Israeli journalist Nadav Eyal returns to the pod in celebration of the release of the English translation of his book, Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization. We pick up where we left off last time, beginning with the role of the journalist, especially in this new vaccine-starved world, meander into Facebook's many failings, and then take a final, chilling turn to the state of the American empire post-Trump.
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On the agenda:
Journalists, vaccines, and the "toilet paper dilemma" [10:27]
Facebook, Silicon Valley, and Freedom of Speech [24:10]
"The West Crumbled in the Trump Years" [39:16]
When the world wasn't watching... [47:15]
"There is no organizing idea for an America-centric world any more." [54:59]
Nationalism vs. populism [1:00:37]
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The Post-Trump Tipping Point (w/ Nadav Eyal)