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The folly of mass deportation
Plus, the race for nukes
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Martin Di Caro
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The Folly of Mass Deportation
President-elect Donald Trump, who has said illegal immigrants "poison the blood of our country," vows his administration will implement the largest…
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Martin Di Caro
44:45
To Love the Bomb
A new nuclear arms race is underway.
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Martin Di Caro
1:01:43
The consequences of President Carter
How shall we assess his presidency?
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The Consequences of President Carter
On Dec.
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43:02

December 2024

Looking back on 2024
Plus, I’ll see you on C-SPAN Saturday
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2024 Year in Review
Note: This episode was produced before the news of the passing of former president Jimmy Carter.
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Martin Di Caro
49:35
Back in the USSR
Plus, the Christmas Truce(s)
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Back in the USSR
The West celebrated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Martin Di Caro
53:45
The Christmas Truce
Something remarkable happened as British, French, and German soldiers shivered in their trenches on Christmas Eve along a 20-mile-long stretch of the…
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Martin Di Caro
55:46
From Archie Bunker to Donald Trump
Plus, Georgia on the post-Soviet periphery
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Martin Di Caro
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Religious Right and Left: From Archie Bunker to Donald Trump
Let's talk religion and politics as if we were on the set of All in the Family, the smash 1970s sitcom designed to expose the problems of racism…
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Martin Di Caro
50:57
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