# politics
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2:14Trump appoints DEI critic to lead EEOCAl Elliott: 39 plus 2. And also because we live in Mostar, it looks like it's gonna be really nice weather. It's gonna be like 19, 20 degrees on your birthday Leanne Elliott: Past November, that is it Al Elliott: Not badEP 248 · 11 Nov 2025·news roundup· 2:14–9:0430:39Anger, politics, and the 2024 election cycleLeanne Elliott: I mean, with that in mind, and you mentioned the political climate, and it's 2024, we've got some big elections happening this year in the US and the UK. Has anger been weaponized in terms of political leEP 163 · 16 Jan 2025·other· 30:39–32:2319:39Why Donald Trump is so attractive to so many peopleAl Elliott: Keep that in Leanne Elliott: You said a phrase before, something like, um, you know, what, what we're doing is leading us towards monsters. We are heading into an interesting year in terms of, of global politEP 158 · 31 Dec 2024·other· 19:39–26:118:45Story 2: Basecamp bans political discussionsAl Elliott: Well, a couple of weeks ago there was a small election in a small country over the sea. What was it? I think they call it— is it America? I can't— I don't know how you pronounce it, uh, but there was a— LeannEP 146 · 19 Nov 2024·news roundup· 8:45–14:582:42Why Trump Won: Analyzing the Election OutcomeLeanne Elliott: Well, unless you have been, um, blissfully living, um, off-grid for the past week, then you would have seen that Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, securing 286 electoral votes to Kamala EP 144 · 12 Nov 2024·news roundup· 2:42–7:5033:27Workplace Surgery: Managing political discussions in a diverse workplaceAl Elliott: I love it. Okay. Right. We've got the 3rd question here, which is very similar to the article you mentioned earlier. And we have to— we had to feature this today because for obvious reasons. I manage a team oEP 142 · 5 Nov 2024·workplace surgery· 33:27–39:4112:10Navigating politics and elections at workLeanne Elliott: So with that in mind, we, we have the, the US election coming up very shortly. I've already seen in the media and forums, HR forums, you know, people starting to think already about how they're going to mEP 137 · 17 Oct 2024·panel interview· 12:10–13:5912:52Kamala Harris's laugh: why a belly laugh wins votesLeanne Elliott: They've got an election. We called it the Jenny-lec. Um, for a new president Al Elliott: Oh, right Leanne Elliott: Not heard about this?EP 120 · 6 Aug 2024·news roundup· 12:52–17:5622:17Negotiating with Putin (indirectly)Al Elliott: Jon has even indirectly negotiated with Putin via the 2nd most influential man in Russia Jon Smith: We were doing a deal in Russia for a club in London. In fact, it's been articulated. It was Arshavin going tEP 91 · 18 Apr 2024·interview· 22:17–24:0920:02Why Donald Trump is so attractive to so many peopleJohn Amaechi OBE: Why is Donald Trump so attractive to so many people? Never underestimate The ability for people to suspend their morality for a quick fix. I'm a gay person. I have no self-interest in that thing that soEP 82 · 14 Mar 2024·interview· 20:02–21:49
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