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What Next | Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After visiting with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders, where does Donald Trump stand on the Ukraine-Russia war—and where does that leave Ukraine? Guest:  Tim Mak, editor of the Kyiv-based publication The Counteroffensive. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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for more than a year.

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The government thought Randy Weaver was a dangerous, possibly violent extremist.

0:51.2

Randy and his wife Vicky thought the government was an agent of Satan on earth.

0:56.2

When it was all over, three people were dead, and the government had spent millions of dollars

1:01.3

to catch one man. We'll find out why the siege at Ruby Ridge unfolded the way it did,

1:07.2

and think about some of the questions it raises. What should we do about white supremacists?

1:13.4

Why has the story of Ruby Ridge become an enduring myth for the far right?

1:17.9

And whose fault was it anyway?

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When I got Tim Mack on the line yesterday, he was getting ready to have something of a slumber party.

1:45.8

Tim's a reporter in Ukraine.

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