Global Election Round-Up

Episode #178

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil ask what we learned about the state of democracy from the recent elections around the world AND why North Korea is sending balloons full of garbage into South Korea.

Global Election Round-Up

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Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Battered by far right, France’s Macron bets big on risky snap election” by Emily Rauhala, Anthony Faiola, Ellen Francis, and Annabelle Timsit in The Washington Post

• “Buoyed by Election, Meloni Basks in Spotlight as Italy Hosts G7” by Emma Bubola in The New York Times

• “Trump Is Not America’s Le Pen” by Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic

• “Why North Korea Launched Another Salvo of Trash Balloons Toward the South” by Choe Sang-Hun in The New York Times

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