Geopolitics
International affairs, defense, intelligence, and regional conflicts
#4254: How to Vanish at a Picnic
A playbook for revealing nothing about yourself over four hours of casual conversation — without seeming weird.
#4251: How to Run a Job Interview Like a Spy
Three elicitation techniques that reveal what a company is really like — without sounding like an audit.
#4250: How to Vanish at a Picnic: The Art of Revealing Nothing
A full playbook for spending an afternoon with strangers while revealing nothing significant about yourself.
#4248: How Libertarianism Found Its Label and Its Fault Lines
The surprising leftist origins of "libertarian" and the Hayek-Rothbard split that still defines the movement.
#4246: When Left Meets Right: The Two-Axis Political Spectrum
Why libertarians can't win elections but welfare chauvinists are surging across Europe.
#4245: How Conservatives Actually Innovate
Discovery vs. design: How Burke, Hayek, and Oakeshott built a theory of progress without central planning.
#4243: What to Call Politics That Actually Fixes Daily Life
A listener asks: what do you call a political outlook that prioritizes housing and cost of living over ideology?
#4242: Where Left and Right Actually Come From
The French seating chart that gave us political labels — and why centrism struggles to be more than a mood.
#4241: How "Liberal" Means Opposite Things in Different Countries
The same political word can mean opposite things depending on which country you're in.
#4240: When Political Disagreement Becomes Mortal Enmity
Two sitting UK MPs were murdered by extremists. What does the respectful response to Ann Widdecombe's death tell us about political discourse?
#4238: How Incoterms Keep Global Trade From Falling Apart
Why a 1936 trade standard still governs global shipping — and where it's starting to break.
#4235: What Actually Unites Global Conservatism?
Burkean roots, wildly different branches — how one political label produces opposite policies worldwide.
#4232: Building Israel's Future: A Policy Platform
Five policy pillars to fix housing, cost of living, religion-state, education, and regional integration.
#4231: 7 Bills to Fix Israel's Cost of Living
A practical reform program targeting food, housing, and competition in Israel's most concentrated markets.
#4223: Burn the House Down: Iran's Both-Sides Strategy
Iran isn't picking winners in Israel—it's amplifying both extremes to tear the center apart.
#4221: When a Train Becomes a Battlefield: Israel's Internal Crisis
Six hundred million shekels in damage. Two years delayed. The saboteurs aren't enemies — they're citizens.
#4220: Venice's Playbook: City-States, Confederacies, and Modern Autonomy
Could Renaissance Italy's city-state model solve today's governance conflicts? Venice's rise and limits hold surprising lessons.
#4219: Who Really Owns the World's Container Ships?
Ten companies control 85% of global container capacity. Here's who they are and why it matters.
#4218: Israel's Dairy Paradox: Why Prices Stay High
Israeli cottage cheese costs 40% more than in Poland. Here's why protectionism backfired.
#4217: How Military Dogs Work Beyond the Checkpoint
Dogs parachute from helicopters, clear buildings, and track scents hours old. Here's how they outperform drones.