Tom and I are back again with another Homeland review show. This week we begin by exploring Homeland’s blatant sexism and misogny. We focus first on Carrie and her characters return to bi-polar nymphomaniac, and how the show has routinely made Carrie into an awful female character that we all hate. Tom and I discuss our theories for why the producers have continued to make Carrie into a monster and how this translates into a larger picture of how we view the CIA through Carrie. We also discuss how Quinn has fast become our favorite character despite the fact that he represents some of the worst aspects of the CIA. Later we break down the hacker character Newman and explore the notion that he is a “Reel Bad Arab.” We round out the conversation by diving into the geopolitical topics explored in this episode including: CIA coup in Syria, Snowden selling secrets to Russia, and Israel’s role in the Syrian War. We finish by discussing the recent story about several street artists “hacking” the Homeland set.
In honor of our favorite CIA television show, Homeland, Tom Secker and I have decided to cover every single episode with a separate podcast. We’ll be switching off hosting duties every other week.
In this inaugural episode, we take a brief look back to where all of our favorite characters left off at the end of season 4. Jumping ahead two and a half years, we see that Carrie has left the CIA, Saul has been promoted, and Quinn seems as crazy as ever. Tom and I discuss the new setting of this season, Berlin, and the implications of locating it in Western Europe. We also get into some of the major plot themes being laid out including: Edward Snowden, mass surveillance, ISIS and the threat of Islamic sleeper cells all over Europe. We break down how this season seems geared towards more of a niche audience immersed in the intelligence world, and round out this episode with our predictions for the rest of the season.
What happens after Assad hands over his chemical weapons to the UN? If history is any indicator, Assad will suffer the same fate as Saddam and Gaddafi, cold blooded murder. Under incredible pressure Saddam relinquished his stockpiles of chemical weapons, making him very vulnerable to external military threats (i.e. US military intervention). Gaddafi foolishly followed Saddams path and destroyed his nuclear weapons production in exchange for being welcomed back into the international community. What happened to Gaddafi? He suffered an even more brutal form of justice than Saddam did.
Once Assad relinquishes his chemical weapons he relinquishes any deterrent he has against American, Israeli and Saudi aggression. Please don’t read this as an endorsement of Assad or chemical weapons. This is merely to point out the plans of the global imperialists, and their campaign to rule the world.
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