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Eugene comments on the most recent Trump news, the President's historic visit to the DMZ and the first visit of an American President to North Korea. What does this ongoing relationship between Trump and Kim Jong Un mean for for Christians around the world?
Gordon Chang, author of LOSING SOUTH KOREA, discusses President Trump's North Korea meeting
We're a day earlier than usual with this week's first episode, but I like to get interviews out quickly because of the possibility they'll be overtaken by events.As promised, I'm joined by John Carl Baker, a senior program officer at the Ploughshares Fund who works on North Korea, to discuss last week's failed US-DPRK summit in Hanoi. John walks us through the history of US-North Korea diplomacy back to the Clinton administration, offers his thoughts on the positives and negatives of the Trump approach toward North Korea, and suggests a better way forward that centers inter-Korean engagement and lets Koreans take the lead for a change. Enjoy!John's recent Defense One piece with Ploughshares President Joe Cirincione, on Democrats' response to Trump's North Korea diplomacy, is here. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at fx.substack.com/subscribe
First, Tommy and Ben Rhodes talk about India bombing Pakistan, Trump's second meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, the ongoing turmoil in Venezuela and Netanyahu's latest hard-right turn. Then, Jessica Stern from Outright International joins to discuss her work advocating for human rights for LGBTIQ people globally.
Tommy talks with the outgoing National Counterterrorism Center chief Nick Rasmussen. Nick worked in senior counterterrorism roles for Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump, and they discussed how weird the transition from Obama to Trump was, how you hunt terrorists, how you fight ISIS propaganda, Trump's North Korea summit and more.
Frank & Richard recap UFC 225's key fights, including a classic rematch between Robert Whitaker & Yoel Romero. The guys react to Trump's North Korea summit as it's happening live while the podcast is being taped. Frank gives his thoughts on the rumored summer match up between Brock Lesnar & Jon Jones.
Author Max Brooks is well known for his bestselling zombie books like World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, and he applies the same creative thinking to military strategy as a fellow at the Modern War Institute and The Art of Future Warfare Project. He reveals how he gets military leaders to think outside the box about complex problems, some of the threats for which he fears the US is least prepared, and why American ingenuity and self-reliance will be crucial to surviving modern disasters like an attack on the power grid. He discusses how his mother the late Anne Bancroft helped him cope with dyslexia, how Alan Alda taught him to write, and why his dad Mel Brooks is still a bundle of energy (and laughs) at age 91. Max weighs in on everything from President Trump's North Korea policy to the Russian cyber-attacks, plus he shares what the military can learn from the Star Wars movies, how to survive a zombie apocalypse, and why an Ewok insurgency is not so cute. Order Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict (co-edited by Max Brooks) on Amazon. Learn more about Max at www.maxbrooks.com and follow him on twitter at @maxbrooksauthor. Today’s podcast was sponsored by US Markerboard, Michelin Premiere Tires, Simple Contacts, Grasshopper, and Legal Shield.
Senator Sherrod Brown and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz join Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan in Cleveland, where the crew talks Trump's North Korea tweets, the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Bob Corker's newfound freedom, and how Democrats can win in Ohio.
Abby Martin and Robbie Martin talk about the latest news in America's dystopia: the Democratic Party backing anti-choice and GOP candidates, the Trump administration's genocidal threats and warmongering against North Korea, fierce media propaganda and threats of regime change against Venezuela and the 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima on Media Roots Radio. Donate to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Follow twitter.com/abbymartin & twitter.com/FluorescentGrey www.MediaRoots.org
Rebecca Burns, former editor-in-chief of Atlanta Magazine, joins the guys to talk about tomorrow's special election in Georgia's 6th District and the front-runner, Democrat Jon Ossoff. Dr. Bruce Bechtol talks with Michael and Rick about Vice President Pence's visit to South Korea and how Trump's North Korea policy has differed from his predecessors.