Hail to The Pod
Season 2
Episode #17: A More Peaceful Approach to Ukraine Crisis [Ft. Sebastian O.]
Season 1
by Samuel Chang & Sebastian Rouzard
The Co-hosts invites special guest Sebastian O. to discuss the futility and foolishness of U.S. and NATO military buildup in Ukraine, and to propose ease tensions with Russia: grant Eastern Ukraine autonomy and retract NATO defense capabilities in Eastern Europe.
The transcript of the monologue, which stores all sources of information, is available: https://www.judiciousjournal.com/post/monologue-9-agent-orange-america-s-crime-against-vietnam Additional Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/12/agent-orange-case-after-defeat-woman-79-vows-to-keep-up-fight
Racial inequality and discrimination are still the American pestilence. The U.S. government must enact a plan that will cure it. Readings: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/438/text https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/ https://www.epi.org/publication/african-americans-concentrated-neighborhoods/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2020/08/12/489260/black-white-wealth-gap-will-widen-educational-disparities-coronavirus-pandemic/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/press-release/2002/minority-americans-lag-behind-whites-nearly-every-measure-health-care-quality#:~:text=Minority%20Americans%20Have%20Lower%20Rates,care%20experiences%20for%20all%20Americans.&text=Uninsured%20minorities%20are%20even%20more,obtaining%20access%20to%20health%20care. https://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/metro-and-regional-inequalities/transportation/moving-to-equity-addressing-inequitable-effects-of-transportation-policies-on-minorities/sanchez-moving-to-equity-transportation-policies.pdf https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html
War is profitable business. The U.S. must end it and hold itself accountable. More Readings: https://theintercept.com/2021/08/16/afghanistan-war-defense-stocks/ https://readsludge.com/2021/08/23/lawmakers-benefit-from-booming-defense-stocks/ https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/summary https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/airstrikes-us-war-on-terror-civilians-b1914924.html
Scotland should leave the United Kingdom for the sake of themselves and the European Union.
A call to reorganize the Transatlantic Partnership by establishing a EU military and foreign policy.
Sebastian Rouzard and Sam Chang are back to address vaccine myths, mask mandates, and the need for universal healthcare to provide for poor and minority communities in case for a future pandemic. Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present by Frank M. Snowden: https://www.amazon.com/Epidemics-Society-Black-Death-Present/dp/0300192215 Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/19/us-address-impact-covid-19-poor IMFBLog: https://blogs.imf.org/2020/12/03/covid-19-hits-the-poor-harder-but-scaled-up-testing-can-help/
A response to President Biden's response to the Kabul attack
Afghanistan has been captured. The United States must be active in the days ahead.
With persistent annexation threats from China against Taiwan, the United States must decide what it should do when tensions are at its highest.