PODCAST #158

Participants: John Steppling, Roger Johnson, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: The history of Israel’s nuclear weapons program, Seymour Hersh’s “The Samson Option” (1991), death of the Pope and the conclave, Italy marks the annual date of the end of fascism—April 25th, Schwab dethroned at the WEF, Ibrahim Traoré, Jon Hamm: from “Mad Men” to “Your Friends and Neighbors”—same show, different decades? Music track: “How Long Blues” by Leroy Carr (public domain).