Ray Dalio’s Predictions Are Coming True. The host for this show is Mihaela Stoops. The guest is Carl Ackerman. This is a discussion on Ray Dalio’s book ‘Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order’, specifically the last part, where he ‘predicts’ the future of US and the world. High inflation, increased interest rates, a […]
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (World of Books)
A Talk with Diane Pure on Cold War Spycraft. The host for this show is Mihaela Stoops. The guest is Diane Pure. We start our discussion with Ben Macintyre’s book, on a true espionage story during the Cold War, that truly averted an international conflagration. Oleg Gordievsky was the best asset that MI6 planted in […]
‘Zuleikha’ by Guzel Yakhina (World of Books)
A Story of Survival in the Siberian Gulag. The host for this show is Mihaela Stoops. The guest is Katya Newton. How can you tell someone that they will love this book, without spoiling it for them? Guzel Yakhina is a contemporary Russian author, whose books have received many literary awards. “Zuleikha” is the story […]
‘Bloodlands’ by Timothy Snyder (World of Books)
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. The host for this show is Mihaela Stoops. The guest is Hali Kaleolani McCloud. This book presents a new approach on the history of Ukraine, Poland and Belarus, as lands that were subjected to the atrocities of both Hitler’s and Stalin’s regimes. 80 years is not that long ago, yet […]