Putin’s Gameplan in Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)

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🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Bob turfs out in a round of “Name That Tune” ... Mickey: Why do trans and immigrant artists seem mostly to make art about trans and immigrant issues? ... Marine Le Pen’s surprising popularity among young French voters ... A possible upside of Putin getting what he wants in Ukraine ... Is the war outlasting Americans’ attention spans? ... What’s really behind Putin’s aggression in Ukraine? ... The search for a Democratic presidential candidate who isn’t Joe Biden ... Biden is not not saying he’ll send troops to Ukraine ... Can anyone stop Elon Musk from buying Twitter? ... The siloing effects of blue checks ... Bob: Wimbledon’s exclusion of Russian tennis players is disgusting ... The massive number of US weapons on their way to Ukraine ... Parrot Room preview: The dismal fate of CNN+, Disney and DeSantis, Mickey’s latest paranoid refundable child tax credit fantasy, the craziness of natalists, Marc Andreessen and Elon Musk on censorship, “the s**t hits the fan” for high-achieving white high school students, the Ritter-Lira-Nuland rabbit hole, the weirdness of Elon Musk, Everything Everywhere at the Same Time, the weirdness of Jimmy Webb, and why are so many golfers evangelicals? ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Blogging Heads TV.
0:08.8	Hi, Mickey.
0:11.0	Hey, Bob.
0:13.2	I thought we'd start with a little test of your pop cultural knowledge.
0:18.6	That's always fun.
0:19.2	You've got a guitar there, Mickey.
0:21.3	Yes, and I don't think
0:23.3	I play it well enough
0:24.9	to trigger the YouTube copyright.
0:27.9	I think you're ways from that.
0:29.1	I wouldn't worry about that.
0:29.9	If there are any
0:31.0	seven notes that would trigger it,
0:34.2	no matter who plays it,
0:35.7	these are the seven notes.
0:36.9	And what are they?
0:37.6	And I'm going to name that tune? Yes.
0:40.3	I don't think you have to worry about triggering the algorithm, Mickey.
1:02.0	I don't think you have to even worry about triggering in my brain a real recognition.
1:09.5	Try it one more time, and I don't mean this in a mean way
1:12.8	but you know, make it sound good.
1:20.6	That's not seven notes.
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