Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

Oct 1 • 

Matthew Gault

6

47:32

September 2025

Which Way to Armageddon?

Thinking about the mix of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons while staring at the Chicago skyline.

Sep 26 • 

Matthew Gault

6

Assassinations Are Shitposts Now

Political assassins often have incoherent politics and Tyler Robinson is no different.

Sep 18 • 

Matthew Gault

2

1:28:09

The War On Terror on Drugs

On September 2, 2025 the United States escalated its decades long War on Drugs with a tactic borrowed from the War on Terror.

Sep 12 • 

Matthew Gault

4

1:02:00

Traveling America’s ‘Murderland’

The Pacific Northwest is known for its startling natural beauty, precocious rainfall, and propensity to birth serial killers.

Sep 5 • 

Matthew Gault

2

1:01:23

August 2025

After Xi

All things move towards their end, even seemingly omnipotent political leaders, and authoritarian systems are shaped by the question of succession long…

Aug 29 • 

Matthew Gault

2

1

57:00

Does the U.S. Need an Independent Cyber Force?

If the internet is a battlefield, does that mean the United States needs a new military force to dominate it?

Aug 15 • 

Matthew Gault

3

1

1:04:36

Hunting Nazis Online With Canadian Journalists

Journalists and Nazis have changed a lot in the years since the end of World War II; journalists are on the outs while Nazis are having a bit of a…

Aug 8 • 

Matthew Gault

2

51:39

July 2025

How Many Nukes Does It Take to Win a War? (Trick Question)

The world is living with a Cold War hangover.

Jul 23 • 

Matthew Gault

2

1:05:22

A History of the Iranian Nuclear Program

Sometimes it’s good to back up and ask the basic questions: How do we know Iran was even developing nuclear weapons?

Jul 13 • 

Matthew Gault

2

1:00:44

Talking With the Military Ethics Professor Who Resigned in Protest

Pauline Shanks Kaurin PhD.

Jul 9 • 

Matthew Gault

4

1

59:05

June 2025

The Iran Strikes Beg the Question: What Is Airpower For?

You can’t win a war with airpower alone, despite what the U.S.

Jun 27 • 

Matthew Gault

4

54:03