In this episode of “International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better,” Samuel Trapp breaks down the latest phase of Washington and Brussels trying to sell the public on a “Trump peace plan” they haven’t even read — while leaking and twisting it to fit their own script. From Lavrov’s long, unfiltered press conference to the Geneva 19-point counter-proposal, we contrast the official narrative with the battlefield reality around Pokrovsk, Mirnograd, and Zaporizhia, where Ukraine is scraping up 40,000 new troops a month for the meat grinder. We also look at Budanov’s sudden love of “humanitarian” exchanges, why Europe keeps lying about Minsk, and how Abu Dhabi backchannels show there are always talks — just never the ones you’re told about.

Samuel Trapp is back on International Flavor with a full-body autopsy of the Geneva talks between the Trump team and Kiev. Forget the spin: we walk hour-by-hour through the real timeline, the panicked reactions from Brussels, and Arestovich’s cold assessment that Zelensky basically got Istanbul-2022 repackaged after losing a million men. We unpack Ukrainian corruption, stolen Western weapons, and Tucker Carlson’s allegations about Yermak and the Murdoch media blackout. Then we turn the camera homeward: a federal judge vaporizes indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, and Samuel explains why America’s robed bureaucracy is the ultimate deep state. Finally, we end on steel and concrete — the proposed Caspian–Black Sea “Eurasia Canal” that could turn landlocked Central Asia into a maritime power and permanently shift global trade routes.

Tonight’s International Flavor comes to you from a Staybridge Suites parking lot in Memphis, with Samuel rolling south for Thanksgiving and dissecting a world that’s trying very hard to pretend America is still in charge. We break down Trump’s 28-point ultimatum to Zelensky, Europe’s fury over who pockets Russia’s frozen assets, and the oceans of cash looted under the banner of “aid” to Ukraine. From Russia’s cool response on nuclear tests and visas, to a deranged Haiti island-coup fantasy and Candace Owens vs. Macron, Samuel and a fired-up caller cut through the noise and the nonsense. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

In this episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp turns the leaked 28-point Trump “peace plan” into a live pop quiz on geopolitical reality. Question one: Is Ukraine a sovereign state, or a chew toy for Washington, Brussels and Moscow? Question two: Who really wins when Crimea, Donbass, troop caps and frozen Russian assets all point in the same direction? We break down every point, from NATO neutrality to Wall Street reconstruction, poke holes in the sales pitch, and ask whether Zelensky is being offered peace or a politely worded surrender document. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

In this episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp walks through three collapsing pillars of the Western narrative. First, the “brave Ukrainian resistance” myth runs head-first into battlefield reality: Russian advances, corpses in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd, and a Zaporizhia front that’s breaking, not “holding.” Second, Poland’s rail sabotage and Europe’s drone panics show how every unexplained incident is lazily stamped “Russia did it,” even when the suspects are Ukrainian. Third, EnergyGate and “Zelensky’s wallet” drag Kiev’s inner circle into open scandal just as Washington and Moscow quietly shape a land-for-peace deal behind his back. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Samuel Trapp revisits Andrei Bezrukov’s “new 1914” warning and asks whether Trump’s Venezuela buildup and secondary Russia sanctions prove that American elites are exporting their own crisis instead of fixing it. From BRICS and SCO to Operation Southern Spear and the hollowed-out U.S. middle class, this episode dissects how sanctions, debt and resource grabs are accelerating the shift from a U.S.-centric order to a messy Eurasian century.

