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The Tea with Myriam Francois

The Tea with Myriam Francois: Where we spill the tea that everyone else is afraid to serve. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 8 min
Latest: 9 Oct 2026
Language: English

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9 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

Ex-Google Insider | Why AI CEOs & Whistleblowers Are Both Warning You About AI

https://www.theteanetwork.co Are we on the verge of an AI apocalypse, or is Silicon Valley using doomsday fears to distract us from the damage AI is already doing? Tech insiders and Big Tech CEOs warn that superintelligence could wipe out humanity. Meanwhile, AI is already fuelling warfare and environmental destruction, with zero accountability. If the very people warning us about AI’s dangers also stand to profit from it, is existential doom a genuine warning or the ultimate marketing strategy? This week on The Tea , we’re joined by pioneering AI researcher Dr Timnit Gebru, former co-lead…

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2 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Journalist Expelled From Russia | Putin’s Demands, Trump’s Role & The War Britain Won't Ignore
https://www.theteanetwork.co Are we headed for another Cold War? Four years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, almost half a million people have been killed, rebuilding Ukraine could cost $588 billion, and there's still no clear endgame. And as the battle of narratives intensifies, the drumbeat for war is getting louder across Europe. Question that narrative and you risk being labelled a Russian propagandist. But is war really inevitable? And what happens when we start treating it that way? This week on The Tea, we’re joined by veteran journalist and author Luke Harding, author of Betrayal:…
25 Sep 2026 · 47 min
Israel Has Been Told To Leave. Who Will Enforce It?
https://www.theteanetwork.co What if the institutions created to stop genocide are helping to enable it? Gaza lies in rubble. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, including thousands of children. Israel has seized more territory, while the prospect of an end to the occupation remains as distant as ever. And yet, after years of investigations and international rulings, the machinery of global justice is paralysed. So where is international law when it's actually needed? This week on The Tea, we’re joined by scholar and author Dr Norman Finkelstein, whose latest book, Gaza’s…
18 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
Ex-Diplomat Reveals Who Is Quietly Replacing Governments
https://www.theteanetwork.co What if tech companies had more power over your life than your own government? Big Tech isn't just business anymore. Silicon Valley now runs its own foreign policy. Over 60 countries have opened diplomatic missions there to negotiate with tech companies as if they were nation-states. AI CEOs sit at the same tables as world leaders. And the revolving doors between government and Big Tech are spinning faster than ever. This week on The Tea, former diplomat Dr Jennifer Cassidy, Lecturer in Diplomacy and Technology at the University of Oxford, joins us to break down…
11 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 33 min
The AI Bubble Is Bigger And More Dangerous Than You Think
https://www.theteanetwork.co Is the AI apocalypse real or is Silicon Valley selling us a story? We're told AI could destroy jobs, outsmart humanity and even turn against us. At the same time, it's cracking 50-year-old scientific problems and pushing new drugs into human trials. So are we living through a genuine technological revolution that could transform humanity or is apocalyptic rhetoric fueling one of the biggest bubbles in tech history? This week on The Tea, we're joined by bestselling author Cory Doctorow to cut through the AI hype. In his latest book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to…
4 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Radical Love in a Time of Genocide, Empire, and Despair
https://www.theteanetwork.co “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” You’ve probably seen those words plastered across a thousand sunset photos. What you certainly haven’t seen is the Islamic world that gave birth to them. Rumi is the best-selling poet in America. Yet the Rumi embraced by the West is a very different figure from the Muslim mystic who wrote the poetry a Rumi detached from Islam and the Quran, stripped of the faith that shaped his work. https://www.theteanetwork.co This week on The Tea, we’re joined by leading Islamic scholar Omid Safi to reclaim the Rumi behind…
28 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
The Hidden Empire Profiting From War, Poverty and Global Crisis
https://www.theteanetwork.co Who really rules the world? For decades, the global order had a clear centre. After the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world’s sole superpower while liberal democracy was proclaimed history's final destination. That story is now dead. As Western power cracks and the global economy reels from the fallout of the Iran war, the real winners are hiding in plain sight — mega-corporations more powerful than the states that host them. They profit from war no matter who wins. They're not just close to power, they're fused with it. And in some cases, they're…
21 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
The Real Story Behind The US-China Tech Rivalry
