Professor Mark Galeotti is a historian, lecturer, a prolific writer and one of the worlds leading experts on Russia, security and organised crime. We chat about his latest book, 'Homo Criminalis - How Crime Organises Our World' and Mark explains how organised crime runs through our everyday life, our political systems, our economy and may even have been the foundation to our governments and monarchies. Along the way we discuss money laundering, social media, geopolitics, Putin, Venezuela, Trump, Brexit and lots more. Mark can be found at:

https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com

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Mark Thomas is a stand up comedian, author, playwright and political activist from the UK. He was the host of the legendary TV show, 'The Mark Thomas Comedy Product' where he mixed stand up comedy with political reporting and used pranks, stunts and undercover work to expose government and corporate crimes around the world. He is a prominent and much respected figure amongst UK political activists for his decades of investigative journalism, comedy and activism. Here we chat about his current play 'Ordinary Decent Criminal', his thoughts on the current political landscape, how we make positive change, the power of comedy and why the solution to many of our social problems might just be on our doorstep. More on Mark can be found at:

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Dr Susan Hawley is an anti-corruption expert who has researched and campaigned against the UK's role in facilitating global corruption for over 20 years. Working formerly at Corruption Watch, she is now the Executive Director of Spotlight on Corruption. Here she explains the different ways that corruption affects our governments, why it's gotten worse, what we can do about it and more. Spotlight on Corruption can be found at:

www.spotlightcorruption.org

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