In today’s episode, the theme is simple and old-fashioned: be prepared—not just for storms and shortages, but for the kind of civic turbulence that shows up when leadership gets reckless and institutions start treating the public like a nuisance. Samuel Trapp connects a few dots you don’t hear connected often enough: Foreign policy “world police” behavior that keeps flirting with escalation (the kind where somebody eventually miscalculates). Domestic tension where officials publicly acknowledge people will want to exercise First Amendment rights—and the real question becomes whether the government respects those rights or merely tolerates them. A personal, plainspoken readiness check: food supply, situational awareness, and the uncomfortable realization that “I’ll deal with it later” is not a plan. This episode isn’t about chest-thumping. It’s about responsible readiness: staying calm, staying lawful, and remembering that free speech and self-defense exist for real life—not just for textbooks and history class. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Today’s International Flavor is a reality-check episode—equal parts UN law, power politics, and “are you kidding me?” headlines. Samuel Trapp walks through a widely viewed UN Security Council segment featuring Jeffrey Sachs, focusing on the core question: does any state have the right—by force, coercion, or economic pressure—to decide another nation’s political future? From there, the show connects dots across multiple flashpoints: The Venezuela escalation narrative and what it says about “rules-based order” A reported North Atlantic tanker seizure/boarding drama and the bigger sanctions play A fake/AI-style “Mearsheimer” clip vs. the real strategic argument underneath it Thomas Massie’s constitutional warning: Congress—not one man—owns war powers “Coalition of the Willing” messaging, ceasefire talk, and why Russia rejects the premise Greenland rhetoric and the awkward question: what happens when NATO members threaten NATO members? De-dollarization pressure, debt reality, and why resource politics never really left Listen live on damradio.com/live and catch the podcast at internationalflavor.com. Call in: 573-746-8020. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

The Chevron Doctrine is dead — and Chevron Oil is very much alive. In this extended episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp dissects a historical collision hiding in plain sight. As courts finally dismantle Chevron deference — restoring limits on bureaucratic power — U.S. foreign policy deploys the other Chevron abroad: oil, force, and imperial certainty. Venezuela is the case study. This episode breaks down: • Why claims that Venezuela “stole” U.S. assets are legally false • How oil nationalization and arbitration were deliberately misrepresented • How Apache helicopters replaced diplomacy • Why neocon war logic never left — it just changed branding Trapp also examines how China, Russia, India, Europe, and the Global South interpret this moment — not as leadership, but as exposure. One Chevron falls. The other rises. And America stops pretending. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

In this episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp delivers a blistering analysis of U.S. actions in Venezuela and what they signal about the end of international restraint. Using Donald Trump’s own Air Force One remarks, Trapp argues Washington has shifted from regime change to regime control—openly claiming resources, postponing elections, and asserting authority over another sovereign state. The episode dismantles the myth of “stolen American property,” traces the recurring failures of Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio, and examines global reactions from India, China, Russia, and Europe. This is not about Venezuela alone—it is a message to the world.

SPECIAL EDITION — Recorded live from Lake Ozark, Samuel Trapp reacts to headlines claiming the U.S. snatched Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a midnight raid and is hauling them toward Southern District of New York charges branded “narco-terrorism.” Samuel doesn’t buy the script. He walks through the talking points being sold to Americans—“justice,” “saving Venezuela,” “stopping drugs”—and then asks the questions that actually matter: Who decided the U.S. has jurisdiction? What happened to sovereignty and diplomacy? And why does the sales pitch always end at oil? Along the way: attempts to pull court documents on PACER/ECF, a plain-English teardown of the DEA’s narco-terror definition, the familiar fingerprints of regime-change playbooks (Noriega, Iraq, Ukraine), and why this looks like a warning shot at BRICS and any country flirting with China/Russia deals. Stream live: damradio.com/live • Podcast archive: internationalflavor.com • Call-in: 573-746-8020 International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better. 2026-01-03 - Special Intl Flavo…

If you like your civics served hot, this one’s for you. Samuel Trapp unloads on Missouri’s lawyer-discipline ecosystem—how the Bar/OCDC can pick targets, stall for years, and still dodge meaningful explanation or oversight. Then we move to ATC, where “public records” turns into a punchline: a Sunshine Law estimate demanding $368K and a 44-year wait, because apparently searching email is advanced alien technology. Along the way: Chevron is dead, de novo review is the new sheriff, and bureaucrats everywhere are still trying to run the town like it’s their personal HOA. Live: damradio.com/live • Podcasts: internationalflavor.com International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Happy New Year from International Flavor—then we get serious about the funniest unfunny thing in America: bureaucrats slowly “discovering” powers they were never given. From Chevron’s fall to Missouri’s court-first statutory interpretation, today’s show lays out why agencies don’t get to be legislature + judge at the same time. We also unpack ATC’s internal email trail (Templeton/Weems) and the administrative pressure campaign around “sexually oriented business” definitions and liquor licensing. Live calls welcome: 573-746-8020. Stream: damradio.com/live. Archive: internationalflavor.com. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

