In This Mad World

Episode 4 - The Widening War on Lebanon

In this episode, recorded on September 28, three days before the Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon and the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel, Chelsey and Andrew discuss the background to Israeli wars in Lebanon, from the 1982 war and subsequent 18-year occupation, the rise of Hezbollah, and the 2006 Lebanon War and the Dahiya Doctrine that it produced, the strategic doctrine of deterrence, and the possibilities of escalation into regional war.

Episode 3 - The Occupation and the Settlers

In this episode, Chelsey G and Andrew Marshall take on the subject of the Israeli occupation and the settlers behind it, Israeli apartheid in the West Bank and beyond, as well as Israeli negotiation tactics, past and present.

In This Mad World - Ep. 2

In part 2 of the first episode from early August 2024, Chelsey G and Andrew Marshall continue with their discussion of Israel, looking at public polling data, the prevalence of the right-wing, Israel’s educational system, Holocaust studies, the Sde Teiman prison camp unrest, and Chelsey asks some big questions about the best and worst-case scenarios moving forward.

In This Mad World – Episode 1

In this episode, recorded back in early August 2024, Andrew Marshall and Chelsey G introduce listeners to our new show, and get started right away taking on some big topics like Israel-Palestine, international law and lawless states, the role of China in the Middle East crisis, democracy, and accountability between people and the state in the region.