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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What the rise and fall of past global dictators says about foreign affairs today

    President Trump has praised dictators and autocrats such as Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Aug 15, 2019 • 1 min read

    President Trump has praised dictators and autocrats such as Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin. As China's Xi Jinping and Trump respond to weeks of Hong Kong protests against mainland China, and as Russia responds to a nuclear accident amidst a new arms race, how much of the globe's future depends on the whims of strongmen? Foreign Affairs magazine is devoting an entire issue to dictators around the world.

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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Digital News & Culture Editor

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The rise of tainted pork, and why big agriculture is blocking farm inspections
    1. 0:00What the rise and fall of past global dictators says about foreign affairs todayYou’re reading this
    2. 10:45Powerful players in U.S. pork industry block scientists from inspecting farms
    3. 18:50Fake meat: a fad or here to stay?
    4. 26:57Actor Danny Masterson and Church of Scientology face harassment lawsuit
    5. 35:37Wyatt Russell on his path from pro hockey to TV
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