Post vacation show: look at August travels combined with news of period - most prediminanty the passing of the towering figure of Mikhail Gorbachev, preliminary Dubai denunciation along with DIY phone-based bookings (works great so long as there are no complications)

Fun in Africa part one, along with more gripes about Big Techs alliance with travel corporations to eliminate humans from the process, balanced with raves about touring South Africa, Victoria Falls, and the spectacular wildlife of Botawana, viva travel

Vacation show 4: reprise interview with Sam Kean on his sciene book "The Violinists Thumb", one of our four chats with Sams, in this case about the genetic code

Speaking of four chats: reprise of our talk with Mary Roach in this case her book on the alimantary canal titles "Gulp"

Vacation show 3: reprise interview with author Darren W. Miller about his book and website Web of Conspiracy , key take away to this discussion was that not all of it is nonsense, many conspiracies are real things

the odd story of the telephone patent, reprise interview with Seth Shulman about his book The Telephone Gambit

Vacation program 2 - new interview with James DiEugenio on JFK Through th Looking Glass book to accompany the Oliver Stone produced documantary (Jim wrote the screenplay) and a look back at Watergate

More from James DiEugenio on the real story of Watergate, which is much more tied to intelligence agencies and operatives than portrayed by Woodward and Bernstein

Vacation program 1: reprise of our 2008 discussion on arms deaer Viktor Boot with LA Times reporter Steven Braun from 2008

Fun 2010 interview with Jay Rankin on his six year career as a Laz Vegas doorman