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October 22, 2025 69 mins

In a week where:

  1. New York GOP disbands Young Republicans over controversial messages.
  2. Prince Andrew relinquishes royal titles and honors amid Epstein accusations.
  3. OpenAI blocks MLK Jr. deepfakes on Sora 2.
  4. The Louvre gets robbed.
  5. Sanae Takaichi is sworn in as Japan’s first ever female PM.

In War: (6:41) An overview of what is going down in Sudan and the Congo and how extractivism is at the heart of it all. (Excerpt featuring Hamad of Sufda & Jordi of Génération Lumière)

In Society: (21:03) The Gisele Pelicot trial was appealed by one of the 51 convicted men and unlike the noted lack of a citizen jury in the initial trial, this one did and exemplified why it's necessary. (Article By Diane De Vignemont)

In Environment: (36:18) The war in Ukraine along with many other atrocities around the world are threatening to create a true global food crisis and with Global Heating firmly in the background, it's looking bleak for agriculture in the places that really matter. (Article By Darcie Imbert)

Lastly, in Life: (55:12) Black cosplayers are making themselves known after a decade of "geek culture" becoming mainstream, introducing an interesting wrinkle into manifesting Afrofuturism. (Article By Jameel Raeburn)

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