Welcome to Potsay of America, I'm John Favre.

I'm Dan Fifer.

On today's show, President Biden grapples with criticism from Republicans like Donald Trump,

journalist Pundits and fellow Democrats over his decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan.

Then, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy chats with me about the administration's announcement

that Americans will be offered COVID-19 booster shots starting in late September.

One quick note before we start.

This week is the season finale of All Caps on YouTube, posted by Jason Konsepcian.

All caps will be back in the fall, but until then, you can catch Jason on his podcast,

take line, as well as a brand new podcast where launching called X-ray Vision.

Each week, Jason will deep dive into your favorite films, TV shows, and comics, including Shang-Chi,

the legend of the 10 Rings, and why the last man.

The X-ray Vision trailer is out now.

In the first episode drops on August 30th, subscribe, or I re-listen to your podcasts.

Alright, let's get to the news, which has been dominated by Afghanistan.

I would highly recommend listening to the latest Potsay of the World on this subject.

I think Tommy and Ben did an outstanding job providing context, perspective, history,

nuance, takes that are hard to find on social media and cable news.

As for us, unlike many Twitter users, Dan and I did not suddenly become a foreign policy

experts shortly after the fall of Kabul.

But we do have some experience in politics and media, so we're going to spend most of

this episode talking about how the events in Afghanistan are shaping domestic politics

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