Chatter
A series of conversations (some not-so-mindless Chatter if you will) with thought leaders, politicians, YouTubers, academics, authors, and more. I try to explore ideas and ideologies from all walks of life in order to uncover what truth I can and learn some fun stuff along the way! We get deep into politics, philosophy, conspiracies, corruption, finance, technology and history! Chatter is a podcast from https://www.thejist.co.uk, hosted by Josh Hamilton.
Episodes
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Brian Frydenborg on Ukrainegate and the Trump/Russia Connections
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Brian Frydenborg, the journalist and author, was my guest on today’s show. He is the author of several books on the Trump/Russia connections, including his most recent book on Ukrainegate, the scandal being pushed by the Trump campaign as an attempt to discredit Joe Biden. Our conversation was a fantastic in-depth look at this scandal and how it fits into the wider Trump/Russia ties and the East vs West struggle that is quietly bubbling under the surface.
Brian Frydenborg is a freelance writer and consultant from the New York City area who has studied, written, and/or worked in public policy, politics, foreign affairs, security studies, international development, humanitarian aid, and history for two decades. In pursuit of these ends, Brian studied abroad in Japan, went to Liberia to study the UN peacekeeping mission there, went to Israel and Palestine to study the conflict there, and lived and worked for over five years in Jordan, starting in early 2014, until his return to the U.S. in mid-2019. He has been featured in Newsweek, The Jerusalem Post, the Modern War Institute at West Point, The London School of Economics and Politics Middle East Centre, Real Clear Defense, Business Insider, Small Wars Journal, and other diverse outlets. You can see his work on his own news website realcontextnews.com and check out his latest eBooks on Amazon and other eBook stores, including Coronavirus the Revealer and A Song of Gas and Politics: How Ukraine Is at the Center of Trump-Russia, or, Ukrainegate: A “New” Phase in the Trump-Russia Saga Made from Recycled Materials, the latter eBook centering on much of what we discuss in this episode of Chatter.
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[https://realcontextnews.com/articles/trump-russia-chart-dossier/](https://realcontextnews.com/articles/trump-russia-chart-dossier/)
[https://realcontextnews.com/coronavirus-exposes-us-as-unprepared-for-biowarfare-bioterrorism-highlighting-traditional-u-s-weakness-in-unconventional-asymmetric-warfare/](https://realcontextnews.com/coronavirus-exposes-us-as-unprepared-for-biowarfare-bioterrorism-highlighting-traditional-u-s-weakness-in-unconventional-asymmetric-warfare/)
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081Y39SKR?ref_=k4w_oembed_dO8VtTPgCdcB0G&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081Y39SKR?ref_=k4w_oembed_dO8VtTPgCdcB0G&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd)
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071WMNL5C?ref_=k4w_oembed_q8BkOVFatFg0aq&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071WMNL5C?ref_=k4w_oembed_q8BkOVFatFg0aq&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd)
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWDHLRJ?ref_=k4w_oembed_aEdczHIPfLcGIZ&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWDHLRJ?ref_=k4w_oembed_aEdczHIPfLcGIZ&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd)
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Hezues R on Mental Health, Suicide, and Choosing Art Over Algorithms
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Hezues R, the creative and film-maker was my guest on today’s show. Amongst other things Hezues created the official fragrance for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and ran a handful of advertising campaigns for Sean P. Diddy Combs’. In this conversation we explored some of the ideas that he has explored in his upcoming film, Suicide Saint, which attempts to raise the issue of suicide as a major problem for the developed world and to promote art over algorithms in a Hollywood culture obsessed with focus groups and profit.
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[https://www.hezuesr.com/](https://www.hezuesr.com/)
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[https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Film-Director/HEZUES-R-573072246468714/](https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Film-Director/HEZUES-R-573072246468714/)
[https://twitter.com/hezuesr?lang=en](https://twitter.com/hezuesr?lang=en)
[https://www.instagram.com/hezuesr/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/hezuesr/?hl=en)
[https://www.ktvn.com/story/42363027/film-director-hezues-r-focuses-on-the-issue-of-mental-health-with-upcoming-movie-suicide-saint](https://www.ktvn.com/story/42363027/film-director-hezues-r-focuses-on-the-issue-of-mental-health-with-upcoming-movie-suicide-saint)
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Carolyn Steel on Sitopia and How Food Can Change The World
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Carolyn Steel, the author of Sitopia: How Food Can Change The World and Hungry City was our guest on today’s show. I first came across Carolyn’s writing when her book Sitopia jumped out at me in a book store in Utrecht and it proceeded to blow my mind. The way she has made me rethink our entire relationship with food has been a revelation and I highly recommend it to anyone who is listening. In the show we get into why Britain has lost it’s food culture, reimagining our relationship with food as people and as a society, and why understanding what a good life entails always leads to food.
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[Stephen Mennell - All Manners of Food](https://amzn.to/2S9VWPc)
[Harvey Levenstein - Paradox of Plenty](https://amzn.to/30n2hLM)
[https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-only-9-of-britons-want-life-to-return-to-normal-once-lockdown-is-over-11974459](https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-only-9-of-britons-want-life-to-return-to-normal-once-lockdown-is-over-11974459)
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Jasper Mafya on Rap and the Belfast Hip-Hop Scene
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Jasper Mafya the Belfast-based rapper/hip hop artist was a guest on my show today. Jasper and I were good friends whilst we were at University and we actually recorded his song together. It was great to get to catch up with Jasper and chat to him all about the music he is making and producing, his influences, and the state of the Belfast hip-hop scene.
