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World Views: August 21, 2015

KGOU | By Sam Des Prez

Published August 21, 2015 at 9:29 AM CDT

Today on the program, Suzette Grillot speaks with Georgia Tech political scientist Jarrod Hayes about how common identities influence international politics.

But first, Rebecca Cruise discusses this week’s bombing in Thailand, and Thursday’s announcement by Greek Prime Minister AlexisiTsiprasthat he’s resigning and calling snap elections.

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Brian Hardzinski is from Flower Mound, Texas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He began his career at KGOU as a student intern, joining KGOU full time in 2009 as Operations and Public Service Announcement Director. He began regularly hosting Morning Edition in 2014, and became the station's first Digital News Editor in 2015-16. Brian’s work at KGOU has been honored by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, and local and regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Brian enjoys competing in triathlons, distance running, playing tennis, and entertaining his rambunctious Boston Terrier, Bucky.

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