This New Year’s Eve episode is less “news desk” and more “fireside Samuel”—with a serious edge. We start with the personal: Christmas memories from a big household, the way holidays used to feel, and why traditions matter when the world gets noisy. Then we jump international: why Russia’s New Year/Christmas rhythm is flipped from the U.S., and why national memory—like WWII sacrifice—still drives how people think and celebrate. And then we go local and legal: a frank update on Civic Outlaws and Modern Law Ecosystem, plus a hard critique of unaccountable bureaucratic power. From Missouri Bar conflict to ATC enforcement fights, the core theme is simple: government must be questioned, and power needs limits. We close with a plain-English breakdown of the Chevron-era “agency deference” mindset, the post-Chevron shift, and why Missouri’s administrative review standards matter to everyday liberty. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

In this episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp breaks down one of the most consequential geopolitical stories of the year: Russia’s claim that Ukraine launched 91 drones at President Putin’s state residence—and what that accusation means for diplomacy, retaliation, and trust between nuclear powers. The show explores multiple models of what may have happened, why Moscow views this as an attack on negotiations themselves, and how intelligence leaks—real or perceived—can transform mediators into participants. Trapp also examines Europe’s decision to freeze Russian assets, Russia’s counter-seizure of Western corporate holdings, and why financial warfare is accelerating the decline of Western economic credibility. If you want context, history, and unfiltered analysis—this is the conversation you’re not getting anywhere else. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

What happens when international law becomes branding instead of constraint? Today’s International Flavor exposes the contradictions at the heart of Western foreign policy—from Ukraine ceasefire theater to Venezuela’s rebranding as a “criminal state,” and from invented maritime categories to selective democracy. Drawing on official statements, battlefield realities, and international law, this episode challenges listeners to confront an uncomfortable truth: power no longer even pretends to obey the rules it demands from others. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Part 1 — Christmas, traditions, and sanity. A practical holiday thesis: don’t turn Christmas into a shopping receipt—turn it into experiences (Garden Glow, live theater, Nutcracker, and the small rituals that keep people steady). 2025-12-23 - International Flav… We’re also wheels-up for Wyoming in the “four-wheel-drive sleigh,” because nothing says “peace on earth” like an overnight road trip and Clark Griswold energy. 2025-12-23 - International Flav… Part 2 — Ukraine energy strikes + Odessa reality. A rundown of reports describing a large-scale Russian drone/missile strike campaign targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with warnings of widespread power disruption. 2025-12-23 - International Flav… We zoom in on Odessa-region infrastructure and the strategic importance of key crossings/bridges and fuel routes. 2025-12-23 - International Flav… Part 3 — “Regime change” goes shopping again. We listen to Lindsey Graham pitch regime change in Venezuela and call it what it is: the same old beltway habit—different country, same sales pitch. 2025-12-23 - International Flav… International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better — internationalflavor.com | damradio.com/live

In this episode of International Flavor, we analyze Vladimir Putin’s four-and-a-half-hour annual press conference as a rare example of extended political accountability in an era of managed messaging. Using direct translation and primary-source material, the program examines war, diplomacy, sanctions, economic governance, and social responsibility. The discussion then expands outward to NATO’s broken post–Cold War assurances, Europe’s €90 billion dilemma, and China’s accelerating global footprint. A serious, global look at power, memory, and the emerging world order.

In this episode of International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better, Samuel Trapp breaks down Europe’s attempt to finance Ukraine without stealing Russian assets — and why even that plan is unraveling. From collapsing Ukrainian troop deployments and shifting front lines to Macron’s late realization that diplomacy requires two parties, the cracks are showing everywhere. The show also dives into Missouri’s headline-grabbing lawsuit against China, COVID political theater, immigration lotteries, DEI reversals, and the lingering authoritarian instincts of pandemic culture. A sharp, unscripted analysis of power, money, and narrative control.

