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Today we speak to deep-politics researcher Robert Skvarla. We discuss "Warhound", a $200 million startup developing genetically engineered military dogs. No joke. They want to clone elite military canines, modify their DNA, potentially enhance their senses with wolf genes (!), and equip them with "advanced battlefield technology". Sounds like a Metal Gear solid plot, but it's real. We also go into other topics like MK Ultra and controlled opposition conspiracy theorists...

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Today we speak to investigative journalist Florian Flade about a scandal at the centre of Germany's former spy chief August Hanning. He's at the centre of an explosive espionage scandal. Once one of the most powerful figures in German intelligence, he's been accused of betraying his own country. We dig into the allegations, the shadowy world of European intelligence, and what this case could reveal about foreign espionage at the highest levels of German power.

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Today we speak to our man in Paris, anthropologist Louis Stavenhagen. He talks to us about how students across France are taking to the streets in a wave of protests and riots. Clashes with police, arson, and growing unrest have turned demonstrations into something much bigger. We take a closer look at what's driving the anger, who's involved, and what it says about the state of little Macron's France in 2026.

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Today we speak to Irish writer and artist Adam "Spicebag" Doyle. He's just got back from Northern Ireland, where residents of Portadown's Garvaghy Road are resisting an Orange Order march through their community. Decades after brutal violence over all this ended, old divisions are still very much alive.

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Today we speak to YPG fighter and asymmetric warfare researcher Karim Franceschi. He tells us, blow by blow, how he feels Rojava's administration allowed the SDF to crumble, leaving the people at the mercy of the jihadists…

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Today we speak to journalist Brian Merchant. He's written a great book called Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. We're going to talk about that, but mostly the contemporary new wave of anti-action rising up right now...

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Today we speak to independent journalist Fadi Ibrahim. He informs us about the real situation with the ethinic Druze of Syria. We talk militias, prophets, and their battle between Israel and Damascus.

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We speak to investigative researcher Misha Vandelune about new war crimes dealt out by the junta in Myanmar. Warning, this episode is incredibly graphic and brutal. Not for the faint of heart.

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Today we speak to journalist and researcher Joseph Bouchard about the serious clashes in Bolivia and the apparent corruption of the government that caused it all...

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Today we speak to Ian from Epoch Philosophy. He talks to us about the potential dangers Peter Thiel's secret society "Dialog" could cause for the future of freedom.

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Today we speak researcher Alexander McKeever. He's been living in Syria, taking note of how Jolani / al-Sharaa's new government is ruling the country. We talk tribal militias, jihad politics, Israeli meddling, Rojava encirclement, and much more.

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Today we speak to researcher Rey Katula from The Empire Never Ended. He goes into deep detail about the Order of Nine Angles' many connections to the black metal scene, and how it's used as a recruitment ground for their far-right satanic agenda.

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Today we speak to Albanian journalist Eleftheria Kousta. She tells us about Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's mission to luxury-colonise an Albanian island, and the people's anger at the government allowing it to happen.

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Today we talk to analyst Liam Karr about the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia and how it involves a huge array of different militant factions.

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Today we speak to journalist Seán Ó Murchú about the ongoing anti-immigrant riots spreading across Belfast in Northern Ireland. Seán's been on the ground covering the situation from both sides.

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Today we speak to Romanian researcher Viktor Mihail. He speaks on how both Russian and Ukrainian drones have struck his country in the past week and how no one seems to care about it, including the Romanian government...

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Today we speak to Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández from Belly of the Beast. She tell us why the US has heightened tensions with Cuba, and looks to be opening a new front in its ongoing conflict with the country.

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Peter Thiel's Palantir is a tool so powerful and so unscrupulous that it's destroying digital privacy as we know it. It's utilisation at war is also making it a deadly tool with its leaders desperate to spill more blood in the name of "anti-terrorism"...

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Today we speak to investigative journalist Drey from The Drey Dossier. She tells us how she discovered that Trump's new White House ballroom is actually probably something a lot more sinister...

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Today we speak to data scientist Tristan Lee. He tells us about his new project: Epstein.photos, a site that allows users to connect the Epstein cabal using facial recognition...

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Today we speak to journalist Talah Kaddourah about the aftermath of Israel's unrelenting war on Gaza. The "ceasefire" has brought new problems such as sickness, banditry, continued war crimes, and young orphans trying to look after their siblings.

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Today we speak to journalist Toby Muse. He tells us about the upcoming elections in Colombia and why the paramilitaries there might cause havoc over them...

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We speak to journalist Thomas Noonan, who's on the ground in Lebanon as Israel launches 100+ attacks the country in 10 minutes.

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Today we speak to investigative journalist Nilo Tabrizy about Israel / America's war on Iran. We speak about the many dead civilians and what the killing of the Iranian dictator means for the future of the country.

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Today we speak to journalist Murtaza Hussain about Jeffrey Epstein's many ties to the Israeli government. Was he Mossad, an asset, a spy, or something even more powerful?

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Today we speak to a protester in Iran who took part in the recent uprising, that was brutally crushed by the regime. Due to the internet shut down there, we could only speak sporadically via voice clips. Apologies for the audio. Also the guest sometimes wrote down their response to be careful in what they say.

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Today we speak to journalist Ali Winston about ICE agents executing people on the streets of America and getting away with it...

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We speak to journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg. He's just been on the ground in Rojava as HTS jihadists put the region under siege...

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Today we speak to journalist Sergiy Slipchenko about the madness that is US president Donald Trump threatening to take over Greenland. Guy's an idiot.

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Today we speak to writer and activist Karim Franceschi. He is also a former YPG International commander who fought in Kobanî and Raqqa. He talks to us about the wildlt under-reporter pogroms currently taking place in the Kurdish areas of Aleppo, Syria. The new jiahdi forces of the transitional government have launched a mission of ethnic cleansing and no one seems to care.

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Today we're speaking to Mariam Rigvava. She's a journalist and activist from Georgia🇬🇪. She's talking to us about the evolution of the anti-government protests in Georgia, specifically focused on the fact the police have started using chemical weapons on demonstrators. WWI chemical stocks were deployed recently, burning people's skin and doing God knows what to their lungs.

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Today we speak to journalist Conall Kearney about his time on the frontlines of Ukraine recently, where the Russian invasion is gaining serious ground with non-stop drone warfare.

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Today we speak to researcher and writer Tom Lord. He goes into detail about the militant antifa networks in Europe that have been recently designated "terrorists" by the Trump administration.

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Today we speak to independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel. He tells us about a harrowing ordeal where he was recently ambushed by armed Israeli Settlers. Nathaniel was reporting alongside Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

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Today we speak to researcher and analyst Alexander McKeever. He explains the several different conflicts igniting across the so-called "New Syria" and what that might mean for Jolani's plans for the country. https://akmckeever.substack.com/

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Today we speak to journalist Henri Sulku. He was recently detained by the Israeli military whilst on board a freedom flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Sulku gives his first hand account of the ordeal.

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We speak to Franz Marty, a journalist who's been living in Afghanistan for the last four years. He's been searching for blackmarket Afghan arms dealers and has discovered a lot of the information around these operations is false. Here's how it really works...

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We speak to independent researcher Ryan O'Farrell about the Congo's many militias and the splintering conflicts taking place there, specifically the recent ISIS cell whose members are slaughtering people in the jungle.

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All the Staple t-shirts have been restocked in the shop and the Popular Front x Champion Cease and Desist Sweater is on sale now. Have a look.

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We speak to Dave Eubank of the Free Burma Rangers about how his organisation of volunteers helps to save lives in some of the most dangerous conflicts on earth...

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We speak to researcher and analyst Rasha Al Aqeedi about her home city of Mosul and the grip ISIS has there. She tells us how ISIS first took over and how they're still around operating criminal networks throughout the city.

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Wim Zwijnenburg tells us about the hidden cost war has on the environment and how it's often used in battle, from toxic waste dumps in Ukraine to wildfires in Iran.

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We speak to journalist Paulie Doyle about the so-called New IRA, a militant Irish republican group that's recently stepped up their political violence in both Northern Ireland and Britain. Paulie tells us about their recent letter bomb campaign, the Derry car bomb, and how, in part, Brexit is fuelling their will to fight.

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We speak to reporter Ali Winston about his investigations into a white nationalist street fighting crew in America known as the Rise Above Movement (RAM). RAM is arguably the first group on the US far-right that began to mobilise themselves in political street battles in the Trump era. Ali tells us how RAM made connections with European fascists, from Azov to the Casa Pound group.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov tells us how the secular uprising of the Syrian people was crushed by the brutality of the Assad regime, the rise of ISIS, and the terrible mismanagement of the US.

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We speak to radical environmentalist researcher and writer John Jacobi about the largely under-reported new violent wave of eco-extremism. He tells us how eco-terrorism is very much on the rise and how it's turning into something more dangerous: militant nihilism.

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We speak to journalist and author James Pogue about his recent visit to South Africa, where he spent time with radicals to find out the real truth behind the farmer killings. He discovered many are preparing for what they think will soon be a new civil war...

