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Popular Front

Popular Front is a grassroots media organisation that focuses solely on war and conflict. We go deeper than mainstream news in a way that makes important war coverage accessible for everyone. The podcast focuses on the niche details of modern warfare and under-reported conflict. See more at www.popularfront.co

Episodes

15. The Idlib Dilemma

The region of Idlib in northwestern Syria has been a fiefdom for jihadist forces for some time, most notably the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham who rule about 60% of the region. Russia and the Assad regime are likely to launch an offensive on Idlib very soon, but with three million people living there and many unhappy civilians, it's not as simple as wiping out extremists. Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff tell us why the battle for Idlib will be a huge humanitarian catastrophe. - patreon.com/popular...

Sep 04, 2018•50 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast

14. 3D Printed Warfare

We speak to Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed about his highly controversial 3D printed gun project. He also talks about crypto-anarchy, untraceable firearms, and his long battle with the US government. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfront.co - @jake_hanrahan

Aug 28, 2018•36 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast

13. Ukraine is Still at War

The conflict in East Ukraine has become a slow but constant battle from the trenches. Young soldiers are killed almost every week and the separatist held regions are still under the rule of an iron fist, yet the media, both in Ukraine and internationally, seems to have forgotten that Ukraine is still at war. We got some updates on the current state of the conflict from Radio Free Europe's Christopher Miller, who's been covering the conflict from the start. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfro...

Aug 22, 2018•59 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast

12. The Ambazonia Insurgency in Cameroon

In Cameroon a conflict between English speaking Cameroonian rebels and the French speaking Cameroon state forces is rapidly getting worse. Whole villages are being burned, civilians are being killed, and young men are forming militias. There's little coverage in the media about this conflict so far, so we spoke to the only reporter who's been on the ground with the Anglophone militias to find out what's going on. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfront.co - @jake_hanrahan...

Aug 17, 2018•45 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast

11. Tracking Guns Across the World with Silah Report

Ever wondered why some warlords get all the best guns and others are left to craft their own? Or how British made muskets end up on Afghanistan gun markets? Or why the Marines now have a dedicated drone person? If so, you'll love this episode. Discover all things small arms with Silah Report. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfront.co - @jake_hanrahan...

Aug 07, 2018•57 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast

10. ISIS International

Hear Pawel Wojcik talking about how ISIS has gone international, spreading its jihadist Caliphate across the world, setting up effective cells in Libya, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and East Asia. Find out why the fall of Raqqa was not the end of ISIS. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfront.co - @jake_hanrahan

Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast

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Jul 25, 2018•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast

09. Aum Shinrikyo: A Japanese Death Cult's Apocalyptic Terrorism

Independent Aum Shinrikyo researcher Sarah Hightower tells us how the Japanese death cult became a terrorist organisation with more than 10,000 members. They produced Sarin gas, they built their own assault rifles, and they even tried to buy bombs from the former Soviet Union. To this day Aum Shinrikyo still exists. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfront.co - @jake_hanrahan...

Jul 22, 2018•44 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast

08. Inside the Battle of Marawi

A first person account from reporter Sean Williams (New Yorker, Harpers) of what it was like inside the battle of Marawi, where Filipino ISIS fighters laid siege to the island city in 2017 for six months. - patreon.com/popularfront - popularfront.co - @jake_hanrahan

Jul 18, 2018•43 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast

07. The "Christian Militias" of Iraq and Syria

A very detailed introduction to the many different facets of the so-called "Christian militias" fighting in Iraq and Syria, talking about the history and motivations of the Assyrian/Syriac/Chaldean community. - patreon.com/popularfront - jakehanrahan.com/popularfront - @jake_hanrahan

Jul 10, 2018•2 hr 33 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast

06. MS-13 and the WhatsApp Death Squads

After recently returning from El Salvador, journalist Danny Gold tells us about the violence of MS-13 and how evangelical Christianity is tying to quell it. He also explains how paramilitary death squads are organising via WhatsApp to slaughter the gangs in their own neighbourhoods. - jakehanrahan.com - patreon.com/popularfront - @jake_hanrahan

Jul 07, 2018•54 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast

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Episodes

Popular Front

Episodes

15. The Idlib Dilemma

14. 3D Printed Warfare

13. Ukraine is Still at War

12. The Ambazonia Insurgency in Cameroon

11. Tracking Guns Across the World with Silah Report

10. ISIS International

Popular Front PSA

09. Aum Shinrikyo: A Japanese Death Cult's Apocalyptic Terrorism

08. Inside the Battle of Marawi

07. The "Christian Militias" of Iraq and Syria

06. MS-13 and the WhatsApp Death Squads

05. Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia's Powder Keg War

04. The ISIS Car Bomb Production Line

03. Portrait Photography on the Rojava Frontlines

02. All American Militias

01. The Nazis Fighting for Assad in Syria