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From Trump to Putin to Israel/Gaza, a primal need for revenge saturates politics. But is vengeance an addiction like any other? Author and former lawyer James Kimmel Jr [https://www.jameskimmeljr.com/] should know. Grievance and pain once drove him to such rage that he almost committed murder. He tells Andrew Harrison how his book The Science of Revenge [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780593796511] explains why we take pleasure in others’ pain, why  Trump is obsessed with getting his own back at the world… and why John Wick and The Lion King are basically the same movie.  • Buy The Science of Revenge [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780593796511] through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org [http://bookshop.org/]’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast] for early episodes and more. • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to indeed.com/bunker [http://indeed.com/bunker] to get your £100 sponsored credit.   Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk [http://www.podmasters.co.uk] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Donald Trump promised to expose Jeffrey Epstein’s secrets but now he’s backing away, and the conspiracy crowd that once adored him is asking some serious questions. Can Trump survive the fallout from the QAnon movement he helped ignite? And even if he does, what will it mean for the future of his party, beyond his time as president Today in The Bunker, Chris Jones is joined by Mike Rothschild, journalist and author of The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781800960459], to ask whether the Republican Party can survive its toxic entanglement with conspiracy theorists. Buy The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781800960459] through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org [http://bookshop.org/]’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to https://indeed.com/bunker [https://indeed.com/bunker] for £100 sponsored credit.   • www.patreon.com/bunkercast [https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast]  • Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bunkerpod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/bunkerpod.bsky.social]  Written and presented by Chris Jones. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editors: Tom Taylor. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

As Britain’s finances worsen, pressure is building for Labour to bring in a wealth tax on the super-rich – not least because Rachel Reeves has ruled out pretty much every other tax. How would it work? How much would it raise? Who would pay? And would those poor billionaires really flee Britain if it happened? Stephen Kinsella of Patriotic Millionaires UK [https://patrioticmillionaires.uk/] explains why we really do need to tax the rich (and why he doesn’t mind if it’s him).  • Support us on Patreon for early episodes and more. [https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast] • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker [https://indeed.com/bunker] to get your £100 sponsored credit.   Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk [https://www.podmasters.co.uk/%20] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Donald Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, for $10 billion over a story linking him to Jeffrey Epstein. So what’s really behind Trump’s latest high profile spat with a former friend? Today in The Bunker, Gavin Esler is joined by William Cohan, journalist at The New York Times, to find out what this billionaire fallout tells us about power, media, and revenge in Trump’s second term.  • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to https://indeed.com/bunker [https://indeed.com/bunker] for £100 sponsored credit.   www.patreon.com/bunkercast [https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast]  Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bunkerpod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/bunkerpod.bsky.social]  Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editors: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Will Corbyn’s new outfit sustain momentum? And how will it change British politics if so? Plus, is Britain really at “breaking point”? Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis discuss the latest domestic news and look further afield to the situation in Gaza and the increased calls for a ceasefire. All that and more in Start Your Week.   We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker [http://indeed.com/bunker] for £100 sponsored credit.     Listen to Talk ’90s to me with Miranda Sawyer here: linktr.ee/talk90stome www.patreon.com/bunkercast [https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast]       Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Ros Taylor. Audio production: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]