Episodes

  • #3 - Wagner: What Happens When You Come Back From War?

    #3 - Wagner: What Happens When You Come Back From War?
    Nov 7 2023
    What happens to former soldiers recruited by now dead leader of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin once they get back home from Ukraine? I tell you a couple of episodes. Sources: https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/band-brothers-wagner-group-and-russian-state   https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/01/30/wagner-mercenaries-with-gru-issued-passports-validating-sbus-allegation/  https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-group-accused-of-recruiting-prisoners-from-the-central-african-republic-for-russias-war-in-ukraine  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/25/wagner-chief-says-20000-of-its-troops-killed-in-bakhmut-battle  https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-group-accused-of-recruiting-prisoners-from-the-central-african-republic-for-russias-war-in-ukraine  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/31/prigozhin-plane-crash-what-we-know-over-a-week-after-wagner-chiefs-death  https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-wagner-fighter-prison-accused-six-dead/32532474.html  https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/08/karelian-mass-murder-suspect-fought-ukraine  https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-wagner-fighter-prison-accused-six-dead/32532474.html  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/russian-women-wagner-convicts-war-ukraine  VK Sofonov  https://ridl.io/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics-how-many-prisoners-has-wagner-really-recruited/  https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-wagner-mercenaries-halt-prisoner-recruitment-campaign-founder-prigozhin-2023-02-09/  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/russian-women-wagner-convicts-war-ukraine  https://todaytimeslive.com/world/389546.html  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12115359/Paedophile-fought-Putin-rapes-two-girls-threatening-blow-grenade.html  https://www.ajc.org/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-wagner-groups-role-in-russias-war-against-ukraine  https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230825-utkin-the-nazi-tattooed-commander-who-gave-wagner-its-name  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/world/europe/russia-wagner-ukraine-video.html  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/wagner-mercenary-admits-tossing-grenades-at-injured-ukrainian-pows  https://www.csis.org/analysis/massacres-executions-and-falsified-graves-wagner-groups-mounting-humanitarian-cost-mali  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/20/russian-mercenaries-behind-slaughter-in-mali-village-un-report-finds  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeXBVJetUSw 
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    13 mins
  • #4 - Facebooks's Problem With The Rest Of The World

    #4 - Facebooks's Problem With The Rest Of The World
    Nov 5 2023
    95% of monthly Facebook users live outside US and Canada, but from the Facebook Papers emerged how difficult is for Meta to manage posts in arabic language, spoken by 200 milion of its users. Let's give some examples of what this caused, like in Kashmir. Sources: https://www.statista.com/statistics/376128/facebook-global-user-age-distribution/  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/08/facebook-frances-haugen-whistleblower-pr-catastrophe-yet  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/14/facebook-aware-instagram-harmful-effect-teenage-girls-leak-reveals  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/24/india-facebook-misinformation-hate-speech/  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/9/will-the-india-pakistan-ceasefire-pact-along-kashmir-border-hold  https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/lawsuit-accuses-meta-enabling-hateful-posts-ethiopia-conflict-2022-12-14/  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/19/facebook-under-fire-censoring-kashmir-posts-accounts  https://apnews.com/article/the-facebook-papers-language-moderation-problems-392cb2d065f81980713f37384d07e61f?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP  https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-is-bad-at-moderating-in-english-in-arabic-its-a-disaster/  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/instagram-facebook-censored-al-aqsa-mosque  https://api.politico.eu/editorial_documents/98b483a7-da77-4fdb-bc98-4722600e4052  https://www.politico.eu/article/facebook-content-moderation-posts-wars-afghanistan-middle-east-arabic/  https://news.yahoo.com/facebook-reportedly-told-republicans-whistleblower-162305207.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi5tLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIgkCsr9HcnB18f1r_QKlErCyCx4M7gQnDiZBD4zc4x6QGxw_lw2N6gXBBVBbzLkbYKv70ecqDJg57vbQgFCfHhZy1oMQevrJs4tU3qL0PmYCnHTlsvna7tbzFhHBfjcLk6OzdlMaVfgvHfjEsj0CXBMpuhkJSy5RW739wthqsgY  https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-whistleblower-pushback-political-spin-zuckerberg-11640786831  https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/06/11/kashmir-s-decade-high-death-toll-warning-sign  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/facebook-censorship-palestinians/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGzNCTCz0HI&t=23s&pp=ygURYW5hc3Rhc2lhIHZsYXNvdmE%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R0y8vxReDQ&t=4s&pp=ygUaenVja2VyYmVyZyBmYWNlYm9vayBwYXBlcnM%3D
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    14 mins
  • #2 - Shein: Who Pays For The Low Price?

