Is It OK to Compare Zelenskyy to Churchill?

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🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Roberts, the foremost Churchill biographer, joins the podcast today to discuss Ukraine and grants his imprimatur to analogies suggesting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is a present-day Winston. We also discuss the military strategy or lack thereof of the Russians and the surprising nature of the West's response. Give a listen.

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0:00.0	music.
0:24.4	Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.
0:27.0	Today is Thursday March 3rd 2022.
0:30.6	I'm John Pajor.
0:31.3	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always.
0:33.9	Executive editor, A. Greenwald Haye.
0:36.0	A. John.
0:37.0	Senior writer, Christine Rosen.
0:38.0	Hi, Christine.
0:39.0	A. John.
0:40.0	Associate Editor, Noel Rossman Haynowa.
0:42.6	Hi, John.
0:43.6	And joining us for the first time on the podcast,
0:46.6	long time commentary contributor, dear old friend of mine,
0:50.9	and perhaps the foremost biographer of our time,
0:56.4	recently out with his portrait of George III, most notably,
1:02.1	perhaps in recent times, the biographer of Winston Churchill,
1:06.6	maybe the best biography of the last 25 years.
1:11.5	World War II historian, historian in general.
1:14.4	Andrew Roberts, Andrew, thank you for coming on the podcast.
1:18.7	Well, thank you very much for inviting me,
1:20.2	and thank you all for those tremendously kind words.
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