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Bathtub of Damocles

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We start this week easy as one of our hosts reports from wonderfully peculiar city of New Orleans. Then Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) joins to discuss the coming cyberwars and he and James exchange words about football. Then Zachary Karabell joins to talk about his newest book: Inside Money: Brown Brother’s Harriman and the American Way of Power, a history of the legendary private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, exploring its central role in the story of American wealth and its rise to global power. And the guys contemplate what's changed with the latest ceasefire in Israel.

Update: this week's Lileks Post of The Week is Brooding Over Cicadas? Just Eat Them. The UN Says So by @KellyDJohnston.

Music from this week's episode: Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guests:
Mike GallagherZachary Karabell

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