Ep.373 - The IRGC, London School Wars & Sophie Oluwole

In a week where:
  1. Kristi Noem is fired as US Homeland Security Secretary.
  2. Mojtaba Khamenei is selected as Iran's new supreme leader.
  3. Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah wins Nepalese General Election in a landslide.
  4. Footage reveals it was the US that double-tapped the South Iran Primary School.
  5. AI company Anthropic files two lawsuits against the US government.
In Geopolitics: (7:09) As the US & Israel continue to bomb Iran and the global economy, Iran's Revolutionary Guard continue ticking on, both militarily & politically. (Article By Najmeh Bozorgmehr & Andrew England)

In the 1st of two Tech segments: (21:41) With the news of AI being involved in the US' strikes on Iran, let's look more into Anthropic's Claude and their role in all of this. (Article By Simon Allison)

In the 2nd Tech segment: (34:15) There was minor hysteria in London as schoolkids were being pitted against each other in a 'red vs blue' social media stunt. Did anything come out of it? (Article By Jim Waterson, Sophie Wilkinson and Polly Smythe)

Lastly, in Life: (49:02) A look at Sophie Oluwole, the Nigerian Philosopher who changed the landscape of the Western, male world of Philosophy. (Article By Christophe Premat

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