Adrian Angus, Boris Milman and friends discuss Politics, Law, History, Current Events and Culture as only they can. Often spirited, but always good natured, they share their unconventional wisdom with each other and their listeners.
(Recorded May 12, 2022) This Week: It's our last episode. :( (1) the present; (2) the past; and (3) the future.
(Recorded December 03, 2016) This Week: Adrian's away, but we have a book club discussion with the author of Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
(Recorded June 07, 2015) This week: a discussion of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick. Image Credits: Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Theme music by ProleteR.
(Recorded March 31, 2022) This Week: (1) Ukraine; and (2) the news round-up.
AM in the AM · #398. Woke Mo? (Recorded March 24, 2022) This Week: (1) KBJ Confirmation Hearings; and (2) the news round-up. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings GOP shoots down Supreme Court boycott | TheHill Cory Booker gets emotional at […]
(Recorded March 17, 2022) This Week: (1) the war in Ukraine; and (2) the news round-up.
AM in the AM · #396: Top Gun’s a Great Movie! (Recorded March 11, 2022) This Week: (1) Ukraine; and (2) the news round-up. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. Ukraine House Approves $13.6 Billion in Emergency Aid for Ukraine – The New York Times Republicans, Once […]
(Recorded July 29, 2017) This Week: A discussion of Bill Browder's Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, And One Man's fight for Justice.
(Recorded February 24, 2022) This Week: (1) American response to Ukraine; (2) the Trump investigations; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded 2015) This Week, Adrian and Boris talk founding fathers: John Adams & John Marshall. It's a lawyerly geekfest, with Boris and Adrian vehemently disagreeing over Adams while mooning over his appointment to the highest court in the land, the venerable Chief Justice Marshall.
(Recorded February 10, 2022) This Week: (1) "legitimate political discourse;" and (2) the news round-up.
(Recorded February 3, 2022) This Week: (1) Jan 6 Commission Continues; and (2) the news round-up.
(Recorded January 27, 2022) This Week: (1) Breyer retires; (2) Biden's 1st year in review; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded January 20, 2022) This Week: (1) voting rights; (2) January 6th; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded January 13, 2022) This Week: (1) voting rights and the filibuster; and (2) the news round-up.
AM in the AM · #389. Defeated Former President (Recorded January 6, 2022) This Week: (1) January 6th; (2) Goodbye Harry Reid; and (3) the news round-up. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. January 6th Stephanie Grisham: Ex-White House press secretary to meet with 1/6 committee – […]
(Recorded December 23, 2021) This week, AM in the AM's Seventh Annual Things of the Year Holiday Spectacular. We look back at 2020′s: (1) Story of the year; (2) Worst moment of Trump; (3) Politician of the Year (US); (4) Person of the Year (American); (5) Non-American of the Year; (6) Worst Person of the Year (not Trump); (7) Sportsperson of the Year; (8) Scandal of the year; (9) Outrage of the year; (10) Swamp Creature of the Year; and (11) Schadenfreude of the Year.
(Recorded December 16, 2021) This Week: (1) the January 6th Committee; (2) voting rights; and (3) the news round-up.
AM in the AM · #386. Trumpist Charlatans (Recorded December 9, 2021) This Week: (1) abortion; (2) the January 6th Committee; and (3) the news round-up. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. Abortion Majority of court appears poised to roll back abortion rights – SCOTUSblog What Happened […]
(Recorded April 9, 2020) This Week: The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis.
(Recorded November 26, 2021) This Week: (1) Charlottesville Civil Suit; and (2) the news round-up.
(Recorded November 18, 2021) This Week: (1) infrastructure/reconciliation ; and (2) the news round-up.
(Recorded June 07, 2015) This week: a discussion of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick.
(Recorded November 4, 2021) This Week: (1) election results; and (2) reconciliation.
#382. (Recorded July 23, 2020) Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
AM in the AM · #381. Stupidity Run Amok (Recorded October 21, 2021) This Week: (1) Colin Powell; (2) reconciliation; and (3) the news round-up. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. Colin Powell Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84 – The New York […]
(1) the Dems are NOT in Disarray; (2) Jan 6 Committee Heats Up; (3) House Budget Chair Retirement; (4) Wind Farms; (5) Goodbye Iowa Dem Caucus; (6) Gov Races; and (7) Trumpworld Ivanka.
(Recorded October 7, 2021) This Week: (1) reconciliation; (2) the news round-up; and (3) SCOTUS round-up.
(Recorded September 30, 2021) This Week: (1) reconciliation; (2) debt limit; and (3) news round-up.
(Recorded September 23, 2021) This Week: (1) Congress; (2) immigration; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded Spring 2015) This Week, Adrian and Boris finish our series on George W. Bush with a conversation about his legacy.
AM in the AM · #376. 9/11 Plus Twenty Years (Recorded September 9, 2021) This Week: (1) infrastructure; (2) a look back at 9/11; and (3) the news roundup. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. Infrastructure https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1435737334927044612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1435737334927044612%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fhouse%2F571452-clyburn-you-may-not-need-35-trillion-to-do-what-the-president-wants-done https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1435749436785836035 Manchin lays out long list of demands as key […]
(Recorded September 2, 2021) This Week: (1) Afghanistan; (2) Roe v Wade; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded August 26, 2021) This Week: (1) Afghanistan; (2) infrastructure; and (3) news round-up.
(Recorded August 19, 2021) This Week: (1) Afghanistan; and (2) the news round-up.
(Recorded August 12, 2021) This Week: (1) Cuomo Resignation; (2) Desantis and Abbot/ FL and TX Covid; and (3) Infrastructure and 2.5 Trillion.
(Recorded August 5, 2021) This Week: (1) Cuomo; (2) COVID; and (3) news round-up.
(Recorded July 29, 2021) This Week: (1) infrastructure; (2) reconciliation; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded July 22, 2021) This Week: (1) the Delta wave; (2) Infrastructure; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded July 15, 2021) This Week: (1) the January 6th delusion; (2) voting wars; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded July 8, 2021) This Week: (1) Trump Org indictment; (2) SCOTUS wrap up; and (3) news round-up.
(Recorded 2015) This Week, Adrian and Boris talk founding fathers: John Adams & John Marshall. It's a lawyerly geekfest, with Boris and Adrian vehemently disagreeing over Adams while mooning over his appointment to the highest court in the land, the venerable Chief Justice Marshall.
(Recorded June 26, 2021) This Week: (1) infrastructure Week; and (2) the new round-up.
(Recorded June 17, 2021) This Week: (1) Biden abroad; (2) the New York mayor's race; and (3) the news round-up.
(Episode Excerpts: 10.3, 22.3, 22.5, and 28.2) This week we've bundled a collection of World War II segments into a single show: (1) on the anniversary of Hitler's suicide, Boris and Adrian talk about the mythology of WWII; (2) we discuss the decision to drop the bomb; (3) plus some after-show chatter (I was out […]
(Recorded June 3, 2021) This Week: (1) the January 6th Commission; (2) voting in Texas; and (3) news round-up.
(Recorded May 27, 2021) This Week: (1) the January 6th commission; (2) infrastructure week; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded May 20, 2021) This Week: (1) Roe v Wade; (2) the Jan 6 commission; and (3) the news roundup.
(Recorded May 13, 2021) This Week: (1) the martyrdom of Liz Cheney; (2) the crisis in Israel; and (3) the news round-up.
(Recorded May 6, 2021) This Week: (1) Liz Cheney; and (2) News Round-up.
AM in the AM · #359. Rudy Raided! (Recorded April 29, 2021) This Week: (1) Rudy Giuliani; (2) Biden’s big government speech; and (3) the news round-up. This Week’s Links: Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting. Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani's Apartment Searched in Federal Investigation – The New York Times […]