PUNCHING UPWARDS is the weekly news and politics podcast from FAB INDUSTRIES. On the show, I dig at the nitty-gritty facts behind the week’s loudest headlines and discover stories legacy media neglected to cover. New episodes are released every Sunday. You can find all of these episodes right here on the blog or on Substack, where you can also subscribe to get notified of new episodes by email. You can leave feedback on the show on both sites or by email. I value listener feedback greatly and will generally answer any messages personally. Should the content warrant it, I will also feature it on the show. You can subscribe to the show itself in a variety of ways — click on the album art for an overview or use one of the buttons for specific services below it:
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Episode List
31/05/2026 — PU 0038: Is Chat Control Finally Dead?
24/05/2026 — PU 0037: How Not to Report an Aviation Accident
17/05/2026 — PU 0036: Dire Straits of Hormuz
10/05/2026 — PU 0035: The Horror of Computerised War
03/05/2026 — PU 0034: Scam Altman
26/04/2026 — PU 0033: The Stop Nick Shirley Act
19/04/2026 — PU 0032: Germany’s Digital Strategy Is Absolutely Bonkers
12/04/2026 — PU 0031: NASA’s Artemis II Mission
05/04/2026 — PU 0030: Aviation and the War in Iran
29/03/2026 — PU 0029: The State of Star Trek
22/03/2026 — PU 0028: What is Antifa?
15/03/2026 — PU 0027: LLMs Are a Dead-End
08/03/2026 — PU 0026: Trump Falls Into the Smart Bomb Trap
01/03/2026 — PU 0025: The Problem with the Epstein Files
22/02/2026 — PU 0024: The ELIZA Effect
15/02/2026 — PU 0023: The Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal
08/02/2026 — PU 0022: Moltbook Madness
01/02/2026 — PU 0021: The Death of Alex Pretti
25/01/2026 — PU 0020: Does NATO Have a Future?
18/01/2026 — PU 0019: The Death of Renee Good
11/01/2026 — PU 0018: Trump’s South American Adventure
04/01/2026 — PU 0017: Vlad vs. Vlad
28/12/2025 — PU 0016: Met Police to Stop Non-Crime Arrests
21/12/2025 — PU 0015: State Secret or Vibe Physics?
14/12/2025 — PU 0014: Chat Control is Back
07/12/2025 — PU 0013: The Cosmic Ray That Broke the A320
30/11/2025 — PU 0012: No Such Thing as Free Speech in Germany
23/11/2025 — PU 0011: What Happened to UPS Flight 2976?
16/11/2025 — PU 0010: The Great Canadian Ostrich Massacre
09/11/2025 — PU 0009: Your Bus is Controlled by China
02/11/2025 — PU 0008: Robotics Slop
26/10/2025 — PU 0007: Von der Leyen’s Paper Maps
19/10/2025 — PU 0006: Chat Control Denied
12/10/2025 — PU 0005: The Modern Solution Case
05/10/2025 — PU 0004: Drones over Denmark
28/09/2025 — PU 0003: An Ethical Approach to the War in Gaza
21/09/2025 — PU 0002: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
14/09/2025 — PU 0001: The Arrest of Graham Linehan