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September 17, 2025 70 mins

In a week where:

  1. Far-Right influencer Charlie Kirk is assassinated at a University event.
  2. UK Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson is sacked for ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
  3. Bolsonaro is sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil.
  4. Terence Crawford beats Canelo Alvarez to become first male boxer to be undisputed world champion in three weight classes.
  5. Ricky Hatton, former boxing world champion, dies aged 46.

In Geopolitics: (7:22) Imperialism is taking a new, more covert form as US hegemony fades away, and we can look to Africa for how this new Imperialism will look like. (Article By Caleb Oppong)

In Sports: (24:47) The Los Angeles Clippers are in some hot water thanks to journalist Pablo Torre. But regardless of the fallout, this has really shown a bad light on the state of US Journalism. (Article By Peter Bloom

In Gaming: (42:32) Nintendo have really put in the effort to be the absolute worst and now a new patent in America has let us know how restrictive they truly want to be. (Article By Lincoln Carpenter)

Lastly, in Photography: (54:08) We go back in time to the Victorian era for a story about a woman who changed Photography forever. (Article By Sarah Cascone)

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Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh
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