Russell Barnes
@barnes-russell.bsky.social
TV and Podcasting - co-host of Creating History podcast.
'Summitry' out now - history isn't written, it's negotiated.
New episodes every Thursday.
https://pod.link/1772845516
Also 'Creating Churchill', an audio biography of the man & myth.
'Summitry' out now - history isn't written, it's negotiated.
New episodes every Thursday.
https://pod.link/1772845516
Also 'Creating Churchill', an audio biography of the man & myth.
🔥 Peace isn’t simple - just ask Korea.
🎧 500 meetings ended the Korean War. How long will it take to fix Ukraine’s peace?
Creating History explores Donald Trump's diplomacy in the finale of its Summitry series.
⚠️ Is this diplomacy’s death… or chaotic rebirth?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🎧 500 meetings ended the Korean War. How long will it take to fix Ukraine’s peace?
Creating History explores Donald Trump's diplomacy in the finale of its Summitry series.
⚠️ Is this diplomacy’s death… or chaotic rebirth?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
May 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🔥 Peace isn’t simple - just ask Korea.
🎧 500 meetings ended the Korean War. How long will it take to fix Ukraine’s peace?
Creating History explores Donald Trump's diplomacy in the finale of its Summitry series.
⚠️ Is this diplomacy’s death… or chaotic rebirth?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🎧 500 meetings ended the Korean War. How long will it take to fix Ukraine’s peace?
Creating History explores Donald Trump's diplomacy in the finale of its Summitry series.
⚠️ Is this diplomacy’s death… or chaotic rebirth?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
Creating History's final episode on the history of diplomatic summits is out now: pod.link/1772845516
May 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Creating History's final episode on the history of diplomatic summits is out now: pod.link/1772845516
🔥"Trump has a remarkable ability not to be caught on hooks that would trap most normal politicians. He thrives on chaos. He uses it constantly to keep critics off balance..."
David Reynolds - Creating History 'Trumpery 2.0' out now: pod.link/1772845516
David Reynolds - Creating History 'Trumpery 2.0' out now: pod.link/1772845516
May 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🔥"Trump has a remarkable ability not to be caught on hooks that would trap most normal politicians. He thrives on chaos. He uses it constantly to keep critics off balance..."
David Reynolds - Creating History 'Trumpery 2.0' out now: pod.link/1772845516
David Reynolds - Creating History 'Trumpery 2.0' out now: pod.link/1772845516
💣 TRUMPERY 2.0 DROPPED 🎧
🔥 The explosive finale of Creating History’s summitry series is HERE.
🇺🇦 Biden’s ‘total victory’ vs. Trump’s armistice gamble - whose playbook wins?
Is this the end of diplomacy… or a violent rebirth?
▪️ Can institutions survive?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🔥 The explosive finale of Creating History’s summitry series is HERE.
🇺🇦 Biden’s ‘total victory’ vs. Trump’s armistice gamble - whose playbook wins?
Is this the end of diplomacy… or a violent rebirth?
▪️ Can institutions survive?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
May 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
💣 TRUMPERY 2.0 DROPPED 🎧
🔥 The explosive finale of Creating History’s summitry series is HERE.
🇺🇦 Biden’s ‘total victory’ vs. Trump’s armistice gamble - whose playbook wins?
Is this the end of diplomacy… or a violent rebirth?
▪️ Can institutions survive?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🔥 The explosive finale of Creating History’s summitry series is HERE.
🇺🇦 Biden’s ‘total victory’ vs. Trump’s armistice gamble - whose playbook wins?
Is this the end of diplomacy… or a violent rebirth?
