Culturally Clueless
Welcome to Culturally Clueless—where we dive into culture, current events, and the everyday chaos of life. It’s raw, real, and refreshingly unfiltered, with me, Nes Reign and a lineup of fascinating guests. Together, we’ll break down the big questions and the small quirks that make life so endlessly intriguing!
Episodes
132 episodes
Culturally Clueless | US-Iran Showdown, UN Walkout & UK Diplomatic Rift | Episode 133
In this episode of Culturally Clueless, Nest covers a range of major geopolitical developments: * US-Iran Tensions & The Strait of Hormuz: Nest discusses J. D. Vance's statements regarding Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait ...
Culturally Clueless | Mecca on Alert, NAZA Wins Venice & Macklemore vs. The Machine | Episode 132
Saudi Arabia issued its first-ever air raid alert over Mecca, claiming Houthi drones had targeted the holy city. The Houthis denied the attack. Nes examines the unverified claim and what the escalating conflict between the Houthis and Saudi-bac...
Culturally Clueless | Macklemore Silenced, Netanyahu Warned & Russia's Back in Syria | Episode 131
This episode covers a week where old wounds were reopened and new power moves were made without anyone asking the public's permission.Macklemore has been officially dropped from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour after venues...
Culturally Clueless | 80,000 Witnesses, A Listening Device & A Girl From Limpopo | Episode 130
This episode covers a week where art, technology, politics, and human dignity all collide.Glenn Greenwald delivered a speech taking direct aim at Western media hypocrisy — calling out the double standard that condemns Iran, Russia, Hama...
Culturally Clueless | Wildfires, Standing Ovations for Hate & The Last Christian Town | Episode 129
This episode covers a packed week where hypocrisy, violence, and geopolitics intersect at every turn.Libya's rival political factions signed a UN-brokered agreement to hold long-delayed national elections within two years — the latest i...
Culturally Clueless | Kites, Renamed Lakes & A Child Rapping From the Rubble | Episode 128
This episode covers a week where the absurd and the devastating sit side by side — and Nes refuses to look away from either.Settler violence in the West Bank continues to escalate. Israeli activists have been showing up to defend Palest...
Culturally Clueless | Executions, Double Standards & A Professor Found Dead | Episode 127
This episode covers a packed week of stories where power, hypocrisy, and human cost all collide.Rabbi Shmuley is back in the headlines — this time for remarks at an Israeli-American Council summit where, in the context of discussing Mos...
Culturally Clueless | Fistfights, Death Sentences & Sailors Jumping Ship | Episode 126
This episode covers stories that hit differently when you line them all up together.A street encounter in Iceland went viral after Rabbi Shmuley Boteach filmed himself being confronted by an Icelandic couple who criticized Israel's acti...
Culturally Clueless | A Highway for Trump, Islamophobia for Sale & Doctors in Gaza | Episode 125
This episode covers stories that sit at the intersection of power, propaganda, and the fight over whose narrative gets told.Morocco's King Mohammed VI confirmed that the country's 1,055-kilometre Tiznit-Dakhla Expressway — the longest r...
Culturally Clueless | Trump's Fear Machine, West Bank Land Grabs & A Statue in Uganda | Episode 124
This episode takes on fear, history, and the slow erasure of a people's identity.Nes dissects the Iran-US war and the machinery of fear that surrounds it. She examines how politicians weaponize repetitive statements and manufactured urg...
Culturally Clueless | Trump Fell Asleep, 67 Died at the Border & Fauci Said Nothing | Episode 123
This episode covers a week packed with moments that reveal the human cost behind the headlines.Close to 50,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in a single surge, with more than 48,300 subsequently returne...
Culturally Clueless | History Doesn't Lie. People Do. | Episode 122
Nes covers several stories this episode that connect history, hypocrisy, and the ongoing cost of power left unchecked.She digs into the West Bank, examining the relentless settler violence and retracing how the situation was actually re...
