The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Pod Save the World

Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Ben and Tommy talk about the latest news from Ukraine, including the latest from Mariupol, Finland and Sweden’s application to join NATO, and Mitch McConnell’s visit to Kyiv. Then they explain why countries are threatening to boycott the Summit of the Americas, changes to Biden’s Cuba policy, news of a major covid outbreak in North Korea, the upcoming elections in Australia, Eurovision and rocking out at the Queen’s Jubilee. Then Tommy talks with Palestinian writer Jalal Abukhater about the killing of al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Potsade the World on Tommy Vittor.
0:13.1	I'm Ben Rhodes.
0:14.1	Ben.
0:15.1	Two key updates.
0:16.1	All right.
0:17.1	One.
0:18.1	Sunburn.
0:19.1	Gone.
0:20.1	Gone.
0:21.1	Two.
0:22.1	Boston Celtics.
0:23.1	In the Eastern Cop.
0:24.1	Yeah.
0:25.1	Yeah.
0:26.1	That was Jason Tatum, you know, announcing he's a top five NBA player with a some degree
0:28.6	of authority.
0:29.6	Yeah.
0:30.6	Marcus Smart, awesome, Jalen Brown, awesome.
0:32.8	It's such a likable Celtic team, which is so rare for a Boston sports team.
0:36.7	I really like them.
0:37.7	I mean, they're like hard to root against.
0:39.3	Not since like the 2004 Red Sox has it been such a likable team.
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