CIA Chief Heads Abroad to Broker Gaza Deal | What A Day

What this episode is about

CIA Director William Burns is set to travel to Europe to negotiate a new deal aimed at securing the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and achieving a prolonged pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas. This mission comes amidst challenges in prior proposals for ceasefires and follows Burns' earlier efforts to facilitate humanitarian aid to the region.

Key takeaways

• Microaggressions against British tea? Proof that even beverage rituals can fuel transatlantic rivalry.
• Amid conflict, the U.S. tries to broker peace with diplomacy—fingers crossed that it's not a 'tea leaves' reading.
• Protests on campuses signal a battle over free speech versus the definition of anti-Semitism—a real tightrope walk.
• Nitrogen gas execution: Alabama gets creative with lethal injection, showing that innovation can have dark implications.
• The death toll keeps rising, but the political chess game remains. Casualties don't negotiate—humans do.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Trille Anderson (Host) · 11 min speaking
• Priyanka Arabind (Host) · 11 min speaking
• William Burns (Guest)
• Antonio Peno IV (Guest)
• Terry Tang (Guest)

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Harvard University, Priyanka Arabind, Trille Anderson, What A Day
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Terry Tang
3. 15:00 – 20:00: Harvard University
4. 20:00 – 22:34: What A Day, Trille Anderson

Notable quotes from "CIA Chief Heads Abroad to Broker Gaza Deal | What A Day"

• It's Friday January 26th I'm trille Anderson and I'm Priyanka arabind and this is what a day where Americans have finally found the right microaggression towards the UK for all…

  about What A Day · at 0:01

• Remember there was really massive Fallout after the Congressional hearings with the presidents of Harvard the University of Pennsylvania and MIT back in December and as that…

  about Harvard University · at 4:15

• Billionaire owner Dr Patrick Sun Xiang has appointed an interim executive editor her name is Terry tang and she is the first woman to ever be the paper's top editor in its…

  about Terry Tang · at 7:11

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Trille Anderson — Person · 2 mentions · first at 0:01
  It's Friday January 26th I'm trille Anderson and I'm Priyanka arabind and this is what a day where Americans have finally found the right microaggression towards the UK for all of the.
• Priyanka Arabind — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:03
  It's Friday January 26th I'm trille Anderson and I'm Priyanka arabind and this is what a day where Americans have finally found the right microaggression towards the UK for all of the colonization yes a US chemistry.
• William Burns — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:45
  Country's first execution using nitrogen gas but first President Biden will send CIA director William Burns to help negotiate a new deal between Israel and Hamas the goal being…
• Terry Tang — Person · 1 mention · first at 7:16
• Antonio Peno IV — Person · 1 mention
• Patrick Soon-Shiong — Person · 1 mention

Companies & orgs

• Harvard University — Company · 3 mentions · first at 4:18

Concepts & topics

• What A Day — Concept · 3 mentions · first at 0:06
• NAACP Image Awards — Concept · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:01 it's Friday January 26th I'm trille Anderson and I'm Priyanka arabind and this is what a day where Americans have finally found the right microaggression towards the UK for all of the colonization yes a US chemistry professor's new book says that the best way to make tea is by adding a pinch of salt and the British media is as they say linging babes I have no idea what that means but I get the gist I get the gist on today's show we talk about the state of Journalism with even more Outlets unionizing or workers walking out this week plus Alabama carried out the country's first execution using nitrogen gas but first President Biden will send CIA director William Burns to help negotiate a new deal between Israel and Hamas the goal being the release of all the remaining Israeli hostages being held in Gaza as well as reaching the longest pause in the fighting since the War Began over 3 months ago

1:00 this is an ambitious goal especially after recent proposals on both sides have fallen through but Burns will travel to Europe to meet with both his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts as well as the prime minister of cutter Egypt and cutter of course have played really key roles in negotiating between Israel and Hamas throughout this war and burns himself was actually a big part of the negotiations back in November to get much needed humanitarian Aid into Gaza you mentioned recent proposals from both Israel and Hamas to kind of you know pauses in the conflict can you tell us more about those yes so Israel proposed a 60-day pause in the fighting in exchange for a phase release of all of the remaining hostages at this time there are believed to be more than 130 Israeli hostages who are still being held in Gaza but that proposal would mean that fighting could presumably start up again in two months Benjamin

1:51 Netanyahu said he wants to fully eradicate Hamas so it is probably anticipated that they would under those terms start fighting right back up two month months from now which Hamas officials don't want they are hoping for a permanent ceasefire in exchange for the release of all the remaining hostages Israeli officials also want all senior Hamas leaders to leave Gaza which they do not want to do so a lot of non-starters on both sides lately but all of this comes as the Carnage from this war continues to mount currently Israel's Army is circling the city of Han Yunis in southern Gaza where according to humanitarian organizations thousands of people people are trapped many of them in hospitals earlier this week the UN accused Israel of shelling a un compound in the area that housed 30,000 displaced People Israel denied responsibility for any strikes as a reminder since the fighting began over

