Bernie Sanders on Money and Power

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Senator Bernie Sanders is seen by many as the leader of the progressive movement in the United States. On this episode of the podcast, recorded in central London, he spoke to BBC broadcaster Justin Webb about corporate greed, identity politics and the direction of America today. Sanders' new book It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism is available now. This podcast was produced by Senior Producer Conor Boyle with editing by Producer Catharine Hughes — We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be about. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to [email protected]. At Intelligence Squared we’ve got our own online streaming platform, Intelligence Squared+ and we’d love you to give it a go. It’s packed with more than 20 years’ worth of video debates and conversations on the world’s most important topics as well as exclusive podcast content. Tune in to live events, ask your questions or watch on-demand, totally ad-free with hours of discussion to dive into. Visit intelligencesquaredplus.com to start watching today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	Hello, this is Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of BBC News, and I'm here because
1:08.4	I want to talk to you about an event I'm doing with Intelligent Squared on the second
1:13.2	of November in London, and I'm going to be talking about more than 30 years that I've
1:19.0	spent reporting on major events in the Middle East.
1:22.6	With my great friend and colleague over many, many years, Justin Webb, and I'm sure we'll
1:29.8	talk about a few other things as well.
1:32.6	Justin and I started at the BBC on the same day in 1984.
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1:48.6	Welcome to IntelligentSquared, I'm senior producer Connor Boyle, today on the podcast
1:55.0	we're joined by Bernie Sanders, the senator seen by many as the leader of the Progressive
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