Jason and Jane are back with your questions — and an encouragingly modest agenda: saving centrism, standing by Ukraine, surviving the US midterms, tackling climate change and keeping the Red Sea open. Is anti-incumbency a symptom of a broken social contract? Can democracies outlast Putin without American leadership? And is a protest movement without a concrete demand doomed to achieve nothing?

We also tackle Trump’s Russian diesel deal, whether Trump will fightback after a midterms loss coherent fightback, what COP31 can achieve in Antalya, and how the Houthis connect the Iran war to the Horn of Africa. Along the way, Jason offers the Democrats a slogan, and we discover that puppet satire may be the most reliable form of political analysis.

ORDERING THE DISORDER: Big collective-action problems need leadership, enforceable rules and practical demands — not just outrage.

MEGA ORDERERS BONUS: Israel votes on 27 October. Could Netanyahu survive yet again? Jason and Jane examine Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Lieberman and the Arab parties; ultra-Orthodox conscription; and the prospect of a knesset that cannot form a government. Join at https://disordershow.com/club.

Producer: George McDonagh

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SHOWNOTES LINKS

Disorder Ep 212 — Mark Galeotti on War Putinism and Russian bears

https://podfollow.com/disorder/episode/502c88e21901dc3f66bac9d075868ce5dd86ca63/view

The Rest Is Politics: Leading — Mary Trump, “Trump’s Niece on Why He’s on Putin’s Side”

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/trumps-niece-on-why-hes-on-putins-side/id1665265193?i=1000796648618

The Rest Is Politics — Trump and Putin vs Zelensky: Is Europe Sleepwalking into Disaster?

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-the-rest-is-politics-107223135/episode/581-trump-and-putin-vs-zelensky-348060976/

Puppet Regime — official political satire site

https://puppetregime.com/

Spitting Image — official YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@SpittingImage

UN Climate Change — COP31 in Antalya, 9–20 November 2026

https://unfccc.int/cop31

The Atlantic — Trump’s “Staggering One-Two Punch” to Ukraine

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/ra-ukraine/689068/

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