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A Tower in Toronto and the Story of Kleptocracy

A Tower in Toronto and the Story of Kleptocracy

FromSlate News


A Tower in Toronto and the Story of Kleptocracy

FromSlate News

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Sep 3, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jacob Weisberg talks to Tom Burgis of the Financial Times about his story "Tower of Secrets: The Russian Money Behind a Donald Trump Skyscraper." The two discuss a deal in Toronto, why western real estate is sought after to clean money, and what more this says about the rise of kleptocracy around the world.Alex Shnaider has responded to Tom's story and can be read here in full: "An Article Littered With 'Ifs' and 'Possibilities.'"Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 3, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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A quasi-daily podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.