0:00 Family Name & Intro

2:26 Personal Interaction with the Story

8:30 Alleviating Minority Concerns

12:16 Part of the Story

16:11 Fundamental Issue

19:08 Corruption

24:46 A System that Doesn't Work

28:10 Perpetual Paralysis

31:27 Mentality

37:46 US Policy Shift

39:30 American Engagement

48:56 Lack of Organization

54:30 Balance

We're with Larissa Aoun for Episode 222 of The Beirut Banyan.

Click to watch:

https://youtu.be/aYbCNZlLguA

We discuss covering the US elections vs the current Lebanese political and economic landscape, and a reporter's personal interaction with the story itself.

We talk about attempts at alleviating state rights through the US Electoral College and Senate and whether there's an appropriate comparison to preserving 'minority' / sectarian concerns within a potential Lebanese senate.

Our conversation includes Larissa's reporting on maritime border issues with nostalgia for a regional rail network still visible from Naqoura. We also discuss rampant corruption within Lebanon, possible US policy shifts under a Biden administration and how journalists keep their balance while covering stories that hit home.

Larissa Aoun is a producer / reporter for Sky News Arabia.

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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.