Episode 286 • • 1:08:08 - 1:12:59
286: Wonton Violence
George Clooney, Sudan Satellite Project, Celebrity Ambassadors
George Clooney's "Satellite Sentinel Project" in Sudan is characterized as a front for Western oil interests. The hosts argue that the government uses good-looking celebrities like Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt as "ambassadors" because the public no longer trusts politicians or traditional justifications for intervention.