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Mallen Baker: Faultlines
'Dangerously reasonable' analysis on politics, science, and particularly the bit where they bump into each other. I aim to give an independent, fact-focused, non-ideological take on the issues that matter.
Episodes
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Civil war talk hits the mainstream
More mainstream voices are starting to be raised highlighting the likely outcome for where America is currently headed. One of them is Ray Dalio, the…
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Is Elon Musk now the face of unaccountable power?
Elon Musk is so often at the centre of every important issue or controversy - he is a techno-optimist, he is pro-free speech, he is desperate for man to…
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Ukraine's slow counter-offensive - this could last for years
Two months in to Ukraine's counter-offensive, and so far - while there have been gains - they are well short of what people had hoped for. The implication is…
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A new political phase on climate change is emerging
Over time, how we understand an ongoing issue, and aim to act on it, will evolve and change. We've been in the same phase on climate change for several decades…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Exclusive diversity - has values-led business gone astray?
Maybe companies should have values. But should they have the sort of values that are about holding powerful corporations to account, or the ones that turn…
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Can Britain stop worshipping its failing health service?
Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show covers news, current affairs, science and politics. It aims to be independent…
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Putin's bad week
It wasn't a coup, but it looked like a coup. Putin wasn't bothered, but he certainly looked bothered. Really, it was just a protest. The sort of protest where…
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The Boris question: Should voters be allowed to vote for liars?
Boris Johnson has left the building - before launching a broadside against the Parliamentary Privileges Committee process just before it delivered its damning…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Will Rishi and Joe save us from the AI slaughterbots?
This week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met the US President Joe Biden and amongst the various topics they discussed was Britain’s desire to carve out a…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
1.5 degrees warming coming soon?
There has been a lot of talk this week about how the world may nose its way across the 1.5ºC line soon. It's been held up as a major landmark for so long - and…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Donald Trump could be president in 2025
Trump's Town Hall on CNN gave him his very best day of his 2024 election campaign, by far. How did it happen at all? And how much does it really change the…
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Nobody tried to kill Putin
A drone attack hits the Kremlin building. Once again, the world is left wondering "who dunnit?". Was it a false flag attack by a Russian leadership determined…
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The REAL reason Xi Jinping called Zelensky
He's spoken to Vladimir Putin five times since the war started - but this was the first time he picked up the phone to Ukraine's Volodymir Zelensky. What does…
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Poverty vs Climate Change - The World Bank's Dilemma
During the last week, a major summit that was supposed to advance climate onto the World Bank agenda hit an impasse. Meanwhile, China is rapidly gaining as the…
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The dismal truth revealed by the US intel leak
A hugely significant leak of US intelligence has dominated the week ... and it's one unlike any that came before it. But what's really interesting, is what it…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Trump Indictment - America Gambles Bigly
Some reflections on the week that saw former president Donald Trump appearing in criminal court for the first - but surely not the last - time. Is this a…
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China makes its move on Ukraine
China’s Xi Jinping to visit Putin in Moscow as China outflanks the US on the world stage. Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse – is the world economic system…
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Nordstream sabotage - now it's getting weird
Suggestions come from US intelligence that a pro-Ukraine group was responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. We learn that the UK government had an…
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UK Covid lockdown mistakes revealed
It’s retro news week, apparently. A massive leak of whatsapp text messages from the heart of government shows the unedifying reality of the UK’s response to…
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Are we inevitably drifting towards technocracy?
Last week, the former UK Labour prime minister Tony Blair, and the former would-be Conservative prime minister William Hague produced a joint report calling…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
One year on - Not where we wanted to be
The world marks the one year anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war with big speeches on all sides saying nothing new. China puts itself forward as a…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Will Russia or Ukraine exhaust themselves first?
As the anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war approaches both sides burn through their resources at a rapid rate. The EU’s corruption crisis continues to…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Did the spy balloon wreck US China peace hopes?
A Chinese sky balloon is blown out of the sky along with recent hopes of easing tension between the two countries. Russia apparently begins to ramp up for a…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Trans row could dethrone Scotland's leader
Corruption continues to be the focus as more are raided in Ukraine and the EU and the UK have problems of their own. The UK’s armed forces recruitment comes…
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Did corruption in Ukraine deflect from the war?
Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show covers news, current affairs, science and politics. It aims to be independent…
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Putin's real war is not in Ukraine
Putin’s latest moves suggest he’s fighting a political war at home as much as a military one in Ukraine. China urges its people not to travel for the Chinese…
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Ukraine’s HUGE advantage in 2023
Russia suffers a major blow on the battlefield the strategic implications of which highlight its biggest challenge. Republicans in the US celebrate their…
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World turns on China Covid tourists
In this news round-up of the week for 30th December 2022, as Covid rages across China, some countries bring in restrictions on travellers blaming the fear of…
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Putin's stunning admission
Vladimir Putin makes a startling statement after Ukraine’s Zelensky makes an appearance in the US. Scottish lawmakers pass a controversial trans self-ID bill…
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Putin and Xi are missing
The EU is rocked to its core by a massive corruption scandal that its enemies believe could become a rout of the bureaucrats. China is seeing its hospitals…
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Xi Jinping's spy tech squashes protests
Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show covers news, current affairs, science and politics. It aims to be independent…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Woke World Cup proves Putin right?
