Assassin-in-Chief
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben discuss the latest on Russian election interference, the case for dismantling DHS, a setback for LGBTQ+ rights and US military accountability in the Philippines, domestic terrorism in Australia, the new interim government in Mali, reports that Trump considered assassinating Bashar al-Assad, and much more. Then, Washington Post Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief Susannah George joins to break down the latest on the Afghan Republic-Taliban peace talks.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome back to PodSafe the World, I'm Tommy VTore. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:13.7 | Ben, I got a new Red Sox hat. |
| 0:14.9 | Heh heh heh. |
| 0:15.8 | It's my new Red Sox hat. |
| 0:17.3 | Uh, I'm not sure why I'm buying Red Sox merch right now, |
| 0:21.2 | instead of, uh, yes we cam Patriots gear, but, |
| 0:24.9 | Yes. |
| 0:25.4 | You know, let's talk a little sports. |
| 0:27.0 | We don't always have to be foreign policy nerds. |
| 0:28.6 | I just want to update people real quick. |
| 0:30.7 | The mets still suck, the jets are still even worse, |
| 0:34.1 | and the nicks are still alone by James Dolan. |
| 0:35.9 | So my, my life of sports fandom has prepared me for 2020, |
| 0:40.1 | I have to say. |
| 0:40.6 | I was watching the Patriots, uh, Seattle game the other day. |
| 0:44.8 | And for some reason, the announcer just went on a tie raid, |
| 0:48.0 | kicking the shit out of the jets for like a minute and a half, |
| 0:50.8 | and it was so funny that somehow the jets were also losing |
| 0:54.8 | the Patriots Seahawks game. |
| 0:56.0 | We will not talk about the ending of that, |
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