▪️ Can institutions survive?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🏗️ Making the world safe for real estate. #podcast #history #donaldtrum... youtu.be/x9Iy10MMYRY?... via YouTube
🏗️ Making the world safe for real estate. #podcast #history #donaldtrump #vladimirputin
YouTube video by Creating History
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May 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🏗️ Making the world safe for real estate. #podcast #history #donaldtrum... youtu.be/x9Iy10MMYRY?... via YouTube
💥 TRUMPERY 2.0 - out 22nd May: Diplomacy’s Death… or Rebirth? 💥
🎧 Creating History on:
🧸 Putin’s “magician” revival - bromance 2.0
🇺🇦💥 Ukraine pressured: “Make the deal!”
🏗️ Video clip: “Making the world safe for real estate.”
⚠️ End of diplomacy… or its ruthless remix?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🎧 Creating History on:
🧸 Putin’s “magician” revival - bromance 2.0
🇺🇦💥 Ukraine pressured: “Make the deal!”
🏗️ Video clip: “Making the world safe for real estate.”
⚠️ End of diplomacy… or its ruthless remix?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
May 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
💥 TRUMPERY 2.0 - out 22nd May: Diplomacy’s Death… or Rebirth? 💥
🎧 Creating History on:
🧸 Putin’s “magician” revival - bromance 2.0
🇺🇦💥 Ukraine pressured: “Make the deal!”
🏗️ Video clip: “Making the world safe for real estate.”
⚠️ End of diplomacy… or its ruthless remix?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🎧 Creating History on:
🧸 Putin’s “magician” revival - bromance 2.0
🇺🇦💥 Ukraine pressured: “Make the deal!”
🏗️ Video clip: “Making the world safe for real estate.”
⚠️ End of diplomacy… or its ruthless remix?
🔗 pod.link/1772845516
🎙️Creating History's assessment of Trump's first-term foreign policy is out now. Part 2 - on war, peace and transactional diplomacy in 2025 - drops on Thursday pod.link/1772845516
May 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🎙️Creating History's assessment of Trump's first-term foreign policy is out now. Part 2 - on war, peace and transactional diplomacy in 2025 - drops on Thursday pod.link/1772845516
🎩 “TRUMPERY 1.0” IS LIVE: When Diplomacy Met Reality TV
🔥 “If they don’t kiss the ring, they’re our enemy.” Henry Kissinger’s 2019 critique of Trump’s medieval-style summitry.
🎧 Creating History explores Trump’s first-term diplomacy.
👉 FOLLOW the 🔗 in bio pod.link/1772845516to dissect summitry.
🔥 “If they don’t kiss the ring, they’re our enemy.” Henry Kissinger’s 2019 critique of Trump’s medieval-style summitry.
🎧 Creating History explores Trump’s first-term diplomacy.
👉 FOLLOW the 🔗 in bio pod.link/1772845516to dissect summitry.
May 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🎩 “TRUMPERY 1.0” IS LIVE: When Diplomacy Met Reality TV
🔥 “If they don’t kiss the ring, they’re our enemy.” Henry Kissinger’s 2019 critique of Trump’s medieval-style summitry.
🎧 Creating History explores Trump’s first-term diplomacy.
👉 FOLLOW the 🔗 in bio pod.link/1772845516to dissect summitry.
🔥 “If they don’t kiss the ring, they’re our enemy.” Henry Kissinger’s 2019 critique of Trump’s medieval-style summitry.
🎧 Creating History explores Trump’s first-term diplomacy.
👉 FOLLOW the 🔗 in bio pod.link/1772845516to dissect summitry.
🎙️"It looked like the dealmaker had been trounced by the KGB man. Afterwards, Trump seemed deferential to Putin. Senator John McCain called it a disgraceful performance, giving Putin a massive propaganda victory". David Reynolds on the 2018 Helsinki summit. 'Trumpery 1.0'. pod.link/1772845516
May 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🎙️"It looked like the dealmaker had been trounced by the KGB man. Afterwards, Trump seemed deferential to Putin. Senator John McCain called it a disgraceful performance, giving Putin a massive propaganda victory". David Reynolds on the 2018 Helsinki summit. 'Trumpery 1.0'. pod.link/1772845516
🚨 New Creating History episode: “TRUMPERY 1.0”! 🚨
🔥 “I win, you lose” - Trump's global power playbook.
