Taiwan
country in East Asia
Episodes
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#5179: Covert Ops That Weaponize Division—What's RealFrom KGB active measures to Taiwan's elections: which covert influence operations are documented, and which dramatic claims don't hold up.Main topic -
#5821: Free Speech's Outer Edge: Hate Speech LawBrandenburg v. Ohio rewrote when speech becomes a crime. Which countries go furthest toward zero restrictions — and why none fully do. -
#5788: What Is a Consulate That Isn't a Consulate?Israel says the consulate closed. Britain says the mission lives. Same building, same seven staff, one screwdriver. -
#5548: Hasbara: Explanation or Policy Problem?Israel's Foreign Minister says embassy moves matter as much as the battlefield. A listener in Jerusalem says the problem isn't PR — it's policy. -
#5700: Did the Internet's Pioneers Know What They Were Building?Vint Cerf says they didn't know — and they did. How early internet subculture formed, where it lived, and whether it survived. -
#5647: Can Any Country Actually Go It Alone?Ninety percent of rare earth processing runs through one country. So what happens when a nation tries to trade with nobody at all? -
#5560: What's Really in That Paint Can?Water-based paint still off-gasses for weeks. Here's what's in the can, and the one free lever that actually matters. -
#5249: What Makes a Network Truly Sovereign?An HF antenna on a consulate roof raises a bigger question: what makes a network sovereign — and why is everyone from cloud vendors to AI data cent... -
#5199: Shell Companies Over Shell CompaniesWhy covert networks stack shell companies in layers — and why the structure itself is the weapon. -
#5190: How Iranian Rugs Reach Israeli ShelvesTunisian olive oil with French labels, Iranian rugs in Jerusalem shops — how goods actually move around sanctions and enemy-state bans. -
#5172: Who Decides When a Dialect Becomes a Language?Languages fork like codebases — and the merge button doesn't exist. Who actually decides when a dialect becomes its own language?