182: Everything Mike Pompeo touches turns to sh*t

182: Everything Mike Pompeo touches turns to sh*t

Democrats sound the alarm about foreign election interference. Experts say Israel and the US are responsible for mysterious explosions across Iran. Mike Pompeo uses taxpayer dollars to run for President. A fire on a US Navy ship has major implications. Lebanon’s economy nears collapse. The UAE launched a space craft. The White House threatens to prevent 92 million Chinese citizens from entering the US. A coronavirus update and some baseball news. Then Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy advisor Matt Duss joins to talk about lessons from the 2020 campaign and how to push for a smarter, more progressive foreign policy.

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104: Who is President of Venezuela?

104: Who is President of Venezuela?

Tommy talks with Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post bureau chief for South America and the Caribbean, about the dire situation in Venezuela. Then Ben Rhodes joins to discuss the Trump administration'...

30 Jan 201956min

103: Brexit breakdown

103: Brexit breakdown

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 Trump's announcement of a second meeting with Kim Jong...

23 Jan 201952min

102: Owned by Russia but itching to bomb Iran

102: Owned by Russia but itching to bomb Iran

First, Tommy and Ben discuss two stories about the Trump administration agitating to attack Iran. Then they discuss several unnerving reports about Trump potentially being compromised by Russia, follo...

16 Jan 201947min

101: New year, same problems

101: New year, same problems

First, Tommy talks with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin about Trump's Syria flip flops and how he's demoralizing the intel community. Then, Ben Rhodes joins to talk about Secretary Pompeo's middle east t...

9 Jan 201937min

100: Foreign policy in 2019

100: Foreign policy in 2019

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 and Russia could change in 2019.

26 Des 201846min

99: The French President and General Flynn had a bad, bad week

99: The French President and General Flynn had a bad, bad week

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 about Russia's propaganda efforts, China's muslim int...

19 Des 201847min

98: U.S. policy towards Israel

98: U.S. policy towards Israel

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's approach to Israel, the BDS movement, whether su...

12 Des 201849min

97: The 2020 Democrats and foreign policy

97: The 2020 Democrats and foreign policy

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, the latest on Saudi Arabia, and the Democrats' for...

5 Des 201853min

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