The drugs that power Silicon Valley, and thoughts from Frank Biden
Michael talks to Kirsten Grind at the Wall Street Journal on her piece "Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley." Then, he gets reaction from Frank Biden, a recovering alco...
4 Aug 202320min
The Menendez Brothers, convicted of murdering their parents in 1989, could see freedom
Michael speaks to Mark Geragos, defense attorney for Erik & Lyle Menendez, convicted of killing their parents in 1989. The story is back in the news three-plus decades later because new evidence has c...
3 Aug 202316min
Meet Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Jack Ohman, now drawing for The Newsletter
Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Jack Ohman worked for The Sacramento Bee until he and two other cartoonists were fired by McClatchy, the paper's owner, when they announced they were ceasin...
2 Aug 202316min
A rare Civil War-era Lincoln letter sells for $85,000, and Michael touches it
Michael has the unique opportunity to see a previously unpublished letter sent by President Abraham Lincoln early in the Civil War when rare documents dealer Nathan Raab of the Raab Collection brings ...
1 Aug 202319min
The World's Most Frequent Flyer: Tom Stuker has flown over 23 million miles
Meet a world traveler - thousands of times over. Tom Stuker has flown over 23 million miles. Michael hears his amazing story here. Original air date 7 July 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...
31 Jul 202316min
On the plane to China with Joe and Hunter Biden in 2013
Mark Landler is London Bureau Chief for the New York Times, where he's worked for over three decades. In 2013, he served as the paper's White House Correspondent, and went on a trip to China with then...
28 Jul 202320min
Harvard's Dr. Avi Loeb on the need for the US Government to allow scientists to access data on extraterrestrial activity
Michael welcomes Dr. Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, and Director, Institute for Theory & Computation at Harvard University, to talk about the hearing on extraterrestrials in th...
27 Jul 202322min
Mark Halperin on the Politics of the Day
Political Analyst Mark Halperin joins to talk big ticket politics of the day, from Hunter Biden's looming charges to the likeliness of Trump showing up to the August debate. Original air date 26 July ...
26 Jul 202325min
