2020
Oct
30
Good News Friday 10-30-20
From good things happening with the climate to a famed sandwich coming back…
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Latest News from Around the Globe
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2020
Oct
9
Friday Weekly World In Review
October 9, 2020
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2017
Feb
22
Ta-Ta, TPP! No Longer The Place To Be!
On January 23rd 2017, on his first day on the job, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order pulling the USA out of the TPP. That was the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free trade block that former President Obama had worked to get passed for years....
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2016
Apr
17
Dilma’s Downfall
Rio de Impeachment! It has happened! The current President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff is going to be impeached! The Professor made this impeachment podcast for you before the final vote was even tallied, but it has since come to pass, and what was passed was the start of...
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2020
Oct
27
Trash-Talkin’ Turkish Titan, Recep Erdogan
Seriously! This dude has been body-slammin’ peeps all weekend long! Learn what ol’ Recep has been up to, and how it impacts the wider world.
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2020
Oct
26
China: Power Projections Abroad (part 4)
Final part 4 of the series on rise of modern China.
Watch plaidcastThis focus of the podcast is on the territorial disputes that China finds itself in (Taiwan, Tibet, Spratly Islands, etc), and what the consequences are for possible future conflict and chaos…some of which just might include the USA! And it might be coming right soon!
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2020
Oct
20
China, Friend or Foe? Part 2: Taiwan
Part 2 dealing with the US/China situation in regards to Taiwan.
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2013
May
30
Kelsey (Netherlands)
Kelsey
Country: Netherlands
City: The Hague
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2013
May
29
Tan (Vietnam)
Tan
Country: Vietnam
City: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
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2013
May
28
Jose (Panama)
Joes
Country: Panama
City: Panama City
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2013
May
27
Francesco (Italy)
Francesco
Country: Italy
City: Cento
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2013
May
23
Fernando (Peru)
Fernando
Country: Peru
City: Chimbote
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World Leaders
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
Wow! What can the Plaid Avenger say about this total bad-ass that hasn’t already been said? Probably a lot! A judo champion and former KGB agent, this dude is an avid hunter, fisherman, scuba diver and all-around man’s man. But that’s just in his off-time. Back...
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Recep Erdoğan
Prime Minister of Turkey
I do loves the Turkey…and I’m not even talkin’ about Thanksgiving either! Turkey is a fast-rising regional power of note, with increasing importance on the world stage as well in terms of its role as a power broker in Middle Eastern affairs, as a NATO member, and as a...
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Joko Widodo
President of Indonesia
A Widodo Intro….
When one thinks of the World’s most populous countries, China, India and the United States immediately comes to mind. What is the next populous country after that? If you can’t come up with the answer in a few minutes, no one would blame you. ...
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