The I Didn't Want You To Come To My Olympics Anyways Episode

In this week’s episode, for global politics, we talk about the flurry of diplomatic boycotts (including Canada's) that have hit China as host of next year's Olympics. What does this say about the state of relations between China and the rest of the world? Is this a template for how Western nations deal with perceived infractions from China? We will discuss!

For BookReport this week, Mike read (with his eyes!) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, which is a critically-acclaimed novel set at various times in Afghanistan's history (and is depressing as hell).