Those shows were very influential on me. However I feel they were too much on the same page and the discussions would hit the same beats over and over. Ben is at his best when he’s on another person’s podcast and his talk turns into the most incredible information dump.
That’s precisely right. It’s colonialism, but you have to read it not in isolation but in context of current events. When has the US ever come out against colonialism? When have they sided, say, with the Sahel states against France, or with the Palestinians against Zionist occupation? The US is simply angry at Spain for not allowing the US to use their airspace against Iran, for openly making modest noise in support of Palestine, as well as for forging closer ties with Algeria, which will never be forgiven for expelling the French (same as Haiti in that regard).
It was originally called Multipolarista which was a bit cringe, prefer the new name.
I don’t have a steady podcast rotation any more. I like Pascal when he has a good guest like Radhika. One of his best was with Adnan Husain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbasAeQZqEA