TONIGHT: The show begins with Peter Frankopan in a sweeping history of cities and empires adapting to or falling to unexpected natural events such as volcanos, El Nino, floods, storms, and especially drought. Then a conversattion with Robert Zubrin re t

Published: Nov. 25, 2023, 3:35 a.m.

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TONIGHT: The show begins with Peter Frankopan in a sweeping history of cities and empires\\xa0 adapting to or falling to unexpected natural events such as volcanos, El Nino, floods, storms, and especially drought.\\xa0 Then a conversattion with Robert Zubrin re the unexplored value nuclear energy to augment the wind and solar renewables -- along with the inexhaustible natural gas.\\xa0 And a conversation with David Davenport re the changing understandings of equality of opportunity in America.\\xa0 Much attention also to Richard Epstein's 2021 analysis of the filibuster in American political history.\\xa0 And a rich observation by Professor Dan Flores of the wildlife of North America that the European settlers damaged with excessive gunfire and habitat destruction.
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