Biden goes to Ukraine
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben discuss Biden’s surprise trip to Ukraine, Putin’s decision to suspend participation in the New START treaty, the administration’s warnings against providing military support to Russia, the latest on spy balloons, Scotland’s First Minister resigns, near weapons-grade uranium found in Iran, Israeli hackers exposed for meddling in dozens of elections, another deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria, Mike Pompeo’s embarrassing “best seller”, and AI bots going off the rails. Then, Ben talks with Rep. Ro Khanna about his trip to Taiwan, China’s relationship with the United States, and how to advance progressive politics abroad.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.8 | Welcome back to Pats-Aid World, I'm Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:13.6 | Ben, it's a special week here for the worldos. |
| 0:16.5 | They don't even know it yet. |
| 0:17.6 | Uh, we're going to release a regular episode, which you know, |
| 0:20.3 | because you're currently listening to it. |
| 0:21.6 | Yep. |
| 0:22.0 | And then a little later in the week, |
| 0:23.2 | we're going to release a bonus episode |
| 0:25.2 | of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:28.9 | We are going to talk with a bunch of smart people. |
| 0:31.3 | So, you know, some, you're maybe meeting for the first time |
| 0:34.3 | about the state of the war, politics in Russia, |
| 0:36.4 | life for civilians in Ukraine. |
| 0:37.9 | So, be on the lookout. |
| 0:38.8 | Sometime Friday, I think. |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.4 | And, and, and like, I actually really learned a lot just in |
| 0:44.8 | doing that episode. |
| 0:45.6 | So, hopefully you will too. |
| 0:46.9 | And then it's already been getting a workout. |
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