NS#276: The World as It Is
Helen talks to former White House aide Ben Rhodes about Trump, US foreign policy, and the collapse of the Iran deal. Then, she and Stephen answer a listener question: is there now a stronger chance of a no-deal Brexit?
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Episode 276 · July 5, 2018
NS#276: The World as It Is
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<p>Helen talks to former White House aide Ben Rhodes, who was an advisor to Barack Obama, about Trump, US foreign policy, and the collapse of the Iran deal. Then, she and Stephen answer a listener question: is there now a stronger chance of a no-deal Brexit?</p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/2u69uPg" target="_blank"><em>The World as It is: Inside the Obama White House</em></a><em> </em>by Ben Rhodes is out now from Bodley Head.</p><p>Subscribe to the New Statesman's World Cup podcast, <em>Political Football</em>, now — find it at <a href="http://newstatesman.com/podcast" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/podcast</a> or in your podcast app of choice.</p><p>Send us your questions for future episodes via Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ns_podcasts" target="_blank">@ns_podcasts</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/stephenkb" target="_blank">@stephenkb</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/helenlewis" target="_blank">@helenlewis</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/newstatesman" target="_blank">join us on Facebook for a live Q&A</a>.</p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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