https://www.theteanetwork.co For decades, China was presented as the authoritarian rival to the West: censored, controlled and fundamentally opposed to liberal democracy. But that story is now more complicated. As trust in US leadership declines, China's technology and culture are gaining influence worldwide. Is China challenging the West — or quietly shaping its future? This week on The Tea, we're joined by journalist and bestselling author Yi-Ling Liu, founding China editor of Rest of World. In her debut book, The World Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet,…
14 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
How Trump’s Iran War Is Bringing Down the American Empire
https://www.theteanetwork.co Six months into the catastrophic US-Israeli war on Iran, Washington's stockpiles are severely depleted, oil and food prices are spiralling globally, and the Middle East is being rapidly reconfigured. Trump promised a quick victory, but the conflict has plunged the world into economic chaos—while war profiteers and elites on both sides cash in. This week on The Tea, we’re joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former New York Times war correspondent, and bestselling author Chris Hedges. Drawing on decades of reporting from conflict zones, he breaks down the…
7 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
The Dark Reality Of Working for Jeff Bezos
Can workers take on the world's biggest corporations — and win? For decades, corporate power seemed untouchable. But a new generation of workers is fighting back. From Amazon to Starbucks, a new generation of organisers is challenging some of the world's most powerful companies—and winning. This week on The Tea, we're joined by legendary labour organiser and bestselling author Chris Smalls, the man behind Amazon's first-ever independent labour union. In his new book, When the Revolution Comes, he reveals what it really takes to challenge corporate power—and why the fight is far from over.…
31 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
How Big Tech Took Control of Reality
https://www.theteanetwork.co The internet promised freedom. But has it delivered? When the World Wide Web launched, it promised a borderless world of knowledge, connection and freedom. More than three decades later, a handful of tech giants control vast parts of our digital lives—shaping what we see, what we remember, and even how we think—while the internet has become an engine of censorship and surveillance. This week on The Tea, we're joined by the woman rewriting the history of the internet. Mindy Seu is a technologist, UCLA associate professor, and the author of “A Sexual History of the…
24 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
Gaming Whistleblower: They're Using Video Games To Control Your Mind
https://www.theteanetwork.co What if your favourite video game was spying on you? Gaming isn't just entertainment anymore. With more than 3.5 billion players worldwide, it's become one of the most powerful cultural battlegrounds on Earth. From Beijing and Moscow to Riyadh, Washington and beyond, governments are investing billions in gaming—not just for profit, but to shape narratives and influence young audiences. This week on The Tea, we're joined by leading video games expert and author George Osborn to expose how states, corporations and political movements are turning the games we play…
17 Jul 2026 · 47 min
The Jewish History Zionism Does Not Want You To Know
https://www.theteanetwork.co Was the creation of the state of Israel really the only answer to antisemitism? Nearly three years into Israel's genocide in Gaza, support for Israel has fallen sharply across much of the Western world. And as old political certainties begin to fracture, more people are asking questions that once seemed almost impossible to ask. Was Zionism inevitable? Were there other visions of Jewish freedom? And what can these forgotten traditions tell us about the future? This week on The Tea, we’re joined by award-winning artist and journalist Molly Crabapple. In her New…
10 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 22 min
We're Being Gaslit About How Smart AI Actually Is!
Is AI really getting smarter than us or are we falling for the biggest myth in tech? AI is transforming the way we work, think and create. As machines begin outperforming humans in more tasks, the race to AGI and even superintelligence is often treated as inevitable. But is it? Or are we buying into Silicon Valley's biggest story? This week on The Tea, we are joined by one of Britain's sharpest voices on the human impact of technology, Anne-Marie Imafidon CEO of Stemettes and trustee at the Institute for the Future of Work to unpack what AI is really changing, why intelligence is far more…
3 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
The End of Capitalism Is Here!
Capitalism isn't in crisis. It is the crisis. Rising inequalities. Endless austerity. Genocide. Permanent war. Climate collapse. AI-driven job losses. For best-selling author and economist Clara Mattei, these aren't failures of capitalism—they're the system working exactly as designed. This week on The Tea, Mattei joins us to challenge one of the most powerful assumptions of our time: that there is no alternative. Drawing from her new book, Escape from Capitalism, Mattei argues that capitalism isn't natural or inevitable. It has always depended on political intervention, economic precarity,…
26 Jun 2026 · 57 min
The Trial That Shook The Nation!
