Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.

On this episode:

• Elon Musk buys Twitter. Will anything on the platform change?
• Musical chairs in UK politics; will Rishi Sunak’s term as MP outlast a head of lettuce?
• Xi Jinping further consolidates power in China. Can the US and China afford to lose each other?
• The most fabulously terrible races in the US midterm elections.
• Fighting in Ukraine continues on with no end in sight, and the US doesn’t know what to do about it. 
• Artist and media mogul Ye is banned from participating in…the media.  
• Prince Harry – the ‘Spare’ – tells all.