Monte Reel ("Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm") joins the show. We discuss the exciting story of an unsuspecting explorer stumbling into a fiery debate.

Paul Gallender ("Sonny Liston - The Real Story Behind the Ali-Liston Fights") joins the show. We discuss the often marginalized but exceptional boxing career of Sonny Liston.

Richard Miles ("Carthage Must Be Destroyed") joins the show. We discuss the rise and fall of an ancient civilization.

Kirsten Grind (Wall Street Journal, "The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History") joins the show. We discuss how the 2008 financial crisis impacted the beloved company Washington Mutual.

Chad Hartigan joins the show. We discuss his new film THIS IS MARTIN BONNER.

Bruce Scivally ("Billion Dollar Batman") joins the show. We discuss the long history of the Caped Crusader from Bob Kane to Adam West to Christopher Nolan.

William Hogeland ("Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation") joins the show. We discuss the economic clashes that forged a country, and the impact it still carries today.

Medea Benjamin ("Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control", co-founder of Code Pink) joins the show. We discuss the history of drones and their present-day controversy of being used around the globe.

Richard Lloyd Parry ("People Who Eat Darkness", The Times) joins the show. We discuss the Lucie Blackman missing persons case in Tokyo that featured some surprising turns. Richard initially covered the story as it happened in 2000 and continued to unfold for years after.

Amy Greenberg (Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Penn State University and author of "A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico") joins the show. We discuss the surprise Election of 1844 which lead to the controversial Mexican-American War. A conflict that changed America forever.