#286 – Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine

Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar
nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the
Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and
documentaries where he has interviewed Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez,
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (09:35)
- Nuclear power (22:33) - Russia and US relations (27:48) - JFK and
the Cold War (33:05) - Interviewing Putin (56:44) - Invasion of
Ukraine (1:06:01) - Why Putin invaded Ukraine (1:20:25) -
Propaganda (1:27:43) - Interviewing Putin in 2022 (1:34:59) -
Nuclear war (1:41:09) - Advice on interviewing (1:44:50) -
Interviewing Hitler (1:48:11) - Putin interview language barrier
(1:49:22) - Love (1:51:17) - Advice to young people (1:54:23) -
Mortality (1:55:25) - Regrets (1:57:22) - Meaning of life