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Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Will new facial recognition technology end privacy as we know it? Can Trump scare the Intelligence Community out of testifying before Congress? Why did Putin’s entire cabinet resign and what does it mean for the future of Russia? Then...Russian spies are sneaking around Davos. Anti-war groups are gaining strength in Washington. Press freedom is under attack in Brazil. Hilarious translation errors anger China. How a mustache is exacerbating tensions in Asia, and why Tommy thinks the new Space Force uniforms are genius. Then, Ben talks with New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen about Putin, the latest developments in Russia and her upcoming book about surviving autocracy.

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.7	Welcome back to Potsay the World, I'm Tommy Vittor.
0:12.7	I'm Ben Rhodes.
0:13.7	Then,
0:15.2	Lesnaran today.
0:16.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:17.3	For now.
0:17.8	How about that for some clues?
0:18.6	For nows.
0:19.1	Yeah.
0:19.8	Here's some topics we'd love to cover today.
0:21.8	There's some creepy new facial recognition technology
0:24.5	that made a splash in the New York Times over the weekend.
0:27.6	The intelligence community is trying to hide the truth from Trump and the public
0:31.2	will explain how.
0:32.2	We'll talk about why the entire Russian cabinet resigned, whether spies are lurking in
0:37.0	Davos and some exciting new developments in DC on the anti-war movement front, and
0:42.8	then why mustaches and translation errors are royaling the foreign policy community.
0:48.1	Yes.
0:49.1	And then, Ben is going to interview a fantastic journalist named Mosha Guesson.
0:52.2	Ben, what the hell are you guys going to talk about?
0:53.6	Mosha has for a long time been one of the smartest journalists about both Russia and
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