Tonight was supposed to be clean: Andre Bezrukov, a Russian “illegal” who became Harvard-educated Don Heathfield, his St. Petersburg legal-forum lecture, and a structured walk through his argument that we’re living through a new 1914–1945-style rupture — this time driven by AI, sanctions, and a tired American empire trying to freeze history. Instead, the best-laid Bezrukov plan gets hijacked by talk radio doing what talk radio does. We start with the real story behind The Americans, Bezrukov’s life under deep cover, and his core claim: the U.S. has globalized itself into a corner, hollowed out its own middle class, and now leans on sanctions, carrier groups and manufactured enemies to hold the system together. Trump’s Venezuela buildup and threat of crushing secondary sanctions on anyone trading with Russia are Exhibit A and B. Then the phone lines light up. Caller one wants to know what Russians “really” think about Muslims and whether America is still America if a Muslim is mayor of New York or Minneapolis speeches in Somali. Caller two rolls in with air-power nostalgia, rednecks, Dearborn, the Middle East as “useful idiots,” 9/11 and Dealey Plaza, air-traffic-control collapse, bad maintenance, falling engines and why AI is “all nonsense.” Somehow we still thread Bezrukov through it: empires that overextend, elites that offshore everything, an angry base kept busy with culture war while the real decisions are made elsewhere. Tonight is messy, funny, and very human — exactly what happens when a long-form geopolitical monologue has to wrestle live calls on the fly. Part 2 of the Bezrukov analysis continues tomorrow night, with a full run through his remaining arguments and fewer interruptions… probably. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

In this episode of International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better, Samuel Trapp connects four uncomfortable fronts of the same war. A nine-year-old in Moscow loses his future to a rigged banknote. A captured Ukrainian soldier describes rape, murder and “no survivors” orders in Kursk. Angelina Jolie walks into a $100,000 extortion drama over her detained bodyguard. A Siberian blogger’s drunken anti-war rant and a single bite on a cop turn into two years and seven months behind bars. Add Ukrainian and Western corruption measured literally by the ton, and Samuel dissects how Moscow and the West weaponize terror, tragedy and free speech to keep their own narratives on top. If you think only the “other side” does propaganda, this one will ruin your evening—and maybe sharpen your eyesight.

In this episode of International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better, Samuel Trapp starts far from the front lines—inside Egypt’s newly unveiled Grand Egyptian Museum, a 5-million-square-foot temple to ancient civilization and tourism power politics. From there, the show pivots straight into the brutal present: Zelensky’s corruption web around Timur Mindich, oligarch money fleeing to Israel, and a Ukrainian state eating itself while begging for more Western weapons. Samuel then tears into U.S. “narco-terror” strikes on small boats off Venezuela and Colombia—asking why Washington blows up fishermen instead of boarding suspects, and what that says about the so-called “rules-based order.” The centerpiece: a censored Italian interview with Sergei Lavrov that a liberal paper refused to publish. Samuel reads through Lavrov’s answers on NATO expansion, Ukraine’s neutral status, Russia–China ties, and Europe’s slide back into open Russophobia—letting listeners hear what the West tried to bury. Finally, he walks through the ugly arithmetic of Ukraine’s front: troop ratios, casualty swaps, and why even Ukrainian insiders like Arestovich and Western veterans like Larry Johnson and Daniel Davis now admit the numbers don’t work for Kiev. No propaganda, no buzzword patriotism—just a hard look at empire, collapse, and what comes after. International Flavor airs Sunday–Thursday, 9:00–10:30 p.m. (Chicago time).

Rolling blackouts, dead transformers, and a hundred million dollars missing from contracts that were supposed to protect Ukraine’s nuclear backbone. In this hard-hitting deep dive, Samuel Trapp takes listeners inside EnergyGate – the Energoatom corruption scandal centered around Timur Mindich, the man long known as “Zelensky’s wallet.” We unpack how the shlagbaum system worked, why NABU and SAPO are called “independent” while sitting on Western leashes, and how the same oligarchic patterns have survived from Kuchma to Poroshenko to Zelensky. From stolen food budgets and fake drone contracts to nuclear fortifications run like an ATM, this episode asks the question nobody in Western media wants asked: Is Ukraine being reformed, or just being managed while the looting continues? International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Poseidon patrols and Sarmat regiments aren’t slide decks—they’re on the board. In Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad, the “cauldron” dynamic shows how electronic warfare and broken supply lines decide outcomes long before press conferences do. In Europe, rhetoric collides with reality: Hungary’s Drushba exemption, a slow-roll LNG phase-out, and an energy map still tied to pipes. Add a payments pivot: Russia–China SMEs meeting in Xi’an to normalize yuan/ruble settlement while Western banks tiptoe around sanctions. Finally, Brussels’ checklist for Kyiv’s anti-corruption bodies gets a hard read, not a headline. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

From the Nevada Test Site to New York City Hall, Samuel Trapp blends stories of language, diplomacy, and the politics of reinvention. Tonight’s episode dives into Russia’s renewed media outreach, the ghosts of post-Soviet privatization, and the rise of America’s first socialist-rapper mayor, Zoran Mamdani. Candid, witty, and historically grounded — this is International Flavor, where old lessons meet new realities and the truth just tastes better.

