A More United Nations with PM Pedro Sánchez of Spain
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What is the opening context and why is the UN General Assembly important for this episode?
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the weekly show podcast. My name is John Stewart. It is Tuesday, September twenty second. It is the opening ceremonies at the UN General Assembly. So I am happily at home and not dealing with the clusterfuck of traffic that is now uh New York City. Uh for those of you who who don't know, uh our president Donald Trump just gave his uh typical barn burner at the UN. The big takeaway is I'm going to annihilate Iran. And I know AI might be a problem, what if we just changed its name? He's now saying that he's going to change it from AI to SI, supreme intelligence. Why not just call it supreme intelligence, even though Those are two completely different things. Why not just rename it?
I think he thinks the problem with AI is a branding problem. My favorite part of his rebranding is he's gonna call it supreme intelligence, but he's still using his AI force. He started an AI force to control it. I guess the AI force will control the supreme intelli We live in a fucking simulation. We must. This can't be real. I don't know which pill you take to get out of this, but God. Uh but That being said, we are very honored today. Uh we are delighted because the UN General Assembly is in town. We have some access to uh guests that we might not normally get a chance to speak with. And so uh We are gonna have that today. Uh we are very delighted and honored to welcome. Prime Minister of Spain. Pedro Sanchez is joining us.
Uh, we are delighted today. It's obviously it's the United Nations General Assembly, and we are joined by the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez. Sir, thank you so much for joining us. We really appreciate it. Thank
you. Thank you very much
for
having me here.
And I would be remiss if I did not begin with a hearty congratulations to you and your country for your victory in the World Cup.
Yeah, it's second time. Thank you very much. It it is the second time throughout our history. But actually we we didn't uh won the World Cup only. We also in in women's soccer we're also the current championship. Oh and uh World World Cup championship too and and also uh when it comes to the Olympic Games. So it's you know it's a it's a trifecta. You've
got all three.
Yeah, yeah. So it's clearly a momentum.
Are you the European champions as well? Actually we are. Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, that I thought you were that as well. So you've you've won everything. Fourth. Yes. Yes. Yes. Well the United States is we're we're almost at that level. We're just about okay, we're not at that level.
Well, but you are actually in basketball. Uh you know, I'm I'm a big fan of uh NBA and uh uh you know, this is the run of basketball. Yes, it's actually uh Do you have a do you have a favorite NBA team? Well actually, you know, I know that that you are a big fan of uh a big supporter of New York mix.
Yeah.
In my case I'm I'm I you know I'm following this San Antonio Sports. It was not our year, even though we reached the finals. But you did very
well. Now you played ball, if if I'm not mistaken.
I I play I played basketball uh when I was young. uh in uh a very competitive team in in in Spain, in Madrid. But uh I you know, I quit it when I was twenty, twenty one years old and uh because of our my studies and then you know I entered into politics so I didn't have the time to
you know. Wha what was your position when you were when you were playing?
It changed uh over the time, but uh not n not playmaker but the the shooting guard.
Solid. Yeah. All right. You had a pretty nice okay. All right. Well, I tried to do my best. I tried to do my best, you know. I appreciate that wholeheartedly. How tall are you, sir?
No, one one point nine, which is like six uh six uh four, I th I believe. Oh
for God's sakes. Uh
lower.
You're you're you're handsome and six four. I don't like this interview at all so far. Well I I un uh I understand that that you you you also play soccer. I did play for a little bit because I am the opposite of six four, but four six. So we're we're we're working through it. Uh and thank you for coming over. I know you just walked over from the UN General Assembly and I apologize for the traffic.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What is the opening context and why is the UN General Assembly important for this episode?
0:08–7:47
2
How does Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez celebrate Spain’s recent World Cup victories?
7:47–14:44
3
What personal sports background does Sánchez share and how does it relate to his political outlook?
14:44–1:04:58