Episode 25. 22 With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility with Steven LeVine

Three weeks after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Steve LeVine started an 11-year journey as the region’s foreign correspondent for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Prior to that, Steve served as Newsweek’s foreign correspondent in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Think he’s learned a thing or two about power struggles? Speaking of power, Steve currently serves as the Editor of The Electric, a newsletter discussing all aspects of the burgeoning electric industry. He joins Adam to discuss myriad topics including the way Elon Musk is following Henry Ford’s script, how electric cars were considered “bonkers” for 10 years leading up to the pandemic (even though electric cars were praised during the days of cranking the engine), how bad energy policy from ideologues created the current energy crisis, why the demand for oil and geopolitics are intertwined especially when it comes to the power struggle with China and Russia, and his 3 policy ideas that the U.S. needs to enact right now. Oh, and he wrote a fantastic book: Putin’s Labyrinth should you be into spies, murder, and the dark heart of the new Russia. *Runs to buy book…

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