This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

I'm John Batsworth, Professor H.J. Maccunder, International Relations.

The guest capital of the week, the generosity of the professor.

A stada, sometimes called Neurosatan.

No, no longer.

Back and forth, back and forth, professor.

Depending on what merchandise you buy when you're visiting.

What we have here is a capital of the future of Kazakhstan,

a vast, vast country with very few people concentrated in large cities.

Natural resources are plenty and fixed by God in the middle of everything.

Professor, the point of view in Astana.

Well, this I think is something that we should be watching.

And when I was in Astana, I talked to the American ambassador,

and I remember saying to him, well, sir, you've told me a lot of

stuff that's very interesting.

But when I look out the window, I see all these crescent and domes and things.

And they make me think of Islam.

And what are those?

And he said, I'll don't pay any attention to that.

All the people here are interested in, is short skirts in American music.

To which I responded, that's a lovely answer.

But it's exactly the same answer I got from the ambassador to Malaysia,

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