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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

How Gaza, Ukraine, and TikTok Are Influencing the Election

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Politics, Obama, News, Wnyc, Washington, Barack, President, Lizza, Wickenden

4.23.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss how foreign policy is shaping the 2024 campaign, such as a possible ban on Chinese-owned TikTok and the wars in Europe and the Middle East. The panel also considers Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s sharply conflicting views of America’s role in the world.

This week’s reading:

  • “I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—and So Should You,” by Susan B. Glasser

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0:00.0

I can't believe Peter Baker's mother.

0:04.0

Wait, I don't know about Peter's.

0:06.0

Oh my God, she's being honored.

0:08.0

Your mother-in-law, Peter Baker's mother is 83 and was just honored for her ice hockey playing she's still playing.

0:15.8

It was amazing.

0:16.8

This is squarely in my wheelhouse.

0:18.1

Why have I not been briefed on the

0:19.6

Peter's mother has the Guinness Book of World Record.

0:23.4

This is a true story for being the oldest woman hockey player.

0:28.1

Actually, the Washington capitals

0:31.2

had her drop the puck at their game on Saturday night along with a couple

0:36.5

other young women ranging from the age of six years old up to her at age 83.

0:42.0

Wait, do you realize what big deal

0:43.2

she would be in our household?

0:44.2

Because the Guinness Book of World Records

0:45.8

is like looms large in the life of eight-year-olds and six-year-olds.

0:49.4

Those annual books, oh my God, Theo love this.

0:51.6

We loved those. Yeah, we loved those books. But it's so, but the thing is we have to do a lot of explaining because the kids don't draw a distinction between like

0:59.1

Usain Bolt who's in there for having achieved the mastery of a physical discipline and then the person

1:05.5

who has like the most number of cigarettes in their nose.

1:09.0

And they regard both of these.

1:11.5

That's why it's so great. I mean I spent so much time looking at

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