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Look around you, if you can’t see the flames, you can certainly smell the smoke. They say it’s darkest before dawn, but what if dawn or help isn’t coming? January 6th 2021’s attack on the Capitol felt like a fever dream at the time, now a ghoulish forewarning of what was to come. Current American policy,, has sent seismic shockwaves throughout the world.
You only have to glance at the TV to see a grim-faced Trump, holding yet another executive order, or a vice president in a very public, televised spat with a world leader. Tariffs are in place, a US trade war is underway, while the said same vice president is undermining British fighting forces in an administration that’s cosying up to Putin’s war machine while pausing military aid to Ukraine. No wonder it’s so easy to forget the rise of the far right with our European neighbours. Or that Israel’s prime minister has threatened Hamas with “consequences you can’t imagine” if the Palestinian group does not release the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
That sort of language barely registers now, let alone shocks anyone. In Syria, the country’s new leader faces a power struggle as the country’s fragile alliances – born after the fall of Assad – begin to fray and rival factions vie for a seat at the table. In Serbia, the opening day of the spring Parliament saw MPs light flares and discharge teargas, before scuffling with security guards. PMQs is positively sedate in comparison.
But this is serious. How did we get here? To help us answer that question and more is David Patrikarakos, best selling author and the Daily Mail’s Special Correspondent, and a host of guests who have stared into the abyss or been on the frontline of the geopolitical world as it threatens to spin off its axis. Each episode, we’ll go on the ground to try and understand what forces and adversity each territory faces and how that might eventually, almost inexorably, impact us all.
One world used to be a term of hope and defiance, now it simply sounds like the first domino falling… To get in touch, email: apocalpysenowpod@dailymail.com
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Douglas Murray: Democracy, Death Cults and the IDF
Season 2 · Episode 16
jeudi 3 juillet 2025 • Duration 45:29
This week, we speak to journalist and best-selling author Douglas Murray on his latest book, On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West, drawing from on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, on a journey through the aftermath of the 7th October massacre.
On this latest episode he talks about the ongoing war on the west, the anti-Israel protests at Glastonbury Festival and how those living in the realm of peace can never imagine or understand what those on the front line in places like Ukraine are facing and why sometimes you don’t have to try and empathise with your enemy but destroy them.
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Presenter: David Patrikarakos
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Alex Graham
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
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Peace In Our Times: What now for the Israel/Iran Ceasefire?
Season 2 · Episode 15
jeudi 26 juin 2025 • Duration 37:34
This week, David comes live from Jerusalem as Iran, Israel and the US settle into what feels like a precarious ceasefire.
Though not for President Trump, when not dropping the F-bomb on live TV, he’s solved the problem of the Middle East, and is currently waiting for the Nobel Peace Prize to be Fed Exed to the Oval Office. Probably.
But what if the ceasefire doesn’t hold, and, more importantly, what if the strike that delivered 30,000 lb “bunker buster” bombs to Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan facilities, didn’t work either and Iran is still quietly building nuclear weapons?
Where does that leave the Middle East….and indeed the world?
In this latest episode, we’ll speak to Michael Oren, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. and Dr Becky Alexis-Martin, a nuclear warfare expert about what might come next.
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Presenter: David Patrikarakos
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
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The Explosive State of Iran’s Nuclear Stockpile
Season 2 · Episode 6
jeudi 24 avril 2025 • Duration 35:47
Iran says it will brief China this week in advance of a third round of talks with the United States on its nuclear programme.
This, as Iranian officials separately accused Israel of seeking to “undermine and disrupt the diplomatic process”.
And let’s not forget President Donald Trump’s take on things; threatening to attack Iran unless it reaches a new deal swiftly that would prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.
It’s been a long time since we imagined a mushroom cloud hovering over some far horizon, but given these latest clashes between agitated nuclear powers could we be staring down the barrel of WWIII?
In this episode, we’ll gauge the latest threat level with Ali Ansari, Professor in Modern History with reference to Iran at the University of St Andrews, and then crossing the Atlantic to speak to Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who served on Iran's nuclear diplomacy team - he’s currently a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University to garner their thoughts.
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The Russian Rape Machine
Season 2 · Episode 5
jeudi 17 avril 2025 • Duration 41:41
This week’s episode comes with a warning: there are graphic and disturbing depictions of rape and sexual violence in today’s programme.
Make no mistake, the so-called Russian Rape Machine turns sexual assault and violence
into weapons of war. It’s as integral a part of their assault on Ukraine as
boots on the ground, drones, and artillery. Conflict-related sexual
violence is their stock in trade.
On this latest episode, we go on the ground to Ukraine to talk Alisa Kovalenko, a
founding member of SEMA Ukraine about the testimonies she's received from
victims of rape and sexual assault at the hands of the invading Russian
forces.
