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Jan 2025
23m 10s

What is Jimmy Carter’s global legacy?

Al Jazeera
About this episode

At the end of a six-day funeral service, former US President Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest next to his wife in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. The 39th president died at 100 years old on December 29. How did his legacy impact the world?

In this episode:

  • Hamid Dabashi (@DabashiHamid), Professor of Literature, Columbia University 

  • Shawan Jabarin (@SJabaren), General Director, Al-Haq

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Miranda Lin with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Hagir Saleh, Khaled Soltan, Melanie Marich, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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