2:46 25,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis and foreign Nationals have been killed as well as 83 journalists and at least 167 Aid workers so just a staggering human toll from this conflict yeah and you know we've spent a lot of time on the show discussing the US government's role in this conflict how it's acted in Washington and abroad but can you update us on what's been happening here at home in terms of the many many protests right yeah I mean it's kind of the way that regular everyday people not people in Washington are sort of interacting with this war aside from you know reading the news and engaging with friends and family members about it so as this war has continued protests have obviously continued specifically around the US's involvement and whether we should officially be calling for a ceasefire or if we should be so actively funding and supporting the Israeli military amid the deaths of

3:43 so many civilians in Gaza all of these are valid questions to be asking of our government these protests happen all over the place we mentioned one just yesterday that took place at the United Auto Workers endorsement of Joe Biden but universities in particular have really been in the this Spotlight as the SES of so many of these demonstrations and so much of the conversation around what constitutes legitimate criticism of Israel and the us and what crosses that line into anti-Semitism or hate speech or you know even violence as you'll remember there was really massive Fallout after the Congressional hearings with the presidents of Harvard the University of Pennsylvania and MIT back in December and as that day kind of underscored universities especially high-profile ones have been under a lot of pressure to respond to allegations of anti-Semitism on their campuses and are really struggling with this distinction

4:36 between speech and action that is protected by students First Amendment rights and speech and action that is not yeah I remember the hearing and them basically seeming like they had not actually thought this out before or that they were like wrestling with it in real time there are a few different things happening on campuses around the country this week just to give you a sense of how this is very much continuing to play out because it has not stopped just yesterday American University in Washington DC banned all protests inside University buildings and mandated that clubs welcome all students and that posters and events around campus quote promote inclusivity the university didn't say that this was related specifically to protests around Israel and Gaza but this does follow protests on the school's campus in November and December meanwhile at Northwestern University the Department of Education

5:28 opened a civil rights investigation on Tuesday after a complaint from an editor of a self-proclaimed conservative Watchdog site alleged that the university didn't adequately respond to what he called instances of anti-Semitism in October November and December of last year this is one of many such investigations that have been opened at schools all over the country and at the end of last week at Columbia University Pro Palestine student protesters were attacked with foul smelling chemicals during a demonstration we don't actually know what the the chemicals were that hasn't been released publicly they specifically said that students with posters saying things like Jews for ceasefire were targeted the most aggressively the university promptly banned the people accused of spraying them from the campus as the police investigate the incident so you know clearly a lot going on on campuses still a lot to be concerned

6:21 over I mean of course instances of violence and students being attacked not okay but also like a lot of concerns around the First Amendment with schools like American instituting these kind of policies that really seem to tow the line of wanting to avoid culpability and not be the subject of ire of people who are accusing them of not doing enough to curb anti-Semitism but also posing the question of are they infringing on students rights with these rules these are all things we will continue to keep an eye on and and continue to keep you updated as um they progress absolutely thanks for that update prianka now on to a story we've been covering this past week and that is the state of the journalism industry I'm going to start with the latest with the LA Times its billionaire owner Dr Patrick Sun Xiang has appointed an interim executive editor her name is Terry tang and she is the first woman to ever be the paper's

7:21 top editor in its 42-year history this appointment of course comes after a tumultuous couple of weeks at the paper not only did the previous executive editor Kevin Merida step down due to disagreements with the owner over the future of the paper two other Mass head level editors resigned recently as well then there was the one-day Strike last week that the papers Union organized to protest then impending layoffs that the company announced and then earlier this week the company actually went through with those layoffs cutting at least 115 rols Across The Newsroom yeah it really feels like every day this week there was another story of another publication downsizing or shuttering alog together both National Publications and local ones like this week in particular really has felt brutal but this has been ongoing for quite some time yeah and you know this week specifically I know a lot of us who are somehow connected to the

8:20 LA Times that's where I got my start we were especially hurt especially saddened right by the course of events but so many others I think have accurately been looking at these layoffs as a sign of how bad things have really gotten in the industry r large right as fellow former LA Times journalist Justin Ray said in a piece for the San Francisco Chronicle this week quote of the biggest conclusions to be made from the tragedy is that even large news outlets can't avoid the economic reality that news is dying and that journalists of color likely will be hurt the most yeah it is incredibly disheartening and that reality that it's journalists of color and from communities that are underrepresented will be the ones the most harmed by this and the voices that we will not he uh because of this is really really disheartening yeah and like obviously the LA Times is considered I think like a national

