EARLY EPISODE: Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 2
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*since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released.
The conclusion (kind of) to the Bout Saga.
Comments
I should stop listening to this podcast at lunch.
Akshay Anand
2024-10-07 04:50:18 +0000 UTCWe're actually currently working on an episode about him for our History of Armenia side series.
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
2024-08-20 06:55:44 +0000 UTCWho was he exchanged for?
Rhiannon Capri
2024-08-19 21:40:31 +0000 UTCDo ya mans next https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkis_Soghanalian
Tyrone Slothrust
2024-08-19 16:17:13 +0000 UTCThe posers hate Bill Clinton for Lewinsky, but the real heads hate him for the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant bombing. It's personally really hard to care if a particular president is a sex pest if they're all war criminals anyway
John Her
2024-08-17 00:56:22 +0000 UTCVictor Bout did actually mention missing dill in that interview right after garlic.
John
2024-08-17 00:25:38 +0000 UTCIt seems a bit overcompensating for Victor Bout to complain about Tumblrinas considering he literally went to prison for sexually identifying as a [post-Soviet military surplus] attack helicopter. At some point it really does seem like the aircraft doth protest too much.
Elsie Hupp
2024-08-13 03:11:31 +0000 UTCI honestly thing the intro music is great
Anggg
2024-08-13 01:58:25 +0000 UTCBtw, the guy who killed a guy in Germany was exchanged now too, in a different prisoner exchange
Anggg
2024-08-13 01:57:39 +0000 UTCI'm the tenth doctor, I love the music at the beginning. However, they could alter the mix to make it less loud and harsh
LensWipe
2024-08-13 00:57:55 +0000 UTCBy a SAM? No, *Lula* did it.
Elsie Hupp
2024-08-13 00:32:07 +0000 UTCVictor Bout’s story of how he got traded for Brittney Griner: _The Art of the Dill_
Elsie Hupp
2024-08-13 00:30:43 +0000 UTC"Because the AntiSoviet warrior hasn't put his country on that last step to peace..." Snark so savage xD
A Guy
2024-08-12 23:27:39 +0000 UTCIt's not every service worker but I'd guess more than half of us don't give a fuck if people use bathrooms.
ruin
2024-08-12 21:17:24 +0000 UTCQuick update for the fans, Paul Whelan did get released Aug 1.
Snooder87
2024-08-12 20:20:13 +0000 UTCThe Victor Bout isekai anime already exists. It's called Jormugand.
Zachary Eggebeen
2024-08-12 18:55:58 +0000 UTCI did also clap like a seal on a GAO mention. God, their website is a relic, but they do good work
Cam
2024-08-12 18:53:39 +0000 UTCThis is possibly the only time I've heard the GAO mentioned, and as someone who works for an equivalent in a different country, government auditors are always exasperated about this shit.
Cam
2024-08-12 18:52:51 +0000 UTCthirded. i can tell it's the same guy who did the failure to launch music and ngl that intro theme sucks too. please spare us from generic overcooked audacity dj track dot wav.
Karl Childers
2024-08-12 17:49:13 +0000 UTCI laughed way too hard at Joe saying Woodenpoopin
Grumpy Bowlart
2024-08-12 16:40:19 +0000 UTCKinda agreed, I feel bad complaining to one of my favourite podcasts (I swear, I love the show and have been a patreon for years) but I seriously thought it was put in as an episode-specific joke as first, like lets combine the 'universally loved' bagpipes with 'equally soothing' dubsteppy-hiphoppy percussion 😅
Pete Conneely
2024-08-12 15:43:42 +0000 UTCWait, what? Patti Smith's favorite poet ended as an arms/coffee merchant?
Doug King
2024-08-12 14:21:40 +0000 UTCGot to admit, Bout being killed in Madrid by the very hate and terror that he empowered would have been a fitting death
Jason Machacek
2024-08-12 13:02:16 +0000 UTCSo - the Weiner Oligarch gets exploded by a SAM and THEN Vickster Brixster gets released from prison. There's a non-zero chance that he's calling the shots for Wagner now. Shithead synnergy is real and it is terrifying.
Brandon P
2024-08-12 13:01:09 +0000 UTCgreat episode but pls stop with the intro Music, its a to loude and not really fitting. and in special in series
anno2122
2024-08-12 09:45:56 +0000 UTCOn Nate's point about early 2000s random name generator spam emails, I do still have an old screenshot of mine somewhere of a Hotmail/MSN Messenger popup that says 'You have an email from Jack Bauer'
Pete Conneely
2024-08-12 09:36:43 +0000 UTCSpanish trains… and Dave Matthew’s Band: https://youtu.be/Vv_oDd7RE5U
Elsie Hupp
2024-08-12 08:46:03 +0000 UTCThese bouts were made for walking
Ben Redman
2024-08-12 06:23:53 +0000 UTC
