November 30, 2020
Episode87
The Madman Theory with Jim Sciutto
As the Trump presidency winds to its chaotic end, we examine Trump’s approach to the world stage with our guest Jim Sciutto. Jim is an Emmy-award wining journalist, Senior National Security Correspondent for CNN, a former diplomatic Chief of Staff during the Obama Administration, and the author of the new book The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World.
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Sources for audio clips
| Intro | |
| Sciutto: Trump joked as the market went down the tubes - CNN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6-bvYNFdUA |
| President Donald Trump: Calling it the 'Chinese virus' is not racist at all, it comes from China | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl78PQGJpiI |
| He wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love': Donald Trump on Kim Jong-un - Guardian News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV6mVmAVQU4 |
| Trump's Odd Call With New BFF Rodrigo Duterte - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9yBp6bjXeY |
| President Trump drags Angela Merkel into his wiretapping claims - CBS Evening News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-bNHDGHHE |
| Nixon | |
| Nixon with no expletives deleted - CNN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MacmN1EtIPQ |
| Trump Intelligence Briefings | |
| Ex-intel official explains what it's like to brief Trump - CNN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3Fum2ozwI&t=18s |
| Bill O'Reilly and Trump on Putin | |
| Bill O'Reilly interviews President Donald Trump before Super Bowl LI | FOX SPORTS | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74DAI2hr9Kk |
| McConnell Standing Behind Trump | |
| The American way': Mitch McConnell defends Trump threat to challenge election results - Guardian News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtY4S8OdwY |
| Trump and China | |
| Trump escalates US-China conflict with new sanctions, measures Al-Jazeera English | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_PZNcr76zI |
| Trump Helsinki | |
| Helsinki Summit: President Trump Backs Vladimir Putin On Election Interference | NBC Nightly News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBtsNNXjBPw |
| Trump Abandons Kurds | |
| ‘They’re not angels’: Trump defends decision to abandon the Kurds - ABC News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8feryCxoI8 |
| Outro | |
| We're Done With Trump's chaos, tweets, irresponsibility', Biden's final pitch to voters - The Sun | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmzZVAz7vmg |
Show Credits
Host: Alyssa Milano
Executive Producer: Alyssa Milano
Associate Producer: Ben Jackson
Editing and Sound Production: Natasha Jacobs
Music by: Josh Cooke & Eleisha Eagle
