Iran on edge, awaiting Israeli retaliation

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News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Iranians have been on edge, waiting for retaliation ever since Tehran attacked Israel with waves of ballistic missiles. Officials in Israel have hinted they might target Iran's gas or oil infrastructure. Or they might go even further. We'll hear how Iranians are viewing the standoff. Also, Argentina's president, Javier Milei, garnered votes by promising to fix his country's economy. But since he took office in December, the poverty rate has increased. He says it's just a rough patch; critics aren't so sure. And, hear about the musical collaboration behind a new Afrobeat album called "Lagos Paris London."

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0:00.0	I'm David Remnickin each week on the New Yorker radio hour. My colleagues and I
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0:25.3	listen to the New Yorker radio hour,
0:27.5	wherever you get your podcast. Iran is bracing for a retaliatory strike from Israel.
0:38.4	There is the expectation that something will happen perhaps in the next few days.
0:43.4	I'm Marko Werman.
0:44.5	And I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:45.8	Today, Iranian perspectives on the standoff
0:48.5	as they watch and wait.
0:50.3	Also in Botswana, tough working conditions in the diamond industry for little pay.
0:55.0	You know, there's people elsewhere making a hell of a lot of money off these diamonds.
1:00.0	And in India, a business tycoon has died.
1:03.4	Businessmen in India are not universally adored.
1:06.9	But Ratan Tata was different.
1:09.3	Plus a musical collaboration with an Afrobeat legend.
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