172: Frank Foer of The Atlantic and David Rothkopf of The Daily Beast

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🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The war in the Middle East continues, but is a ceasefire in sight? The Biden administration has an outline of a plan. Two of our leading foreign policy experts join us to discuss. Plus, now that Donald Trump is a convicted felon, what could that mean for this election? And how does the Biden administration sell the undeniable success of the economy to the American people?

Read Frank's latest work in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/franklin-foer/

Read David Rothkopf in The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/david-rothkopf

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. We got a great one today, you know, for a change. And this time, this time, I mean it.
0:11.6	First of all, I have two great guests. You should all know Frank Four by now. He's been on the pod or on the cast, as we say here.
0:22.9	He's been on the podcast many times.
0:24.1	I've actually lost count.
0:28.1	And we don't keep records, do we, do we, Peter?
0:29.4	No.
0:32.0	But I would have if you had told me.
0:34.3	Okay, let's keep records.
0:36.5	Well, it's a little late now.
0:43.2	I'd say Frank has been on somewhere between eight to 12 times.
0:46.2	Well, that gives folks the idea anyway.
0:52.2	And also today we have David Rothkopf, who writes often about foreign affairs for the Daily Beast. And it's his first time on the Al Franken podcast.
0:56.7	Maybe we should keep a record of that.
1:00.7	I don't know.
1:01.6	I think the horse is sort of out of the barn on record keeping.
1:04.7	But I can keep track of David in my head.
1:07.5	Well, okay.
1:08.1	The point is that both our guests are great on foreign affairs and on politics,
1:11.9	and that's what we cover in our conversation today.
1:15.9	And it's a great one.
1:18.8	Okay, thanks, Peter.
1:20.4	That's my job, sir.
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