Angry Planet Podcast

09/07/2024

I wanted to share with you a piece that I wrote for Newsweek. I'm incredibly grateful for their support. It's what I found when I visited in the aftermath of October 7.

For as long as the Holy Land has been holy, pilgrims have made their way to Jerusalem.

15/03/2024

new episode is available for premium subscribers!

The world is building new nuclear weapons after decades of détente. Why?

30/12/2023

Recent trip to Turks and Caicos.

I've updated http://jasonqfields.com with a bunch of new images, prints available on request.

20/12/2023

Angry Planet Discord server coming for subscribers by the end of the year.

25/10/2023

a long conversation with Joey Ayoub of The Fire These Times

Listen to Causes and Consequences of War In Gaza from Angry Planet. This week’s episode is a long conversation with Joey Ayoub about Gaza, Palestine, and Israel.We cover a lot of ground and we’ve got a lot of show notes that accompany this episode.Show notes from Joey:Where the Palestinian Polit...

16/10/2023

first blush reaction to the news in Israel, we'll have much more to say about this

Listen now (53 mins) | Writing a blurb to describe a podcast episode isn't typically a difficult thing to do—between myself and Matthew, we've been writing for about 50 years—but as all things with Israel and the Palestinians, even writing a blurb is bound to offend someone. That's not our goal,...

14/04/2023

new episode out for subscribers.

Listen now (53 min) | NGOs and western media have adopted the cause of the women of the Islamic State, today's guest argues for repatriation with consequences.

06/02/2023

Angry Planet is doing a newsletter, by the way.

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The balloons are pretty common, but this one became a spectacle. Why?

06/02/2023

rude.

“Stop scrolling, and get a good night's sleep! 📷Danylo Pavlov”

06/02/2023

01/11/2021

Your Weekly Down Note

01/11/2021

We've got a subscription tier of Angry Planet where you get two bonus episodes a month. For October subscribers got Isaac Asimov's Foundation and how it fits into Roman history and today's America, and a show about robot dogs carrying guns.

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Conversations about a world in conflict on an angry planet.

26/10/2021

Your weekly down note

25/10/2021

Sea power was the secret of the Phoenicians, the Greeks - even the landlubber Romans when they took the upper hand against Carthage. More recently - which isn’t hard - the British Empire was won on the seas and an empire with tall ships. But how much navy is enough navy? And can a smaller, lighter...

25/10/2021

Great solo effort by Matthew Gault.

Listen now (31 min) | One percent of the U.S. population serves in the armed forces yet the Pentagon commands an incredible budget. And what do we get for it? Twenty years of wars with unclear goals and increased militarization abroad and at home. Maybe, just maybe. Is it possible. That America is s...

21/10/2021

Listen now (34 min) | Space… Is it still the final frontier? And does anyone really care about it anymore, aside from a few billionaires and maybe a millionaire or two? Does NASA have any mojo left? And are any of us alive now going to see a landing on Mars? These are all questions dear to my hear...

20/10/2021

This episode is only getting more relevant.

Listen now (40 min) | North Korea is back in the headlines, and as usual, it’s not because they’ve invented a new soft drink. No, Kim Jong Un’s fiefdom has once again launched missiles into the sea, claims to have invented hypersonic ones, is building up their capability to launch nuclear-tipp...

18/10/2021

We're just getting started here.

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