Ben and Tommy talk about the extraordinary failed coup attempt against Vladimir Putin by Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenary group in Russia. They cover the infighting that got Russia to this point, what it means for Putin’s image and power, the amnesty deal that ended the insurrection and why Belarus was involved, and what it’s like at the White House when a crisis like this happens.
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Adam Schiff on Trump's classified cache
The FBI raids Mar-a-Lago
Zawahiri is dead, Pelosi's in Taiwan
Introducing: Another Russia
China picks a fight with Pelosi
A fist bump to remember
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s assassination
Boris Johnson Brexits
Why Brexit still sucks
Jesus take the wheel (before Trump does)
Inside Navalny’s operation
Worldo Mailbag!
Justin Trudeau is in studio!
Ukraine and the global food crisis with Samantha Power
Biden (sort of?) pledges to defend Taiwan
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Raining on Putin's Victory Day parade
Bill Gates on preventing the next pandemic
Au revoir Le Pen (for now)
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