East meets West with Olga and Tara

Tara and Olga, fresh from the third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, welcome Dr. Radhika Desai, a geopolitical economist from Canada, to discuss neo-colonialism, Western military spending, the Ukraine talks, Iran, and the US midterms.Is the French...

Olga and Tara welcome political analyst Garland Nixon to discuss the public clash between Trump and Zelensky, how money matters define the future of the Ukraine war, the upcoming midterms in the US, and protests in Kiev and Europe. Is the new spat...

Olga and Tara welcome Larry Johnson, former CIA officer, to break down the US-Russia diesel deal and what it means for Ukraine, the tension between the CIA and Trump, the roots of the Houthi-Saudi conflict, and how political fragmentation in the US...

East Meets West welcomes Fyodor Lukyanov, Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club for a deep-dive perspective on the escalation between Russia and Europe, why both Kiev and Moscow believe they can win the war, and how the...

Olga and Tara welcome investigative journalist Ben Swann – creator of the acclaimed Zelensky Unmasked series – for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Ukraine that is draining a generation, Trump’s risk of becoming another...

Olga Bataman and Tara Reade welcome Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, for the Russian perspective on the risk of a direct conflict with Europe, America’s role in the peace talks, and the future...

Olga Bataman and Tara Reade are joined by political commentator Jimmy Dore to talk about Trump’s new hair and new term, Ukraine negotiations, Iran, the current state of the US military, the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Epstein files, and...

Olga and Tara welcome Senator Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Russian Federation Council – for Russia’s perspectives on the war in Ukraine, Western policies and the world’s future security. Did Europe misunderstand the...

Renowned journalist Tucker Carlson joins Olga and Tara for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of American foreign policy, the war in Ukraine, US-Russia relations, Israel, Iran, free speech, and the shifting global balance of power. Is the US...