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What Next: How Zelensky Met the Moment

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

How Volodymyr Zelensky went from being one of Ukraine’s most successful entertainment moguls to its much-heralded wartime president.  Guest: Franklin Foer, staff writer at the Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Between forgetting the sellotape,

0:01.6

trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table

0:04.1

and the cat taking down the tree.

0:06.2

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0:08.1

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0:10.4

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0:21.4

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0:23.7

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0:26.4

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0:37.4

The president of Ukraine, the Lodomir Zelensky,

0:40.2

has been such a powerful communicator

0:42.8

during the most recent invasion of his country

0:45.1

that it can be hard to pick just one appearance,

0:47.6

one video clip that demonstrates his skill.

0:50.9

But I ask the Atlantic's Franklin Four to try.

0:53.7

I mean, I think that the, I'm going to go for the cliche,

0:58.2

which is the one in the streets with his crew,

1:02.0

where they defy Russian propaganda and say,

1:06.7

we're here.

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