2024-11-21
38 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Leila Ishmael.
Our guest on the podcast today is Thomas Friedman, the renowned author, reporter and columnist.
Friedman has won three Pulitzers for both his international reporting from the Middle east and for his regular columns published in the New York Times, where he often writes about foreign affairs, globalization and technology.
His books include From Beirut to Jerusalem, the Lexus and the Olive Tree, and more recently, thank you for being late.
He was live on Stage just yesterday, 19th November 2024 at London's Emanuel Centre for our Intelligence Squared Live event to discuss the recent US election and the future of America in the world.
Joining him to discuss it all was the journalist and broadcaster Ritala Shah.
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Now let's join our host, Ritula Shah, live on stage with Thomas Friedman.
Good evening everyone.
Welcome to Intelligence Square.
Thank you so much for braving the weather tonight.
It's really extraordinarily cold and indeed the protests in Westminster.
I'm really glad we could all come together.
There used to be a conversation in British journalism which possibly has never really gone away, that we Speak spent far too much time discussing American politics and really not enough time perhaps discussing the shenanigans that were going on amongst our continental neighbors.
The coverage remains just as lopsided now as it's ever been, but I think it's very difficult to argue at the moment about the consequential and very urgent nature of US politics.
The election of Donald Trump on indeed our future and that of the rest of the world.
What will Donald Trump's uncompromising MAGA agenda mean for conflicts and rivalries that are burning longstanding around the world?