Say these three words in Britain today and you could face up to 14 years in prison. The words are: "I support Palestine Action." Following the group's proscription under UK terrorism law, expressing support can now constitute a serious criminal offence. This week on The Tea , we're joined by Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori to examine one of the most controversial political decisions in modern Britain. Why has Palestine Action been placed in the same legal category as ISIS and neo-Nazi organisations? And what does that mean for democracy, civil liberties and the future of political…
19 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
The Gender War Tearing Us Apart And Who's Behind It?
Has feminism gone too far? Across Western democracies, nearly 60% of Gen Z men now say men face more discrimination than women. Some call it backlash. But the data points to a generation of young men increasingly shaped by algorithm-driven content that distorts feminism, women’s rights, and the meaning of equality itself. So what’s really driving this shift? This week on The Tea, we’re joined by bestselling author and feminist activist Laura Bates to unpack the growing backlash against feminism, the rise of the so-called manosphere — and the emerging “womanosphere” — and how algorithm-driven…
12 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
“Life Expectancy in Gaza Just Dropped to 35!”
https://www.theteanetwork.co Eight months on from the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, the headlines may have moved on — but Israel's assault has not. The siege remains. The starvation continues. The displacement continues. The destruction continues. This week on The Tea, we speak to Dr Mads Gilbert, the award-winning Norwegian doctor and long-standing advocate for Palestinian liberation. Having worked in Gaza for decades, Gilbert offers a devastating account of what he describes as a deliberate campaign of deprivation — one designed to destroy the very foundations of life. Water and food…
5 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
The End of Free Speech!
If free speech is the foundation of a free society, what happened this week raises a disturbing question: are we sleepwalking into fascism? Our guest this week, political commentator and founder of The Young Turks , Cenk Uygur, was barred from entering the UK, alongside Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, after criticising Israel, in a move that has sparked alarm over the future of free expression itself. When does criticism of a state become "a question of public order"? Who gets to decide which opinions are acceptable? And why are some voices increasingly being shut out of public debate? In this…
29 May 2026 · 59 min
Civil War is Coming
https://www.theteanetwork.co America has learned nothing from its wars. Not Iraq. Not Afghanistan. Not 9/11. And now, with Iran, the cycle is repeating itself. For 23 years, Michael Scheuer served inside the CIA. In this week’s episode of The Tea, he joins us to pull back the curtain on what he calls America’s “imperial hubris” — a foreign policy driven by arrogance, endless intervention, and political capture. From Israel’s influence on Washington to the failures of the War on Terror, Scheuer argues the US keeps repeating catastrophic mistakes — while the cost is paid in blood, instability,…
22 May 2026 · 59 min
The Ideology Fuelling Modern Extremism!
https://www.theteanetwork.co What happens when one of the most dangerous political theories of our time goes mainstream? This week in San Diego, two teenagers opened fire at a mosque, killing three people, in an attack reportedly tied to a manifesto driven by “Great Replacement Theory”— the belief that immigrants, Muslims, and minorities are “replacing” white populations. But San Diego is not an exception. From Christchurch and El Paso to Buffalo, the GRT has become the ideological spine of modern mass violence. In this episode of The Tea, historian and bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi…
15 May 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
How AI Is Threatening Democracy!
AI is being sold to us as an oracle, objective, neutral, inevitable. But when corporations and governments present predictions as facts, what they often demand is obedience. We’re living through a golden age of surveillance. As monitoring reaches levels once associated with totalitarian regimes, the question becomes unavoidable: how much surveillance can a democracy sustain before it ceases to be one? This week on The Tea, Oxford Associate Professor Carissa Véliz, a leading voice on the ethics of AI, joins us to cut through the noise. AI isn’t just forecasting the future—it’s shaping…
8 May 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
ICC Chief Prosecutor: Why Global Justice Is Falling Apart!
International law is supposed to be the final guardrail against impunity. So what happens when that system itself comes under attack? From Donald Trump openly dismissing the very idea of international legal norms to unprecedented sanctions imposed on senior ICC officials, the message is unmistakable: international law applies — until it threatens power. In this episode of The Tea, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan joins us for an exclusive interview on what happens when those tasked with enforcing justice become targets themselves. Recently cleared of misconduct allegations, he now faces…
1 May 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
Why I Left The Left, Gaza, Identity Politics & The Collapse Of America!
