News from a Boring Dystopia

Today's episode marks a change to a more serious tone where we discuss the global threat of socialism imposed by the Biden Administration.  Today's guest Jack discusses his involvement in socialist activism and gives his policy solutions to America's myriad of problems.  Bruno points out parallels with socialism's stigma in Brazil.  Antonio finds great use of a free to use trap remix he found online several months ago.  

In today's episode we give the other side of the story with regards to episode 15.  Joining us is Ozgur who is an International Relations scholar and expert on Turkey.  We discuss parallels with regards to authoritarianism, immigration, and desperation.  Antonio attempts a variety of Turkey centric puns and dad jokes.  

In today's episode we discuss the geopolitical impact of K-pop music.  Joining us is guest Teddy Son who is a Korean journalist.  We discuss the role of government in K-pop, how the fans of this music may vary across the globe, and we discuss how this music is challenging western beauty standards and notions of gender roles.  Should K-pop stars wearing dreadlocks be cancelled?  Find out today! 

Happy New Year! Today we come back from a small holiday hiatus with guest Xenofon Kalogeropoulos, a historian and current master's student at the London School of Economics. We recorded this episode on the 15th of November discussing the situation in the Greko Turkish border and the foreign relations of Turkey focusing on her relationships with Greece and the EU. Find Xenofon on instagram at @foreignvoice. Follow us on Instagram @fromboring.dystopia and on Twitter @FromBoring. 

We discuss the ongoing conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia.  We explain how the US is involved in the conflict and how special interests in Saudi Arabia may have vested interests in a bad relationship between the US and Iran.  Special guest @shahedghoreishi on Twitter.  

Vik is an American engineer, expert in cybersecurity. Devin is his friend and of similar qualifications. We discuss the importance of cybersecurity from the perspective of IR conflict.  We discuss China's technological threat, surveillance, and much more.  

In today's episode we discuss the broader negative cultural impacts of Christianity in the countries of India and the United States.  We look at the far right in Poland.  We discuss the new Supreme Court in the United States.  

George and Shreya join the podcast.  Alejandra guest stars.  We discuss the significance of the Bolivian elections, what it means to be Latino, the new wave of Coronavirus in Europe, the rape-pandemic in Peru, and much more.  New episodes on Wednesdays @ 10pm PST.  Sorry about the delay, we need to give the editor more time.    

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Non-state actor special! Apologies for the uneven audio levels due to a recording issue.

Rising tensions over a Nile dam in Ethiopia, Chinese economic colonialism, and Caribbean Pirates feature this week in our pilot episode.