Broadcasting live from Lake Ozark, Samuel Trapp connects the dots the “respectable” commentators keep tripping over. This episode takes a hard look at selective outrage: Russia gets insta-banned from Eurovision and global culture, while Israel gets “reforms,” committees, and a polite conversation. We dig into the EU’s RT/Sputnik blackout and the free-speech gymnastics used to sell censorship as “freedom.” Then the spotlight swings to the Caribbean/Eastern Pacific: U.S. “Southern Spear” strikes, the Venezuela oil blockade, War Powers votes, and the basic question nobody wants to answer—since when is blowing up a boat “due process”? We also cover Russia’s foiled bombing attempt involving a duped teenager, Ukrainian drone strikes in Rostov, EU hypocrisy in Bulgaria’s eurozone drama, and a sharp take on America’s DoorDash “doom spending” culture. Listen live on DAM Radio (damradio.com/live) and catch replays at internationalflavor.com. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

A sharp, unsparing breakdown of Europe’s accelerating economic and strategic decline. From Volkswagen’s first-ever German plant shutdown to EU elites openly conditioning the public for war, this episode examines how energy dogma, EV overreach, NATO fantasy guarantees, and geopolitical arrogance are colliding with reality. Samuel Trapp explains why Germany’s industrial model is cracking, why “European independence” sounds suspiciously like managed decline, and why preparing citizens for sacrifice without consent is not leadership — it’s manipulation.

If you ever needed a reminder that propaganda doesn’t sleep, today’s show is your proof. Samuel Trapp opens with a little self-inflicted comedy (yes, the mic problem… Nimrod moment) and then gets right into the hard stuff: Ukraine’s battlefield and political reality versus the story being sold. We talk fresh polling—Ukrainian trust in the U.S. and NATO sliding, while Zelensky’s support is still reported as surprisingly high—plus why “no elections until after the war” is a convenient rule for a government that never wants to leave. From there: the Berlin talks, Trump’s push to end the conflict by year’s end, and the central problem—Washington wants movement; Kiev resists territorial concessions; Moscow says “no ceasefire theater” without a final settlement. Next, we zoom out: Lavrov’s warning about the NATO-expansion “assurances” tied to German reunification—and the long memory Russia brings to the table. Then we hit the money story that could boomerang: the EU’s move around Euroclear and Russia’s massive lawsuit to claw back frozen assets (and what that does to trust in Western financial custody). We also cover Trump’s lawsuit accusing the BBC of deceptive editing, and a dark segment on violence and backlash in Australia—because once politics turns tribal, it always eats the innocent first. Live weekdays 7:30–9:00am (Chicago) on damradio.com/live. Podcasts at internationalflavor.com. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

In this 90-minute episode of International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better, Samuel Trapp dismantles the growing gap between performance and reality in global politics. Using real-time commentary from the weekend — including sharp critiques from Vladimir Solovyov and Aleksey Arestovich — the show explores how war has become theater, law has become narrative, finance has become leverage, and media has become noise. At the center is exhaustion: institutional, political, and public. This episode argues that credibility now collapses long before power does — and that systems relying on symbolism, selective enforcement, and emergency improvisation are hollowing out from within.

Storms don’t negotiate. Winter doesn’t pause wars. Geography doesn’t forgive mistakes. In this wide-ranging live broadcast, Samuel Trapp moves from personal reflections on cold weather to a global analysis of natural disasters, climate extremes, and their deeper political meaning. The discussion spans nine-meter waves off Kamchatka, flooding in the Pacific Northwest, bushfires in Australia, and cyclones across Southeast Asia—before shifting to winter warfare in Ukraine. Trapp analyzes the fall of Seversk, manpower exhaustion, and why Moscow rejects ceasefire proposals framed as “pauses.” Drawing on Lavrov’s remarks, the Minsk deception, Trump’s World War III warnings, frozen Russian assets, Venezuela, AI deregulation, and shifting global power structures, this episode argues that diplomacy itself has collapsed—and pressure has replaced negotiation everywhere. International Flavor: Where the Truth Just Tastes Better.

Samuel Trapp delivers a blistering look at global realignment: India’s Jaishankar defines adult diplomacy, Steven Seagal terrifies Western media with a truth-heavy SMO film, and the U.S. tanker seizure off Venezuela reveals Washington’s eroding legality and influence. A sharp, unsentimental breakdown of a world no longer buying the Western script—told with humor, blunt honesty, and International Flavor.

On today’s episode, Samuel Trapp delivers a grounded, unsentimental walk through the news that actually matters beneath the Western spin. Czech politics shift, France melts down over Brigitte Macron’s leaked remarks, Zelensky rejects peace terms he can’t afford to reject, and Lavrov outlines the multipolar world the West keeps pretending isn’t here. Samuel also breaks down Trump’s new national-security doctrine, the European panic over NATO’s future, and the grim battlefield math Ukraine refuses to face. Direct talk, zero sugar-coating, and a clear look at the global order taking shape.