What is Jimmy Carter’s global legacy?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
At the end of a six-day funeral service, former US President Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest next to his wife in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. The 39th president died at 100 years old on December 29. How did his legacy impact the world?
In this episode:
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Hamid Dabashi (@DabashiHamid), Professor of Literature, Columbia University
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Shawan Jabarin (@SJabaren), General Director, Al-Haq
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Miranda Lin with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Hagir Saleh, Khaled Soltan, Melanie Marich, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, Jimmy Carter is laid to rest. |
| 0:15.8 | How the 39th president left a mark on the U.S. in just one term and became a statesman on the world stage. |
| 0:22.6 | Because we are free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Malika Pilalal and this is The Take. |
| 0:45.3 | James Earl Carter Jr. loved our country. |
| 0:51.7 | He lived his faith. |
| 1:03.0 | He served the people. He served the people, and he left the world better than he found it. And in the end, Jimmy Carter's work, and those works speak for him. |
| 1:14.0 | Louder than any tribute we can offer. |
| 1:19.7 | As flags fly at half-mast all across Washington, D.C., people are gathering to honor and remember the life of former president, Jimmy Carter. |
| 1:29.0 | This is his grandson, Jason. |
| 1:32.0 | We will spend this week celebrating this incredible life. |
| 1:38.4 | And a life that I think we can all agree is as full and powerful as any life can be. |
| 1:44.7 | The former president died on December 29th at the age of 100. |
| 1:49.8 | His time in office only lasted one term, but his time in and out of office has left him |
| 1:56.4 | with a complicated legacy. |
| 1:58.6 | Today, we're looking at that legacy abroad and how it shaped two people's lives and |
| 2:04.7 | homelands. |
| 2:06.2 | Always, it was like he paid in his heart that he will live, you know, the life without having |
| 2:15.8 | Palestinians, having, you, having their rights. |
| 2:18.3 | President Carter was a horrible president, |
| 2:21.3 | but an excellent ex-president. |
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