In this powerful episode, host Greg Stoker dives deep into the pitfalls of “balanced debate,” especially around dangerous ideologies like fascism.

Drawing on examples like Jubilee’s “1 vs 100” format, Greg dismantles the illusion that giving fringe, extremist views equal airtime promotes fairness.

Instead, he argues that it normalizes harmful rhetoric and misleads audiences.

Packed with engaging analysis and a call to ethical media practices, this episode challenges listeners to rethink how we engage in public dialogue.

In this episode of State of Play on MintPress News, host Greg Stoker is joined by Ahmad of Propaganda & Co and Robert Inlakesh, journalist at MintPress News, to unpack the latest round of violence in southern Syria—and the foreign agendas driving it.

What started as clashes between Druze and Bedouin communities in Suwayda quickly escalated into a regional standoff. The Syrian government’s move to restore order with tanks was met by Israeli airstrikes in Damascus. Israel claimed it was protecting Druze civilians, but U.S. intelligence confirms Syria had given prior notice—and there’s no evidence linking Damascus to atrocities.

So what’s really going on?

Ahmad explains how this fits Israel’s decades-old “Doctrine of the Periphery,” a strategy to divide and weaken Arab unity by backing minority groups and non-Arab states. Inlakesh exposes how that strategy now dovetails with U.S. economic warfare, including IMF loan schemes and Gulf-led reconstruction efforts that are reshaping Syria into a client state.

From Tripoli’s port to Gaza’s fallout, the episode reveals how foreign powers use military pressure, economic debt, and manufactured crises to block any future Syrian sovereignty.

🎧 Tune in for a grounded, unfiltered breakdown of the imperial geopolitics behind the headlines.

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Over the past six months, Donald Trump has abandoned the anti-war, anti-establishment rhetoric that once defined the MAGA movement.

In this episode, Greg Stoker breaks down how Trump’s foreign policy now mirrors the bipartisan war machine he once opposed.

From backing new sanctions on Russia and threatening U.S. allies, to echoing neoconservative talking points on NATO and Ukraine, Trump’s transformation is nearly complete.

This episode examines how MAGA’s shift signals a broader erosion of populist resistance to U.S. empire, with significant implications for global stability.

👉 What happened to “America First”?
👉 Why is Trump supporting secondary sanctions on U.S. allies?
👉 How does Ukraine connect to looming U.S. escalations in Iran and Lebanon?

We also examine how the military-industrial complex benefits regardless of who is in office, and why the forever war persists under a different salesman.