Should America boycott the 2022 Olympics?
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Nearly two dozen people are arrested in Jordan as confusion swirls about whether a coup was being plotted there. Calls to boycott the 2022 Olympics in Beijing pick up momentum, including from within the United States. New reporting sheds light on violence taking place in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. And more. Then, Tommy talks with Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick about his book, “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World.”
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome back to Potsay with the World, I'm Tony Ditor. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:13.9 | Ben, we're almost back, man. |
| 0:16.3 | I feel like pretty soon there's going to be a point in the near future where I'm going to actually see your face when we do this. |
| 0:21.5 | Like in person. |
| 0:22.9 | April 15th, the vaccines open for all here. |
| 0:27.2 | Yes, and I saw Gavin was saying June 15th, they might try to move to all open everything in California. |
| 0:34.0 | That is hopeful news since we've been pretty, you know, we've been very cautious here, I'd say. |
| 0:39.3 | You have. |
| 0:40.0 | In some ways. |
| 0:40.4 | I admire your restraint. |
| 0:42.4 | I mean, I mean, Californians. |
| 0:43.9 | But yes, thank you. |
| 0:45.5 | I too have been very cautious in my life. |
| 0:47.3 | I think I've seen you once in the whole pandemic, right? |
| 0:49.7 | The day that they declared Biden the winner. |
| 0:53.5 | Yeah, I didn't give a fuck about anything. |
| 0:54.8 | Yeah, that day is. |
| 0:57.6 | Popping bottles and running around town. |
| 0:59.4 | I think that was it though. |
| 1:01.2 | Yeah, that was it too. |
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