“News from a Boring Dystopia” is an international relations and geopolitical podcast trying to bring a little light into this darkest timeline! Each week panelists enter into discussion about the international current events topics of the week.
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Episode 18: Socialism and the Rise of Anarcho-Bidenism
Today's episode marks a change to a more serious tone where we discuss the global threat of socialism imposed by the Biden Administration. Today's guest Jack discusses his involvement in socialist activism and gives his policy solutions to America's myriad of problems. Bruno points out parallels with socialism's stigma in Brazil. Antonio finds great use of a free to use trap remix he found online several months ago.
20 Jan 2021
Episode 17: The Greko-Turkish Situation Part II
In today's episode we give the other side of the story with regards to episode 15. Joining us is Ozgur who is an International Relations scholar and expert on Turkey. We discuss parallels with regards to authoritarianism, immigration, and desperation. Antonio attempts a variety of Turkey centric puns and dad jokes.
13 Jan 2021
Episode 16: K-pop and Korea's rising soft power
In today's episode we discuss the geopolitical impact of K-pop music. Joining us is guest Teddy Son who is a Korean journalist. We discuss the role of government in K-pop, how the fans of this music may vary across the globe, and we discuss how this music is challenging western beauty standards and notions of gender roles. Should K-pop stars wearing dreadlocks be cancelled? Find out today!
1 Jan 2021
Episode 15: The Greko-Turkish Situation Part I
Happy New Year! Today we come back from a small holiday hiatus with guest Xenofon Kalogeropoulos, a historian and current master's student at the London School of Economics. We recorded this episode on the 15th of November discussing the situation in the Greko Turkish border and the foreign relations of Turkey focusing on her relationships with Greece and the EU. Find Xenofon on instagram at @foreignvoice. Follow us on Instagram @fromboring.dystopia and on Twitter @FromBoring.
10 Dec 2020
Episode 14: The New Cold War: Iran and Saudi Arabia
We discuss the ongoing conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia. We explain how the US is involved in the conflict and how special interests in Saudi Arabia may have vested interests in a bad relationship between the US and Iran. Special guest @shahedghoreishi on Twitter.
3 Dec 2020
Episode 13: Cybersecurity, the Future of International Security in a Hyperconnected World
Vik is an American engineer, expert in cybersecurity. Devin is his friend and of similar qualifications. We discuss the importance of cybersecurity from the perspective of IR conflict. We discuss China's technological threat, surveillance, and much more.
24 Nov 2020
Episode 12: Christianity's Impact in Colonialism and Nationalism
In today's episode we discuss the broader negative cultural impacts of Christianity in the countries of India and the United States. We look at the far right in Poland. We discuss the new Supreme Court in the United States.
18 Nov 2020
Episode 11: A Coup in Peru
In today's special episode we discuss the Congressional coup that ousted Peruvian President Martin Viscarra from office and discuss in a breaking news fashion how his successor Manuel Merino was also ousted due to public upswell and protests.
17 Nov 2020
Episode 10: Kashmir, the Scar of British Imperialism
In today's episode we discuss the ongoing conflict in Kashmir with special guest Fahad Shah. Fahad Shah is a journalist, writer and filmmaker. He is the founder and editor of The Kashmir Walla magazine.
6 Nov 2020
Episode 9: The US Election Special
As the votes continue to be counted in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada NFBD has made some predictions on where the wind is blowing. Will America go back to brunch or further into Nationalism? Find out in this episode.
27 Oct 2020
Episode 8: New People, Nuevo Presidente, and New Pandemics
George and Shreya join the podcast. Alejandra guest stars. We discuss the significance of the Bolivian elections, what it means to be Latino, the new wave of Coronavirus in Europe, the rape-pandemic in Peru, and much more. New episodes on Wednesdays @ 10pm PST. Sorry about the delay, we need to give the editor more time.
23 Oct 2020
Episode 7: A Problematic Predicament, Scary Tech Dystopia, and Unemployment in Japan
Sorry for the month long delay. We have been having some rockiness on our side.
23 Oct 2020
Episode 6: Plague, Populism, and the Meaning of 2
We finally got our Sh@# together with editing.
13 Sept 2020
Episode 5: Matters of Church and State, Palestinian Christian Terrorism, and American Liberal Foreign Policy
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9 Sept 2020
Episode 4: The RNC, Central and South American Politics, all fried up in Turkey Greece
See you next week!
30 Aug 2020
Episode 3: Belarus, Hezbollah, and the IRA
Non-state actor special! Apologies for the uneven audio levels due to a recording issue.
21 Aug 2020
Episode 2: Cyber-security, Ethnic Cleansing, and the Libyan Civil War
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