July 16-20 1980 - A New Chapter. The summer of great movies was a cover to distract the country from the horrible economy. Amidst the cratering economy, the country was deciding between the moralizing and sweater-wearing world of Jimmy Carter, or the unlimited and mythical world of Ronald Reagan. Smalls cars against gas guzzlers. We know how that contest turned out.

Hijacking to Cuba, East German women on steroids, and scientists telling use all about global warming but we refused to listen.

July 12-18, 1925 - The Scopes Trial. In this special episode we are joined with Professor Edward Larson who wrote the definitive book on the famous trial, The Summer For the Gods, about the prosecution of John Scopes for the teaching of evolution. With Prof. Larson we discuss his Pulitzer-prize winning book, the shocking details of the trial, highlighting the two main characters, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, along with what this "Trial of the Century" means one hundred years later.

April 30-May 6, 1945. Europe. In this special episode we discuss the final week of World War 2 in Europe with best-selling author Lynne Olson. We focus on the incredible story of Ravensbruck, an all female concentration camp in Germany, which is at the center of her new book, The Sisterhood of Ravensbruck.

As we discuss in the podcast, WW2 is long over, but the war is not truly dead.