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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 - 31. Tinfoil Hats

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France (notpatrick on Twitter) * Turki from Saudi Arabia (saudi on Twitter) * Randy from the US (randydeluxe on Twitter) * John from the US (copperdome on Twitter) * Paul from Hong Kong (foxlore on Twitter) Talk about: * Tunisia and Algeria * Egypt * Korea * Cote d'Ivoir * Don't Ask Don't Tell And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 10, 20111 hr 57 min

The Phileas Club - 30. Muslims Share Christian Values

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France (notpatrick on Twitter) * Turki from Saudi Arabia (saudi on Twitter) * Randy from the US (randydeluxe on Twitter) * Kerwin from the UK (kerwindatu on Twitter) Talk about: * Hero miners * Koreas * US elections * Portugal and Ireland And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 30, 20101 hr 57 min

The Phileas Club - 29. Boston Passport

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France (notpatrick on Twitter) * Turki from Saudi Arabia (saudi on Twitter) * Omri from Israel & California (omri_drory on Twitter) Talk about: * North Korea * Swede and Europe far right * Ecuador * the Middle East And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 04, 20101 hr 33 min

The Phileas Club - 28. Secretary Hilton

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France (notpatrick on Twitter) * Turki from Saudi Arabia (saudi on Twitter) * Paul from Hong Kong (foxlore on Twitter) * Scott from the US (extralife on Twitter) Talk about: * miners * Pakistan * Israel * hostage situations * ramadan * tea parties * gipsies And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 05, 20102 hr 7 min

The Phileas Club - 27. What could possibly go wrong...

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Kerwin from the UK * Shawn from the US * Lertad from the US Talk about: * BP * Russian Fires * Illegal Immigration * Burkas * Religion * Secularism And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 08, 20102 hr 26 min

The Phileas Club - 26. There's a boy named Fale

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Kelly from Canada * Randy from the US Talk about: * the Soccer World Cup * the G20 * Oil Spills * Saudi Fatwas And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 27, 20101 hr 29 min

The Phileas Club - 25. Eurovision Love

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Molly Wood from the US * Tom Merritt from the US * Paulo from the US Talk about: * Greece * Oil Spills * Sex and the City 2 * Soccer World Cup in South Africa * Eurovision And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 20101 hr 25 min

The Phileas Club - 24. Space Lasers

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Kelly from the Canada * Mohammed from Qatar * Julio from Argentina / Netherlands Talk about: * Burka * Space * The ash cloud * Poland * Greece * Afghanistan And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 25, 20101 hr 45 min

The Phileas Club - 23. Bait and F you

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Randy from the US Talk about: * Earth Hour * Israel * US Health care bill * Regional elections in France And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 28, 20101 hr 32 min

The Phileas Club - 22. Mac Halal

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Jen from the US * Kerwin from the UK Talk about: * the Olympics * Natural disasters * Greece * Halal fastfood joints * Respectable Foxnews articles And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 08, 20101 hr 44 min

The Phileas Club - 21. Podcastus Interruptus

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Tom Merrit from the US Talk about: * Haiti * the iPad And other things, and then get rudely interrupted by a technical mishap that ate the second half of the show. It was really good too, with a great discussion about the Burka, among other things. Very sorry about this folks, we'll be back next month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 07, 201030 min

The Phileas Club - 20. Happy New Year!

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * Scott from the US * Kerwin from the UK Talk about: * The climate summit in Copenhagen * Stories of 2009 * Women's achievements in Saudi Arabia * Snow in Europe And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 28, 20091 hr 32 min

The Phileas Club - S5. Atheism for dummies

As you can imagine, this show talks about Atheists and their views. When I mentioned I wanted to do a show on the topic, I got more interest from readers and followers than ever before. Many offered to be on the show, which I am very thankful for; I am sorry I couldn't include everyone who offered their input. We did manage to assemble an excellent panel though, and while we did tackle Atheism in all the ways I hoped we would, we also talked about many topics related to it. It is inevitable I su...

Dec 13, 20091 hr 26 min

The Phileas Club - 19. Berlin Wall'ed

On this episode, your hosts: * Patrick Beja from France * Turki from Saudi Arabia * John from the US * Randy from the Canada Talk about: * The Berlin Wall * The climate change summit in Copenhagen * Security in France * Wars and floods in Saudi Arabia * Turki day in the US ! And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 29, 20091 hr 22 min

The Phileas Club - 18. Filler show - Net Neutrality

This is a special “filler” episode. Scheduling issues prevented the group from doing a regular show this time, so Patrick decided to go ahead and ramble on one of his favorite issues for half an hour: Net Neutrality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 02, 200931 min

The Phileas Club - S4. Healthcare for dummies

A special episode all dedicated to healthcare, with: - Patrick Beja from France - Julio Aprea from Argentina / Netherlands - Maria from Sweden - Randy Jordan from the US - Samantha Jane from Canada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 18, 20091 hr 59 min

The Phileas Club - 17. Reasonable People?

