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On the latest LGM podcast, Dave and I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Michael Strausz, long-term friend of the blog and Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University. Mike works on Japanese politics, and so the podcast focused mainly on the recent Japanese election, although we digressed into a variety of topics associated with the Japanese political scene, including national defense, housing, and immigration. Transcript is here. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music Photo Credit: By 首相官邸ホームページ, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=178708232 The post LGM Podcast: Japan’s Wave Election appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

On the latest LGM Podcast Erik, Scott, and myself sum up the state of the NFL in the days before Superbowl LX. We talk through the coaching changes that have ensued since Black Monday, ruminate on the failure of Bill Belichick to make the Hall of Fame on his first try, review the games of Championship Weekend, and project some expectations for the least likely Super Bowl in NFL history. Transcript is here. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music The post LGM Podcast: The Superb Seahawks? appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

In the latest exciting edition of the LGM podcast, Rob and I join special guest star Dave to discuss the NFL playoffs and Black Monday (including BREAKING NEWS on Black Monday +1). All predictions guaranteed to be true unless they prove to be false. Transcript is here. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music Photo Credit: By Mike Morbeck – Flickr: [1], CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22199032 The post LGM Podcast: NFL Playoff Predictions appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

Alex Wellerstein’s The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age challenges standard preconceptions of President Harry Truman’s role in using nuclear weapons. It goes on to trace Truman’s role in developing policy around nuclear weapons, including civilian control and sole authority. It’s an important book. Truman was faced with an utterly new situation that he knew little about. It’s easy for us to forget that there was a time when nuclear weapons didn’t exist. Alex gives a picture of when that changed. There are lessons for today. Rob Farley and I interviewed Alex last week. Alex talks about how he came to the subject and Roosevelt’s irresponsibility. Check it out. Rob apologizes for his substandard audio. Transcript is here. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music The post LGM Podcast: The Most Awful Responsibility appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.

On the latest LGM podcast Scott and I were fortunate enough to speak with Hannah Pittard, professor at the University of Kentucky and author of several novels, including If You Love It, Let It Kill You. Hannah was part of a a New York magazine profile that covered the dissolution of her marriage, also detailed in her autobiographical work We Are Too Many. Our conversation ranged from these works to life in Lexington to talking cats to the struggle of engaging with the modern student. Give it a listen, especially if you’re the sort of person who waits until the last last last last moment to finish off your Christmas list… Transcript is here. Apple Podcasts Android Youtube Podchaser Podcast Index Subscribe by E-mail Audible Spotify Amazon Music The post LGM Podcast: If You Love It, Let It Kill You appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.