Worldo Mailbag!
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In this special mailbag episode, Tommy and Ben answer listener questions on topics including framing climate change as a national security interest, how both artificial intelligence and migration are going to become headline issues in the years to come, why Democrats are better at foreign policy, Myanmar, their top Pearl Jam albums, career advice for those who want to work in foreign policy, and more. Plus, they offer their takes on the NBA Finals, Taylor Swift, Jared Kushner taking James Patterson's masterclass, and the Saudi golf league.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome back to PodSafe the World on Tommy VTour. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:13.4 | Ben and I are still glowing from our fun interview with Prime Minister Trudeau. |
| 0:19.6 | We're not really glowing. |
| 0:20.6 | We're in the same clothes if you're watching this on video though, |
| 0:22.9 | because we're recording a mail-back. |
| 0:24.0 | You just busted me because I took off my button-down shirt. |
| 0:26.4 | Well, I didn't know I was going to achieve the optical illusion that this is a different day, |
| 0:31.8 | but it's a good way to do it. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, well, I screwed it up for you. |
| 0:34.2 | Before we get to the question, just two quick things Ben. |
| 0:36.1 | So we've got some really exciting news. |
| 0:37.5 | Our newest podcast, Mother Country Radicals, is out now. |
| 0:40.6 | It's a 10 episode series hosted by Zane Ayers Dorn. |
| 0:44.7 | Finally, Crooked Media gets to tell the story of Bill Ayers. |
| 0:48.4 | And we always wanted to tell on the Obavikipid. |
| 0:50.7 | You go back to the 1970s when Zayet's parents and their young friends |
| 0:53.8 | in the Weather Underground Organization declared war on the United States government. |
| 0:57.6 | It explores the progressive reasons and deadly consequences of this incredible time in history |
| 1:02.3 | with archival footage and firsthand interviews of nearly every living member of the Weather |
| 1:06.6 | Underground at the Black Liberation Army. |
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