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Modern Insurgent

Modern Insurgent

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Modern Insurgent's podcast on our world's conflicts, wars, and insurgencies. An investigative and academic dive into contemporary global issues, featuring renowned experts.

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  • A HISTORY WRITTEN IN REVOLT

    A HISTORY WRITTEN IN REVOLT
    Feb 6 2026

    To understand Sudan today, we begin with the past. In this opening episode, Alex de Waal traces Sudan’s long cycle of coups, uprisings, and unfinished revolutions. From colonial rule to the fall of Omar al-Bashir. Together, we unpack how power, identity, and resistance have shaped the modern Sudanese state, and why history here never truly stays in the past.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • NARCO CULTURE : Belief Systems

    NARCO CULTURE : Belief Systems
    Dec 31 2025

    Joined by Dr Wil Pansters to discuss how cartels create meaning and legitimacy through belief systems. From the infamous Santa Muerte, to the portrayal of Narcos as moral actors.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • SIGNALS SOUTH: TRACKING POWER IN LATAM

    SIGNALS SOUTH: TRACKING POWER IN LATAM
    Dec 29 2025

    Joined by Stefano Ritondale from All Source News to discuss OSINT in the Mexican Drug War, from the information gathered, to the methods used, and even how propaganda is used by the cartels.

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    1 hr and 1 min
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