Samantha Power Hour
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4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2020
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus talks about Capt Crozier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and how the coronavirus created a crisis in the Navy. Former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power explains why a successful US coronavirus response has to be global. And Tommy and Ben talk about how a Chinese lab is raising questions about the origin of the coronavirus, Vladimir Putin’s disinformation campaigns against science and his muddy political future, why the UK has reacted to the pandemic in a more united and less partisan fashion and how China is using water to squeeze its neighbors.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome back to Potsay the World, I'm Tommy Zittor. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:13.9 | Ben, we got a hell of a show today. |
| 0:15.7 | We have two guests, former secretary of the Navy Ray Navyis, |
| 0:19.8 | uh, talks me through the Navy's massive problem |
| 0:23.1 | of coronavirus infecting sailors. |
| 0:25.3 | We talk about the Captain Crozier USS |
| 0:28.0 | the Ordo Roosevelt disaster, uh, and why the secretary of the Navy had to quit. |
| 0:33.0 | And then, uh, former US ambassador to the UN, |
| 0:35.3 | Samantha Power Joins, and we talk about, uh, the need for the |
| 0:38.8 | coronavirus response to be global in nature, uh, |
| 0:41.7 | and not just focus on, uh, the US here. |
| 0:44.6 | Uh, you and I are going to talk about questions around the origin of the coronavirus. |
| 0:48.6 | Uh, Vladimir Putin's disinformation campaign against |
| 0:51.6 | science and healthcare generally, uh, and how his political future seems a little |
| 0:55.6 | shakeier today than it did a few weeks ago. |
| 0:58.4 | We're also going to get into, uh, how the UK has seemed to manage to unite |
| 1:02.4 | in response to the virus in ways the US hasn't, uh, how Nick Aragua is competing for |
| 1:07.4 | arguably the world's worst response to the coronavirus. |
| 1:09.7 | And then a crazy story about China controlling water levels |
| 1:13.4 | and the latest power contests. |
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