About this episode

The episode discusses recent geopolitical events including Israel's actions in Lebanon, a stalled arms sale to Taiwan, and protests in Bolivia, featuring an interview with Anthea Gordon on the Ebola outbreak in Congo.

Subscribe now⁠ to skip the ads and get more content. The AP UFC dome is regrettably being held up by Producer Jake’s HOA. In this week’s news: an update on the U.S.-Iran talks and U.S. airstrikes near Bandar Abbas (1:11); Trump demands new Abraham Accords signatures and threatens Oman over Strait of Hormuz fees (4:46); Israel escalates attacks and pushes displacement further north in Lebanon (11:39); Israel kills Hamas commander Mohammed Odeh (14:38); Gaza’s Board of Peace lacks pledged funds (15:31); Trump pauses a Taiwan arms sale due to the Iran war depleting stockpiles (16:43); the RSF prepares an offensive in North Darfur, plus Sudan’s military prepares an offensive in Blue Nile (18:37); U.S. airstrikes kill civilians in Somalia (20:28); Russia threatens new strikes on Kyiv (22:03); Bolivia faces a protest crackdown (24:18 ); Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence (26:12); and Derek speaks to Anthea Gordon, GiveDirectly’s country director for the Democratic Republic of Congo, about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo and the challenges complicating the response (28:56). ⁠Help Ebola-affected families in the DRC⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison

Guest: Anthea Gordon

Topics covered

• Israel-Lebanon conflict
• Taiwan arms sale
• Bolivia protests
• U.S.-Iran relations
• Ebola outbreak
• Middle East tensions

Keywords

• Israel
• Lebanon
• Taiwan
• Bolivia
• Ebola
• U.S.-Iran talks
• airstrikes
• Trump
• protests
• GiveDirectly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GiveDirectly

Places: Israel, Lebanon, Taiwan, Bolivia, Somalia, Sudan, Congo

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