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Guest: Rania Khalek, journalist  & podcast co-host  Sarandë, Albania — The War Nerd escaped the icy inland Balkans for the "Albanian Riviera" only to find it freezing . . . Guest Rania Khalek joins us to talk about her recent trip to Syria and Lebanon, what Syrians told her about the war, how she was smeared and set up for worse by neocons Michael Weiss & Charles Lister . . . The propaganda around Syria war and how it affected her and affects  others particularly on the Left . . . Rania's experiences as a Druze . . .  Afterwards, War Nerd & Ames discuss wars around the world: Trump's first week . . . Indonesia IS suspect educated in Australia . . . British Navy trolls Russian aircraft carrier . . . Gambia resolves itself peacefully . . . Music: "No Escape (From Balkan)" by Dubioza Kolektiv  [courtesy of Koolarrow Records ]