World Hotspots Heat Up.
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Bill discusses the global challenges facing the United States with the Bill Press Pod Foreign Affairs expert Joe Cirincione. He is the former head of the Ploughshares Fund, and advisor to the U.S. State Department and a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. They discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, with Cirincione highlighting the political motivations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the need for a ceasefire. They also touch on the situation in Ukraine, where Cirincione emphasizes the importance of continued US assistance to prevent a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Additionally, they discuss the tensions between North and South Korea, the new government in Taiwan, and the potential impact of the 2024 US presidential election on global peace and security. Cirincione warns that a second term for former President Donald Trump would be disastrous for international relations. Amen to that.
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| 0:00.0 | Searching for a romantic summer getaway. Escape with Rich Girl Summer, the new Audible original |
| 0:05.2 | from Lily Chew. The exquisitely talented Philippa Sue, returning to narrate her fifth |
| 0:10.2 | Lily Chew title. This time, Philippa is joined by her real-life husband, Stephen Pasquale, |
| 0:15.5 | set in Toronto's wealthy cottage country, aka the Hamptons of Canada, rich girl Summer follows the story of Valerie, |
| 0:22.1 | a down-on-her-luck event planner posing as a socialite's long-lost daughter, while piecing |
| 0:26.5 | together the secrets surrounding a mysterious family and falling deeper and deeper in love with the |
| 0:31.7 | impossibly hard to read and infuriatingly handsome family assistant, Nico. Caught between pretending to belong |
| 0:38.2 | and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, |
| 0:41.3 | Valerie learns her summer is about to get far more complicated |
| 0:44.0 | than she ever planned. |
| 0:45.8 | She's in over her head and head over heels. |
| 0:48.5 | Listen to Rich Girl Summer, now on Audible. |
| 0:51.2 | Go to Audible.com slash rich girl summer. |
| 0:53.3 | Music on Audible. Go to Audible.com slash Rich Girl Summer. |
| 1:12.2 | Hello, good friends. Good to see you again. Welcome to the Bill Press pod. And thanks to so many of you for subscribing to the podcast. Please encourage your friends to do the same. Now, like me, you're probably sick of watching |
| 1:15.0 | the Republican Party's replay of 2016, |
| 1:18.7 | watching one by one as a dozen or more spineless candidates |
| 1:22.5 | throw in the towel, and endorse a man who is totally |
| 1:26.0 | unfit to be president of the United States, |
| 1:28.9 | far more so in 2024 than he was back in 2016. |
| 1:34.5 | It would be a disaster for the country where Donald Trump ever to get back in the Oval Office, |
| 1:40.6 | but far more than that, a disaster for the entire world. |
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