Massive, global problems and the idiots trying to solve them

Pod Save the World

Politics, News

4.8 • 25.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Tommy and Ben talk about the ongoing controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib being barred from visiting Israel and the West Bank. The collapse of Italy’s government. How social media companies are fighting Chinese propaganda about Hong Kong. Why the Russians are hiding data about a secret nuclear explosion. The corruption of US foreign policy. A call to action for California wine lovers and an ISIS blooper reel. Then Yaqiu Wang, a China expert with Human Rights Watch, joins to talk with Tommy about the latest on the protests in Hong Kong.

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.7	Welcome back to Potts' Day of the World on Tommy V Tor.
0:12.7	I'm Ben Rhodes.
0:13.6	Ben, it's good to see you in person.
0:15.2	Good to be here.
0:16.0	I wish I had a little Iowa pork chop on my hand this time.
0:18.9	No, not quite the same.
0:21.6	But we got a great show for you guys.
0:23.6	We are going to talk about Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
0:26.4	in Congresswoman Rashida Delib being barred from visiting Israel
0:30.3	and President Trump's just horrendous reaction to that.
0:33.7	We'll talk about the collapse of Italy's government.
0:36.0	The latest from Hong Kong, some disconcerting developments
0:38.6	about the Russian nuclear disaster.
0:41.6	Afghanistan, a profile of Secretary Pompeo
0:44.0	that was illuminating.
0:45.9	I'll do a little section on the corruption of US foreign policy.
0:49.0	I'm excited for that part.
0:50.3	We got some Iran updates.
0:51.9	And then some lighter stories at the end, including
0:55.1	an ISIS blooper reel.
0:56.5	Something I never thought I'd talk about.
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