From Bangladesh to Kyiv, from Lavrov rumors to Europe’s blackout blues—Samuel Trapp dives into the week’s global chaos. With wit, clarity, and a healthy distrust of Western media, he exposes regime-change fingerprints, frozen power grids, and the hollow noise of “democracy promotion.” Broadcast live from Lake Ozark, this is International Flavor, where the headlines get seasoned with truth — and the truth just tastes better.

Tonight, Samuel Trapp dissects the dismantling of USAID, State Department end-runs, and the NGO funding ecosystem that refuses to die. We examine Ukraine’s high-risk theater—from Zaporizhzhia alarm bells to frontline civilian tragedy—then pivot to Hungary’s Orban seeking a reset with Trump and the end of hostile NGO funding. Closing act: Kenya converts major China loans into RMB, hinting at a pragmatic, slow-burn de-dollarization wave across the Global South. Clear points, hard edges, and receipts. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Tonight’s Part 2 dives into how underground tests actually work, the treaties that govern them, the IMS network that exposes cheaters, and why restarting explosive testing would take years and nine figures—if it’s even wise. Nevada lessons, Russia/China posture, and a straight read on costs, timelines, and sanity. Tomorrow: Part 3 if we need it. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Part 1: the mechanics and meaning of underground nuclear tests—site geology, stemming, cables, data, and the treaties shaping today’s stalemate. I add Nevada war stories, the Baneberry cautionary tale, and a spirited caller whose big-picture questions push the moral and strategic edges. Tomorrow night: Part 2, a world tour of test sites, verification tech, and how escalation really happens (or doesn’t). If it runs long, we’ll keep going.

Samuel Trapp connects tonight’s headlines: Venezuela’s opposition blessing U.S. military “pressure,” a growing Caribbean armada, and Nigeria’s humanitarian pretext around energy lanes. On the Ukraine front: Black Hawk insertions into Pokrovsk, reported Iskander strikes in the rear, and the logistics war from Baltic choke points to Belarus–St. Petersburg–Kaliningrad sea routes. Plus Zakharova’s take on frozen assets, ICC lawfare, and Cuba’s UN vote. We close on deterrence—Khabarovsk, Poseidon, Burevestnik—and the thread tying it together: ideology drives press releases; oil, logistics, and power realities drive policy. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

This episode examines two accountability failures: the Biden autopen controversy surrounding late-term clemency and the legality of recent U.S. strikes on “suspected” drug boats in international waters. We review how presidential authorship should be documented, what went wrong in practice, and why chain-of-custody and method tracking matter. We then analyze maritime law and human-rights obligations at sea—flag-state consent, proportional force, and the Saiga standard. Clear takeaways and reforms included. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Budapest is on ice, but the war lobby isn’t. Samuel Trapp opens with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s broadside at EU hawks, then dives into Russia’s Rubicon drone stats, a reported U.S. plot to seize Venezuela’s Maduro, and a mystery drone downed near a U.S. Army site in Estonia. We parse Israel’s coalition brinkmanship, a record-deadly Rio raid, and Congress’ “auto-pen presidency” salvo—without the mainstream varnish. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Tonight we unpack Russia’s winter strategy against Ukraine’s grid and why mass blackouts may double as migration warfare. We hit NATO’s five-year threat drumbeat, Tomahawk escalation risks, Solovyov’s bravado and Burevestnik chatter, and the brutal reality of drone-saturated infantry fights. In Europe: Budapest says “Don’t die for Ukraine,” while sanctions inflate EU costs. In the Americas: Washington’s heavy thumb on Argentina and Venezuela. In Asia: New Delhi coolly dodges U.S. pressure on Russian oil. Sarcasm served warm, facts plated cold. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.