On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek bring you stories from around the globe. This week: Iran warns of an imminent response to Israel bombing the IR’s embassy in Syria (0:31); Gaza ceasefire talks remain tenuous (6:15) while the IDF’s “withdrawal” has not yet enabled sufficient aid to enter the Strip (10:47); in Myanmar, rebels seize a key border town (15:27); battlefield dynamic shifts in Sudan with a supply of Iranian drones (19:00); in Ukraine, Russia strikes destroy a major power plant (21:17) and the Ukrainian parliament passes a new conscription law (23:17); international fallout ensues after the Ecuadorian goernment raids the Mexican embassy in Quito (25:36); a New Cold War update featuring Biden hosting Japanese PM Kishida and Philippine president Marcos Jr. (29:28); and in climate news, March continues a 10-month streak of the hottest respective month ever recorded (32:43).
Edge of Sports: A Radical Retelling of NBA History
Start Making Sense: John Nichols on Recent Progressive Victories and Chris Lehmann on Trump's Indictment
The Time of Monsters: Two Cheers for Arresting Trump
Edge of Sports: Why the NBA World Lost Its Joy
Start Making Sense: Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA; Minor League Baseball Players Form a Union
The Time of Monsters: Trump Is Still GOP Top Dog
Start Making Sense: Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969
The Time of Monsters: New Fronts on the Abortion Fight
Edge of Sports: Ja Morant On The Edge
Start Making Sense: John Nichols on Banks and Regulations, plus Gregg Gonsalves on Masks and Covid
The Time of Monsters: Havana Syndrome and the Psychosomatic Empire
Edge of Sports: Hooked On Women's Hoops with Kate Fagan
Start Making Sense: Ron DeSantis says ‘The Left Made Me Do It”; plus our Oscar preview with John Powers
The Time of Monsters: Fox News and the Quicksand of Lies
Start Making Sense: Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians; Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle over Black Studies
Start Making Sense: John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency
Start Making Sense: Black history banned in Florida; “The Crown” and the Royal Family: Robin Kelley on Ron DeSantis, plus Gary Younge on the monarchy
Start Making Sense: QAnon & the Republicans, Ireland & the Irish: Chris Lehmann on politics, plus Fintan O’Toole on his ‘personal history’
Start Making Sense: The Constitutional Solution to the Debt Limit Crisis, plus Victor Navasky Remembered
Start Making Sense: How to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema; Universal Basic Income in L.A.: Steve Phillips on politics, Sasha Abramsky on poverty
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