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Mar 2025
42m 39s

USAID Cuts Imperiling Lives

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First: Now that USAID is gutted, we hear from frontline humanitarian David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee.


Then: The Netflix hit sparking an important conversation: Adolescence—it’s about young minds, male rage, and the dangers of social media. Star of the show Stephen Graham joins me.


Plus: Fear in the occupied West Bank as Israeli settlers, often violently expand their illegal outposts. CNN is there.


Then: High stakes for Europe and the limits of Trump’s Ukraine-Russia diplomacy. Former Pentagon official Celeste Wallander joins me.


And: From the archive—on World Water Day, a warning from Sarajevo: painful echoes of water as a weapon of war, from Bosnia back then to Gaza and Ukraine today.

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