Everything That Happened In The Last Two Weeks

About this episode

Galen Druke returns from Japan to discuss the news of the past two weeks with Nathaniel Rakich and Mary Radcliffe, who take over hosting duties.

I am back from Japan and I hope you enjoyed the evergreen conversations we published while I was away. Today it’s back to the news cycle, although in a somewhat different format. I’d planned on getting up to speed on the news I missed and talking to Nathaniel Rakich and Mary Radcliffe about it. However, when I woke up from an in-flight nap on Saturday, Nathaniel and Mary had messaged me telling me that they had planned the whole podcast already and that it would be best if I didn’t go on twitter or read up on the news ahead of time. Just show up and turn the show over to them. So (and this is how much I trust them) that is what we did on today’s podcast. I relinquished hosting duties to Mary and Nathaniel and they quizzed me on the twists and turns of the past two weeks. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.gdpolitics.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Galen Druke

Guests: Nathaniel Rakich, Mary Radcliffe

Topics covered

• news cycle
• current events
• politics
• podcast format
• trust in collaboration

Keywords

• news
• politics
• Japan
• podcast
• current events
• Galen Druke
• Nathaniel Rakich
• Mary Radcliffe

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Places: Japan

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