Episode summary: Ireland, Ale & the Colonising British with Christina Wade

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Episode summary: Canice Prendergast on How Prices Can Improve a Food Fight (and Help the Poor) - Econlib

Episode summary: In a tour de force solo performance, Natalie takes on Virgil’s great poem in 28 minutes.. and wins.In 12 books of Latin verse we follow the hero, the Trojan Prince Aeneas, as he leads the survivors of Troy to found a new city in Italy. Along the way he battles vengeful Juno, tells o...

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Episode summary: Why the Irish see Russia in America, and other insights from three decades behind the lens

Episode summary: A billionaire family’s private bridge empire shaped Detroit for decades, sparking battles over power, neighborhoods, and the future of an international crossing.

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Episode summary: Episode 5: All Costs

Episode summary: The overlooked Olympian who was the resolutely unmarried goddess of the hearth and home. In fact, Zeus awarded her a glorious gift for remaining unmarried, a tradition Natalie very much feels should be continued. In Hestia’s Roman form of Vesta her Vestal Virgins guarded the sacred...

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Episode summary: NPR’s Robert Smith says when he’s writing and gets to the end of a story he has empty pockets. He’s used all the good stuff and left nothing for the end. To combat that problem, Robert studied endings from some of his favorite reporters and put together a list of categories that bro...

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Episode summary: Send us a text Corruption persists not because people like it, but because it becomes embedded in the incentive structure of the state, creating feedback loops that reinforce themselves and resist reform. • A prebend is a type of benefice historically given to clergymen, now a usefu...

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Episode summary: Why the most rejected generation is also the most productive—and what that means for America’s future.

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