Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Episodes
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#5577: When the UN Goes Viral: Pitchers, Shoes, and 6-Second ClipsA six-second clip of a man drinking from a pitcher resurfaces as if it's new — inside the long history of the UN's most meme-able moments.Main topic -
#5306: The Trump Interview Playbook: A Filing Job, Five Rhetorical PatternsWhat happens when a rally-style rhetorical machine gets aimed at a beige cubicle and a filing job? A touchpoint-by-touchpoint playbook.Main topic -
#5706: Two Poles, Two Fates: Arctic vs AntarcticOne pole is a militarized chessboard, the other a treaty-bound science preserve. Same frozen water — completely opposite outcomes. -
#5527: Seven Ways to Measure a Country's IsolationNetanyahu's quick UN trip sparks a bigger question: how do you actually measure a country's isolation? We build seven heuristics. -
#5348: Greenland's 56,000 People, Two Big Powers, and One Vague Deal85% of Greenlanders oppose joining the U.S. — yet Washington and Copenhagen are about to sign a security deal about their island. -
#5347: What "On the Sidelines" Actually Means in DiplomacyA "sidelines" meeting sounds casual. It's actually a fully scripted format with its own rules — and the Greenland signing shows why the label matters. -
#5242: Two Neighbors, Two Invasion PlansCanada drew up a plan to invade the U.S. in 1921. The friendly-neighbor story is only 80 years old. -
#5752: Two Frances, One Protest: Reading the Same Streets DifferentlyA high school walkout over unfilled teaching posts became a national movement — and two completely incompatible stories about what it means. -
#5741: The Bulb That Lit the 20th CenturyFrom Edison's carbon filament to the blue LED that unlocked white light — how we got from 1 lumen per watt to 150. -
#5736: The UK's 14 Overseas Territories, From Pitcairn to ChagosFourteen territories, three Crown Dependencies, and one fight that won't end: why the Chagos Archipelago dispute keeps going. -
#5731: Inside the FlyDubai Cockpit Axe InterrogationA co-pilot, an axe, and a 14,000-foot dive. What actually happens in the interrogation room — and why the calm matters. -
#5708: The Islands Between Two OceansFifteen obscure sub-Antarctic islands, the governments that run them, and the penguin who holds a noble title. -
#5671: Why Armies Still Fight With Paper MapsPaper maps mean opposite things: prudence in Finland, a broken supply chain in Russia. Same artifact, opposite story. -
#5548: Hasbara: Explanation or Policy Problem?Israel's Foreign Minister says embassy moves matter as much as the battlefield. A listener in Jerusalem says the problem isn't PR — it's policy. -
#5498: Who Was a Superpower Before America?The word "superpower" was invented in 1944. So how do you build a list of them stretching back to Akkad? -
#5441: Dollar Plumbing: Why Bessent's Iran Threat Has TeethOne line from Treasury can ground an airline worldwide. The reason lives in New York's clearing houses, not the currency itself. -
#5440: What Does a Space Force Actually Do All Day?Rockets get the coverage, but the real work happens at consoles on the ground. What 15,000 Guardians actually do. -
#5311: Churchill's McKinsey Interview: When Oratory Meets the CaseChurchill's rhetoric was architectural, every sentence load-bearing. McKinsey wants the answer in sixty seconds. Let's roleplay the collision. -
#5298: The Mountain, the Message: Nuclear Tests as DiplomacyNine states. Two thousand detonations. Why a nuclear test is often a sentence in a conversation, not a lab result. -
#5176: IAEA Reports Iran: What the Vote Actually DoesThe IAEA Board reported Iran to the Security Council for the first time in 20 years — over 440kg of uranium it can't locate.