The latest episode of the Foreign Influence Podcast is out! Join American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg on a seriously humorous and humorously serious romp through the week's international news. This week:

• The continuing saga of Trump getting the covid.

• How patient should you be with anyone who still supports Trump?

• Trump and the US's loose rhetoric against China stokes fear of war in Asia.

• How the system is actually rigged.

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Bill & Nikolaj

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