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No Empire Lasts Forever: How China’s Rise Could Trigger a New World Order
Episode 175
What keeps Ray Dalio, one of America’s most successful investors, up at night? Three things: spiraling debt, a weakening dollar and a rising China. C…
4 years, 6 months ago
It’s Getting Harder for Black Americans to Vote, Warns Journalist Clarence Page
Episode 174
Voter suppression is a front and center issue. But it’s not always black and white…or red and blue. Black voters continue to turn out in smaller numb…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ukraine Crisis: The Signals Pointing to Russian Invasion
Episode 173
Tensions in Ukraine are high as Russia builds up its military capacity along the border. Cyber attacks on Kyiv have also increased. Can the US and NA…
4 years, 6 months ago
We Have to Control AI Before It Controls Us, Warns Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Episode 172
Tech companies set the rules for the digital world through algorithms powered by artificial intelligence. But does Big Tech really understand AI? For…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Problem With China’s Zero COVID Strategy
Episode 171
Xi Jinping's zero-COVID approach faces its toughest test to date with omicron. Why? Because China lacks mRNA jabs, and so few Chinese people have got…
4 years, 7 months ago
How the US Survives Deep Divisions: Fiona Hill and the Post-Jan 6 Fight for American Democracy
Episode 170
On the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, America has only grown more divided. More Republicans than ever believe that the election was stolen.…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Human Tragedy of Yemen’s Intractable Civil War
Episode 169
After 7 years of conflict, Yemen is often called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Ian Bremmer speaks with UN Resident Coordinator David Gressly…
4 years, 7 months ago
COVID Continued: What the World Will Look Like in 2022
Episode 168
While 2021 brought incredible breakthroughs in science and billions of COVID-19 vaccine doses were delivered globally, the pandemic seems far from ov…
4 years, 8 months ago
How We Got Here: Evaluating 1619 & US History With Nikole Hannah-Jones
Episode 167
When Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones published the “1619 Project” in 2019, not even she could have predicted its…
4 years, 8 months ago
Don’t Believe the “Taliban 2.0” Hype, Cautions Journalist Ahmed Rashid
Episode 166
With the US gone and the Taliban back in control, Afghanistan faces a long winter. Mounting food insecurity and a crumbling economy have left many Af…
4 years, 8 months ago