The View From Above: Perspectives on America with Lord Conrad Black
Author and former newspaper publisher Conrad Black talks election season, the US criminal justice system, and being a Canadian in the UK House of Lords!
Author and former newspaper publisher Conrad Black talks election season, the US criminal justice system, and being a Canadian in the UK House of Lords!
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Publisher. Author. Raconteur. These are all terms that apply to the guest of this episode, but to his peers in the UK's House of Lords, he is Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour. The former publisher of the Daily Telegraph (UK), the Chicago Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post, and the National Post (Canada), he has a unique perspective both as a northerly neighbor and a British Lord. On this episode he discusses his thoughts on the upcoming US elections, his longtime friendship with Donald Trump, and the unique world that is the UK news industry. Join us for a chat that is sometimes controversial, often enlightening, and certainly riveting.
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