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Venezuela is currently in chaos. The country has two people claiming to be the rightful president, more than 35 protesters have been shot dead in a week by paramilitaries, everyone is still starving, America is meddling, Russia is meddling, Maduro's still an authoritarian, and all people want to do is scream about who they support on social media from thousands of miles away.

Cut through all that bullshit with this week's episode. We speak to Giancarlo Fiorella about the real situation in Venezuela.

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Kosovo based journalist Valeria Plesch tells us about Kosovo's recent decision to start its own army and the trouble this could cause in a country still tense from the war in the 90s. We also talk about the crippling youth unemployment in Kosovo and the stagnating government made up of former guerrillas.

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We speak to AFP correspondent Maya Gebeily about a WhatsApp network she discovered that has the sole purpose of catching fleeing ISIS fighters in Syria. Thousands of Syrians pool their information together in a network of group chats to try and stop the jihadists escaping justice.

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Today we speak to Bellingcat researcher Nick Waters about his extensive work on the use of commercial drone bombs in war. We're talking about drones you can buy off of Amazon and use in your garden that have been converted by insurgents to drop bombs on their enemies. The use of these drone bombs has skyrocketed since ISIS started using them in Mosul in 2017.

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Thanks for all the support. This year was just the beginning, 2019 will be a lot bigger for Popular Front. Have a good New Year.

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This week Donald Trump decided to rapidly pull out all the US forces currently backing the Kurdish YPG militia in Northern Syria, known as Rojava to the Kurds. The YPG has proven to be the strongest ally for the US when fighting ISIS, but now they'll be left alone for Turkey to attack.

We speak with journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg, who's dedicated his career to covering the Kurdish issue. He speaks Kurdish fluently (both Sorani and Kurmanji) and was in Rojava just last week.

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We speak to John Arterbury, an analyst with his eyes firmly set on Yemen. He tells us how the war started, the current crossroads both sides are at, and his theories on why this conflict, where children regularly starve to death, goes so under-reported.

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I'm away filming a documentary for Popular Front this week and didn't have time to get the planned episode ready in time. To avoid going a week without Popular Front I've used one of the Patreon bonus episodes to fill the void. It's the first and last time we'll do this.

We'll hear from Abu Academic, who claims to be former Russian special forces. He's now using the skills he claims to have learned in Russia to train HTS jihadist fighters in Syria.

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We got journalist Christopher Miller back on to talk about last week's clashes between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov. Everything you wanted to know about this escalating situation is right here.

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Independent researcher Jakub Janovsky tells us how the Assad regime's tank fleet, one of the world's biggest, was reduced almost entirely to scrap metal and smouldering debris.

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There's a lot of hype and nonsense when it comes to reporting on cyber warfare, so we spoke to one of the best tech journalists around to explain what the real threats of cyberwar are right now.

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Phillip Smyth takes us on a deep dive into the world of the Hashd al-Shaabi, the Iranian backed militias (also known as the PMU, PMF, and "Shia Militias") fighting in Iraq. They've documented their own war crimes, shot unarmed protesters, and have been building the groundwork for their movement for years... So who are they?

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It's Halloween, so we're doing something a bit different. For this episode we teamed up with the guys from War College to have a chat about how nuclear war has so often influenced the pop culture around us.

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Alexander McKeever tells us all about the mysterious assassination squads of Afrin in Northern Syria. We hear about the tactics of Wrath of Olives and how Afrin was looted and ruined after the invasion by Turkish backed rebels.

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Yago Rodríguez tells us about Wilayat Sinai, the branch of ISIS in Egypt. We hear how they're launching well organised military attacks, trading weapons with Libya, and doing deals with Gaza.

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We speak to Giancarlo Fiorella from In Venezuela Blog about the crushed rebellion in Venezuela. He tells us all about the street clashes, the food crisis, the drone bomb, and the last stand of Oscar Perez.

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We speak to Firat Batman as he takes a brief rest from fighting against ISIS in their last stronghold in Syria. Firat is a Kurd from Rojava who grew up in Sweden. He's been fighting in Rojava for the YPG for three years and is currently on the final push to chase ISIS out of the last areas they control.

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Gregory Waters tells us all about the Tiger Forces in Syria, the pro Assad regime militia that's seen as heroes to some and war criminals to others. We'll find out why their leader is so enigmatic, how they're working with the Russian military, and what power they really hold over the region.

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We speak to Ora Szekely about the role of female combatants within various irregular conflicts, from the Colombian rebels of FARC to the Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ in Syria.

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We speak to Everest65, who's been working extensively to gather information about insurgent suppressor use in battle in the Middle East and North Africa. This one is about as niche as it gets.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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