On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss the 2023 Tour de France and the related French soft power and global advertising opportunities, the attempted putsch by Yevgeniy Prigozhin in Russia, expectations for the upcoming NATO meeting, happenings on the US and UK campaign trails, Richard Sorge, plus what they are reading and watching.

Timestamps:

1:00 | The 2023 Tour de France + French soft power + Global advertising

7:13 | What's happening in Russia

13:50 | Upcoming NATO meeting

17:50 | Happenings on the US + UK campaign trails

30:29 | Richard Sorge, the Soviet agent operating out of Tokyo in 1941

32:33 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

The Dishoom Cookery Book - From Bombay with Love

The 2023 Tour de France

Caste and Democratic Politics in India by Ghanshyam Shah

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn