Pod Save the World Live!

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media

News, Politics

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Tommy talks with Ben Rhodes, Ambassador Samantha Power and Greg Barker about the documentary The Final Year, which follows President Obama’s foreign policy team during the final year of his administration. They discuss Obama’s foreign policy legacy, ruptures over Syria, and how Trump’s election upended everything. The Final Year is in theaters and available on iTunes starting Friday, January 19th. Watch Now on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-final-year/id1324474039?ls=1

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0:00.0	I'd say the world is brought to you by the great courses.
0:05.2	The great courses.
0:06.2	Tommy, I understand you met the wizards behind the great courses at this very live show.
0:10.2	I did.
0:11.2	I did.
0:12.2	Elijah and I went next door to get some tacos and we met some of the folks from the great
0:14.3	courses and they were lovely.
0:15.3	It was wonderful to meet them.
0:16.6	So thank you.
0:17.6	Nice to meet you guys.
0:18.6	Let me know what you want.
0:19.6	They were 250 year olds with long, long beards and like Merlin, like hats because they're
0:23.8	carcatures of professors maybe also Harry Potter.
0:30.1	Back to the copy.
0:31.1	Wars not just about military technology, it's about how nations are governed.
0:34.3	It's also about lying and instilling fear in your people.
0:36.7	There's types of leaders that emerge.
0:38.0	The clash of ideas, interest and rivalry that lead the conflict.
0:41.2	It's about scapegoating your enemy and making them seem inhuman to the populace.
0:45.3	The great courses plus has created a brand new series with General Wesley Clark that everyone
0:49.9	should go check out.
0:50.9	It's called Colonials to counter insurgents American military history.
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