Thomas Friedman on the Future of America and the World: The Post-Election Dissection, Part One
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared. Where great minds meet. I'm producer Layla Ishmael. Our guest on the podcast today is Thomas Friedman, the renowned author, reporter, and columnist. Friedman has won three Pilates 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, the 19th of November 2024, at London's Emanuel Center 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 Rittilla Shah. This is the first installment of our in-depth discussion.
Intelligence Squared premium subscribers can get early access to the full length conversation straight away, including content that isn't available anywhere else. Head to intelligence square dot com forward slash membership to find out more or hit the IQ two extra button on Apple. Now let's join our host, Rita Le Shah, live on stage with Thomas Freeman. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Intelligence Square. Thank you so much for braving the weather tonight. It's uh 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 spent far too much time discussing American politics, and really not enough time, perhaps
discussing the shenanigans that were going on amongst our continental neighbours. The coverage remains just as lopsided now as it's ever been, but I think it's very difficult to argue at the moment. uh 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.
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