May 5, 2024

Part One: Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal talks to us about the merger of Aetna and CVS. Dr. Rosenthal is the author of “An American Sickness.” She’s a long time NY Times senior writer, with an MD from Harvard. She describes US health care as “not so much a market as a protection racket.”

Part Two: North Korea – what are we doing?
We speak with Mary McCarthy, Associate Professor of Political Science at Drake, who specializes in the politics and international relations of Japan, China, and East Asia.