9:16 publication right but it's the local ones right that are being hit the hardest right even more so those are the ones closing so often that according to the medal School of Journalism at Northwestern last year now over half of the counties in the US have just one or no local news outlets being in danger of becoming news deserts and as we've seen these closures happening more quickly we're also seeing right newsrooms all over the place unionize or otherwise stand up for better pay and better working conditions they want a seat at the table in fact the Texas Tribune after dealing with layoffs a few months ago their journalists announced plans this week to unionize they said in a statement Wednesday quote we want a seat at the table next to management making decisions about our organization's future and how to best serve our members and readers it makes sense we see this in like a whole variety of industries of

10:12 workers and people who are making the product wanting a seat at the table but also in journalism specifically this industry has been plagued by so many dumb decisions by people in leadership like we all remember the pivot to video no like had we had actual journalists and people doing at the table maybe we could have avoided trying to feed an algorithm that was just never like there's so much that would have perhaps not happened had we had the right people at the table literally and then you also have the Union at Forbes Magazine which is actually in the middle of a three-day walk out through Monday right now it's the first known work stoppage in that publication's 106 year history Antonio Peno ivth is a breaking news reporter for Forbes here's what he told us was on his mind as the Forbes walk out kicked off personally I mean I've been thinking a lot about myself as a young journalist and I look at all the obstacles before

11:08 us in terms of the hazards of this industry and it's a bit like you know trying to climb a mountain and the ground Beneath You is kind of crumbling so you know as I gingerly step back onto my soap box here I want to reiterate for everyone right that if this trajectory doesn't change course we will really be in the [ __ ] in so many ways the decline in news outlets has been linked to increased sociopolitical corruption in many local communities which is already bad in and of itself but imagine what an election year will bring right the reality is that we all are already playing a role in what's unfolding and if you want to be part of the solution and not the problem you've got to subscribe to your local newspaper or your favorite Outlet if they don't do subscriptions you can donate even actually just clicking on and reading the reporting of journalists covering the news that you say you care about not

12:03 just clicking on the headline or reading the headline on Tik Tock okay that's helpful as well we all have a role to play and it's good for you I mean you're going to learn something it's going to be good for the industry it's a win-win all around there's no reason not to do it listen you scratch my back we scratch yours okay you see how that works that's the latest for now we'll be back after some ads

12:39 let's get to some headlines headlines last night Alabama carried out the first ever execution in the nation using nitrogen gas Kenneth Smith died at the hands of the state for his role in a 1988 murder for H as we've discussed on the show Smith is a rare example of a person who has actually survived a state's execution attempt prison staff tried to put Smith to death in 2022 using lethal injection but they couldn't insert needles into a suitable vein so it got called off Smith's lawyers had been fighting last night's execution and claimed that Alabama wasn't adequately prepared to carry out this execution they added that another malfunction of this new method could have caused Smith to suffer further but several courts including the US Supreme Court allowed this execution to move forward yesterday morning Smith ate his very last meal a T-bone steak hash browns and eggs from Waffle House the local news website

13:39 al.com says Smith's last words before he died were these quote tonight Alabama causes Humanity to take a step backwards thank you for supporting me love all of you and after the gas began to flow al.com reports Smith smiled and nodded toward his family and signed I love you moving on to more upsetting news and just ah heads up that this story mentions rape and sexual violence so please feel free to skip ahead if you need to by about a minute researchers estimate that nearly 65,000 pregnancies caused by rape likely occurred in the 14 states that implemented total abortion bans after roie Wade was overturned that is according to new research published by the medical journal jamama internal medicine earlier this week and it's worth noting that the lead author is the medical director of Planned Parenthood Montana Texas accounted for 45% of that total number amounting to more than 26,000 rape related pregnancies

14:39 researchers also found that just 10 or fewer legal abortions took place in those States Post dos so if you were banking on those exceptions that those laws supposedly had baked into them for situations like this I don't know what's 10 over 26,000 you can do the math on how often that is working out M the researchers wrote that their findings indicate that quote persons who have been raped and become pregnant cannot access legal abortions in their home state even in states with rape exceptions which is I think what a lot of people have been trying to say for a long time it's not as simple as just hopping over one state and being done with it the researchers use data from the CDC the FBI and the Bureau of Justice statistics for their analysis if I sound pissed off about this it's because I [ __ ] am and you should be too absolutely a group of transgender veterans sued the Department of Veteran

