Episode #1936
Krystal Ball & Saagar Enjeti
Books mentioned
Obama's Wars
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Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, political commentators and hosts of Breaking Points, discuss media trust, polarization, independent media, censorship, propaganda, and the incentives shaping news coverage. They also address election fraud, corruption, economic and financial issues, U.S. foreign policy, the Russia-Ukraine war, China tensions, technology and work, before turning to hunting, wildlife, cryptids, and catastrophe theories.
What they talked about
- Ukraine war coverage and U.S. role
- Russiagate media narrative critique
- Decline of traditional media and rise of independent media
- Scams and con artists in a post-truth era
- Andrew Tate and the manosphere
- Election fraud and voter integrity
- Gigantopithecus and ancient human relatives
- Hunting Nilgai and arrowheads
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