How Do You Solve a Problem Like 2020?

Topics Discussed:

• Our New Look! (01:48)
• Australian Wildfires (03:40)
• Iran & Qasem Soleimani (04:19)
• Manda Bay Kenya Attack (23:39)
• Venezuelan Politics (25:12)
• Compliments: Michelle Williams and Those Involved in Harvey Weinstein's Trial (27:04)
• The Challenges of 2020 (31:33)
• Outside of Politics (56:12)

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Episode Resources:

• Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed (AP)
• Supporters Of Venezuela's Maduro Try To Seize Control Of Legislature (NPR)
• All Bets Are Off as Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Assault Trial Opens Today (The New York Times)
• December 2019 Issue of The Atlantic

Conflict with Iran:

• Trump’s mistold tale of Obama and Iran (AP)
• US-Iran tensions: Timeline of events leading to Soleimani killing (Al-Jazeera)
• Qasem Soleimani: Timeline of events leading to US killing of Iranian general (Evening Standard)
• Iran Vowed Retaliation After a U.S. Strike Killed a Top Iranian General. Here’s a Timeline of Recent Escalations (TIME)
• In A Day Of Turmoil, Repercussions Of Soleimani Killing Grow More Widespread (NPR)
• Iranians Close Ranks Behind Leaders After U.S. Kills Popular General (The New York Times)
• American Foreign Policy Is Broken. Suleimani’s Killing Proves It. (The New York Times)
• Iran announces it is suspending its...
  

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