American Prestige

By: Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison
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  • A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. americanprestige.supportingcast.fm
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Episodes
  • AP x Nonzero - Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian? w/ Robert Wright
    Nov 15 2024
    It's another edition of the bi-monthly collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter continues! For the full version of this episode, subscribe now at Supporting Cast, where you'll also get a discounted subscription for Nonzero Newsletter! Part one video 0:00 Another high-synergy, brilliant collaboration 1:15 Is Elon our first true oligarch? 9:57 Trump assembles his Justice League of hawks 16:29 Biden’s awful foreign policy team 21:25 Trump’s plan to purge the military 33:06 Will Trump go full-on authoritarian? 40:21 Left-wing capitalists—and a discount offer
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    44 mins
  • News - UN Petrol State Climate Summit, Israel Ready to Annex Palestinian Territories, Japanese PM Remains in Power
    Nov 15 2024
    Your weekly news roundup from two happy warriors. This week: struggles at the UN COP29 climate change conference (1:48), not the least of which is the incoming climate denier president of the US (5:45); in Israel-Palestine, the US shockingly doesn't follow through on its 30-day humanitarian aid deadline (7:57), Trump appointments signal imminent formal annexation of Palestinian territories (12:24), and Qatar withdraws from ceasefire talks (16:48); in Lebanon, Israel is working on a ceasefire as a "gift" for Trump (18:33); Xi and Biden to meet in China (21:35); the Japanese government survives a confirmation vote (23: 45); a new report on horrifying death toll figures in the Sudan war (25:48); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia pushers to retake Kursk (28:01) while Europe and Ukraine show new flexibility to exchange land for a peace deal (30:25); Germany prepares for a snap election in February in the wake of the government coalition collapsing (32:38); in Haiti, the transitional council fires the PM (34:44) while the US bans flights there (36:15); and Trump announces a number of new appointments for his second term (37:35). Subscribe now at Supporting Cast for more content like our election-related specials: The 2024 US Presidential Election The U.S. Presidential Election, the Latino Vote, and the Deportation Regime w/ Alexander Aviña What Would Secretary of State Marco Rubio Look Like? w/ Steven Cohen
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    40 mins
  • Special - What Would Secretary of State Marco Rubio Look Like? w/ Steven Cohen (Preview)
    Nov 13 2024
    Danny and Derek speak with Steven Cohen, PhD candidate in history, working on drug war political economy in the Americas, about what we might see if, as expected, Marco Rubio is named as secretary of state in the new Trump administration. Subscribe now for the full episode!
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    4 mins

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