    #2 - Shein: Who Pays For The Low Price?
    Aug 27 2023
    Internet is packed with young aspiring webstars unpacking huge boxes containing bags branded Shein, the famous brand that sells cute outfits at incredibly low prices, is everything legit or are we reality blind? My Sources: https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/04/05/welcome-to-the-dark-side-shein-is-the-biggest-rip-off-since-fast-fashion-was-born  https://www.businessinsider.com/shein-china-billion-dollar-company-fast-fashion-brand-2021-8?r=US&IR=T#it-uses-algorithms-and-data-science-to-identify-new-trends-according-to-coresight-it-adds-an-average-of-2800-new-styles-to-its-website-each-week-6  https://www.theindustry.fashion/in-history-sheins-rapid-rise-to-a-76-5-billion-valuation/  https://www.wired.com/story/fast-cheap-out-of-control-inside-rise-of-shein/  https://stories.publiceye.ch/en/shein/  https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/05/shein-china-forced-labor-claims-lobbying-fast-fashion-00100065  https://prioridata.com/data/shein-revenue-statistics/#:~:text=After%20Shein%20entered%20the%20US,valuation%20decreased%20to%20%2464%20billion
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    13 mins
  • #1 - The Afghans' Odissey to Reach Canada

    #1 - The Afghans' Odissey to Reach Canada
    Aug 9 2023

    In this first episode we will explore the brutal journey that over 200.000 migrants faced in 2022 trying to get over Colombia to get to Panama. Many of them came far away, from Brazil. From Afghanistan.

    Sources:

    • https://help.unhcr.org/brazil/en/information-for-the-afghan-population/

    • https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-14/brazil-the-unlikely-last-hope-of-afghan-refugees.html

    • https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-10-17/the-darien-gap-promise-in-the-americas.html 

    • https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-10/haitian-migrants-risking-their-lives-on-darien-jungle-route.html#?rel=mas

    • https://www.osservatoriodiritti.it/2022/01/10/darien-gap/

    • https://www.iom.int/news/number-migrants-who-embarked-dangerous-darien-gap-route-nearly-doubled-2022

    • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64825197

    • https://www.france24.com/en/20180413-reporters-brazil-canada-new-odyssey-african-migrants

    • https://www.unicef.it/media/migranti-sono-oltre-30-mila-i-bambini-che-quest-anno-hanno-attraversato-il-darien-gap-per-raggiungere-gli-usa/ 

    • https://www.visasavenue.com/canada-immigration/canada-vs-america-which-country-is-better-for-immigration/ 

    • https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/biden-asylum-policy-immigration-00108074#:~:text=Biden's%20%E2%80%9Casylum%20ban%2C%E2%80%9D%20released,the%20way%20to%20the%20U.S 

    • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/25/us-judge-blocks-bidens-asylum-ban-at-mexico-border 

    • https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/refugees/basic-information-for-refugees/how-does-canada-s-refugee-system-work/ 

    • https://apnews.com/article/immigration-migrant-families-detention-border-biden-0909546c3984ae439b376d02c40ac7ff 

    • https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tensions-rise-within-biden-administration-migrant-kids-crowd-shelters-2021-04-15/ 

    • https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/16/canada-upholds-safe-third-country-refuge-agreement-00102392 

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhen5GvBQmQ
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    14 mins