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Freddy speaks to philosopher Slavoj Žižek ahead of what we understand will be Julian Assange’s final court appeal against extradition back to the US. The WikiLeaks founder has been wanted by the US authorities after he leaked tens of thousands of highly sensitive documents. On the podcast they discuss the parallels between Assange and Navalny, whether the West is beginning to behave more like the Soviet Union than we ever have and if WikiLeaks was behind the election of Donald Trump.
Slavoj Žižek on whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the US
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US politics and analysis, delivering in-depth discussions with the best American pundits. Presented by Freddy Gray.
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