Margot Alexander
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- The Economist28 min
War or less? Lebanon on the brink
Greg Karlstrom, Jason, Rebecca Jackson, Mark Robinson, Kunal Patel, Claire Reid, Alyssia Burrell, Dasha, Harriet Noble, Margot Alexander, Jiehao Chen, David Rennie, Mr. Wu, Sam Western
Israel has escalated its aerial campaign against Hezbollah by targeting northern Lebanon, prompting ballistic missile strikes on Tel Aviv and raising fears of an imminent ground invasion alongside a severe humanitarian crisis involving over 90,000 displaced persons. Simultaneously, diplomatic efforts by the US and France to secure a three-week ceasefire have stalled due to conflicting strategic demands regarding Gaza and the Litani River. In a separate development, the US North Carolina gubernatorial race has been destabilized by a sex scandal involving Republican candidate Mark Robinson, creating significant electoral volatility in this key swing state.
- The Economist50 min
1. 1968 - Born to be wild
John Priddow, Chuck Hagel, Thomas Vallely, Margot Alexander, Kit Back, Fry Gillyard, Bill Baxley, James Baker, Richard Smith, Roger Ebert
The podcast "Boom!" investigates how the 1940s birth cohort, possessing unique historical advantages from World War II and the Cold War, has maintained a disproportionate grip on US political power while navigating a trajectory from 1960s idealism to current polarization. Host John Piddington and featured figures like Chuck Hagel, Kit Back, and Frye Gillyard trace the 1968 fracture of political consensus caused by the Vietnam War, civil rights upheaval, and the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to explain the enduring partisan divides that now characterize the American presidency. Ultimately, the series argues that this generational legacy, defined by competing narratives of healing versus exploitation, has resulted in a modern political stalemate dominated by aging leaders.