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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Trump vs. Venezuela and Greenland: America gonna America! – Weekly Wrap-Up with Alex von Tunzelmann

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Wrapping up the stories of the week, Jacob Jarvis is joined by Alex von Tunzelmann to dig into the fallout from Trump’s frenetic first week of 2026. From military intervention in Venezuela to the looming threat to seize control of Greenland, the President kicks off America’s 250th year with a bang. Plus, should Remainers be getting excited about Keir Starmer’s plan to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU? And finally, Alex’s under-the-radar story takes us to Texas, where a proposal to ban the teaching of Plato has become the latest front in the culture war.  www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Alex von Tunzelmann. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio production: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the weekly wrap-up from The Bunker.

0:14.6

I'm Jacob Jarvis.

0:15.8

Every Friday, we recap the biggest stories, the weirdest stories and the news that has gone under the radar.

0:20.8

Over the last week with some of your favourite bunker personalities and maybe even some panellists

0:25.3

from, oh god, what now? This week, I'm joined by historian, broadcaster and author Alex von

0:30.2

von Tunselman. Hi Alex. Hi, Jav. How are you? How are you? Over than, you know,

0:35.0

the world falling apart. Yes, been a bit of a week for news.

0:38.6

Give us a, give us the strangest story you've seen this week then. Well, my favourite story of the week that's actually a fun one is a man called Kyoshi Kimura, who, as you know, job, is the tuna king.

0:51.0

The tuna king. Yes, he's a sushi entrepreneur in Japan and he has paid a record 510.3 million yen for a giant

1:02.2

bluefin tuna at a prestigious auction in Tokyo.

1:05.5

That is 2.4 million pounds for one fish.

1:09.0

What makes this tuna of them being huge, remotely worth that amount of money?

1:13.7

Does this seem like a good business plan from your understanding of the sushi business?

1:18.4

Well, in my deep and long-standing understanding of the sushi business, I do like tuna sashimi very much.

1:25.3

It sounds like he's done pretty well out of it. I mean, obviously, the thing is you have to move pretty fast, obviously with sushi, because it's got to be very much. It sounds like he's done pretty well out of it. I mean, obviously the thing is you have to move pretty fast. Obviously with sushi because it's got to be very fresh. So it's already this thing being chopped up, served to people in tuna rolls. And certainly the people eating it sounded very, very happy. By the way, each roll just sells for £2.40. So 2. Get a lot of tuna rolls. I think it was

1:46.6

very big.

1:47.6

Yeah. I mean, he does have to be selling more than a million to get his money back, I suppose.

1:52.1

Pretty much.

1:53.1

Yeah. Well, good look to him on that. I'm not sure I'll be switching into that trade.

1:58.1

Any time soon. Let's get on to the really depressing news, as ever,

2:02.9

Alex. The situation in Venezuela, so after deploying special forces there to seize Nicholas

2:09.3

Maduro, Trump, he's kind of not wasted any time in setting his sights elsewhere, and he's

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