Angry Planet

Mar 25 2025 460 ep. 40 mins 4.2k
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Conversations about conflict on an angry planet. Created, produced, and hosted by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields

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The Cult of Rationalism in Silicon Valley

Mar 25 2025 61 mins  
A lot of the people designing America’s technology and close to the center of American power believe some deeply weird shit. We already talked to journalist Gil Duran about the Nerd Reich, the rise of the destructive anti-democratic ideology. In this episode, we dive into another weird section of Silicon Valley: the cult of Rationalism.Max Read, the journalist behind the Read Max

How Israel Is Using Microsoft AI to Pick Targets in Gaza

Mar 10 2025 29 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe Israeli military is using AI products from Microsoft to conduct its war in Gaza. Off the shelf AI products powered by the tech company’s Azure cloud computing system and OpenAI are helping the IDF sort through data, translate Arabic, and even pick targets. But AI translations aren’t perfect and these system

Welcome to the Nerd Reich

Mar 03 2025 64 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comWe’re living in a bizarre age of technofascism. The richest man who has ever lived, a man who dreams of colonizing Mars with his children, is America’s CEO. Donald Trump, the man people voted for, is just the chairman of the board.What does Elon Musk believe? Is there a playbook for DOGE? How bad are things goi

The American Iron Dome Is an Expensive Boondoggle That Won’t Work

Feb 19 2025 52 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comPresident Donald Trump wants to build an American Iron Dome. He even signed an executive order to make it happen. It’s a terrible idea, one we’ve tried before, and one that will make America less safe.In this episode, Joseph Cirincione returns to the program to detail his personal history with complicated and c

The End of U.S. Soft Power

Feb 10 2025 58 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the interim head of USAID, for however much longer the agency lasts. For 60 years, the massive bureaucracy was a vehicle for American soft power abroad. Trump, Elon Musk, and all their creatures don’t like it. It might soon be gone.Nicole Widdersheim is the deputy Washington

Lost Episode: ‘Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World’

Jan 29 2025 60 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe pros and cons of globalizationThe end of trust in the global systemWhat was behind the WTO protests of the 1990sHow 1999's WTO Protests Influenced the Policing of Protests TodayChina, China, ChinaThe Covid shockWhite goods?And we have to talk about McDonald’sHow sanctions created the multipolar world“There�

Pete Hegseth and the Surreal World of the Civ-Mil Divide With Phil Klay

Jan 20 2025 57 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comBetween the idea and the reality falls the shadow. Marine Corps veteran J.D. Vance will soon be vice president. Pete Hegseth, a man with a Crusader Kings tattoo who doesn’t want women to serve in combat roles, is probably going to be confirmed as secretary of defense. Over New Years, two members of the U.S. milit

‘Putin’s Revenge.’ Lucian Kim on Why Russia Invaded Ukraine

Jan 13 2025 51 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comIt’s hard to read the mind of a dictator, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.When Russian President invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, there were a million columns, videos and podcasts explaining “the real reason” for such a “crazy” move.Well, anyone who tells the story from February 2022 i

Syria, Authoritarianism, and U.S. Politics

Dec 23 2024 51 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThis week on Angry Planet writer David Faris joins us to talk about his time in Syria and life in America.David’s travels from Lebanon to SyriaWhen people hoped Bashar al-Assad would change SyriaWhat a real totalitarian state feels likeThe nightmare that follows the collapse of a dictatorshipOnce again, the ugly

A Crash Course on Indian Assassinations and ISIS in Canada

Dec 17 2024 57 mins  
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThis week Angry Planet turns its attention to Canada. Global News investigative journalist Stewart Bell joins us to walk through his two latest pieces and give Matthew a crash course on Canadian history. What do outlaw motorcycle gangs, extrajudicial assassinations, an Indian separatist movement, and a resurgent Is