Roman Mars

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157 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Jul

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In Our Time · The Global Story - The soft power superpower, with Roman Mars · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

And right when everyone in the world had agreed that a yellow octagonal sign would be a stop sign, a few months later, the U.S. matched

was like, no, never mind. matched

We're going to do red ones. matched

And then the rest of the world just... matched

Got in line. matched

And this is just an unstoppable force, the United States. matched

Yeah, I think so. matched

I mean, this soft power, this influence in these ways was an incredible invention. matched

It was a new kind of imperialism that saved lives and maybe made some people's lives a whole lot better. matched

It's probably the greatest thing America has ever done. matched

Yeah. matched

And this is, you know, it's not being responsive to people and their needs. matched

you know, leads to people's discontent. matched

And that's the big cost of this is like maybe in the effort to become global manufacturers of the world or to have this type of globalism, we left behind a lot of people that react poorly to those notions. matched

Huh. matched

I would say 60-degree screws, yes. matched

Our machines across the world should talk to each other, and that makes the world a better place, a more efficient place. matched

Is the world a better place for having the United States in it? matched

Interesting question. matched

I think I have to have enough pride in my country to say yes. matched

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