News - Gaza Ceasefire, CIA in Venezuela, Madagascar Coup w/ Nathaniel Powell

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our content. Lead might be in our protein supplements, but Danny and Derek bring you the news free of most heavy metals. This week: the ceasefire in Gaza begins with prisoner exchanges (1:38), but controversy arises over deceased captives (5:30), plus Israeli violations and Hamas clashes with armed factions (9:35), and a summit in Sharm El Sheikh (14:36); a United Nations report shows a record-breaking spike in atmospheric carbon levels and growing evidence that natural feedback loops are worsening climate collapse (17:14); border clashes escalate between Afghanistan and Pakistan following a failed Pakistani airstrike on a Taliban leader (19:39); Japan’s ruling coalition collapses after Komeito breaks with the LDP (23:06); Nathaniel Powell joins Derek to break down the military coup in Madagascar sparked by Gen Z-led protests and a mutiny within the elite CAPSAT unit (25:16); in France, Macron re-appoints PM Lecornu and the government survives no-confidence votes (45:04); Peruvian president Dina Boluarte is impeached amid corruption scandals and rising crime (48:59); Trump authorizes CIA covert action inside Venezuela and bombs another boat in the Caribbean (50:35); the U.S.-China trade war re-escalates as Beijing restricts rare earth exports and Trump responds with tariff threats and diplomatic chaos (54:27); and finally, Trump’s bid for the Nobel Peace Prize fails while the winner dedicates her win to him (59:04).

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:02.7	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com.
0:08.3	Find the link in our show notes.
0:13.0	That's kind of conversation to your soul.
0:18.7	That's conversation.
0:21.6	To your soul. And then I'm sorry And then
0:22.6	I'm
0:36.6	here as always with my friend and comrade, Derek Davidson,
0:39.9	and we are very excited to bring you the news.
0:41.9	But before we do, we wanted to take a second to just thank everyone for voting in the Signal Awards.
0:47.2	We really appreciate you guys taking the time to do that.
0:50.3	We actually won the Listener's Choice Award for the news and politics shows category that
0:55.3	means we beat john stewart we beat a daily wire show we beat pod save america and we won a silver
1:00.8	medal i mean obviously should have been gold but i'm i'm glad they even gave us a silver medal
1:05.1	in the very same category by the judges so um we really genuinely appreciate that we've been doing the show now a little over four years, and we're really proud and basically thankful for the audience that we've cultivated on places like Discord on all of the people who listen to the show each week. Derek and I really enjoy doing the show. And just to be earnest for a moment,
1:28.6	we really appreciate that everyone there is along for the ride. Derek, sorry, go.
1:34.2	Speak for yourself. I always speak for me, Derek and producer Jake, or Derek, producer, Jake,
1:41.6	and I. So again, thank you, everyone for doing that. We really do
1:46.3	appreciate it. All right, Derek. Now let's jump in headfirst into the pool of the news.
1:54.5	There may or may not be water in that pool. But let's start with Gaza. And let's start with
2:00.0	the ceasefire and the captives being exchanged.
2:04.2	The ceasefire finally came into effect on Friday after the Israeli cabinet voted the previous day to
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