Putin's Power Plays
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4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben discuss the president of Chad’s mysterious death, Vladimir Putin's imprisonment of Alexei Navalny, the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, updates on what actually happened at the Natanz nuclear facility, SPACE HELICOPTERS!!, a not so super idea for a soccer league and more. Then Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer joins Tommy for a conversation on the Biden administration's Russia policy and the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Potsave the World, I'm Tommy Detour. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:14.0 | We have a great show today, a lot to talk about. |
| 0:16.3 | We're going to talk about the president of Chad's mysterious death, how COVID is still |
| 0:20.1 | ravaging countries like India, while others have seemingly returned to normal. |
| 0:24.4 | We'll talk a quick update on the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, some very different |
| 0:28.8 | nuclear news out of Japan. |
| 0:30.9 | Well, there's an article we read about, maybe the world's worst museum that will cover |
| 0:35.6 | some really cool news about Mars. |
| 0:37.2 | And then, European super leagues Ben, I'm excited to hear your take on the Americanification |
| 0:43.6 | of European soccer. |
| 0:45.2 | Then, we're joined by Joe Biden, Deputy National Security Advisor, John Feiner. |
| 0:49.2 | We talk about what it's like working in the NSC these days, a lot of US-Russia conversation, |
| 0:56.6 | the refugees decision, and then we talk through how Joe Biden made the decision I've |
| 1:00.1 | Afghanistan. |
| 1:01.1 | So stick around for that. |
| 1:03.2 | Two quick things, Ben. |
| 1:04.2 | So, if you want to stop that wave of voter suppression laws that are just like getting |
| 1:09.0 | passed in states across the country, I'd like to stop it. |
| 1:11.8 | I'd like to stop it. |
| 1:12.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.8 | Yeah, we got to get rid of the filibuster. |
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