Hosted by Gerry Shields
Gerry is a former longtime Washington correspondent and political writer for The New York Post, Baltimore Sun, and Philadelphia Inquirer and author of the new book: The Front Row: My Jagged Journey Recording American History from Reagan to Trump.
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Welcome to the Retail Politics Podcast. Without enough hand sanitizer for candidates to shake hands, let alone kiss voter babies, we redefine Retail Politics for the digital world, reaching you one download at a time. We’ll speak weekly for 30 minutes to politicians, academics, and reporters on the front lines of American political issues to help you choose best how your government should function.
S02E19 The Politics of the Putin
Russia may capture the Ukraine capital, but the well-armed opponent could become Vladimir Putin’s Afghanistan.
“He’s asking for trouble,” former longtime Russian correspondent Will Englund says. “You’ll have a guerilla war.”
S02E17 The Politics of Ukraine
Communist Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to invade the Ukraine to prevent it from aligning with the Democratic west hearkens back to the east-west battle of a half-century ago.
“A lot of Cold War ghosts have been resurrected and scattered about,” Los Angeles Times Foreign Editor Jeffrey Fleishman said. “Is he willing to breach war to collect what the past has already taken from him?”