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This is Deep State Radio.

Coming to you direct from our Super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of

Snark in Washington, D.C. and from other undisclosed locations across America and around the world.

Hello and welcome to the podcast.

I'm David Rothkoff, your host, and this as every week

is the mothership of DSR when we talk about the world,

and we do so with some of our best and most respected friends.

And of course that begins with

Her Emin Shockey of the American Enterprise Institute, how are you doing, Corey?

I am exceedingly well and still smiling about the Deep State Radio nerd who on Twitter said the nation's facing disaster if I give any

less an answer than that. It's true.

true, nine years and you've managed to be exceedingly well through some very rough times.

And of course, also holding up his end is Edward Luce of the Financial Times.

How you doing, Ed?

I'm all right, I suppose.

I could have gone a long time without the visual

of Ed holding up his end.

Yeah, well, you know, it's something we all have to live with.

And we are joined today by a special guest,

Medi Hassan, Medi is of course an award-winning journalist and he is also now not just a journalist but an entrepreneur where he is the CEO and founder of Zetto a a new media company, welcome Mettie.

Thank you for having me, David.

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