Secretary of State Tony Blinken

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🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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On today’s episode, Tommy and Ben interview Secretary of State Tony Blinken about the threat of Russia invading Ukraine, the Iran deal, combatting antisemitism and promoting democracy. They also discuss how silicon valley views human rights in China, why Boris Johnson could party his way into retirement, how Novak Djokovic got the boot from Australia, the eruption in Tonga and why Twitter is back in Nigeria.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Potsay's World on Tommy Vittor.
0:13.6	On Ben Rhodes.
0:14.6	Ben, we booked the Secretary of State at today's show.
0:18.0	We did.
0:19.0	We did.
0:20.0	How about that?
0:21.0	Secretary of State.
0:22.0	Potsay of the America.
0:23.0	Losers.
0:24.0	Good job.
0:25.0	Good book and guys.
0:29.2	We'll get to hear from Secretary of State Tony Blinken.
0:32.4	Later in the show, we talked to Tony about the Iran deal.
0:36.4	His trip to Ukraine, he is probably on the plane by now.
0:39.6	He was leaving right after we recorded.
0:41.4	We talked about how our political problems at home are impacting his work abroad, combating
0:46.9	it, he's semitism, some lighter stuff, but being a dad, being a musician, fun conversation.
0:52.9	Yeah.
0:53.9	We both covered some important issues, but also get a little bit more sense of the Secretary
1:01.0	of State.
1:02.0	The man, the myth, the legend.
1:04.0	Tony's like the nicest guy in the world.
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