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***RESOURCES***
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Al9Q3Agqk7U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Al9Q3Agqk7U)
[https://www.instagram.com/jaspermafya/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/jaspermafya/?hl=en)
[https://soundcloud.com/mafyaofficial](https://soundcloud.com/mafyaofficial)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEnqUDon4Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEnqUDon4Y)
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIVyQB1snOO6ZM8H4bTh0g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIVyQB1snOO6ZM8H4bTh0g)
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Pól Torbóid on Lasair Dhearg and Building a 32 County Socialist Republic
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Pól Torbóid from Lasair Dhearg was our guest on today’s show. We talked about the founding of Lasair Dhearg, their desire to bring Ireland together in a 32 country socialist republic, the need for governments to admit that socialism works, and how their year of activism has been disrupted by covid-19.
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***RESOURCES***
[https://www.lasairdhearg.com/](https://www.lasairdhearg.com/)
[https://twitter.com/poltorb?lang=en](https://twitter.com/poltorb?lang=en)
[https://twitter.com/LasairDhearg](https://twitter.com/LasairDhearg)
[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-streets-renamed-as-part-of-republican-campaign-39309348.html](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-streets-renamed-as-part-of-republican-campaign-39309348.html)
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Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Anthony Dapiran on Hong Kong‘s Protest Movement and Their History
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Anthony Dapiran, author of the books City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong and City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong was my guest on today’s show. We covered the Hong Kong protest movements that have unfolded over the past two decades, their ongoing struggle with authoritarian China attempting to impose their rule on a still somewhat independent Hong Kong, and how the pro-democracy protest movement has been affected by the pandemic and the lockdown.
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Cuthbert Arutura on Colonialism, Cultural Imperialism, and BLM
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
My guest on the show today was the artist, musician, and dancer, Cuthbert Artura. We had a vast conversation covering the legacy of slavery, colonialism (both modern and historic), cultural homogenisation, BLM, and the protests that sprung up after the death of George Floyd.
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***RESOURCES***
[Naomi Klein - No Logo](https://amzn.to/33cpyjX)
[Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine](https://amzn.to/2R5gQ1q)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J1FVoZuXXE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J1FVoZuXXE)
[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/everyday-racism-four-people-talk-about-their-experiences-of-racism-in-ni-39263814.html](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/everyday-racism-four-people-talk-about-their-experiences-of-racism-in-ni-39263814.html)
[https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/07/31/news/black-lives-matter-protestors-being-interviewed-under-serious-organised-crime-legislation--2021562/](https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/07/31/news/black-lives-matter-protestors-being-interviewed-under-serious-organised-crime-legislation--2021562/)
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Chris Ammon on Food, Cooking, and Becoming a Chef
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
My guest on the show today was a friend of mine. Chris Ammon, he is the head chef at Lizum 1600, a hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Axamer Lizum, where I spend my winters! I have been reading quite a lot about food and cooking over the past few months and although I may not be the best cook in the world I have always been fascinated by chefs and food, so when Chris and I found ourselves discussing food and cooking one night, I knew I wanted to interview him for the podcast! We had a great chat about cooking, food, and his journey to becoming a chef.
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[https://www.incredibleegg.org/recipes/basic-scrambled-eggs/](https://www.incredibleegg.org/recipes/basic-scrambled-eggs/)
[https://www.lizum1600.at/en/](https://www.lizum1600.at/en/)
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Peter Geoghegan on Dark Money and the Corruption of British Politics
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy For Sale and writer at openDemocracy, was our guest on today’s show. I’ve been trying to get to sit down with Peter and have a chat about dark money in politics for quite a while, so after a short delay in the release of his book due to covid-19 it was a pleasure to finally get to sit down with him and discuss his brand new book. Democracy For Sale explores many of the same areas that I cover in my own book, albeit from a different angle; it covers the influence of dark money and the soft power of think tanks and lobby groups in British politics, as well as the failures of our aging electoral laws and their inadequacy in a rapidly changing world of political campaigning.
If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, the Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You’ll find the link in the description below.
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[**Buy Democacy For Sale Here Now**](http://amzn.to/3kJkT0S)
[https://www.petergeoghegan.com/](https://www.petergeoghegan.com/)
[https://twitter.com/peterkgeoghegan](https://twitter.com/peterkgeoghegan)
[https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/peter-geoghegan-dark-money-and-returning-home-ireland/](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/peter-geoghegan-dark-money-and-returning-home-ireland/)
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Jonas Salzgeber on Stoicism and Bio-Hacking
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Jonas Salzgeber, author and bio-hacker was our guest on today’s show. I first came across Jonas having read his book, The Little Book of Stoicism, which he co-wrote with his brother. It really helped me find a really positive way of looking at the lockdown and using the time as best I could. After a few emails I found myself in Thun, Switzerland interviewing him on the way to visit a friend who was living nearby. We had a really in depth conversation on stoicism, his discovery of the philosophy, the process of writing the book, and his work with his brother on bio-hacking and sleep.
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[www.njlifehacks.com/about/](http://www.njlifehacks.com/about/)
[https://twitter.com/NJlifehacks](https://twitter.com/NJlifehacks)
[fantasticfungi.com/](http://fantasticfungi.com/)
[www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iknv6rt9uk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iknv6rt9uk)
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