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Eastern European host Zaza talks to some of the SMARTEST PEOPLE on the planet, exploring as many different topics as he can get his greedy hands on👇🏻

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If you ever wondered what the COLLAPSE of the USSR "felt like", you should listen to my conversation with historian of the Soviet Union, Joseph Kellner HERE 👇🏻

youtu.be/UlHz_mEEhK0

#ussr #sovietunion #history #podcast
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
Is global warming really ACCELERATING??

Turns out there's a bit of a SPLIT within the climate science community, notably between two of it's most eminent voices, @michaelemann.bsky.social and @drjamesehansen.bsky.social.

... but who's RIGHT?

youtu.be/wgTsaER2EDc

#climatescience #globalwarming
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I had a great chat with @smartcookies.bsky.social podcast a little while back, covering climate change, denialism, doomism, tipping points, and geoengineering.

Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxH... or listen via wherever you get your podcasts!

www.patreon.com/the_smart_co...

#ClimateChange
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Podcaster Joe Rogan keeps claiming the EARTH is cooling down. I talk to @davidamckay.bsky.social (an actual CLIMATE scientist) to dispel the BS 👇🏻

youtu.be/OoxHZnv0ads

#climatechange #joerogan #climateaction
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
Cory Doctorow, author of Enshitification, explains how GOOGLE deliberately degraded their own search engine

youtu.be/7FbAJeFYl-c

#Google #searchengine #corydoctorow #enshitification
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Did Google intentionally make it's search engine SHITTY?
According to Cory Doctorow, the answer is a resounding YES 💩

You can find our FULL CONVO on Enshitification here:

youtu.be/-BoORwEPlQ0

#google #bigtech #searchengine
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
The GAZA ceasefire is here. What happens NEXT?

Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani outlines a possible outcome 👇🏻

youtu.be/BI5GdavJ85U

#ceasefire #GazaCeasefire
October 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
Hamas is ready to negotiate. Israel keeps dropping bombs. What's happening to Trump's GAZA peace plan?

Analyst and commentator Mouin Rabbani breaks it down 👇🏻

youtu.be/VWramu_7L6k

#news #gaza #trump #israel
October 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
smartcookies.bsky.social
The genocide in GAZA is the biggest crime of our era - but is it finally coming to an end?

I discuss the horrific war, Netanyahu's aims and Trump's latest peace plan with Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani👇🏻

Youtube:
youtu.be/BI5GdavJ85U

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4TRm...

#gaza #israel
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October 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Another episode for my fellow HISTORY nerds ⚔️!!!

I host Prof. Yeng-Wen Zheng from @manchester.ac.uk to talk about the NOTORIOUS Opium Wars 🌸👇🏻

Youtube:
youtu.be/8sooOkmxRVI

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3U7t...

#China #history #imperialism
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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How did a SLAVE ARMY stop the invincible MONGOL advance?

Author of the Mongol Storm, @nicmorton.bsky.social, details one of the most important campaigns in all of MEDIEVAL history 👇🏻

youtu.be/AgyPIHUMtg0

#medieval #history
September 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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"At least he's talking about BLACKROCK..."

Prof. Will Davies on JOE ROGAN and the rise of anti-experts 👇🏻

youtu.be/1lVCtycEHpQ

#JoeRogan #podcast #TheJoeRoganExperience #science
September 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
Neoliberal capitalism is DEAD. But what kind of a system has replaced it?

I ask sociologist, political economist and author of Nervous States, Prof. @will-davies.bsky.social 👇🏻

youtu.be/KvNbY9jNsQo

#capitalism #politics
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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"The Right would like to portray this as CIVIL WAR!"

Sociologist Prof. Will Davies breaks down the reckless framing of the CHARLIE KIRK killing👇🏻

youtu.be/N4vrQrIc1fU

#charliekirk #charliekirkassassination #MAGA
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
Is the killing of CHARLIE KIRK another symptom of a disintegrating political system in the US?

Sociologist, political economist and author of Nervous States Prof. @will-davies.bsky.social weighs in👇🏻

YT:
youtu.be/KvNbY9jNsQo

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1ea6...

#politics #charliekirk #MAGA
September 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
smartcookies.bsky.social
What was the real story behind the legendary order of ASSASSINS 🥷?

Medieval historian @nicmorton.bsky.social answers 👇🏻

youtu.be/OMGnnePwbzE

#history #medieval
September 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
smartcookies.bsky.social
Which Middle Eastern power managed to FINALLY stop the invincible MONGOL armies??

Find out in the SECOND part of this amazing conversation with historian @nicmorton.bsky.social, author of the Mongol Storm ⚔️ 👇🏻

Youtube:
youtu.be/mYYQSZpYDu0

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5GfT...

#history
September 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
It's the middle of the 13th century and the MONGOLS have bulldozed their way through Middle Eastern states like they have a cheat code ⚔️

The conquest of EVERYTHING seemed inevitable... but was it?

Pt. 2 of with convo @nicmorton.bsky.social drops TOMORROW 👇🏻

youtu.be/mYYQSZpYDu0
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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He EXECUTED a group of Mongol traders... The Mongols INVADED and poured molten silver into his eyes.

Historian @nicmorton.bsky.social tells the INCREDIBLE story of the fall of the Khwarazmian Empire 👇🏻

youtu.be/sQyMQcZp7ek

#mongolempire #genghiskhan #medievalhistory
September 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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There are few events in all MEDIEVAL history as ASTONISHING as the legend of the mythical Christian king, Prester John...

Historian @nicmorton.bsky.social, author of "The Mongol Storm" recounts this incredible story 👇🏻

youtu.be/j0Bl-3SKuF8

#mongolempire #history #medieval
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
smartcookies.bsky.social
The first part of the conversation about the MONGOL STORM, an unputdownable history of Mongol conquests, with @nicmorton.bsky.social is finally HERE👇🏻

YT:
youtu.be/KghrmkP4QTU

Apple podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5KHi...

#history #mongols
September 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
smartcookies.bsky.social
🇨🇳 How affordable is life a first-tier Chinese city?
🇨🇳 How easy is it to get a job there?
🇨🇳 Is everyday life in China a techno utopia, or a hyper-competitive nightmare?

@kaiserkuo.bsky.social breaks it down 👇🏻

youtu.be/IPxTZfjDXBY

#china
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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In Western media CHINA occupies the role of our main adversary - it's usually portrayed negatively, the reportage riddled with stereotypes...

But is China REALLY just an endless gulag, or is it a bit more complicated than that?

I talk to @kaiserkuo.bsky.social to find out 👇🏻

#china #politics #west
August 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
smartcookies.bsky.social
A conversation about this thrilling (if slightly terrifying), part of HISTORY coming soon to a pod near you!

Yes, I meant this one.
nicmorton.bsky.social Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · Jul 22
My book "The Mongol Storm" offers a history of the Mongol invasions into the Middle East told from many different perspectives - Byzantine, Mamluk, Seljuk, Armenian, Ayyubid, Crusader etc.

If you're looking for a summer read...
August 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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"Unlike the US, China doesn't want to push its IDEOLOGY on others..."

@kaiserkuo.bsky.social on what we get MOST WRONG about China 🇨🇳 in 2025:

youtu.be/21z6Brh1SNU

#china #foreignpolicy #uspolitics #donaldtrump
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM