The blob is back

Explain It to Me

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Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Alex Ward joins Dara and Matt to analyze the Biden national security team. Resources: "The revenge of the blob" by Alex Ward, Vox Why Nations Fall White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), Staff Writer, International Security and Defense, Vox The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production Want to support The Weeds? Please make a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.0	Yeah, so first I should say that any time I hear the name Blinken,
0:35.0	I think of that character from Robinhood Men in Tights, which is really a problem.
0:39.0	Just, I know it makes my editor Jen Lent.
0:42.0	Totally here for the Jaredocracy of Biden, Blinken and Yellen.
0:45.0	It's gonna be great.
0:46.0	Yeah, it's incredible.
1:01.0	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
1:05.0	I'm Matthew Glacias, here with ProPublica's Dara Lind, and Box's own Alex Ward,
1:10.0	who is joining us to talk about the Biden National Security team as it is emerging.
1:16.0	Late breaking, we have, I guess, a defense secretary pick as of last night,
1:21.0	and Biden started with Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, UN Ambassador.
1:27.0	So, you know, he's put an emphasis on kind of rolling this out.
1:32.0	Alex, you had a kind of take on this that relates to an idea that is called the blob.
1:41.0	And so I think a good place to start is like, what is the blob?
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