Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Annenberg Institute, share their take on the news.

On this episode: the morality, strategy, and politics of America's Afghanistan withdrawal; how the 2020 Census is giving Republicans and Democrats something to fret over; humanity's collective shrug after the IPCC's 'Code Red for Humanity'; the fall of the House of Cuomo; mask mandates and mask debates; what makes Jeff Bezos happy. 

You can listen to Trending Globally, another podcast from the Watson Institute, here.