Marc Polymeropoulos worked for 26 years at the CIA before retiring at the Senior Intelligence Service level. He was one of the CIA's most highly decorated operations officers who served in multiple field assignments for the U.S. government. He specialized in counterterrorism, the Middle East and South Asia, including extensive time in Iraq and...
The first attempt on Everest took place in 1922 by a British team led by George Leigh Mallory. What happened is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. I spoke with Mick Conefrey about this story. Bio: For thirty years I've made...
I'm sure you've heard the name; El Chapo. In today's episode, we talk about the environment that allowed El Chapo to thrive and prosper at the expense of others. One example of this environment; how the war on drugs was actually successful to certain people/organizations.Bio of Noah Hurowitz: I am a freelance reporter based in New York City. I...
The vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format. Sales grew a whopping 61% in 2021 as this dinosaur is coming back from the dead. Why is the vinyl record so appreciated and loved by music lovers? I was happy to welcome Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone on todays show. They have recently...
How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s? Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children? And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality? In today's episode, I talked with Dr. Paul Craddock about the history of body transplants. We think of transplant...
What is Solar Physics? What are sunspots, how does the suns magnetism work, and how does this affect us? I was glad to welcome Dr. Maria Weber on The Way to talk about Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamo, Red Dwarfs and much much more. Shortened Bio: My name is Maria Weber, and I'm an astrophysicist. I study the Sun and...
War is an unrelenting undercurrent of human civilization and has always been so. Today, economist and political scientist Chris Blattman, author of Why We Fight, offers an explanation as to the psychological and strategic forces that propel nations to opt for such ruinous violence.
Bio: Chris Blattman is an economist and political scientist who...
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II-and how America allowed them to get away with it. Bio: David de Jong is a journalist and author. His first book, Nazi Billionaires, is published in the US and the UK by HarperCollins. He spent four years...
