What the Hell Just Happened? - On Shifting Ground

Do you ever feel like reality is shifting beneath your feet? Veteran journalist Ray Suarez spent forty years covering elections, civil wars, and pandemics that shaped the way we live. He’s seen entire countries flipped upside down and right side up… and now he’s here to bring a sensible voice to our endless doom-scrolling. Each week, Ray hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts that explore how people from New Hampshire to New Guinea are navigating our rapidly changing world. A co-production of Commonwealth Club - World Affairs and KQED.

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(1/2) [PODCAST] #OnShiftingGround “Is America Exporting Political Violence?” by #RaySuarez with #BruceHoffman
https://pca.st/episode/6438602e-e201-49c7-967f-310efad917ae

#book2read: God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America by #BruceHoffman
https://a.co/d/aZsMliW

#ConCW #conspiracy #CultureWar #violence

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Is America Exporting Political Violence? - On Shifting Ground

Do you ever feel like reality is shifting beneath your feet? Veteran journalist Ray Suarez spent forty years covering elections, civil wars, and pandemics that shaped the way we live. He’s seen entire countries flipped upside down and right side up… and now he’s here to bring a sensible voice to our endless doom-scrolling. Each week, Ray hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts that explore how people from New Hampshire to New Guinea are navigating our rapidly changing world. A co-production of Commonwealth Club - World Affairs and KQED.

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Excellent analysis here: Listening to #ShiftingGround #RaySuarez [PODCAST] “How the Palestinian Question Could Unravel Netanyahu’s “New Middle East”

https://pca.st/episode/cb66a33a-aadd-4fea-ada6-6e03a98da545

#IsraelWar #Palestine #Israel #Iran #Hamas #military #MiddleEast #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Russia #SaudiArabia #HolyLand

How the Palestinian Question Could Unravel Netanyahu’s “New Middle East” - On Shifting Ground

On October 7, Hamas, an Iran-backed Islamist terrorist group, broke through the high-tech security barrier which divides Israel from the Gaza Strip, and launched a coordinated surprise attack on neighboring Israeli military targets and communities....

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My afternoon commute [PODCAST]: “Putin’s Prigozhin Trap, with Anne Applebaum” by #RaySuarez #OnShiftingGround #Putin #Russia #politics

https://pca.st/episode/6900f8d1-b9af-4821-af08-80b9365cb89a

Putin’s Prigozhin Trap, with Anne Applebaum - On Shifting Ground

On August 23rd, Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a mysterious plane crash just 60 days after his mercenary group Wagner led a failed coup attempt that Russian president Vladimir Putin called “treasonous.”   Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum...

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Great #ShiftingGround [PODCAST] conversation about current US trade policy with Ambassador Katherine Tai #RaySuarez

https://pca.st/episode/815c6a71-3943-4544-aab6-1d9071ade68b

#CurrentEvents #news #China #Russia #economics #politics

Ambassador Katherine Tai: Buy Local, Trade Global? (Even With China…) - On Shifting Ground

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai played host to the APEC Forum in Detroit, where she balanced American interests, international trade agreements and ongoing rivalries with China. Ambassador Tai joined Ray Suarez to speak about how that meeting...

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One of the Smartest Journalists I Know

RECOMMENDATION: Rafael (Ray) Suarez, always well-informed & insightful, looks at manhood, masculinity & patriarchy in the latest two episodes of his podcast, "On Shifting Ground."

The Well Said

Thought-provoking & sobering commentary on not only political polarization, but also our societal lack of community: The bitter fruit of widespread narcissism: “Tom Nichols on the Dangerous Politics of Narcissism”

https://pca.st/episode/97219696-a346-4df7-b7f0-c6def43d8daa

by #RaySuarez #WorldAffairs #OnShiftingGround #ConCW

Tom Nichols on the Dangerous Politics of Narcissism - On Shifting Ground

Despite being the first president—former or sitting—to be indicted for a crime, Donald Trump remains the front-running candidate for the GOP nomination. If the and allegations of assault and defamation aren’t enough to deter diehard MAGA fans,...

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Why Russia Is Stealing Ukraine’s Future - On Shifting Ground

In recent decades, millions more Russians have died than have been born. There are many causes – Russian women don’t have many children, and Russian men are dying young in large numbers – and the war in Ukraine is only worsening the trend. So...

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Spreading Abortion Lies on TikTok - On Shifting Ground

 As Americans continue to grapple with a post-Roe future, how should those seeking reproductive healthcare navigate rampant misinformation online?   Ray Suarez speaks with Alaa Mostafa from Reveal and Anabel Sosa, a journalist with the Human...

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