The EU and the US have a huge falling out over Biden’s big subsidies for climate change action. China looks to be crossing the tipping point on its zero covid…
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China divides and conquers at the G20
China dominates the world stage at the G20 summit and Western countries start dialling back their hostility to it. Ukraine’s power grid is seriously knocked…
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Will Ron DeSantis save America from itself?
The US mid-term elections deliver a surprising result that arguably makes US civil war just a bit less likely. Ukraine takes back control of Kherson city as…
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America's democratic decline
America prepares itself for the mid-term elections as late polls suggest Republicans may soon control both houses, Brazil’s president Bolsonaro narrowly loses…
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The most dangerous decade
US political support for Ukraine shows first signs of fracturing as Vladimir Putin predicts the most dangerous decade. The UK has a new prime minister in Rishi…
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Is nuclear war Putin's last stand?
Ukraine continues to make advances as the world is newly alarmed about potential nuclear war. The UK’s brand new government sees more consequences from its…
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Putin’s plan to bring the West to its knees
Putin draws his red line and dares the West to cross it by formally annexing four regions of Ukraine. The UK Truss government’s mini-budget explodes in their…
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Putin's end game is in sight
Russia announces a major mobilisation of its citizens while repeating its threats of nuclear war. The UK’s new government announces the unbanning of fracking…
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Vladimir Putin's VERY BAD WEEK
Putin has a bad week in the war, and not a great time with China’s Xi Jinping who has ‘concerns’ about Ukraine. Sweden sees an election upheaval as concern…
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New PM has the WORST job
Liz Truss is poised to become the next UK prime minister - I look at what she’s said so far she will actually do. A critic of Vladimir Putin mysteriously falls…
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Putin burns Europe's gas
As energy prices across Europe are soaring, Russia is burning off its excess gas highlighting Putin’s high stakes gamble. UK prime minister candidate Rishi…
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Killing more people than Covid?
The UK government identifies causes for the surge in excess deaths which, for 2022, could be killing more people than covid, Liz Cheney loses her election, and…
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Pelosi PROVOKES CHINA and leaves
China responds with fury to the visit by US House speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. The referendum in Kansas pushes back on banning abortion and changes the…
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Biden gets his climate bill
A major climate change bill suddenly appears in the US when everyone was least expecting it. More signs of the health impact of lockdowns are emerging but…
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Beast mode Biden and the coming civil war
Joe Biden nearly declares a climate emergency – would it be a move too far for America’s fragile situation? The final two candidates for UK prime minister are…
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Putin TURNS OFF the gas
Russia turns off the gas supply, and Europe’s fear it won’t be turned back on has far reaching impacts. President Biden goes to deal with people he labelled as…
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Boris gets EXIT done
Boris Johnson is finally felled as a long downward spiral comes to an end China brings in and then abandons vaccine mandates as the UK and some other countries…
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Supreme Court kills climate action?
The US Supreme Court rips up a key measure on climate change and makes America a bit less governable even than it already was. Meanwhile Democrats try to put…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Bad leaders fighting the inevitable
In this news round-up of the week for 24th June 2022, Boris Johnson teeters on the brink once again after the worst by-election results in living memory. The…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Jan 6th Trump trial is all about elections
In this news round-up of the week for 10th June 2022 In the US, the Jan 6th hearings begin but it’s really all about future elections not past ones. The…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Will ZERO COVID end Xi Jinping’s rule?
Shanghai emerged from lockdown but the zero Covid policy is putting doubt over Xi Jinping’s status as dictator for life. President Biden u-turns with dizzying…
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Zelensky admits the tide may be turning
Russia starts making ground in the Ukraine war as the parts of its military machine finally start working together. America endures another school mass…
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How global FOOD CRISIS will turn into riots
The growing global food crisis starts to see unrest spreading in the countries that are being worst hit. Russia finally crushes resistance at Mariupol, but is…
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How Russia plans to CRIPPLE the West
As Russia’s campaign in Ukraine does badly on the ground it is raising alarm bells thanks to its manoeuvres in space. China and now North Korea battle with…
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Putin's dismal victory
A split in the EU over oil sanctions over Ukraine and a panic at the White House over being blamed for dead Russian generals. Elections in the UK, and…
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Putin cuts off the gas
Russia begins cutting the flow of gas to EU countries that refuse to pay the bill in Roubles. Russia also bombs Kyiv while the UN secretary general is there as…
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Allies and media panic at Biden genocide claim
President Biden caused another stir by labelling Russia’s war in Ukraine as genocide. Boris Johnson survived a week where he went from glory to disgrace to…
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UK to get EIGHT new nuclear stations?
The war in Ukraine shifts to the South East as atrocities against civilians are being revealed. The UK government launches its bold and ambitious energy…
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Ukraine's first big mistake
The Ukraine war shifts into another gear as Russia moves its forces and the West tries to psyche Putin out, and Ukraine's perfect PR war suffers a first…