🎧 Trump's summit diplomacy unfiltered.
▫️ Chaos or strategy?
▫️ “America First” - genius or geopolitical arson?
📽️ “I’m always moving...”
👉 pod.link/1772845516 for more.
🔥 “I win, you lose” - Trump's global power playbook.
🎧 Trump's summit diplomacy unfiltered.
▫️ Chaos or strategy?
▫️ “America First” - genius or geopolitical arson?
📽️ “I’m always moving...”
👉 pod.link/1772845516 for more.
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🚨 New Creating History episode: “TRUMPERY 1.0”! 🚨
🔥 “I win, you lose” - Trump's global power playbook.
🎧 Trump's summit diplomacy unfiltered.
▫️ Chaos or strategy?
▫️ “America First” - genius or geopolitical arson?
📽️ “I’m always moving...”
👉 pod.link/1772845516 for more.
🔥 “I win, you lose” - Trump's global power playbook.
🎧 Trump's summit diplomacy unfiltered.
▫️ Chaos or strategy?
▫️ “America First” - genius or geopolitical arson?
📽️ “I’m always moving...”
👉 pod.link/1772845516 for more.
Out now - the NeoCon disaster and what it would give birth to... pod.link/1772845516
May 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Out now - the NeoCon disaster and what it would give birth to... pod.link/1772845516
💥 “FIRE AND FURY vs. LITTLE ROCKET MAN” 💥
Hold onto your phones - this isn’t a movie. It’s Trump’s summit diplomacy.
🎙️ Out tomorrow - Creating History: Trumpery 1.0 - the explosive deep dive into Trump’s first-term foreign policy... chaos… or calculated disruption?
👉 pod.link/1772845516
Hold onto your phones - this isn’t a movie. It’s Trump’s summit diplomacy.
🎙️ Out tomorrow - Creating History: Trumpery 1.0 - the explosive deep dive into Trump’s first-term foreign policy... chaos… or calculated disruption?
👉 pod.link/1772845516
May 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
💥 “FIRE AND FURY vs. LITTLE ROCKET MAN” 💥
Hold onto your phones - this isn’t a movie. It’s Trump’s summit diplomacy.
🎙️ Out tomorrow - Creating History: Trumpery 1.0 - the explosive deep dive into Trump’s first-term foreign policy... chaos… or calculated disruption?
👉 pod.link/1772845516
Hold onto your phones - this isn’t a movie. It’s Trump’s summit diplomacy.
🎙️ Out tomorrow - Creating History: Trumpery 1.0 - the explosive deep dive into Trump’s first-term foreign policy... chaos… or calculated disruption?
👉 pod.link/1772845516
🔥THE SUMMITRY THAT BURNED THE MIDDLE EAST 🔥
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair’s “You guys sort it out” attitude mirrored Chamberlain’s fatal trust in yes-men.
💣 Isolated in a cocoon, Blair bet his legacy on restraining Bush via summitry… while enabling Middle Eastern chaos.
🎧 pod.link/1772845516
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair’s “You guys sort it out” attitude mirrored Chamberlain’s fatal trust in yes-men.
💣 Isolated in a cocoon, Blair bet his legacy on restraining Bush via summitry… while enabling Middle Eastern chaos.
🎧 pod.link/1772845516
May 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🔥THE SUMMITRY THAT BURNED THE MIDDLE EAST 🔥
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair’s “You guys sort it out” attitude mirrored Chamberlain’s fatal trust in yes-men.
💣 Isolated in a cocoon, Blair bet his legacy on restraining Bush via summitry… while enabling Middle Eastern chaos.
🎧 pod.link/1772845516
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair’s “You guys sort it out” attitude mirrored Chamberlain’s fatal trust in yes-men.
💣 Isolated in a cocoon, Blair bet his legacy on restraining Bush via summitry… while enabling Middle Eastern chaos.
