Season 29

Jan. 21, 2025

The Trump Inauguration and Transition. Talking with Brian Sobel.

Donald Trump's second inaugural address hewed closely to his campaign pledges. In that sense, it was more like a State of the Union Speech: This is what we have done, what we will do and how and when it will be accomplished.…

Jan. 20, 2025

Is Greenland in Play ? Talking with Professor Zhiqun Zhu.

President -elect Trump has offered to acquire Greenland 🇬🇱 from Denmark 🇩🇰 because of its mineral wealth and strategic location. Will this move to expand the US borders become a key foreign policy goal for the new administr…

Guest: Professor Zhiqun Zhu

Jan. 16, 2025

The Los Angeles Wildfires: What we know so far. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Movie and TV Blog, Hill Place.

The LA wildfires continue to rage and the dry, easterly Santa Ana winds show little sign of abating. The political consequences for the LA Mayor and California Governor may prove to be dire.

Guest: Shaun Chang

Jan. 15, 2025

The Holy Land at War. A journey through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Speaking with author Mark Patinkin.

Two months after the October 7th attack by Hamas on a Music Festival and Kibbutz in Israel, Mark Patinkin, a veteran journalist for the Providence Journal, went to Israel to cover firsthand the attack and Gaza War. Unlike ma…

Guest: Mark Patinkin

Jan. 9, 2025

Freeman's Challenge: The murder that shook America's original prison for profit. Talking with Professor Robin Bernstein.

Auburn Correctional Facility, a Max Security Prison, was originally founded in 1816 as a for profit prison. To this day, it still manufactures all the license plates for New York State.

Guest: Professor Robin Bernstein

Dec. 14, 2024

Gobsmacked: The British Invasion of American English. Talking with author, Professor Ben Yagoda.

Britishisms are becoming an increasing part of Americans’ vocabulary. Pop culture, writers , movies and theater are all sources of the new British Invasion - the largest one since the Beatles in the 1960s

Guest: Professor Ben Yagoda

Dec. 11, 2024

The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai became a billionaire, Hong Kong's greatest dissident, and China's most feared critic. Talking with author Mark L. Clifford.

Jimmy Lai is a successful Hong Kong entrepreneur who came from China when he was 12 and became a billionaire. But he ran afoul of the CCP because of his political beliefs and has been in jail for 4 years. But family and frie…

Guest: Mark L. Clifford

Dec. 5, 2024

The Latino Century: How Americas' largest minority is transforming Democracy. Talking with author Mike Madrid. h

45% of Latino males voted for Donald Trump primarily for economic reasons like cost of living, inflation and interest rates.

Guest: Mike Madrid

Nov. 26, 2024

Fatal Inheritance: How a family misfortune revealed a deadly medical mystery. Talking with author Larry Ingrassia.

Hereditary cancer is a relatively new discovery in the annals of medical science. The Li-Fraumeni Syndrome which is related to a mutation of the P-53 gene, causes multiple cancers in family members. The Ingrassia family is o…

Guest: Larry Ingrassia

Nov. 14, 2024

New Zealand charts its' own course. Talking to Dr. Patricia O'Brien

NZ revamps its foreign policy, concerned about its strategic security.

Guest: Dr. Patty O’Brien

Nov. 8, 2024

San Francisco elects a new Mayor, Daniel Lurie. Talking with Brian Sobel.

The Mayoral election resulted in voters awarding a mandate to a non-politician defeating the incumbent Mayor who had been mired in scandal and criticized for inept management.

Guest: Brian Sobel