Livestream, 5:00 PM ET: Did We Try to Whack Putin?
Interviewing friend and former colleague Matt Bivens about a weirdly undercovered story
First of all, this is not a new podcast, lol. I’ve just been remiss in paying attention to a very interesting story, and friend and former colleague Matt Bivens — I should say Dr. Bivens, since Matt mostly quit journalism to be an ER doc some time ago — has a new story up about it on Substack. The title of his piece is “Zelensky & Putin Both Mention How a U.S.-Backed Drone Swarm Targeted Putin’s Home and Family,” and I’ll let him explain this evening why it’s more than a little unusual that a seemingly critical piece of national security news has been skipped over in the mainstream press. You can find us here at 5:00 PM Eastern tonight:
Or on X @mtaibbi, as always. See you in a bit.
Great show. I appreciate the detail. I'm really sick of our media environment creating cartoon versions of both Russia and Iran. Always important to be informed so that we can place ourselves in their shoes. I've got to think Putin is pissed.
I’m glad to hear from someone who is actually concerned about the threat of nuclear annihilation. It’s very strange, having grown up during the 60’s, seeing so many current “leaders” scoff at the idea that Russia might finally get enough of our stupid provocations, and hit the button.
There are entire shelves of science fiction novels based on the premise that we did succeed in destroying most of the planet with a nuclear exchange. Nowadays, people just give me a hearty “Okay, boomer,” if I raise the possibility.