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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How Steve Bannon shapes policy here and abroad

    White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is behind many of Donald Trump’s policies, including the recent travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Bannon’s views on religion, global politics and the economy are not exactly mainstream.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 2, 2017 • 1 min read

    White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is behind many of Donald Trump’s policies, including the recent travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Bannon’s views on religion, global politics and the economy are not exactly mainstream.

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    Steve Bannon's America, free speech, and the refugee experience
    1. 0:00How Steve Bannon shapes policy here and abroadYou’re reading this
    2. 10:46Milo Yiannopoulos stirs up debate on limits of free speech
    3. 18:10The European view of Donald Trump
    4. 29:27Viet Thanh Nguyen on being a refugee and being unwanted
    5. 43:42Does Twitter have what it takes against trolls?
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      Madeleine Brand

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      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Steve Bannon's America, free speech, and the refugee experience
    1. 0:00How Steve Bannon shapes policy here and abroadYou’re reading this
    2. 10:46Milo Yiannopoulos stirs up debate on limits of free speech
    3. 18:10The European view of Donald Trump
    4. 29:27Viet Thanh Nguyen on being a refugee and being unwanted
    5. 43:42Does Twitter have what it takes against trolls?
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