A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this live taping of The Weeds from TruCon 2023, host Jonquilyn Hill sits down with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, for a conversation about the role of Africa in the current geopolitical landscape. They discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan, Uganda’s new anti-LGBTQ law, South Africa’s move to supply weapons to Russia, and take some audience questions. Submit your policy questions! We want to know what you’re curious about. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice produced with Fox Creative.
0:07.0	Thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homes and fear for their lives,
0:11.0	and the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.
0:14.0	The UK government pledged to take in 20,000 of them as refugees.
0:18.0	But in the first year, only 22 Afghans have been approved for asylum in the UK.
0:23.0	So what happened?
0:25.0	And what does this mean for the tens of thousands of people left behind?
0:28.0	Hear that story on the latest episode of Into the Mix.
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1:10.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weeds.
1:13.0	I'm John Colin Hill.
1:15.0	A couple weeks ago, we recorded a live show at TruCon 2023 here in DC.
1:21.0	TruCon, for those who don't know, is an annual conference hosted by the Truman Center for National Policy.
1:27.0	They bring together journalists and policymakers to talk about the latest in national security.
1:33.0	I had the opportunity to sit down with Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN.
1:39.0	It was a great conversation and we wanted to share it with you.
1:44.0	UN ambassador is her job now, but before that, she worked as a career diplomat for nearly four decades.
1:51.0	Her career has taken her all around the world, but one of her many areas of expertise is Africa.
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