04/07/2023 - Would banning Tik Tok spare us watching both Trump and Paltrow trials? If so, Mark and Carrie are on board.

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.

On this episode:

• What Trump’s indictment says about the state of American politics
• DeSantis’ cruel (and also a slightly boring) strategy for countering Trump
• Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s recent bro-out in Russia, and how it fits into China’s larger geopolitical machinations
• Congress's poorly informed and slightly xenophobic attempt to grill the CEO of Tik Tok
• The underlying forces behind the protests in France, and why politicians can’t bear to tax the rich.
• The real story behind Scotland’s recent change of leadership.
• Gwyneth Paltrow, and the redemption of America’s judicial system

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