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Uprise Radio returns to the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a story about one of our favourite things: Maps! Xan and Koshin look at the evolving fight between the DRC, Belgium and a host of other interested parties over colonial era geological maps that could reveal the location of Trillions of dollars worth of mineral wealth. We look at similar stories from the region and the politics…
For this weeks episode Xan and Koshin take a trip down memory lane to bring you a review and analysis of the classic film "First blood" about returned Vietnam veteran John Rambo.Is this movie based or cringe? Listen to find out!
Xan and Koshin reunite to discuss the recently released Papal encyclical: Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo has released a text outlining the Catholic attitude towards emerging AI technologies and the hosts of Uprise dig in to explain the good and the bad.Is the reaction to this manifesto on the left justified? Are there lessons to be learned? Will Xan do the reading for the episode? All of these…
This week is a special Koshin solo discussing the US-China summit that took place in May. The episode goes over the key outcomes of the trip and the key goals for each party. The second half of the episode is Koshin trying desperately to cram the entire history of modern Taiwan into ten minutes.
This week Xan and Koshin read through the recently released manifesto outlining the ideology of the tech giant Palantir.
Following the most recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the announcement by Labor that the NDIS would be slashed, we decided to do a two for one episode.The first half is focused on the rise of radical centrist violence in the US and why everybody hates FBI director Kash Patel. We then move to the more serious topic of Labors announcement that the NDIS budget will be cut with a…
On this weeks episode Xan and Koshin look at the ongoing national debate about whether past warcrimes should be punished or celebrated, before looking at current warcrimes and the impacts they're having. We also look at the reports of religious influence in the US military, what this all means for the ongoing peace talks, and much more! If there are any questions please get in touch at…
There are too many topics to discuss this week, so for this episode we changed up the format a bit to bring a quick overview of a few developing stories. We talk about Iran warning tech companies that they are valid military targets, those tech companies involvement in the military industrial complex, and Australia attracting AI investment back home. We also look at Israels newly unveiled apatheid…
This week Xan and Koshin give a brief overview of an conflict that has been overshadowed in the news; the war between Afghanistan and Pakistan. On February 28th, hours before the US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, Pakistan declared open war on the Taliban led Afghan government. This is a conflict with roots that can be traced back to the so called "great game", the imperial competition between…
This week with the decision from Israel and the US to go to war with Iran, we take a look at some of the events that have unfolded so far and what the goals appear to be. We try to untangle the web of overlapping, contradictary excuses being given to justify this latest violation of international law, and what consequences this will have in the region and across the world. As always please get in…
