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Dissident at the Doorstep Episode 1: Batman Gets Punched

Dissident at the Doorstep Episode 1: Batman Gets Punched

FromPod Save the World


Dissident at the Doorstep Episode 1: Batman Gets Punched

FromPod Save the World

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s 2011. Hollywood A-lister Christian Bale is in China and gets punched in the face by security guards for trying to visit Chen Guangcheng, a local human rights activist under house arrest. It’s all captured by a CNN crew and broadcast across the world. A few months later Guangcheng would escape to the United States. But after you arrive in America as a hero, what happens next? 
Released:
Jan 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

“Pod Save America” cohost Tommy Vietor thought foreign policy was boring and complicated until he got the education of a lifetime working for President Obama’s National Security Council. On “Pod Save the World,” he and former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes break down the latest developments and bring you behind the scenes with the people who were there. New episodes every Wednesday.