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The Rise of the Iron Men With Misha Glenny

By: Misha Glenny
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The future of democracy is uncertain.

Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creating a new kind of politics that challenges democratic values and the liberal order.

They influence the media, exert economic power, appoint judges, cultivate populism and seek to undermine the very institutions which brought them into power.

In this gripping narrative, Misha Glenny, journalist and best-selling author of McMafia, tells the stories of six strongmen's unexpected rise.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Public Enemy No. 1

    Ep. 1: Public Enemy No. 1
    Aug 17 2020

    This story starts in Hungary, 1989, the year Misha Glenny first set eyes on Viktor Orban - then a young student activist calling for an end to communist rule. Three decades later, Glenny asks: how did this once passionate liberal turn into the original strongman?
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    33 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Duterte Harry

    Ep. 2: Duterte Harry
    Aug 17 2020

    He's called Pope Francis a "son of a whore", he wolf-whistles at female journalists, and he boasts about killing drug dealers - how did this provincial mayor become President of the Philippines?
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    36 mins
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  • Ep. 3: A Very Strange Coup

    Ep. 3: A Very Strange Coup
    Aug 17 2020

    One summer’s evening in July 2016, fighter jets started circling around Istanbul, Turkey. It was the beginning of a military coup to overthrow modern Turkey’s longest-serving ruler - President Recep Tayipp Erdogan.
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    35 mins
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Glenny makes some curious but pertinent links between these characters. Excellent listening. I strongly recommended it!

Thought provoking

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the result of research and included interesting references which I want to pursue and the delivery was excellent.

stimulating and authorative I wanted more.

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Who doesn't Misha Glenny know? At what historical turning point was he absent. He's Zelig. The Orban stuff was especially revealing. Soros paid for him to go to Oxford & Soros says he doesn't even think Orban is an anti-Semite, worse, just someone willing to use it as a tool. Shine a light on them all.

revealing and sharp

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Great podcast! Finally someone says what's obvious: Boris Johnson is a modern-day wannabe dictator of the likes of Erdogan, Viktor Orban and co! I hope they'll add additional episodes for Trump, Putin, Lukaschenko,...

Brilliant!

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As expected from the fantastic Misha Glenny, a really informative listen that gets to the heart of the figures in focus.

Wish it were longer!

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