🎧 pod.link/1772845516
💥Blair was alarmed at the slide to war... He did manage to arrange another summit with Bush at Camp David in September 2002 but Dick Cheney sat in, said one British official, like a 'lump', an intimidating presence with an influence on Bush.
Creating History "Bushwhacking": pod.link/1772845516 🎧
Creating History "Bushwhacking": pod.link/1772845516 🎧
May 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
💥Blair was alarmed at the slide to war... He did manage to arrange another summit with Bush at Camp David in September 2002 but Dick Cheney sat in, said one British official, like a 'lump', an intimidating presence with an influence on Bush.
Creating History "Bushwhacking": pod.link/1772845516 🎧
Creating History "Bushwhacking": pod.link/1772845516 🎧
🎙️"Blair was a barrister, used to selecting the best pieces of evidence, even closing his eyes to inconvenient evidence to make a case. But he wasn't now in a court of law. As PM, Blair was operating solo as both advocate and judge".
Creating History 'Bushwhacking' out now.
pod.link/1772845516
Creating History 'Bushwhacking' out now.
pod.link/1772845516
May 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🎙️"Blair was a barrister, used to selecting the best pieces of evidence, even closing his eyes to inconvenient evidence to make a case. But he wasn't now in a court of law. As PM, Blair was operating solo as both advocate and judge".
Creating History 'Bushwhacking' out now.
pod.link/1772845516
Creating History 'Bushwhacking' out now.
pod.link/1772845516
🔥 NEW EPISODE: “BUSHWHACKING” 🔥
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair & Bush’s summitry lit the Middle East ablaze.
💣 “See if Saddam did it.”
Bush’s post-9/11 obsession. Why did Blair gamble his legacy on this crusade? And how the ghosts of 2003 haunt every summit room
🎧 LINK ⬇️
pod.link/1772845516
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair & Bush’s summitry lit the Middle East ablaze.
💣 “See if Saddam did it.”
Bush’s post-9/11 obsession. Why did Blair gamble his legacy on this crusade? And how the ghosts of 2003 haunt every summit room
🎧 LINK ⬇️
pod.link/1772845516
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🔥 NEW EPISODE: “BUSHWHACKING” 🔥
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair & Bush’s summitry lit the Middle East ablaze.
💣 “See if Saddam did it.”
Bush’s post-9/11 obsession. Why did Blair gamble his legacy on this crusade? And how the ghosts of 2003 haunt every summit room
🎧 LINK ⬇️
pod.link/1772845516
🎙️ Creating History exposes how Blair & Bush’s summitry lit the Middle East ablaze.
💣 “See if Saddam did it.”
Bush’s post-9/11 obsession. Why did Blair gamble his legacy on this crusade? And how the ghosts of 2003 haunt every summit room
🎧 LINK ⬇️
pod.link/1772845516
🔥 NEW EPISODE (May 8): BLAIR & BUSH 🔥
🎙️Creating History dissects an explosive political bromance: Blair’s pact with Bush. How it ignited the Middle East and shattered global trust. Two men. One God complex. A war built on lies.
🎧 Explore the closed-door theatrics of summitry: pod.link/1772845516
🎙️Creating History dissects an explosive political bromance: Blair’s pact with Bush. How it ignited the Middle East and shattered global trust. Two men. One God complex. A war built on lies.
🎧 Explore the closed-door theatrics of summitry: pod.link/1772845516
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🔥 NEW EPISODE (May 8): BLAIR & BUSH 🔥
🎙️Creating History dissects an explosive political bromance: Blair’s pact with Bush. How it ignited the Middle East and shattered global trust. Two men. One God complex. A war built on lies.
🎧 Explore the closed-door theatrics of summitry: pod.link/1772845516
🎙️Creating History dissects an explosive political bromance: Blair’s pact with Bush. How it ignited the Middle East and shattered global trust. Two men. One God complex. A war built on lies.
