This podcast episode covers a range of topics including ongoing violence and potential genocide against the Masalit people in West Darfur, Sierra Leone's foreign policy and reopening of the Russian embassy, the controversy surrounding the NEOM project in Saudi Arabia, the expansion of whaling in Japan, concerns about defects in parts produced by Spirit Aerosystems for Boeing, a public relations nightmare caused by a company's PR boss, and an amputee astronaut participating in a study on physical disabilities in space. The episode also mentions Shirley Bassey's decision to auction off her jewelry collection.
