Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The following is a sample of the Munk Debates’ weekly current affairs podcast, Friday Focus. On this week’s edition of the Friday Focus podcast, Janice and Rudyard start the show with a discussion of the heatwaves affecting China, the Middle East, Europe and the Southern U.S. What do these events tell us about the future of climate change? And, what is China’s role in curbing global emissions going forward as the U.S. continues to pressure Beijing on Taiwan, technology transfers and military supremacy in Asia Pacific? The back half of the program explores Trump’s ever-expanding federal and state felony charges. How will U.S. democracy cope with not only the extreme partisan rancour of the 2024 election cycle but multiple criminal trials of the presumptive Republican nominee for President? This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue. More information at www.munkdebates.com.
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