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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense
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Your morning primer on news, politics, economics, culture and current affairs – five days a week.
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📳 NEW EDITION 📳 Is US foreign policy really being run on Trump’s whims… or is there a coherent agenda under the chaos? Economist geopolitics editor @dsorennie.bsky.social takes @seththevoz.bsky.social on a journey into America’s new belligerence.
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🍔 NEW EPISODE 🍔 In 2001 the classic book #FastFoodNation exposed the horrors of the convenience restaurant business. 25 years later are things better… or worse? Author Eric Schlosser talks to @nndroid.bsky.social
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February 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
📳 NEW EDITION 📳 Is US foreign policy really being run on Trump’s whims… or is there a coherent agenda under the chaos? Economist geopolitics editor @dsorennie.bsky.social takes @seththevoz.bsky.social on a journey into America’s new belligerence.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🚨Start Your Week🚨
Labour’s widely unpopular senior advisor Morgan McSweeney falls on his sword but will it be enough to stop Starmer from being consumed by the Mandelson/Epstein fallout? @nndroid.bsky.social and @gavinesler.bsky.social discuss this and more ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
🚨Weekly Wrap-up🚨
With Mandelson quitting the Lords, will Starmer or McSweeney have to depart next? @zoegrunewald.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to discuss this and more from the last week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Rare earth metals are vital to tech – and currently, China controls a staggering 95% of them. But what are they and why are they so valuable? Commodities journalist Ronan Murphy, Editor of Argus Non-Ferrous Markets, joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to explain ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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The Bunker is a fantastic podcast
💰💰💰NEW EPISODE💰💰💰
How has money laundering become such a major business and why do we struggle to stop it? @oliverbullough.bsky.social joins @seththevoz.bsky.social to discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
February 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
💰💰💰NEW EPISODE💰💰💰
How has money laundering become such a major business and why do we struggle to stop it? @oliverbullough.bsky.social joins @seththevoz.bsky.social to discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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We read the opinion columns so you don’t have to… Yes, the Paper Cuts vibe returns monthly on The Bunker.
Hot takes, cold takes, truly unhinged takes. We wade into the madness of newspaper columnists as opinion hits saturation point. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social join @nndroid.bsky.social to pick the weirdest (and best) of the month!

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February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Hot takes, cold takes, truly unhinged takes. We wade into the madness of newspaper columnists as opinion hits saturation point. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social join @nndroid.bsky.social to pick the weirdest (and best) of the month!

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February 3, 2026 at 10:59 AM
⏰Start Your Week⏰
Yet more damning information linking Andrew to Epstein has emerged and Peter Mandelson has quit Labour due to new revelations. Will this scandal ever reach a conclusion? @rafaelbehr.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Trump continues to reign terror upon Americans with his ICE crackdowns. Protests are heating up after two killings at the hands of ICE officers – how far will this division spread and what consequences will it have? @alexvont.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Trump says he’s secured a “framework” deal on Greenland after weeks of annexation talk but Europe stands defiant. @alexvont.bsky.socialspeaks to @nissenchristine.bsky.social on why Greenland is now a transatlantic flashpoint and what it means for the people who live there.

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January 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Greatest crossover episode since Dredd meets Batman: Judgment on Gotham.
January 28, 2026 at 12:28 PM
📳 NEW EDITION 📳 After ICE murdered Renée Nicole Good, MAGA couldn’t wait to dismiss female protesters as out-of-control ”wine moms” and “AWFULs” – Affluent White Female Urban Liberals.
📳 @mollyjongfast.bsky.social explains the meaning of these new misogynist slurs.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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🔊 The one about manifest destiny and remarkable facial hair! 🥹

Quite the wide-ranging historical scene-setting from @jonnelledge.bsky.social and @seththevoz.bsky.social in this more history-based episode of The @bunkerpod.bsky.social.

Lots I knew little about.

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🇺🇸🌎NEW EPISODE🇺🇸🌎
Trump's foreign policy has been called the "Donroe" doctrine. How does it actually measure up to the Monroe policy of the past? @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social favourites @seththevoz.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social discuss ➡ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 27, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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delighted they let me on to ramble about US history, and what it tells us about the world today, this was delightful
🇺🇸🌎NEW EPISODE🇺🇸🌎
Trump's foreign policy has been called the "Donroe" doctrine. How does it actually measure up to the Monroe policy of the past? @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social favourites @seththevoz.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social discuss ➡ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🇺🇸🌎NEW EPISODE🇺🇸🌎
Trump's foreign policy has been called the "Donroe" doctrine. How does it actually measure up to the Monroe policy of the past? @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social favourites @seththevoz.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social discuss ➡ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 AM
🚨🚨NEW🚨🚨
Burnham has been blocked from standing as an MP, sparking a fresh row within Starmer’s Labour Party. What will the fall out look like? Will the PM emerge stronger or weaker? @gavinesler.bsky.social & @rostaylor.bsky.social discuss this and other news to look out for ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM
OGWN detonates the Reality Bomb.
🤖 NEW EPISODE 🤖 A ranting madman with weird skin and fanatical followers threatens the security of the universe. Are we ready to face the future with America as everyone’s enemy…?
🤖 Listen everywhere linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Trump blusters and rambles his way through the World Economic Forum week in Davos. Where does this leave us? Plus: the Chinese mega-embassy and whatever the hell is going on with the Beckhams… @cellbitos.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The government says it’s getting serious about childhood obesity, with a new wave of bans on junk food adverts.
Beverley O’Hara joins @zoegrunewald.bsky.social to find out if this is real reform or just the start of a new era in junk food marketing.

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January 22, 2026 at 10:29 AM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
Pete Hegseth: Fox News star, culture warrior and now Trump’s Secretary of War.

What does his rise tell us about the future of US politics?
The Guardian’s Joseph Gedeon joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social on The Bunker to talk about what makes Hegseth tick

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January 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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…and I talk to the brilliant James Rodgers about the ONLY historical primer you need on the emergence of the vengeful modern Russia. 2/2
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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My new book 'The Return of Russia' is published next week.
I spoke to @bunkerpod.bsky.social about Russia's post-Cold War history with the West--and how it led to confrontation.
Book out in the UK and US on Jan. 27 from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Link below.
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The Bunker – News without the nonsense - Podcast Episode | Global Player
How the West lost Russia
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January 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM