Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with historian Laurence Shoup. Shoup’s new book, Wall Street’s Think Tank, is a study of the Council on Foreign Relations; Shoup describes the CFRas “the most influential private organization in the country,” and traces how it connects major U.S.corporations with government, academia, and media.


What is This GOP Race About? S.C. Debate Shows Trump’s Outsize Role Weeks Before Opening Contest; Donald Trump, the New George Wallace? Head of Segregationist’s 1968 Bid on GOP Front-Runner’s Racism; “He Has Summoned a Political Revolution”: The Nation Magazine Endorses Bernie Sanders for President; Flint Doctor Mona Hanna-Attisha on How She Fought Gov’t Denials … Continued


With John Bew, teacher of history and foreign policy at the War Studies Department at King’s College London and author of the book Realpolitik: A History.  Then, Lawrence Lessig, American academic, attorney, and political activist, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the book Republic Lost: The Corruption of Equality and the Steps to End It. We’ll … Continued