This podcast episode covers a range of topics including ongoing mass protests in Georgia against a contentious law, the ambition of autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and the struggle faced by Ukrainian forces, President Biden's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese products, climate change and the need for political action, the uncertainty surrounding the Cannes Film Festival, an escaped prisoner in France, abortion rights in the EU, flooding in southern Brazil, and the passing of Alice Munro, Canada's first Nobel Prize winner in literature. The episode provides insights into these various issues and their implications.
