Colombia makes all sorts of history but tbd how history will remember what happens next in Ukraine or whether the Jan 6 commission hearings will result in anything more than good ratings. Meanwhile, Mike walks us through how the economy simultaneously sucks and doesn't suck... spoiler alert: it's all clear as mud. Lastly, listen to this episode on the way to our first IRL happy hour, this Thursday June 23rd at 430p at Sauf Haus near Dupont Circle, DC!

Show links:

• Erol's 2020 policy brief on Colombia https://www.csis.org/analysis/colombia-stabilization-crossroads
• Institute for the Study of War/Critical Threats Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36a7f6a6f5a9448496de641cf64bd375
• Twitter exchange between Dmitri Alperovitch and Mark Hertling on the state of the war: https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1539043835719962628

Spicy Nuggets

Erol: Blog post from CGD For World Refugee Day https://www.cgdev.org/blog/world-refugee-day-five-things-were-watching-2022

Mike: Sci-fi writer David Brin's take on the news that a Google engineer believes the AI he helped build has become sentient

https://www.newsweek.com/soon-humanity-wont-alone-universe-opinion-1717446