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How Capitalism Changed the Face of War
Johnny Harris explains - S7 - E4
With every advance in technology, our weapons get better while weapon makers get richer and deadly wars continue. That’s the future laid out in a book about the arms trade from 100 years ago. And it still rings true today.
Johnny Harris explains: Season 7 - 13 Episode s
7x1 - How Benjamin Netanyahu Relies on Hamas
January 17, 2024
Members of the Israeli far right have referred to Hamas as “an asset” and claimed that anyone who wants to stop a two state solution needs to support Hamas. In this video, we go over their strategy to divide and conquer the Palestinian people, keeping them physically and politically divided so their land can be taken.
7x2 - How US Companies Get Away with Fueling Russia’s Military
January 31, 2024
A Russian cruise missile is shot down in Ukraine by American provided air defenses. Investigators look inside the wreckage of the missile and what do they find? American components- microelectronics and microchips. How is this happening? A shadowy network of shell companies and middlemen that are smuggling Western electronics into Russia.
7x3 - Why Hacking is the Future of War
February 14, 2024
From influencing elections to disrupting nuclear facilities, the threat of cyber warfare is both ever-present and mostly ignored. Israel, America, and Russia are just a few of the countries in the ever growing cyber arms race.
7x4 - How Capitalism Changed the Face of War
February 29, 2024
With every advance in technology, our weapons get better while weapon makers get richer and deadly wars continue. That’s the future laid out in a book about the arms trade from 100 years ago. And it still rings true today.
7x5 - Why the US Sells Weapons to 103 Countries
March 6, 2024
The United States sends weapons to over 100 countries as a way of wielding influence over global affairs today. Those countries rely on the arms trade to help prevent conflicts - but it can just as easily fuel them.
7x6 - The “Deep State” Explained
March 13, 2024
With all the allegations about a group of unelected men making decisions that impact the rest of the country, we wanted to dig into the documents and talk to experts to find the truth. Is there a Deep State? And if so, how deep does it go?
7x7 - Why Ireland is Divided
March 20, 2024
On January 30th, 1972, the British army shot and killed 13 people in the city of Derry/Londonderry. The soldiers had fired into a crowd of civil rights protestors, and yet somehow, no one was prosecuted. So how did the British government conspire to cover up the events, to protect themselves and their soldiers? What is the true story of Bloody Sunday?
7x8 - The Truth About the FBI and MLK's Murder
April 3, 2024
Half of Americans suspect there’s a conspiracy around the assassination of MLK, a lot thinking the FBI was involved. We wanted to look into that — why the FBI was interested in MLK, what they were really doing with the intel they were illegally gathering, and what this all means for the legacy of both the FBI and of MLK.
7x9 - The Woman who Robbed BILLION (and almost got away)
April 26, 2024
Who is the Princess of Uzbekistan, really? I spent a few weeks talking to experts and scouring the internet to get a better understanding of who she is, what she’s done, and what exactly makes her one of the most hated women in Uzbekistan.
7x10 - The most important country you’ve never heard about
May 3, 2024
Djibouti is a tiny country with no resources except for one: its location. China, the United States, and France are just 3 of the powers vying for access to the vital choke point Djibouti borders.
7x11 - How This Rebel Militia is Transforming the Middle East
May 17, 2024
The war in Yemen has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, and it’s been made worse by outside actors. Countries using the war in Yemen as a proxy to increase their own power and influence, but with a massive human cost.
7x12 - The War that Reshaped the Middle East Forever
May 31, 2024
The Iran-Iraq War wasn’t just a fight between two rival countries, both wanting the resources and power of the other. This war reshaped the entire middle east, setting up a dynamic that persists to this day: Iran fighting for revolutionary change, Saudi Arabia fighting for the status quo, and both sides fighting through their neighbors and allies, making wars worse and creating instability in their wake.
7x13 - They're lying to you. Here's what to do about it.
June 14, 2024
Every single one of us has been lied to. And very often, we believe those lies. Take a look inside Johnny’s actual brain to see why we fall for those lies and what we can do about it.