On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
Vigil for a Polish aid worker killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike, held on April 4, 2024.(Omar Marques / Anadolu via Getty Images)
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On this week's news episode of American Prestige, Derek and Danny return with the news. This week: In Gaza, the IDF kills members of the World Central Kitchen organization (0:31), Biden follows up with Netanyahu (6:18), more reports on the IDF’s AI targeting systems (10:35), and more; Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian IRGC officers in Syria (20:59); a drone strike in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw (25:04); the DPRK/North Korea tests a hypersonic missile (26:51); the results of Senegal’s election (29:01); Somalia expels the Ethiopian ambassador (31:02); a terrorist attack in Moscow (32:43); NATO discusses a Ukraine fund (35:27); a UN update on displacement in Haiti (38:42); and a New Cold War update featuring a Biden-Xi phone call (41:28).
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On this week’s news episode of American Prestige: In Gaza, the IDF kills members of the World Central Kitchen organization (0:31); Biden follows up with Netanyahu (6:18); and we have more reports on the IDF’s AI targeting systems (10:35), and more; Israeli air strikes hit Iranian IRGC officers in Syria (20:59); a drone strike targets Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw (25:04); the DPRK/North Korea tests a hypersonic missile (26:51); the results of Senegal’s election are in (29:01); Somalia expels the Ethiopian ambassador (31:02); Moscow suffers a terrorist attack (32:43); NATO discusses a Ukraine fund (35:27); we also have a UN update on displacement in Haiti (38:42), and a New Cold War update featuring a Biden-Xi phone call (41:28).
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On this episode of American Prestige, Danny speaks with Andrew deWaard, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, about his book Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture. The two discuss how the falling rate of profit shapes the modern media landscape, the increased drive toward consolidation in entertainment companies, the big movers like private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers, and venture capitalists, artists' limited ability to defend themselves, the rise of IP, and more.
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Daniel BessnerTwitterDaniel Bessner is an historian of US foreign relations, and cohost of American Prestige, a podcast on international affairs.
Derek DavisonDerek Davison is a writer and analyst specializing in international affairs and US foreign policy. He is the publisher of the Foreign Exchanges newsletter, cohost of the American Prestige podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.