This American Life - #763: The Other Mr President I’d forgotten how obvious it was that Putin staged the 1999 Russian apartment bombings.
The Daily - In Ukraine, the Men Who Must Stay and Fight I’m uneasy with a mandate that men must fight. I understand in wartime, principles are stretched. But even in a practical sense, it doesn’t make much sense: how much are millions of physically and psychologically unprepared men going to help?
EconTalk - Tamar Haspel: First-Hand Food Tamar had no Rousseau-ian fantasy about self-sufficiency. She embarked on the experiment open-mindedly and wrote about what it gave her in a more spiritual sense.
Dilemma Podcast - S3E7: Thinking of it That Way | Monica Guzman Monica spoke eloquently about polarisation - emphasising the cruciality of curiosity. She remains practical in what she expects to come from it.
The Daily - How Europe Came Around to Sanctions We live in an age of a united European Union. It’s bittersweet given Britain’s exit. However, Europe is stronger and more secure as a result.
Making Sense - Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues I regret my [snarky tweet]((https://twitter.com/InfinityJames/status/1498398376056008706?s=20&t=sieBTiCcQZZhhlUaacOSIw) about the ill-judged timing of this release. The urgency is self-evident: Kevin Esvelt made it clear why USAID’s new Deep VZN program’s aim to discover and identify new pandemic-grade viruses and make public their genomes is a severe risk.
Conversations with Coleman - S3E5: COVID, The Conversation We’ve Been Waiting For | Dr Zubin Damania
Zubin is about as nuanced an expert voice as I’ve heard on the matter.
Honestly - Russia’s War on Ukraine: A Roundtable Niall Ferguson was entertainingly disagreeable. It was helpful to hear arguments both for and against the US and European handling of this war.
The Fifth Column - #348: Matt Taibbi | Richard Perle in New Jersey, Putin in Hell, Ukraine in Crisis](https://overcast.fm/+fKDPDrg00) Matt’s opinions are simultaneously delivered strongly and with humility. I differ from him in many ways, but I’m glad I heard what he thought about NATO expansionism.
The Brendan O’Neill Show - #87: The case for the lab-leak theory | Matt Ridley As Matt pointed out, most people’s trust in science would have increased if they didn’t close ranks and refuse to internally investigate.