Season Five Trailer

Why It Matters

Council on Foreign Relations

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🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Why It Matters is back for a fifth season, asking the important questions about the global issues, problems, and trends that will affect the future. What role does American music play in international relations? Will the global supply chain put the path to clean energy at risk? What the heck is quantum computing? For more information on our first four seasons, be sure to visit us at https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/why-it-matters

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0:00.0	Espionage,
0:01.0	Mypersonic just sounds like,
0:02.0	and chips can use you on the planet, world.
0:04.0	Be happy.
0:05.0	Hey everyone, and welcome to the fifth season of Why It Matters,
0:10.0	a podcast by the Council on Foreign Relations.
0:13.0	Look, the world of foreign policy can seem a little disconnected from our day to day,
0:19.0	but it affects almost everything we do.
0:22.0	It's a wave of events and trends unfolding across the world
0:26.5	that will change the way we live our lives tomorrow. And why it matters is here to break it all down,
0:32.8	question by question.
0:34.4	Like, will we be able to save coastal cities
0:37.6	as oceans rise?
0:39.2	Coastal cities are first in line for big changes,
0:42.4	and some that can afford it are gearing up to spend billions
0:45.8	to make sure they survive.
0:48.2	What would happen if the world joined together to tax corporations? Leaders of most of the world's largest countries
0:55.7	all embracing a new global 15% minimum corporate tax.
1:02.2	And how has American music forged ties where traditional diplomacy has faltered?
1:08.0	Now why did this group all the way in Serbia choose a song made by a bunch of guys in Long Island, New York City, because it was hip-hop
1:15.2	music.
1:16.2	So join us as we find answers and bring the world home to you.
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