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No Empire Lasts Forever: How China’s Rise Could Trigger a New World Order
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…

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It’s Getting Harder for Black Americans to Vote, Warns Journalist Clarence Page
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…

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Ukraine Crisis: The Signals Pointing to Russian Invasion
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…

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We Have to Control AI Before It Controls Us, Warns Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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…

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The Problem With China’s Zero COVID Strategy
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

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How the US Survives Deep Divisions: Fiona Hill and the Post-Jan 6 Fight for American Democracy
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.…

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The Human Tragedy of Yemen’s Intractable Civil War
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

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COVID Continued: What the World Will Look Like in 2022
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

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How We Got Here: Evaluating 1619 & US History With Nikole Hannah-Jones
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…

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Don’t Believe the “Taliban 2.0” Hype, Cautions Journalist Ahmed Rashid
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…

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