Podcast Episodes

Who Are AfD?

The right-wing Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) is now the second-most popular political party in Germany after a strong showing in national electio…

1 year, 2 months ago

Yalta, Yalta, Yalta!

His critics say President Trump is selling out Ukraine just as Franklin Delano Roosevelt supposedly sold out Poland at the 1945 Yalta Conference. Som…

1 year, 2 months ago

Sharon's Disengagement (Gaza 2005)

In 2005 Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza, forcing out thousands of Jewish settlers. Peace did not follow in their wake. Rather than a resolutio…

1 year, 3 months ago

3 Years of War: Ukraine's Story

This is the final episode in a 3-part series marking the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

The origins of Ukrainian…

1 year, 3 months ago

3 Years of War: Russia in the World

This is the second episode in a 3-part series marking the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Thirty-five years ago, …

1 year, 3 months ago

3 Years of War: Origins

This is the first episode in a 3-part series marking the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

The Trump administration…

1 year, 3 months ago

On Virtue

The minds of America's 18th-century founders concentrated on what was necessary to sustain a new republic after breaking with monarchy. The republic …

1 year, 3 months ago

Smoot-Hawley Redux

With President Donald Trump bent on initiating a trade war by hiking tariffs on imports from major trading partners such as China, Mexico, and Canada…

1 year, 3 months ago

Trump, Gaza, and the Palestinians

President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off aid to Jordan and Egypt if they do not submit to his outrageous demand to take in the Palestinians h…

1 year, 3 months ago

The Day of the Dictator (Is Not Over)

In his inaugural address in Jan. 1989, President George Bush said, "For a new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for i…

1 year, 3 months ago