00:00 | Trailer
02:26 Brian’s thoughts on the episode
06:24 Brian’s introduction
07:02 Thomas’ memories of living in London
08:35 Start of journalistic career in Fleet Street, London, leads to war in Beirut
14:22 The 1983 United States embassy bombing
18:28 Difference in journalism of today compared with when he started
20:01 Why Facebook is not for Thomas
24:06 Facebook needs to get its act together
30:46 Putin always seems always to be looking for dignity in all the wrong places
33:49 President Trump is a disturbed man and a disgusting human being
35:56 The only way for Trump not to be re-elected
42:53 Climate change is real, but Trump has no science advisor
45:08 Thomas compares Barack Obama’s presidency with Donald Trump’s
46:58 North Korea is a dynasty and what that tells you
48:40 What influences Thomas’ journalistic style and phraseology50:15 Israel and Iran could be a devastating conflict we are not expecting
52:08 Why we should care what is happening now in Saudi Arabia
55:47 How Thomas’ relationship began with Saudi Arabia and led to the Arab Peace Initiative
59:24 Why Thomas was for the invasion of Iraq and the lessons he learnt from it
1:05:06 The process of writing a newspaper column
1:12:15 What scares him
1:12:32 The most influential person in his life
1:14:22 Phone call to the 20-year old Thomas Friedman
1:17:22 Advice to the young people watching to prepare them for the future
1:18:50 Brian’s summing up.