Across Western democracies, the political map has shifted. The left is losing its base. The right is gaining ground — and owning the narrative. In the US, Republicans have gained millions of voters in recent years, while Democrats have lost ground. Across Europe, radical right parties are now regularly polling above 20%, winning government roles and reshaping mainstream politics. So what’s really happening? Is this a failure of the left or something deeper? In this episode of The Tea, we’re joined by veteran political commentator Ana Kasparian to unpack the growing disillusionment with…
24 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
How Corporations Silently Captured us!
A company with intelligence ties, Palantir, writes a manifesto for a new republic - while quietly embedding itself inside the state…This isn’t a dystopia. From the rise of figures like Donald Trump to the normalisation of unelected power brokers like Jared Kushner, the concentration of wealth, media, tech, and state power has never been tighter. The mask is slipping. Power isn’t pretending anymore. In this episode of The Tea, we are joined by investigative journalist and author Matt Kennard to lift the veil on how corporate power has moved from influence to control - reshaping governments,…
17 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 32 min
Iran’s Secret Success and why the Zionist Project is Doomed to Fail!
https://www.patreon.com/TheTeawithMyriamFrancois?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabkrbubUPKErSGVFGL5bzjQytkb9HanzeLQBUi8U-mU6g5aVSTqE5ej7sQ_aem_SO9ihK10zUz3TdyPOD2ngA When the system breaks, what happens to resistance? A court rules Palestine Action’s proscription unlawful. Arrests should stop. They don’t. Power shifts, reverses, and reasserts itself. This isn’t dysfunction. It’s how power operates—entrenched, unaccountable, and built to resist challenge. In this episode of The Tea, we sit down with…
10 Apr 2026 · 57 min
Trauma, Epstein & What’s Really Happening!
https://www.patreon.com/TheTeawithMyriamFrancois?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabkrbubUPKErSGVFGL5bzjQytkb9HanzeLQBUi8U-mU6g5aVSTqE5ej7sQ_aem_SO9ihK10zUz3TdyPOD2ngA What if everything you've been told is "normal" is actually making you sick, physically, emotionally, morally? We live in a culture where corporations deliberately engineer addiction for profit, where systemic oppression is dressed up as idealism. A culture that runs on denying emotional suffering. That keeps us addicted, so we never stop…
3 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
$200 Oil, Energy Lockdowns, and The Coming Global Collapse!
https://www.patreon.com/TheTeawithMyriamFrancois?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabkrbubUPKErSGVFGL5bzjQytkb9HanzeLQBUi8U-mU6g5aVSTqE5ej7sQ_aem_SO9ihK10zUz3TdyPOD2ngA Is World War III on the horizon? From skyrocketing energy prices to food shortages and nuclear threats, the chaos in the Middle East is threatening to trigger a global economic meltdown. The US is trapped—fighting Israel's war with no exit strategy in sight. As tensions escalate, are we witnessing a calculated master plan, or are we…
27 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
Governments Are Manufacturing Your Reality & You Don't Even Know It!
https://www.patreon.com/TheTeawithMyriamFrancois?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabkrbubUPKErSGVFGL5bzjQytkb9HanzeLQBUi8U-mU6g5aVSTqE5ej7sQ_aem_SO9ihK10zUz3TdyPOD2ngA "Truth isn't shared anymore. It’s manufactured." For a decade, the script has been the same: Iran is "two weeks away" from a nuclear weapon. Is this a fact, or a decade-long disinformation campaign designed to sell an illegal war? From AI-generated war footage to bot networks swinging European elections, the "Disinformation Machine" is the…
20 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
"The Mask Is Completely Ripped Off"
https://www.patreon.com/TheTeawithMyriamFrancois?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabkrbubUPKErSGVFGL5bzjQytkb9HanzeLQBUi8U-mU6g5aVSTqE5ej7sQ_aem_SO9ihK10zUz3TdyPOD2ngA Corruption. Endless wars. Distruction. Propaganda. Empires don’t fall from external enemies — they rot from within. So, are we witnessing that collapse in real time? From Iran to Gaza to Venezuela, the mask is slipping. The myth of a benevolent empire, spreading democracy and human rights, has crumbled. What’s left is what’s always been…

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The Tea with Myriam Francois: Where we spill the tea that everyone else is afraid to serve. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 8 min
Latest episode: 9 Oct 2026
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