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EPISODE · Oct 10, 2020 · 18 MIN

What's A Nobel Peace Prize Good For Anyway?

from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a UN agency dedicated to ending world hunger. But is the award worth the hype? On Today's Show:Anne Applebaum, Atlantic staff writer, covering national politics and foreign policy, and the author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Doubleday July, 2020) talks about this year's Nobel Peace Prize: the U.N.'s World Food Programme for its work fighting hunger during the worldwide pandemic -- and also why she's a skeptic when it comes to the award's significance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a UN agency dedicated to ending world hunger. But is the award worth the hype?

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a UN agency dedicated to ending world hunger. But is the award worth the hype? On Today's Show:Anne Applebaum, Atlantic staff writer, covering national politics and foreign policy, and the author of Twilight of...

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