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.
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