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Who is President of Venezuela?
Episode 104
Tommy talks with Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post bureau chief for South America and the Caribbean, about the dire situation in Venezuela. Then Be…
7 years, 4 months ago
Brexit breakdown
Episode 103
First, Tommy and Ben talk with David Lammy, a member of parliament from the UK, about the slow-rolling disaster that is Brexit. Then they discuss Tru…
7 years, 4 months ago
Owned by Russia but itching to bomb Iran
Episode 102
First, Tommy and Ben discuss two stories about the Trump administration agitating to attack Iran. Then they discuss several unnerving reports about T…
7 years, 4 months ago
New year, same problems
Episode 101
First, Tommy talks with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin about Trump's Syria flip flops and how he's demoralizing the intel community. Then, Ben Rhodes j…
7 years, 4 months ago
Foreign policy in 2019
Episode 100
Tommy and Ben Rhodes talk about Trump pulling US troops out of Syria, the MLB and Cuba, and then talk about how US policy towards Israel, North Korea…
7 years, 5 months ago
The French President and General Flynn had a bad, bad week
Episode 99
Tommy and Ben Rhodes discuss General Flynn's trial and what the hell he was doing for the Turkish government. Then they discuss new Senate reports ab…
7 years, 5 months ago
U.S. policy towards Israel
Episode 98
Tommy and Ben Rhodes talk with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro about his time in Israel, why the Middle East Peace process failed, Trump…
7 years, 5 months ago
The 2020 Democrats and foreign policy
Episode 97
First, Tommy and Ben talk through George H.W. Bush's foreign policy record, the good the bad and the ugly. Then they discuss the news out of the G20,…
7 years, 5 months ago
War between Russia and Ukraine, Wikileaks, Brexit and more
Episode 96
First, Tommy talks with former US Ambassador to Russia Mike McFaul about fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Then Ben Rhodes dials in to discuss the…
7 years, 6 months ago
Update on Jamal Khashoggi and monitoring right-wing extremism
Episode 95
First, Tommy talks with Karen Attiah, the Washington Post Global Opinions Editor who used to edit Jamal Khashoggi’s work, about Trump’s statement Tue…
7 years, 6 months ago