The Phileas Club

World news, the not boring way. People from around the world tell you what has been making the news in their country, both local and international. Heated arguments and silly discussions ensue.

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Episodes

The Phileas Club - 5. Utah is now its own country!

An epic "new world vs old world" confrontation makes the august edition of The Phileas Club a memorable one. With only two panelists this time, Scott Johnson (from Utah) gets a chance to show his serious side when we tackle topics like the Russia / Georgia issue, the Beijing Olympics, the deaths of French soldiers in Afghanistan and more. They also talk about the Mormon "condition", drug enhanced cyber athletes and kids with a heightened sense of smell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Aug 27, 2008•1 hr 7 min

The Phileas Club - 4. The French hate money.

For the month of july 2008, we welcome Jeff from the US and Turki from Saudi Arabia. We talk about the Union for the Mediteranean, Obama's world tour, Bill Gates and his evil ways, as well as cool nerds who dress funny, TV shows causing divorces and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 29, 2008•1 hr 14 min

The Phileas Club - 3. Like kids at the pool.

For the month of june 2008, we welcome Mohammed from Quatar and Jim from Colorad (US). We talk about the oil prices, Irish voters, alcohol free sundays, 700.000 year old velociraptaurs building huts and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 25, 2008•1 hr 16 min

The Phileas Club - 2. Made up holidays.

This month we get our share of testosterone with an all male cast. Turki from Saudi Arabia, Artur from Armenia, Randy from Texas and myself, Patrick from france bring up difficult stories and fun facts from around the world with a healthy amount of discussion. We talk about the crisis in Burma, the lebanese crisis and Israel's 60 years, but we also bring you stories of people dining at gunpoint, mining ressources out of the moon and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

May 27, 2008•1 hr 6 min

The Phileas Club - 1. Welcome to the club.

For the month of april 2008, we welcome Gita from London (UK) and Rachel from Round Rock (TX, USA) to join Patrick from France. We talk about the big issues like the Chinese olympics, the food crisis or the US elections of course, but we also tackle topics like presidents' sexy wives dressed in old queen dresses, teen TV stars showing half a back, tugging icebergs into London, and british party members getting fined for saying first names, among many other serious and interesting things. Hosted ...

May 01, 2008•1 hr 21 min

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