A radio program hosted by @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social providing historical context on world politics, news & culture Support us https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport Listen on all platforms https://pod.link/1893854704https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mwr5v3ypxs2k❇️🎧 NEW LISTEN 🎧❇️ "English As a First Lady Language" Apparently, Melania Trump was none too pleased that the First Lady of China Peng Liyuan spoke English so well at the United Nations last week. Listen here: https://shirinwrites.substack.com/p/english-as-a-first-lady-language https://shirinwrites.substack.com/p/english-as-a-first-lady-language?r=1qao3z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true30 Sep 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr5v3ypxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mv656hphuk26❇️ 🎧 NEW LISTEN 🎧 ❇️ Verify that You’re Human: Your AI Overlord Demands It Humans are running out of time to regulate or do anything to stop AI superbeings from crushing us like ants https://shirinwrites.substack.com/p/verify-that-youre-human-your-ai-overlord10 Sep 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv656hphuk26https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3muwpadcjek22❇️ NEW Episode ❇️ Germany's AfD just won 43% in Saxony-Anhalt's election then thanked Elon Musk. 🎧Listen as @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social discuss Europe's latest anti-immigrant Nazi activity, including balaclava-clad intimidators in the UK: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/MjBmZjhjZjMtODQ4Mi00YjVkLTk0MjctYjRhNjZmMWE4NWNm07 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwpadcjek22https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mukvrzfqe22w❇️ NEW Episode ❇️ A Brief Primer on Climate Change What does climate change mean? What are data centers? Why are 1000 people missing in Nepal after a sudden rise in river levels? Join Critical Support as we discuss the terms everyone hears but doesn't understand. 🎧 LISTEN https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/MGQyNDMzOWMtMjkxOS00MTViLWE3ZGItOTE1MzQ0MDJmYTVl02 Sep 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukvrzfqe22whttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mthmfal44c2k❇️ NEW Episode ❇️ ✨August 19, 2026✨ Join us as we discuss the "historic 120% increase" in ICE officers & the new simplified 6 month application process. And introducing our new segment "Where in the World is Melania Trump?" 🎧 LISTEN here on all platforms: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/OGZjYjFjYzUtNDk1OS00MmQyLTliN2ItYWMyZWY0MzhlNzA119 Aug 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthmfal44c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3msxwxa5kfc2gCritical Support Radio's June interview with Heidi Beirich who made headlines this week after the Justice Department charged her with financial fraud from her time as CFO at the Southern Poverty Law Center https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/exclusive-splc-fraud-cfo-charges 🎧Listen to Heidi here: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/NmRlN2MzNTItOGMxZC00M2VjLWFjZTQtNzgxZmI3NTFiZWY413 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxwxa5kfc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3msvuq7olcc23The Islamic Republic of #Iran is the #1 Extrajudicial Executor in the World 🎧 Listen: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/NzA4NDg4MmYtZTM2YS00MWM4LTk1YWMtMzI5YjhjMWQzNzIx via Cornell Law School Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide12 Aug 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvuq7olcc23https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3msejv4e66k2k‼️ NEW Episode ‼️ Today the UN called for a halt to "deeply troubling" executions & public executions in Islamic Republic of Iran. We spoke w/Sandra Babcock, Director of Cornell Center of the Death Penalty Worldwide who says #Iran is the world's #1 extrajudicial executor. https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/NzA4NDg4MmYtZTM2YS00MWM4LTk1YWMtMzI5YjhjMWQzNzIx05 Aug 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msejv4e66k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3msejv4e66k2k‼️ NEW Episode ‼️ Today the UN called for a halt to "deeply troubling" executions & public executions in Islamic Republic of Iran. We spoke w/Sandra Babcock, Director of Cornell Center of the Death Penalty Worldwide who says #Iran is the world's #1 extrajudicial executor. https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/NzA4NDg4MmYtZTM2YS00MWM4LTk1YWMtMzI5YjhjMWQzNzIx05 Aug 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msejv4e66k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mr6m4c6u4k2t‼️ New Episode ‼️ It Happened Today: Biden & the Summer of '24 The 2nd anniversary of the fumbling of the highest office in the land is upon us Is the U.S. an elitist banana republic or was this just a blip in the fabric of American democracy? 🎧LISTEN on all platforms: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/Njk0ZTkxZjUtM2I2OC00MjAxLTlkZmItNWEzNWVjYjk0YTk321 Jul 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6m4c6u4k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mqrkjq4jns2u‼️ New Episode ‼️ Trump to Accuse China of of 2020 Election Fraud Charles and Shirin preview today's upcoming Prime Time #Speech by President #Trump where he is expected to accuse #China of meddling in the November 2020 presidential election. 🎧LISTEN: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/Y2JiYzAyNmYtODgwOC00MmFlLTg4Y2EtMWYwMjM0ZGUwZmEw16 Jul 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrkjq4jns2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mqpezsdrpc2k‼️ New Episode ‼️ We listen to Obama discuss his deportation policy & compare it with border czar Tom Homan's statement this week & an exclusive story from The Redoubt on Trump's new plans to expand third-country deportations w/1,000 bed facilities worldwide 🎧 LISTEN 🎧 https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/MzYzMDczMTItYzdhZi00OGEyLTljYTAtYTVhMTQwNTNlOWUy15 Jul 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpezsdrpc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mqbry5enyk26⭐ New DOUBLE episode this week ⭐ 🎧 LISTEN as Charles and Shirin discuss The curious case of Graham Platner's resignation https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport/posts/graham-platner-163336844/edit and Trump's statement that 54000 Iranians have been killed by the Islamic Republic of #Iran since January https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport/posts/trump-says-54-163370657/edit10 Jul 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbry5enyk26https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mqag3frw6226🎧 NEW Episode 🎧 Why does Trump keep trying to make deals with people he just called "sick," "liars," and "cheats"? "They've killed 54,000 people as of now, that were protesting," #Trump said on July 8th of the Islamic Republic of #Iran. https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/NDU5YjkwNzItODIxMi00OWUwLTgzY2QtYzVmMDA0NzJmY2Rk09 Jul 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqag3frw6226https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mq7oopzcck2y🎧 New Episode: Graham Platner and the Pundits Who Loved Him @charliearchy.bsky.social and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social discuss the failed Democratic candidate and why so many people overlooked all his red flags. https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport/posts/graham-platner-163336844?