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The Rise of the Iron Men With Misha Glenny

Written by: Misha Glenny
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  • Summary

  • The future of democracy is uncertain.

    Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creating a new kind of politics that challenges democratic values and the liberal order.

    They influence the media, exert economic power, appoint judges, cultivate populism and seek to undermine the very institutions which brought them into power.

    In this gripping narrative, Misha Glenny, journalist and best-selling author of McMafia, tells the stories of six strongmen’s unexpected rise.

    A Somethin’ Else production for Audible Originals.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Public Enemy No. 1

    Ep. 1: Public Enemy No. 1
    Aug 17 2020

    This story starts in Hungary, 1989, the year Misha Glenny first set eyes on Viktor Orban - then a young student activist calling for an end to communist rule. Three decades later, Glenny asks: how did this once passionate liberal turn into the original strongman?
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    33 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Duterte Harry

    Ep. 2: Duterte Harry
    Aug 17 2020

    He's called Pope Francis a "son of a whore", he wolf-whistles at female journalists, and he boasts about killing drug dealers - how did this provincial mayor become President of the Philippines?
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    36 mins
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  • Ep. 3: A Very Strange Coup

    Ep. 3: A Very Strange Coup
    Aug 17 2020

    One summer’s evening in July 2016, fighter jets started circling around Istanbul, Turkey. It was the beginning of a military coup to overthrow modern Turkey’s longest-serving ruler - President Recep Tayipp Erdogan.
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    35 mins
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A riveting listen

Terrific look at how these "iron men" have spun events in their favour to cement dictatorships where once there was democracy. So.. both terrific and terrifying. Democracy requires constant care and vigilance, as we know from recent history. Really helped me understand the dynamics of current political unrest in the world, and set me off to do quite a lot more reading on some of these men. And they are all men.

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recent insight of global events

fast and intelligent portration of some of the most influencal men of today's global politics. worth the listen !

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Very Enlightening

If you care about politics, especially the similarity to world politics and US politics, this is a must listen to even though it is frightening.

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Biased propaganda.

Do your research before you take this author left wing views. half stories with some important facts being left out because they don't fit the narrative.
more of the same....

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