Ben Rhodes

He thought he was going to get like a cushy cell.

It's like a silent retreat.

People pay for stuff like that to be blocked off from the world.

Oh, God.

Well, I didn't make it through all the way without literally laughing tears.

But I hope you all enjoyed my rendition.

Next up, we're going to hear Ben's interview with Nika Kovach.

Hey, I'm so happy to be here.

Yeah.

So basically, like we had elections in Slovenia, very intense campaign.

The authoritarian candidate was so well organized, like they had influencers who are doing like the usual shit that they do by the playbook.

And then suddenly throughout the night, a Web page appeared.

popped up, which was like revealing the corruption in Slovenia.

And on that web page, there were like videos of different people.

They were called Apprendix 1, Apprendix 2, Apprendix 3, which were secretly recorded while speaking about corruption in Slovenia.

It was not like a video of like actual corruption, like people getting money, just descriptions of how the state function in Slovenia.

And when this web page popped up, for me, it was clear two things.

Firstly, that it's not a whistleblower, that it's not someone who is just wanting to attack corruption.

And secondly, that it is way too well done, that it would be done by anyone in Slovenia.

So I got this very suspicious feeling that it's a foreign intervention.