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Putin His Foot Down

Americast

BBC

News, Government, Politics

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We're behind the scenes at the Swiss Chateau where Biden and Putin meet for their first talks – but did they see eye to eye? Emily, Jon and Anthony discuss if the US-Russia relationship can go from rock bottom to recovery. Also, following a testing week for Vice President Harris, we ask her former Communications Director Gil Duran whether we're witnessing a President in the making. And he doesn’t want to go on about it but Sopes had to give up his seat at the pub for a VERY special guest...

Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Caitlin Hanrahan and Natalie Ktena Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:04.5

Soap, can you just budget along a bit? You're in my way.

0:09.4

I don't move for you, mate, let's don't move for you. There are very few people I get out of the way for.

0:14.8

What could you mean by that? Let's have a listen.

0:17.8

How's it going, Mr President? You enjoying it here?

0:22.5

I'm really enjoying my walk.

0:25.2

Could you do it more sunshine? Where are I tell you? This is so beautiful, I don't even need this stuff.

0:32.3

Have a good evening, sir. Can we have some private time, man?

0:36.2

That is the sound of our very own soaps jaw hitting the floor.

0:39.7

When he got politely shoved out of the way by none other,

0:42.7

then poses himself, Joe Biden turning up,

0:45.2

at a beautiful location, a bar there. And what I love is the guy in the corner who thinks that you guys are having too much for chat.

0:51.2

He's like, can we have some private conversation here? Get out of my way.

0:55.9

Yeah, it was very funny because I was actually having a drink with a contact.

1:00.8

And I thought, oh, it's not Joe Biden and Joe Biden, kind of walking towards.

1:07.0

Oh, no, they're walking. Oh, they're actually coming in.

1:11.2

I'm hanging on, they're coming to the seat at the table next to us.

1:14.8

Well, I hadn't anticipated that.

1:17.4

And it was you and Morgan, your very American producer, who must have been even more over-balled.

1:29.8

I've never seen Morgan flustered by anything in the time that we've been working together.

1:34.1

When the Secret Service asked would she move so that the president and first lady could sit there?

1:39.2

I think there was a slight reddening of the face and she was kind.

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