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link09 Jul 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7oopzcck2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mq7oopzcck2y🎧 New Episode: Graham Platner and the Pundits Who Loved Him @charliearchy.bsky.social and @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social discuss the failed Democratic candidate and why so many people overlooked all his red flags. https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport/posts/graham-platner-163336844?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link09 Jul 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7oopzcck2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mpj473zus22dToday #SCOTUS is expected to rule on birthright citizenship Listen to Critical Support Radio's interview with Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social about this topic and her new book Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship #birthrightcitizenship https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/NGFiOGM5MGQtODM5OS00ZWJhLTliYmMtNmE3MmY2Y2Q2NWMz30 Jun 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj473zus22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mpisks6quc24✨🎧 NEW Episode 🎧✨ We discuss the new SCOTUS asylum decision that puts 300,000 #Haiti & #Syria asylum seekers legally in the US at risk of deportation and compare President Ford's America 200 speech with President Trump's upcoming America 250 Listen on ALL platforms: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/OTk0NGI4ZmItYTYyZC00NTM5LWEzMTQtNTBiNGU2YWViY2I530 Jun 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpisks6quc24https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mozx27nay22m⭐ 🎧 New Episode 🎧 ⭐ Why Do Europeans Hate Air Conditioning? ...and what's with the nudist riverfronts? LISTEN on all platforms as we cover - Europe's heatwave - a rally in Vienna against the Common European Asylum System - Europeans reacting to US suburbia @ #WorldCup https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/YTk4OGFlZWUtNWI3Ni00YWI2LTkwNDctZDRmMDNmNjAyMjVj24 Jun 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozx27nay22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mohx7gu54s2b❇️ 🎧 New Episode: #Nixon's MOU with #Syria 🎧 ❇️ Happy #Watergate anniversary! 2 months before resigning Nixon became the 1st POTUS to visit Syria but not the last to make a deal coupled w/"expenses" to Middle Eastern authoritarians like #Iran Listen on all your platforms: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/N2JkMjU4MWEtZmQyOS00NjI5LWIxMTMtZDYyMTczMGRhNDNj17 Jun 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohx7gu54s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mohx7gu54s2b❇️ 🎧 New Episode: #Nixon's MOU with #Syria 🎧 ❇️ Happy #Watergate anniversary! 2 months before resigning Nixon became the 1st POTUS to visit Syria but not the last to make a deal coupled w/"expenses" to Middle Eastern authoritarians like #Iran Listen on all your platforms: https://pod.link/1893854704/episode/N2JkMjU4MWEtZmQyOS00NjI5LWIxMTMtZDYyMTczMGRhNDNj17 Jun 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohx7gu54s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mo3sz7t67c2kAnne Frank was born this day in 1929 Listen to Critical Support's @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social report from Amsterdam's Anne Frank House for a history lesson about the Nazi occupation of Holland & the chilling parallels to today's far-right anti-immigrant movement https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport/posts/special-edition-15982189212 Jun 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3sz7t67c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mo3annn4sc2n❇️ New Episode: Interview w/a White House Historian ❇️ Believe it or not a UFC cage has been set up on the White House lawn. @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social spoke w/White House historian Edward Lengel about this unprecedented situation. https://www.patreon.com/CriticalSupport/posts/trumps-ballroom-16070929012 Jun 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3annn4sc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mnu6z4unts27🔑 🎧 UNLOCKED: Who Gets to Stay? When Governments Remove the "Other" @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social and @charliearchy.bsky.social discuss nativism, rising antisemitism and whether history is destined to repeat. https://www.patreon.com/posts/who-gets-to-stay-16011195709 Jun 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu6z4unts27https://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mnrxy7savk2o❇️ 🎧 Unlocked episode 🎧 ❇️ @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social reports from Amsterdam on the Nazi history of ethnically cleansing Holland's Jewish population... ...when xenophobia was government policy & the chilling parallels to today's far-right anti-immigrant politics: https://www.patreon.com/posts/15982189208 Jun 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrxy7savk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/critical-support.bsky.social/post/3mnjzq4ac6c23🎧 The Politics of Hate: Remigration & the Far Right 🎧 @heidibeirich.bsky.social (cofounder of @globalextremism.bsky.social) spoke with @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social & @charliearchy.bsky.social about the neo-fascist plan for ethnic cleansing — and how to stop it. https://www.patreon.com/posts/16014433205 Jun 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:fxpzbjwidu74yz4zdlrdmpqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjzq4ac6c23