15:34 Affairs yesterday over its failure to provide coverage for gender affirming surgeries the federal lawsuit was filed by the transgender American veterans association or Tava and it seeks to compel the VA to act on a 2016 rule making petition that petition asks the VA to amend its health benefits to include medically necessary gender confirmation surgery for Trans veterans and according to the lawsuit even though the VA has publicly stated its intentions to provide these surgeries to veteran patients and even proposed rules for cost benefits analysis and held hearings it hasn't taken any formal action in the 8 years since the petition was filed so the lawsuit calls on the VA to at the very least Grant or deny the petition and not keep trans veterans waiting any longer in a statement released Yesterday by Tava the association said in part quote gender confirmation surgery dramatically reduces the risks of suicidal ideation

16:33 depression and psychological distress for transgender people who live with gender dysphoria and yesterday the court ordered the VA to respond within 14 days good because they've already had 8 years to think about it so 4 days should be more than enough time mhm housing was unaffordable for half of all renters in the US in 2022 that is according to a new report from Harvard University the schools Joint Center for housing studies looked into Data from rental households Nationwide in 2022 researchers found that rents spiked that year during the pandemic so much so that a record 50% of renters spent more than a third of their monthly income on rent and utilities if you uh live in a big city like Los Angeles or New York you're probably like that's normal I didn't know that that was it the report also found that nearly a quarter of renters were spending more than half of their monthly income on

17:29 rent this comes after the rate of homelessness in the US hit a record high last year with officials counting more than 650,000 people living in tents cars and shelters a trend that experts say is driven by a lack of low rent housing and the end of pandemic era federal aid Chris Herbert the managing director of Harvard's Center for housing studies said in a press release that the study's findings demonstrate how the federal government must establish more rental assistance programs similar to the ones that kept people afloat during the pandemic but have since expired he wrote quote only then will the nation finally make a meaningful dent in the housing affordability crisis making life so difficult for millions of people and finally White Lotus star Tom Hollander gave an interview about how he once received a seven fig paycheck in the mail that was supposed to be sent to Spider-Man actor Tom Holland the

18:23 Revelation comes from when Hollander appeared as a guest on Late Night with Seth Meers earlier this week Myers asked Hollander if people ever mistake him for Holland given how similar their names are here's what the 56y old actor had to say the interval came and I thought I checked my emails and I got an email from the agency saying payment advice lit your um first box office bonus for the Avengers and um and I thought I don't think I'm in the event if you're familiar with both Toms you'll know that they don't look much alike outside of being two British white guys Hollander is known for his work playing other British guys in movies like Pride and Prejudice Holland on the other hand is most known for playing the American teenage superhero Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and of course dating our Queens Anda well obviously yes while the two don't share much of resemblance Hollander told Meyers that

19:30 he and Holland shared the same agent at one point during their career so the payroll office probably just got them mixed up you know somebody got fired and I would just like to say if somebody would like to get me mixed up with some other trayal Anderson or related Anderson who makes seven figures in a bonus chck in a bonus in a bonus not even the regular panca Chopra pan cha I would mind I'm around who's your agent I need to get I need to do some dialing get in touch I love that for you yeah I think a case of mistake and identity could be great for us you know what I mean I'm just saying and those are the headlines one more thing before we go we wanted to take a moment to congratulate the one and only trayal Anderson for their NAACP image award nomination their book historically black phrases from I ain't one of your little friends to who all GNA be there was nominated in the outstanding literary work instructional

20:35 category from authoress to nominee we absolutely love to see it congratulations Trel y fun surpris well deserved but thank y'all so much shout out to me we had okay I love this for me how does it feel speech speech you know I have waited so long for an NAACP IM award nomination cuz you know this is black people's Oscars for the record and so I'll take it thank you so much can't think of anyone more deserving I also think that there's probably another tral out there hoping that their name gets mixed up with yours your goals thank you that is all for today if you like the show make sure you subscribe leave a review don't be so salty over T Brits and tell your friends to listen and if you are into reading and not just checks for Tom signed over to me like me what a day is also a nightly newsletter check it out and subscribe at crooked.com subscribe I'm prianca arabind I'm trille Anderson and we're all we're all Tom

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "CIA Chief Heads Abroad to Broker Gaza Deal | What A Day"?

Trille Anderson (Host), Priyanka Arabind (Host), William Burns (Guest), Antonio Peno IV (Guest), Terry Tang (Guest).

What is "CIA Chief Heads Abroad to Broker Gaza Deal | What A Day" about?

CIA Director William Burns is set to travel to Europe to negotiate a new deal aimed at securing the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and achieving a prolonged pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas. This mission comes amidst challenges in prior proposals for ceasefires and follows Burns' earlier efforts to facilitate humanitarian aid to the region.

What is mentioned in this The Best of The Dan Patrick Show episode?

9 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including What A Day, Harvard University, Trille Anderson, Priyanka Arabind, William Burns, Terry Tang. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "CIA Chief Heads Abroad to Broker Gaza Deal | What A Day"?

The episode runs 23 min; the transcript is about 3,751 words in 24 timestamped sections.

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