How to be a Russian Oligarch
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben discuss the debate about whether the US and NATO should help supply MiG fighter jets to Ukraine, reports that Russia may be preparing to use chemical weapons, the growing risk to journalists covering the war, what President Biden and the US are doing to support Ukraine and how people in Russia are reacting to the invasion. They also cover China’s reaction to the war, the major covid outbreak in parts of China, and how the war is complicating the Iran nuclear deal negotiations. Then Ben talks with author Tom Burgis about the rise and influence of Russian oligarchs.
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- Vox: How you can help Ukrainians
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Potsay the world on Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:15.3 | Tom Brady is back. |
| 0:17.5 | That sound you hear is everyone turning off the podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | I started to get that excited about like a guy. |
| 0:23.2 | Do you feel like coming out of retirement after like a mom such a drama queen. |
| 0:26.9 | Yeah come on man. |
| 0:27.9 | 40 days, 40 nights of retirement. |
| 0:30.2 | You couldn't find a better team so just going back to Tampa. |
| 0:33.0 | It's weird. |
| 0:34.0 | Look, I think people, I think he missed the camaraderie, right? |
| 0:36.8 | He missed the friendship. |
| 0:37.8 | He missed the guys in the locker room. |
| 0:39.2 | Yeah, or he spent a few weeks with his family and decided you didn't want to do that |
| 0:43.0 | anymore. |
| 0:44.0 | Or there's something else going on. |
| 0:45.3 | That is much darker. |
| 0:46.9 | Speaking of much darker Ben, this show every week. |
| 0:49.4 | Yes. |
| 0:50.4 | We are primarily focused on Ukraine again. |
| 0:53.4 | We're going to talk about the latest in the military effort. |
| 0:55.0 | There's big debate over MIG fighter jets. |
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