03/30/25: Hostages, Voice of America, Left Behind

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  There's a lot going on right now.

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  Mounting economic inequality, threats to democracy, environmental disaster,

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  the sour stench of chaos in the air.

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  I'm Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC's on the Media.

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  Want to understand the reasons and the meanings of the narratives that led us here and maybe how to head them off at the pass that's on the Media specialty.

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  Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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  Israeli hostages recently released by the terror group Hamas share their pleas for a ceasefire and return of those still held in Gaza.

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  If you could say something to President Trump, what would you say?

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  Please stop this war and help bring all the hostages back.

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  And you think he can help?

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  I know he can help.

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  I am here because of Trump.

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  I'm here only because of him.

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  The Voice of America was launched during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda and was broadcast around the world uninterrupted for 83 years until two weeks ago.

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  So what do you think that says to your listeners and viewers?

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  I think it would make them wonder what the hell is going on in the United States.

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  These are the remnants of all the synthetic stuff that makes up modern life after it burned in the Los Angeles wildfires.

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  60 Minutes was with the Environmental Protection Agency

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  as it began removing all the hazardous waste,

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  including electric vehicles.

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