The Jackpod: Strategic empathy
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks at the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine from Russian president Vladimir Putin’s perspective, as a ‘preventive war.’
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| 1:03.0 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi, and this is the Jack Pod, where on-point news analyst, Jack Beatty helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity |
| 1:08.8 | to the world we live in now. |
| 1:10.6 | Hello there, Jack. |
| 1:11.9 | Hello, Magnum. |
| 1:12.9 | We have reached episode 70, your headline. |
| 1:16.5 | Strategic Empathy. |
| 1:18.3 | Ah, okay. |
| 1:19.5 | Is it strategic empathy or what is strategic about empathy? |
| 1:23.3 | Tell me more. |
| 1:25.0 | Well, you know, we'll elucidate the headline fully later. |
| 1:29.2 | For now, when I say Russia, think the United States and when I say Ukraine, think Mexico. |
| 1:37.7 | Consider it an exercise in strategic empathy. |
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