🎧 Explore the closed-door theatrics of summitry: pod.link/1772845516
🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺 “Do you still think the Soviet Union is the Evil Empire?”
Hear how Reagan’s Red Square reply melted decades of hostility ❄️➡️🔥
Out now - Creating History “End of the Evil Empire: Part 2”...
The backstory of diplomacy that ended the nuclear standoff ☮️ pod.link/1772845516 🎧
Hear how Reagan’s Red Square reply melted decades of hostility ❄️➡️🔥
Out now - Creating History “End of the Evil Empire: Part 2”...
The backstory of diplomacy that ended the nuclear standoff ☮️ pod.link/1772845516 🎧
May 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺 “Do you still think the Soviet Union is the Evil Empire?”
Hear how Reagan’s Red Square reply melted decades of hostility ❄️➡️🔥
Out now - Creating History “End of the Evil Empire: Part 2”...
The backstory of diplomacy that ended the nuclear standoff ☮️ pod.link/1772845516 🎧
Hear how Reagan’s Red Square reply melted decades of hostility ❄️➡️🔥
Out now - Creating History “End of the Evil Empire: Part 2”...
The backstory of diplomacy that ended the nuclear standoff ☮️ pod.link/1772845516 🎧
"Gorbachev's motorcade rolls into D.C. People line the streets to catch a glimpse of the international celebrity. People chant: Gorby, Gorby, Gorby! It's the height of Gorby-mania or, as disenchanted Republicans put it, a Gorb-asm."
David Reynolds - Creating History out now pod.link/1772845516
David Reynolds - Creating History out now pod.link/1772845516
May 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Gorbachev's motorcade rolls into D.C. People line the streets to catch a glimpse of the international celebrity. People chant: Gorby, Gorby, Gorby! It's the height of Gorby-mania or, as disenchanted Republicans put it, a Gorb-asm."
David Reynolds - Creating History out now pod.link/1772845516
David Reynolds - Creating History out now pod.link/1772845516
☢️ Reagan’s radical proposal at Reykjavik: “Let’s eliminate ALL nuclear weapons.”
Gorbachev agrees. Then it all unravels. 💥
Creating History drops “End of the Evil Empire part 2”
pod.link/1772845516 - tap the link for the explosive finale 🎧
Gorbachev agrees. Then it all unravels. 💥
Creating History drops “End of the Evil Empire part 2”
pod.link/1772845516 - tap the link for the explosive finale 🎧
May 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
☢️ Reagan’s radical proposal at Reykjavik: “Let’s eliminate ALL nuclear weapons.”
Gorbachev agrees. Then it all unravels. 💥
Creating History drops “End of the Evil Empire part 2”
pod.link/1772845516 - tap the link for the explosive finale 🎧
Gorbachev agrees. Then it all unravels. 💥
Creating History drops “End of the Evil Empire part 2”
pod.link/1772845516 - tap the link for the explosive finale 🎧
🔥New - out today 🎧
Reykjavik, October 1986.💣🕊️
"As they got into their cars, Gorbachev said: 'I don't know what else I could have done'. And Reagan responded: 'I do - you could have said yes!' So 11 intoxicating hours ends in bitter recrimination".
Creating History - pod.link/1772845516
Reykjavik, October 1986.💣🕊️
"As they got into their cars, Gorbachev said: 'I don't know what else I could have done'. And Reagan responded: 'I do - you could have said yes!' So 11 intoxicating hours ends in bitter recrimination".
Creating History - pod.link/1772845516
May 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🔥New - out today 🎧
Reykjavik, October 1986.💣🕊️
"As they got into their cars, Gorbachev said: 'I don't know what else I could have done'. And Reagan responded: 'I do - you could have said yes!' So 11 intoxicating hours ends in bitter recrimination".
Creating History - pod.link/1772845516
Reykjavik, October 1986.💣🕊️
"As they got into their cars, Gorbachev said: 'I don't know what else I could have done'. And Reagan responded: 'I do - you could have said yes!' So 11 intoxicating hours ends in bitter recrimination".