Turki, Jen, Kerwin and Patrick talk about Swine Flu, 9/11 and the Afghan War, the G20 in Pittsburg, Carbon Taxes, Saudi Universities and Terrorists, Noynoy Aquino, The 9/12 March and more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 27, 20091 hr 33 min

The Phileas Club - 15. Our Chinese overlords

Turki, Scott and Patrick talk about health care, Walter Cronkite, Iranian planes, swine flu pandemic, Barrack Obama, French workers blowing up factories, as well as the issue of sex toys on Saudi TV and the future of our Chinese overlords. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 20091 hr 44 min

The Phileas Club - 14. Green avatars help

Turki, Julio and myself listen to Neda, an Iranian national, tell us about the situation in Iran. We talk about the past and present as we try to understand what led to the uprising we've all heard about. We also take on a couple of other stories, like Micheal Jackson's death and the EU elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 27, 20091 hr 36 min

The Phileas Club - 13. Two's company

Turki and I tackle all things middle eastern and European in this "two person panel"(tm) episode. Financial Crisis, EU elections, Israel, Three Strikes law, comments on last episode and more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 01, 20091 hr 14 min

The Phileas Club - 12. Do YOU have the pig flu?

Roger from East Meets West (and from San Francisco) and Mohammed "the kid" from Qatar join me in this episode as we wait for that guy from Saudi Arabia to remember he's due for our panel. Yes, Turki forgot about us a second time (and he'll never hear the end of it). He does end up joining us though, and we tackle a number of issues, some very serious and some really not... Petty much as usual. Some of the topics we talk about include: police violence at the G20, Talibans resurgence, Ahmadinejad ...

Apr 26, 20091 hr 49 min

The Phileas Club - S2. Republicans for dummies.

In this second special we take on the whole GOP! Well, maybe not, but Brian,Richard and Randy take on the difficult task of explaining to a poor silly Frenchman what the Republican party and ideas are all about. We talk about the (often caricatured) media portrayal of their views as well as the major issues that seem to drive a wedge between the left and the right, and that often seem to be considered as extremes in many parts of the world: taxes, government reach, religion, arms control and muc...

Apr 11, 20092 hr 4 min

The Phileas Club - 11. Singapore Earth Hour.

Two newcomers join the club. Maria from Sweden and Charles from Singapore complete this month's trio. Just to give you a quick preview, let me tell you what titles I was thinking about for the episode: "Earth Hour in the Nude" and "Fun Swedish Nurse Stories". Yes, I know! So we had a lot of fun during the show, but we also tackled serious issues though, like "these tough economic times" (drink), the pope's controversial statements and the ICC's latest rulings. As well as pirate trials in Sweden,...

Mar 29, 20091 hr 10 min

The Phileas Club - 10. Usans.

It's seems I'm unable to keep the show to a reasonable length... No matter, with guests like Tom (from the US), Julio (from Argentina/Netherlands/Space) and Turki (from Saudi Arabia), anything less would seem like a waste. This time we focus around serious and controversial topics like the Australian fires, the Isreali election, the terrorist attacks in Cairo, Hugo Chavez's referendum and the right to be a revisionist, as well as more light hearted topics like the Oscars and the oil companies' s...

Mar 01, 20092 hr 18 min

The Phileas Club - S1. Islam for dummies.

Do you ever get tired of thinking in stereotypes and inaccuracies? I know I do, and my knowledge of Islam certainly is vague... but here's an idea: how about sitting down with a Muslim and asking him all sorts of candid questions? Simple enough, right? But maybe you don't have a Muslim right next door to ask him yourself. Well, fear not! The Phileas Club is here to help. We asked Turki (our resident Saudi panelist) to take us on a tour of the Muslim faith. I also asked Scott (from Utah) to join ...

Feb 12, 20091 hr 11 min

The Phileas Club - 9. Micheal Dell needs more bodyguards.

Turki (Saudi Arabia), Randy (Texas / Canada), Mohammed (Qatar) join me on the show to talk about Gaza, Obama and the religious police, as well as the Dell / Poutine incident, ad-sponsored adultery and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 01, 20091 hr 27 min

The Phileas Club - 8. The Epic Show.

For the last show of the year we thought we'd do something special, and something special we did! Five hosts spaning twelve time zones for two hours Phileasic goodness. We cover India / Pakistan from India, Isreal / Gaza from Tel Aviv and Ryad, Shoe throwing from all over, and we take a look back at what made 2008 memorable as well as making bold predictive hopes for 2009. So turn off the TV and pour yourself a drink as we close off this year the international way! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Jan 01, 20092 hr 7 min

The Phileas Club - 7. Pinko Nutjobs.

In October we get a US centric episode. With the election dominating the news, Brian Hess from Las Vegas joins Turki from Saudi Arabia and myself to try and get a balanced picture of what is going on in the last weeks of the race.We also talk about the economic crisis, annulled marriages, terrorist being prosecuted, misconduct at the top of the IMF, president voodoo dolls and even clever cops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 26, 20081 hr 40 min

The Phileas Club - 6. The world almost ended. Twice.

A slightly longer show, as interesting as it is fun! Tom Merrit (from the US) and Turki (from Saudi Arabia) join me on this month's adventure as we tackle the financial crisis, Pakistani elections, the US presidential debate, the question of Sarah Palin's choice and edicts to kill broadcast companies owners, as well as investigations on toilet parts theft, fat taxes and reasons why Mickey Mouse should be put down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 28, 20081 hr 30 min
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