Plus, we speak to Noble Peace Prize recipient Oleksandra Matviichuk - one of
Ukraine's leading human rights lawyers and activists. She’s spent years
highlighting Russia's use of rape, torture, and crimes against humanity as part
of their arsenal when it comes to waging war.
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China and Trump Trade Blows Over Tariffs
Season 2 · Episode 4
jeudi 10 avril 2025 • Duration 45:16
What does tie China and America together, but pulls them both apart? Two superpowers irretrievably opposed, culturally, psychologically, politically, but both led by headstrong leaders with despotic tendencies. They get along – begrudgingly – but is this moment in history as much about the struggle for world dominance as it is about the financial implications for both countries?
And let’s not forget the question of pride: not only are both sides refusing to back down, but Trump is delighting in nations now coming to him - or so he says - pleading for tariff deals. While a spokesman for the Chinese has made it clear that they’re in this fiscal fistfight until the end.
What to do? Who can possibly win? If anyone…
In this week’s episode, we look both east and west as we get the American perspective from Edward Alden, economics guru and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the view from China from Professor Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute at The School of Oriental and African Studies.
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Is This The End for Le Pen?
Season 2 · Episode 3
jeudi 3 avril 2025 • Duration 33:38
“Head high, clean hands” was once a slogan of the far-right, anti-immigration National Rally party to distance itself from what it called greedy traditional politicians’ crooked ways.
But this week, a political earthquake has sent shockwaves that are almost certain to end Marine Le Pen’s ambitions for the 2027 presidential election and throws her far-right party into chaos just as it was setting its sights on taking power in France.
The conviction of Le Pen and 24 other party members for embezzlement of European parliament funds is a huge blow to a far-right party that has long tried to present itself
as the squeaky-clean alternative to old-school politicians with their hands in the till.
In this week’s episode, we’re on the ground in Washington DC with Bernard-Henri Lévy, noted public intellectual and political commentator and in Paris with Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, a French journalist, writer and columnist to ask if this really is the end for Marine Le Pen.
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Spilling Secrets on Signal and Death of the Democrats
Season 2 · Episode 2
vendredi 28 mars 2025 • Duration 34:34
A week is a long time in politics, but for the Trump administration it only seems to take about 48 hours to set the world on its ear.
In this week’s episode, we’re on the ground in Washington DC to talk to a former US Diplomat who served under President Obama and a defence expert about spilling military plans on Signal and ask the question; can Ukraine survive without America’s help?
Those guests in full: Brett Bruen, President, Global Situation Room Agency, and Ex-Global Engagement Director at the White House & former US diplomat, and Patrick Tucker is the Science and Technology Editor for Defense One. He’s also on Signal…
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The Battle for the Heart and Soul Of Ukraine
Season 2 · Episode 1
jeudi 20 mars 2025 • Duration 36:46
It could be a conversation that will change the world as we know it. This week, President Trump and President Putin had a phone call to discuss “dividing up certain assets”, including land and power plants in Ukraine.
So, where are we as drone attacks continue to rain down across Ukraine and Russia and the White House promises peace at any cost?
Dmytro Kuleba is the former Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine. A man who was describing Putin as a ‘war criminal’ as far back as 2022, and at the heart of Ukrainian power for a number of years, what does he make of this latest twist in the power struggle for his homeland?
And we speak to a soldier who has spent months in mortal combat with Russian and North Korean forces, telling us what life is really like on the bloody frontline.
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Presenter: David Patrikarakos
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
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14. Inside Syria: Assad Regime Had 'Human Abattoirs'
Season 1 · Episode 14
jeudi 12 décembre 2024 • Duration 40:39
British-Lebanese journalist and film maker Oz Katerji speaks to David Patrikarakos from Damascus to explain the latest developments there.
Oz shares what the atmosphere is like just days after the fall of the Assad regime, how appalling the scale of the regime's torture is, what will happen with the ISIS prison camps dotted across Syria and just how serious a strategic defeat this is for Russia and Iran.
Producer: Max Bower
Editor: Buddy Peace
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Host: David Patrikarakos
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13: Putin Facing 'Death By A Thousand Cuts' with Syria Offensive
Season 1 · Episode 43
jeudi 5 décembre 2024 • Duration 41:10
The Syrian rebels' advance in Aleppo and Hama has been nothing short of astonishing. But what does it mean for the conflicts and tensions around the world, and especially for Russia?
In this episode of 90 Seconds to Midnight David talks to chemical weapons expert and long time visitor to Syria Hamish de Bretton Gordon to understand just what Putin's collapsing 'Southern Flank' in the country means for the war in Ukraine and his personal position.
Producer: Max Bower
Editor: Izzy Bougeard
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Host: David Patrikarakos
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