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Ramita Navai on “Iraq Uncovered”
Frontline’s Ramita Navai joins us to discuss her new documentary Iraq Uncovered, John unpacks the mythology behind Steve Bannon, and David Brooks somehow jumps the shark when you’d think there was no shark left to jump. Photo credit: Ramita Navai (Twitter) 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - Another day, another David Brooks column 06:04 - Ramita Navai on her new film “Iraq Uncovered” 23:17 - Brooks ignores Bannon’s white nationalism 37:22 - John on debunking the Bannon media narrative 58:43 - Credits, “666” by Bon Iver 59:27 - Finish