Putin intensifies his attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, and Tanner speculates on how destructive this war could become based on Putin's tactics in two previous wars. Tanner discusses the events that JUST unfolded in northern Iraq, where Iranian missiles impacted near a new U.S. Consulate, taking a moment to put on his tinfoil hat and explore how this could all be part of a global shift of power, heading toward total destabilization of geopolitics as we know them. Buckle up....
Mar 13, 2022•33 min
The Russian siege of Mariupol continues with tragic consequences. Ukrainian refugees near 2 million. Tanner goes on his most intense rant since starting the podcast over two years ago.
Mar 10, 2022•30 min
Russia lays siege to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, creating a humanitarian crisis with accusations of anti-civilian action on both sides. Media wars create a propagandistic dystopia where no one knows what's real anymore. Western credit card companies cease all international payments in or out of Russia, so Russia turns to a different source for its international payments.
Mar 08, 2022•29 min
Did the world just see a near-nuclear meltdown? Russian armies make gains in southern Ukraine, while Ukrainian cities in the north continue to be bombarded by relentless artillery barrages.
Mar 05, 2022•19 min
Russia adopts new, horrific tactics to demoralize the Ukrainian people. The United Nations overwhelmingly votes to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. United States President Joe Biden vows to defend "every inch" of land in NATO countries if Russia is to invade. A brief Q&A session where Tanner answers: - What do you think the outcome of the war will be? - How will the United States respond? - If Russia takes Ukraine, what next? - Is this a global threat? - Will Russia start using Nukes? -...
Mar 03, 2022•26 min
The first day of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine proves fruitless, but plans remain in place for the talks to continue. A huge Russian convoy is spotted outside Kiev as Russian artillery batters the city. Ukraine announces the creation of an international volunteer legion which allows for foreign volunteers to come fight the Russians, and thousands around the world scramble to join up. A refugee crisis brews on the western border, and Tanner dissects the "racist" claims.
Mar 01, 2022•27 min
Russia and Ukraine agree to peace talks to be held on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Russian oligarchs call for the end to the war. Ukraine remains in full control of all major cities in the nation.
Feb 27, 2022•14 min
Russia is blocked from using the vital S.W.I.F.T. international payments system. NATO ships thousands of weapons into Ukraine. Dozens of reports of captured Russian soldiers who don't know why they're in Ukraine in the first place. Russian tanks refuse to engage Ukrainian civilians. All is quiet in the capital city of Kyiv as dawn breaks over Ukraine on the fourth day of fighting.
Feb 27, 2022•29 min
The Battle of Kiev results in an initial Ukrainian victory, with the Ukraine reporting thousands of Russian casualties since the war began. The Russian advance continues in southern Ukraine, but the fortunes of war have turned against the Russian Army as Ukrainian refugees begin re-entering the country to join in the fight.
Feb 26, 2022•26 min
Ukrainians strike back. The Russians are driven back on multiple fronts, but continue their advance where they can, while the Ukrainians arm their people and prepare for what could be the first great battle of the 21st Century. Legends are born.
Feb 26, 2022•52 min
The Russian advance into Ukraine stalls as Ukraine arms its populace. We get a glimpse at Putin's endgame. NATO responds.
Feb 25, 2022•30 min
The Russian Federation has invaded the sovereign state of the Ukraine. This is the first update in the events that will be unfolding in the next few weeks and months.
Feb 24, 2022•24 min
Hitler, now Fuhrer of Nazi Germany, allied with Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Hirohito, unleashes his ultimate war machine on Europe with terrifying results. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance.
Feb 13, 2022•46 min
On January 21st, a convoy of trucks left British Columbia with the intention of reaching Ottawa, Ontario to protest the Canadian vaccine mandates handed down to truckers. This convoy has turned into a movement, and the protestors are going on twelve days in Ottawa without the government backing down. Now, word is that it could turn nasty. Tanner details why it all makes him kind of nervous.
Feb 08, 2022•21 min
For the last eight years, a war has been raging in Eastern Ukraine, but in the last few months, Russia has been moving large amounts of Russian troops to its border with Ukraine. Is this going to be an invasion? Are we headed for war? Why should we care? WHAT'S GOING ON?!
Jan 26, 2022•33 min
In the 1920s and 30s, Japan developed an insatiable appetite for territorial expansion, and after a few annexations in the Pacific, turned its attention to China. It was there that one of the most violent showdowns in human history would begin.
Jan 07, 2022•42 min
Besides Russia, much of Europe quieted into an uneasy stalemate as they rang in the 1920s. In this episode, we cover the Paris Peace Conference, the Russian Civil war, and the rise of Fascism in Europe.
Nov 18, 2021•42 min
Originally released in August of 2020, this episode details the progressive march of warfare technology through the 1800s into the 1900s, and how it became so horrifically destructive.
Sep 04, 2021•24 min
Europe descends into carnage as the Great War breaks out across the continent and beyond. Join us as we travel through the four years of conflict that dawned a new age of industrialized warfare on our planet.
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Originally released in February of 2020, this episode covers the events that transpired at the end of June 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, which sparked the fire that led to the First World War.
Jun 13, 2021•19 min
The final pieces are put into place to ignite the great powder keg in Europe as the threat of the first global war looms.
May 19, 2021•42 min
During a rare time of peace, European leaders begin to look elsewhere for the means to enhance their national prestige and bolster their struggling economies.
Apr 07, 2021•22 min
Italy takes down Austria, Prussia rips France to shreds, and Russia exacts its revenge on the Ottomans. Battle lines are being drawn.
Mar 16, 2021•37 min
France, Britain, and Sardinia join forces with the Ottoman Empire in facing off with Russia over dominion of the Black Sea. It gets ugly.
Feb 24, 2021•30 min
The roots of the World Wars lie in the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte to the throne of France, where the country would experience a meteoric rise, and equally humbling fall, as the first modern European empire.
Feb 16, 2021•29 min
On the first ever Live Edition of this podcast, I give an unscripted, unedited analysis of what happened at the United States Capitol Building today, on January 6th, 2021, as Congress attempted to certify the election results that now solidify Joe Biden's seat at the Resolute Desk.
Jan 07, 2021•31 min
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Jan 02, 2021•45 min
He goes by many names, drives a huge sleigh through the sky with magical flying reindeer, keeps a giant book with the names of all children and information regarding their behavior, and delivers presents to those deserving of them... but where did the story of Santa Claus come from? MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Dec 25, 2020•24 min
Western Medicine and Eastern Medicine have deeply divided roots. Many people in the West consider Eastern Medicine to be 'pseudoscience,' while the results of much of the Eastern philosophies have been proven to be effective. Why the divide? In this podcast, designed to meet the criteria of a University assignment, (thanks in advance for the good score, professor,) we explore the roots of the East-West Divide.
Dec 10, 2020•16 min
In the late 1910s to the late 1930s, a series of events came to be known that defined the African-American culture in the United States through music, literature, and art, with the epicenter existing in a single large neighborhood on the island of Manhattan: Harlem.
Nov 24, 2020•16 min