Culturally Clueless | They Lied. Again. | Episode 121
In this episode, Nes covers stories that all point to the same uncomfortable truth: what is promised and what is delivered are rarely the same thing.The hashtag #TheyLiedToYou emerged from Gaza as people on the ground pushed back agains...
**Culturally Clueless | Iran's Not-War, Gaza's Broken Promises, and Sudan's Silent Crisis | Episode 120**
**Culturally Clueless | Iran, Influence, and Illusions of Withdrawal | Episode [XX]**This episode of Culturally Clueless covers the escalating U.S.–Iran conflict, examining Secretary of State Marco Rubio's shifting characterizations of ...
Culturally Clueless | She Left Gaza. Her Father Didn't. | Episode 119
In this episode, Nes sits down with Lama, a young woman who evacuated from Gaza in 2024, first to Egypt and now living in Malaysia, for one of the most personal and deeply human conversations the podcast has ever had.Lama shares what th...
Culturally Clueless | Visas, Refugees & The Voices They Try to Silence | Episode 118
In this episode, Nes sits down with Simon — a writer, journalist, and political analyst from Bangladesh — for a wide-ranging conversation that moves fluidly between sport, politics, and human rights.The two dig into the FIFA World Cup c...
Culturally Clueless | Dissent Is Terrorism, War Is a Market & Berlin Is Toxic | Episode 117
This episode covers a range of stories that cut to the core of who gets punished for speaking, who sets the agenda for war, and what is quietly happening in the world while everyone looks elsewhere.The criminalization of pro-Palestine s...
Culturally Clueless | Fallouts, Lies & The Business of Human Trafficking | Episode 116
Trump and Netanyahu's relationship is deteriorating, with the president reportedly feeling manipulated and significantly restricting contact with the Israeli prime minister except for necessary coordination. Nes questions whether this alleged r...
Culturally Clueless | They Burned the Homes, Lied to Congress & Called It Aid | Episode 115
This episode goes deep on stories that expose how power operates when it thinks nobody is watching.Nes shines a light on Belfast, where violent anti-immigration riots broke out following a stabbing attack allegedly carried out by a Suda...
Culturally Clueless | Loopholes, Firsts & The Dead Who Said No | Episode 114
This episode brings together stories that seem unrelated on the surface but all point to the same truth: the rules were written by those who benefit from them most — and the rest of us are just living in the gaps.Nes covers Jonas Lauwin...
Culturally Clueless | God, Flamingos & The People Who Think They Own Everything | Episode 113
This episode covers a wide range of stories that connect power, religion, money, and the fight to hold on to what belongs to the people.Nes digs into the Seven Mountain Mandate — a Christian nationalist framework that position...
Culturally Clueless | Lies, Tokens & The Stories They Don't Want Told | Episode 112
This episode pulls back the curtain on some of the most uncomfortable truths hiding in plain sight.Nes takes on the Tommy Robinson "Unite the Kingdom" rally, where Robinson stood before the crowd and declared "we are here in our million...
Culturally Clueless | AI, Dead Journalists & The Men Who Control Your News | Episode 111
This episode covers stories that the mainstream news cycle would rather you scroll past.Nes digs into the growing alarm around Palantir and AI in warfare. More than 229,000 people in the UK have signed petitions demanding the government...
Culturally Clueless | Stolen Land, Depleted Weapons & A World Shifting Its Alliances | Episode 110
In this episode, Nes takes stock of a world where the rules keep changing — and not in anyone's favor.She opens with the explosive story unfolding in New York: pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside a New York synagogue to demonstr...
Culturally Clueless | They Call It Free Speech — Until It's You | Episode 109
Culturally Clueless with Nes — Episode SummaryIn this episode, Nes tackles one of the most misunderstood and deliberately distorted conversations of our time: the weaponization of religion and the politics of who gets to speak freely — ...
