All paths lead to Moscow
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine intensifies, our co-pilots are breaking down what the crisis means for the UK and the rest of the world. Starting on the economic front. With soaring energy prices and public finances in disarray, is a recession now inevitable?
Our resident economic expert co-pilot Halligan says it's not all bad news, with the great unlocking after the pandemic still leading to some growth. But as Brits begin to feel the effects of our economic war with Russia, he thinks Western leaders need to ‘grow up’ and ‘get back to basics’ on fiscal policy.
Allison has felt a reinvigorated sense of pride for her country this week, praising the UK's efforts to equip and train Ukrainian soldiers and even taking aim at those sniping about Boris Johnson's response to the crisis.
Also boarding the capsule of common sense this week is former British Ambassador to Russia, Sir Tony Brenton, who tells our co-pilots that the West must take some responsibility for the war in Ukraine, after provoking Russia with the expansion of NATO.
He also warns that Western hostility is pushing Russia and China closer together, a development that Sir Tony believes could have dire consequences.
And as the cost of living continues to skyrocket, Allison is considering packing it all in and heading to the wilderness. So will our co-pilots be swapping broadcasting for bivouacs?
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:03.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | The humanitarian corridors. Guess where they led to, Halagun. |
| 0:14.0 | All paths lead to Moscow. |
| 0:16.0 | Four. |
| 0:17.0 | We simply haven't taken Russia seriously enough and haven't taken Putin. |
| 0:21.0 | Seriously enough. |
| 0:22.0 | We're so fortunate our public finances are in such good shape as we enter this period of unprecedented time. |
| 0:29.0 | It's as though we're going to end up living off grid, Copilot. |
| 0:33.0 | You're going to be hunting squirrels and I'll be making squirrel lasagna. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm pretty handy with a Bivouac. |
| 0:39.0 | We have the dog. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu-ov podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello. |
| 0:46.0 | And me, Liam Halagun. |
| 0:48.0 | Well, Copilot, this is obviously a military war between Russia and New York. |
| 0:52.0 | We have the dog. |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu-ov podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:58.0 | It's a war between Russia and Ukraine, but there's the related parallel conflict, an economic war between Russia and the West. |
| 1:05.0 | There are no NATO boots on the ground and I don't think we'll see US and British planes enforcing a no-fly zone anytime soon, |
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