The Western Bubble
Balder Hageraats & Dario HasenstabThe West is suffering from the "Western Bubble" and as a result, the world suffers from it as well.In this podcast, Balder Hageraats and Dario Hasenstab examine how Western countries are increasingly lost in their own delusions on the world stage and what must be done to bring them back to reality.Understanding and acknowledging this phenomenon is crucial. It allows both Western and non-Western ac... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 185 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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In this week's Autopsy we react to two travel influencers who responded to a UN General Assembly vote on slavery by advising their followers which countries are unsafe to travel to based on how those countries voted. The video is well-intentioned and... more
This week we look at a pattern that has been building for years and is now accelerating: the establishment panicking, and the increasingly desperate measures it is reaching for in response. The AfD ban report in Germany, the EU Parliament procedure a... more
In this week's Autopsy we react to the controversy that followed the England-Argentina World Cup semi-final, when Argentine players held up a sign referencing the Falkland Islands. We are not a football podcast, and this episode is not about football... more
Three topics this week, none of them reassuring. Trump threatened to cut off all trade with Spain at the NATO summit in Ankara, apparently unaware that EU trade is negotiated through Brussels rather than individual member states. Mark Rutte sat next ... more
In this week's Autopsy we react to Count Binface, the satirical independent candidate and self-described space warrior, facing off against Nigel Farage in a local by-election. Count Binface, the alter ego of British scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey, has ... more
For our 150th episode we set aside the week's news cycle and talked about still does not get the attention it deserves: climate change, and why our political systems are structurally incapable of dealing with it.
The problem is not a lack of informa... more
In this week's Autopsy, we react to a DW News segment reporting that German prosecutors have concluded Ukraine ordered the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. You can watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXy4wMdE1Hc. We analysed th... more
This week now news story is exploding and everything is on fire. Ukraine, Iran, US politics: three stories, three cycles, all stuck. Also, we recorded four years to the month since our first episodes on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which felt lik... more
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This program offers sharp, opinionated analyses of geopolitics, Western policy, and global power dynamics through a critical lens on the so‑called Western Bubble. Episodes repeatedly dissect how Western narratives shape international relations, technology policy, war and peace decisions, and climate diplomacy, often contrasting Western approaches with non‑Western perspectives. The hosts frequently critique neoliberal assumptions, rising populism, and the limits of multilateral institutions, while weighing implications for Europe, the U.S., and broader global stability. A standout trait is the consistently provocative stance, pairing interdisciplinary topics with current events to challenge readers to question established narratives and cons... more
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