New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me. We’re thrilled the hostages are home, but skeptical of celebrations of eternal peace: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

Fresh new episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing the future of Gaza as we await the release of the hostages: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, which I took a while to edit; it’s been a bit overtaken by events, but still some good stuff here I think open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, recorded yesterday because, like the victims of our lede topic, I was fasting Thursday open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing, among other things, how the Russians tried to swing an election in Moldova and totally failed open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

We had a technical issue recording Around the Map yesterday, so if you’re the type who would rather read a cleaned-up transcript than listen to a podcast, it’s your lucky day: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing Russian provocations in Europe and the incoherent diplomatic push for Palestine recognition: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, discussing the latest from the Levant. I’m annoyed with Bibi and Grant’s annoyed with Tom Barrack, but somehow we manage to end on a note of cautious optimism: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, focusing on South America and East Asia: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, recorded Thursday. Took a while to get the edit done, but still plenty relevant open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, covering the fall of prime ministers in France and Japan, the ICE raid that infuriated South Korea and more: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, with a Western Hemisphere focus. Recorded Thursday but still pretty fresh: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map: @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discuss the news from the SCO summit in China, among many other things. Recorded yesterday (sometimes I edit slow) but the discussion of Venezuela is relevant to today’s news: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, on snapback sanctions and other diplomatic and military developments in the Middle East: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

It’s our 50th episode of Around the Map! The show has changed and gotten better (and shorter!) since we started, so take a listen if you haven’t in a while. @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discuss DC policymaking and leaks, South American border disputes and more open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, touching on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Japan, Somaliland and more. Plus: Find out where Grant’s sources want Bridge Colby to get kicked open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, including our Saturday-morning reaction to the Alaska summit and Monday-morning preview of European leaders’ visit to Washington (recorded before this afternoon’s press events, but still relevant) open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

As Putin lands on US soil, some thoughts going into the summit:

New Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, raising the curtain on Putin’s trip to Anchorage tomorrow open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me (posted late but recorded yesterday) open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me. Not the best title I’ve ever written, but one of our better episodes in terms of covering both what everyone is talking about (Ukraine and Gaza) and what few people are talking about (Sudan) open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, with some thoughts on the US-India relationship and follow-up on news from various far-flung locales: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

Great moments in journalism: A guy dies of tuberculosis and, not surprisingly, has a bunch of complications typical of advanced tuberculosis; the newspaper treats him as a medical oddity with “seven diseases”

update from last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me. There’s a lot of world out there and I prefer episodes where we don’t just talk about Israel, but this was one of those weeks where it was unavoidable: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, covering the Thai-Cambodian border conflict and much more: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me — Ukrainian protests, Iranian diplomacy, South American follies and more: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, covering the Japanese election, frustration with Netanyahu in Washington and more: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, covering missile sales to Germany, bombs over Damascus, elections in Japan and more: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

new Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me. Nazi-Elmo is only briefly mentioned, but I couldn’t resist the title open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New (albeit belated) Around the Map: We had some tech problems with yesterday’s show, so this morning (while @grantgambling.bsky.social was in transit) we caught up on Trump’s Ukraine U-turn, Bibi’s DC visit and more open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

Enjoy a South America and Antarctica sandwich with Ukraine and Israel bread in today’s Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, mostly about how Bridge Colby sucks: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New Around the Map with me and @grantgambling.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discussing the Middle East, Europe, and a bit of East Africa: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me about how all your arguments against this weekend’s strikes on Iran are bad: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

In today’s Around the Map @grantgambling.bsky.social and I catch up on the latest in the Israel-Iran War. Plus: My anti-intifada vote for NYC mayor open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

Half-length episode of Around the Map today; we had some difficulties with @grantgambling.bsky.social’s audio, so this is mostly my sketchy and disjointed thoughts on the events of the weekend open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

I see people who don’t live here have Deep Thoughts about how New York should elect an open advocate for removing the police from high-crime areas. If you’re going to affirmatively support letting more kids in the Bronx die from gunshot wounds, maybe dial back the self-congratulatory preening.

New Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me: Bibi’s coalition holds, Iran cheats on non-proliferation, and rumors of war abound: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

new Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map with @grantgambling.bsky.social and me, covering political news from Seoul, The Hague, Jerusalem and Washington: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New Around the Map: @grantgambling.bsky.social and I talk about Operation Spiderweb in Russia, the attack on Jews in Boulder, misinformation from Gaza, and Israel’s recent strike in Syria: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map, in which @grantgambling.bsky.social and I ask if the principle that Trump Always Chickens Out applies beyond tariffs: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

Happy Memorial Day. New episode of Around the Map: @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discuss the latest news from Europe and the Levant open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map. open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

New episode of Around the Map, covering yesterday’s elections in Europe and the latest diplomatic developments in Rome and the Middle East: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

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New Around the Map: @grantgambling.bsky.social and I discuss Trump’s Middle East trip and other diplomatic developments open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...

In today’s wide-ranging episode of Around the Map we discuss various ceasefires real and imagined, from the Red Sea to South Asia to Europe to Africa: open.substack.com/pub/johntabi...