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Nutshell Politics
Welcome to the Nutshell Politics podcast, the show where we discuss what YOU need to know about world politics, with the context and depth that the mainstream media glosses over. We'll talk conflict, terrorism, international relations, religious and cultural contexts, and much more!
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89 episodiEpisode 77: The Quelling of a Qatari Quarrel
In this episode, we discuss the recent major change in Qatari relations with its nearest (only) neighbor, Saudi Arabia, and several other countries in...
AUTHOR READING - Ring of Conspiracy, by J. Robert Kinney (Chapter 1)
A special reading of Chapter 1 of Ring of Conspiracy, my brand-new mystery/suspense novel!
If you want to continue the story, the novel is avail...
Episode 76: An Iranian Assassination - What do we know?
In this episode, we discuss the recent mysterious killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian nuclear scientist about a week ago. Assassinated by (appar...
Episode 75: This Week in History - What's Important about November 9th?
In this episode, we discuss two major world events that took place on the same day in history, 61 years apart, in the same country of Germany. Novembe...
Episode 74: North Korean Parades and Missiles
In this episode, we discuss the recent 75th anniversary celebration parade in North Korea. Between an unusual tone taken by Kim Jong-un in his speech...
Episode 73: SPOTLIGHT -- The Uyghurs: A Persecuted People
In this episode, we highlight a people group in Asia that has been in the news recently, the Uyghurs. Who are they? Where are they from? What makes th...
Episode 72: Middle East Border History
In this episode, we talk about how much of the modern Middle East got the borders we see today, from Iraq to Syria to Jordan to Israel. While there ar...
Episode 71: A Historic Peace in the Middle East
In this episode, we discuss the recent historic peace deal to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first such de...
Episode 70: Pandemic Politics, Back from Hiatus
In this episode, I come back from a several month hiatus to discuss pandemics. We talk about a handful of historical pandemics and pandemic responses...
Episode 69: The Death of Qasem Soleimani
In this episode, we discuss the recent events between the US and Iran, sparked by the killing of Iranian general and terrorist, Qasem Soleimani by tar...
SPECIAL HOLIDAY REWIND: The Famous Christmas Truce of World War One!
For Christmas Eve, we have a brief discussion of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914, an unusual and fascinating event that took place during World War...
Episode 68: Uncontacted Tribes
In this episode, we examine the concept of uncontacted tribes. Following up on the last episode about the Sentinelese, we briefly touch on a few other...
Episode 67: SPOTLIGHT -- The Sentinelese, an untouched people
In this episode, we discuss one of the most famous untouched people groups in the world, the Sentinelese. Who are these people on a single island off...
Episode 66: Killing Baghdadi
In this week's episode, we look at the recent shocking news of the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, taken out by US Army Delta Force. How did we find th...
Episode 65: Did we Abandon the Kurds?
In this week's episode, we discuss President Trump's recent decision to pull out of Syria and the effect that has on one of our allies in the region,...
GREATEST HITS: International Institutions & the UN
This week, we look back at one of my very first (and most popular) episodes. We discuss the concept and role of international institutions, focusing o...
Episode 64: The Resource *Curse*
This week, we examine the political science paradox known as the "Resource Curse" or the "Paradox of Plenty". Why do countries with an abundance of a...
Episode 63: Death of a Despot - Robert Mugabe
In this week's episode, we discuss the recent death of Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe. A very controversial figure with a past of liberat...
GREATEST HITS: Terrorist Spotlight -- ISIS
In this week's episode, we take a look back at one of the most popular episodes of Nutshell Politics, a show where we discussed the infamous terrorist...
Episode 62: Economic Systems - A Brief Series, Part 2 (Capitalism vs Socialism!)
In this week's episode, we conclude a two week series on economic models in the world by looking at Capitalism and Socialism. This is a bit more techn...
Episode 61: Economic Systems - A Brief Series, Part 1
In this week's episode, we begin a brief, two-week series on major economic models/systems, culminating next week with a big Capitalism vs Socialism...
Episode 60: Battle for Hong Kong
In this week's episode, we discuss the ongoing Hong Kong protests in their demonstrations against Chinese influence and push for democracy. It's been...
GREATEST HITS: Four Waves of Modern Terrorism
First dropped almost a year ago, in Sept 2018, this episode on the history of modern terrorism is one of my most popular, most downloaded/played of al...
Episode 59: The Future of Europe & the EU
In this week's episode, we talk about some of the cracks we're starting to see in the EU (the debt crisis, mass migration, and Brexit) and what that m...
Episode 58: The Death of Bin Laden...no, not that one!
In this week's episode, I provide an update to the story I told on March 4th about the son of infamous terrorist Osama bin Laden. His son, Hamza, was...
Episode 57: SPOTLIGHT -- The Somali Terrorists of al-Shabaab
In this week's episode, we spotlight a terrorist organization that was in the news last week for a brutal terrorist attack in Mogadishu. al-Shabaab is...
Episode 56: HISTORICAL --> The Missing Submarine Hunter...FOUND!
In this week's episode, we look at the story behind the recent discovery of the USS Eagle Boat 56, a submarine chaser patrol boat that was sunk off th...
Episode 55: The Land without Time -- Sommaroy
In this week's episode, we take a fun look at the tiny, Norwegian fishing village of Sommaroy. Situated so far north, it's inside the Arctic circle, t...
Episode 54: West Africa and the single currency
In this week's episode, we discuss the West African plan to introduce the "eco", a single currency that they seek to share as soon as 2020. What is it...
Episode 53: Palestinian Peace Conference -- How did it go?
In this week's episode, we discuss a BRIEF history of the Israel-Palestine conflict to set the stage, then dive into the outcome of the recent confere...
Episode 52: Iran, a Relationship on the Edge
In this week's episode, we discuss the relationship between the United States and Iran. We start by briefly touching on the history of the relationshi...
Episode 51: Trump, Bahrain, & the Plan in Palestine
In this week's episode, we examine the upcoming conference in Bahrain, hosted by the United States, to improve the Palestinian economy & infrastructur...
Episode 50: Historical episode - The Normandy Invasion
In this week's episode, we pay tribute to the 75th anniversary of D-Day by briefly discussing that fateful day when the Allied forces kicked off the i...
Episode 49: The American Taliban...Free!?
In this week's episode, we take a look at the unusual case of John Walker Lindh, the man known infamously as the "American Taliban". Convicted of aidi...
GREATEST HITS: Who are the Kurds?
In this week's episode, we take a look back at one of the most popular Nutshell Politics episodes, from back in August, where we discussed the Kurdish...
Episode 48: Baghdadi Surfaces after 5 Years -- What does it mean?
In this week's episode, we examine a recent ISIS video, depicting their leader, al-Baghdadi. So just who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? And what does his em...
Episode 47: Around the World, Election-style
In this week's episode, we take looks at several important elections around the world that have either happened recently or are upcoming, from Ukraine...
Episode 46: Israel and Palestine Erupt!
In this week's episode, we look at recent escalations of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territory in Gaza. What is happening? What sparked it?...
Episode 45: Terror in Sri Lanka
In this week's episode, we look at the recent terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, as well as some of the context behind the violent history of terrorism in...
GREATEST HITS: Excelsior! Stan Lee, Superheroes, & Politics.
A look back at one of my more popular episodes where--as a tribute to the late Stan Lee--we examined the unusual intersection between superheroes and...