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In the most political week of the year Joe mulls over the state of the American Empire and the dawning of a new dominant economic force in the East. And he’s got a new book out called Laugh? I could have Cried. His most memorable thoughts on dogs, games, language, travel, the idiocy of belief, and the swamping trivia that shape our lives despite our best intentions.

Listen/Download Joe Bennett on Empire Building

From his fastness in Lyttelton, New Zealand’s best-loved columnist once again dissects the weird, wide and sometimes less than wonderful world. Today its the US election circus and American culture. Joe says Americans should speak a language other than English, that way it would be easier for us to grasp that the US really is a foreign culture and country. Check out Joe’s new book Alive and Kicking.

Listen/Download Joe Bennett – Alive and Kicking