Drones & The AntiChrist

May 31 · 31 min · Season 1 · Episode 1

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A comedian & ex President (of Estonia, twice) - childhood buddies, American raised now living in Europe - riff on the 'divorce' between the US & Europe.

Serious politics, questionable hosts.

This week…

Drones fall on Baltics & Finland while US disengages

https://novayagazeta.eu/en/articles/2026/05/21/at-least-24-drone-incidents-recorded-in-the-baltic-states-since-start-of-2025-en-news

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/05/26/report-us-to-cut-strategic-bombers-and-warships-available-to-nato-in-a-crisis/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/uk-spy-chief-gchq-russia-china-us-cyber-attack-security.html

The Pope, Peter Thiel & the AntiChrist

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

https://firstthings.com/when-envy-turns-apocalyptic/

https://thecatholicherald.com/article/is-magnifica-humanitas-aimed-at-peter-thiels-techno-political-empire

Animation & Design Roland Seer - Tartu Multifilm @rolandseer
Editor Valter Nõmm
Music Paabel @paabeltheband (Estonian folk-fusion)
Executive Producer Fred Casella

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:28 Background to the Pod
00:04:27 Europe-US relationship when Toomas was President
00:05:55 Drones falling on the Baltics
00:10:08 Russian threatens, US disengages
00:19:04 The Pope, Peter Thiel & the AntiChrist
00:28:18 Next week...
00:30:36 credits