Creating History - pod.link/1772845516
🚨 Out tomorrow - Creating History: "End of the Evil Empire: Part 2" ... Reagan, Gorbachev, Reykjavik in 1986.
🔥 How the Soviets loaned carbon paper for treaty drafts 😱
Nuke talks were held in literal bathtubs (space was tight!) 🛁💣
Catch up with the series so far: pod.link/1772845516
🔥 How the Soviets loaned carbon paper for treaty drafts 😱
Nuke talks were held in literal bathtubs (space was tight!) 🛁💣
Catch up with the series so far: pod.link/1772845516
April 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🚨 Out tomorrow - Creating History: "End of the Evil Empire: Part 2" ... Reagan, Gorbachev, Reykjavik in 1986.
🔥 How the Soviets loaned carbon paper for treaty drafts 😱
Nuke talks were held in literal bathtubs (space was tight!) 🛁💣
Catch up with the series so far: pod.link/1772845516
🔥 How the Soviets loaned carbon paper for treaty drafts 😱
Nuke talks were held in literal bathtubs (space was tight!) 🛁💣
Catch up with the series so far: pod.link/1772845516
🎙️From Creating History 🎧
Summitry is a history of major international diplomatic summits since 1938... the build-up, the behind-the-scenes stories, the aftermath... a fresh angle on 20th century global geopolitics.
8 episodes (of 12) are out now: pod.link/1772845516
Summitry is a history of major international diplomatic summits since 1938... the build-up, the behind-the-scenes stories, the aftermath... a fresh angle on 20th century global geopolitics.
8 episodes (of 12) are out now: pod.link/1772845516
April 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
🎙️From Creating History 🎧
Summitry is a history of major international diplomatic summits since 1938... the build-up, the behind-the-scenes stories, the aftermath... a fresh angle on 20th century global geopolitics.
8 episodes (of 12) are out now: pod.link/1772845516
Summitry is a history of major international diplomatic summits since 1938... the build-up, the behind-the-scenes stories, the aftermath... a fresh angle on 20th century global geopolitics.
8 episodes (of 12) are out now: pod.link/1772845516
💥 30 seconds of silence. Two leaders. One explosive standoff.
Reagan vs. Gorbachev at Geneva ’85: the U.S. “Star Wars” missile defense (SDI) pushed tensions to the brink.
Hear how the leaders chose dialogue over deadlock...
Creating History, wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1772845516
Reagan vs. Gorbachev at Geneva ’85: the U.S. “Star Wars” missile defense (SDI) pushed tensions to the brink.
Hear how the leaders chose dialogue over deadlock...
Creating History, wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1772845516
April 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
💥 30 seconds of silence. Two leaders. One explosive standoff.
Reagan vs. Gorbachev at Geneva ’85: the U.S. “Star Wars” missile defense (SDI) pushed tensions to the brink.
Hear how the leaders chose dialogue over deadlock...
Creating History, wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1772845516
Reagan vs. Gorbachev at Geneva ’85: the U.S. “Star Wars” missile defense (SDI) pushed tensions to the brink.
Hear how the leaders chose dialogue over deadlock...
Creating History, wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1772845516
"Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev did not click - an ex Hollywood starlet vs. a lecturer in sociology. Nancy found it hard to get a word in edgeways. Afterwards she exploded: Who does that dame think she is?!"
David Reynolds - Creating History 'End of the Evil Empire part 1': pod.link/1772845516
David Reynolds - Creating History 'End of the Evil Empire part 1': pod.link/1772845516
April 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev did not click - an ex Hollywood starlet vs. a lecturer in sociology. Nancy found it hard to get a word in edgeways. Afterwards she exploded: Who does that dame think she is?!"
David Reynolds - Creating History 'End of the Evil Empire part 1': pod.link/1772845516
David Reynolds - Creating History 'End of the Evil Empire part 1': pod.link/1772845516