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EP 964 Ancient Greece Still Shapes Our World

Posted April 29, 2026 • 00:38:20

Greek mythology. Greek tragedy. Greek philosophy. Any of us who took a course or two on Western civilization remembers the name John Davies Homer,...

EP 963 Blowing the Whistle on the Vietnam Debacle

Posted April 27, 2026 • 00:44:26

Whistleblowers in our society our either considered heroes or traitors. In any event they have a massive impact in our history. For those who compile...

EP 962 Is GDP Still the Best Way to Measure the Performance of the Economy?

Posted April 22, 2026 • 00:32:38

The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940’s, when the urgent economic...

EP 961 What Will Pope Leo XIV’s Legacy Be?

Posted April 20, 2026 • 00:37:24

Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope, has been seen as a stabilizing force in the Catholic Church after a tumultuous papacy of Pope Francis. And...

EP 960 Our Health Care System Prioritizes Intervention Over Prevention

Posted April 15, 2026 • 00:43:23

There is a largely invisible pricing structure in the American health care system that dictates the types of medical procedures that are most valued...