How Do You Milk a Cockroach?
Yes, this episode is about the rise of China and America's woeful unpreparedness for this epoch making event. But when guest Anna Fifield, Tokyo Bureau Chief of the Washington Post, sees a cockroach ...
31 Touko 201842min
On Again, Off Again, On Again!--The Course of Nuke Love Never Did Run Smooth
Their courtship will go down in history with those of Romeo & Juliet, Tristan & Isolde, and Goldman and Sachs. Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have had their spats to be sure...but what's a little pre-n...
29 Touko 201844min
Why is a Hippo the Emotional Support Animal We All Need
The president's wife carries industrial strength disinfecting wipes wherever she goes because her man is a germaphobe. But when it comes to the growing ebola outbreak in Africa, he seems anything but...
24 Touko 201838min
Unicorns, Rainbows...and Mushroom Clouds: Team Trump's Foreign Policy Wish List
One thing about the tough guys in the Trump Administration, when it comes to foreign policy they sure do have colorful fantasies. Mike Pompeo's wish list for Iran is as far fetched as a fairy-tale bu...
22 Touko 201840min
Why Does a Tour of the Horizon These Days Feel So Much Like We're Circling a Drain?
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize. So much for the celebration in Jerusalem. So much for teaching those Iranians a lesson. So much for witch hunts. So much for so much that our heads are spinning....
17 Touko 201850min
Donald Trump Doubles Down on Foreign Policy: What Could Go Wrong?
With boatloads of trouble at home and a Congress unlikely to actually do anything between now and the election, Donald Trump needs to come up with some way to distract from the Mueller investigation a...
15 Touko 201847min
True Dat: In the Post-Truth World of Trump the Best Liar Seems Like the Most Honest Man
The president lies. He lies all the time. He can't help but lie. That's why his lawyers consider any move by Robert Mueller to be a perjury trap for Trump. Because any question Mueller and his tea...
10 Touko 201841min
If Only We Can Guess the Name, Maybe We Can Break the Spell: Is it...Trumplestiltskin?
It's a mad whirl these days with more mad than whirl going on. This week alone offers everything from the Iran deal (the one new NRA president Ollie North did back in the day) to the Iran deal (the o...
7 Touko 201844min
