Host Jane Pauley David Martin looks back at the Kremlin's earlier quagmire in Afghanistan and how it relates to Ukraine while Christina Ruffini visits the studios of Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Plus Seth Doane talks to a Russian oligarch critical of sanctions Tracy Smith delves into the making of The Godfather David Pogue examines one of Hollywood's most innovative directors Buster Keaton Lee Cowan reports on the controversy of trans athletes in sports Kristine Johnson attends a museum exhibition curated by security guards David Edelstein offers his Oscars predictions and Faith Salie visits a sparkling exhibit of gems at [... more]

In this episode Matthew the Nuclear Calvinist and the Apostate Paul comment on a debate held on November between the three amigos of the YouTube channel Midnight Mormons and Radio Free Mormon The video has been posted to the Heart of the Matter the Midnight Mormons and the Mormon Discussion Inc podcast channels and to date has racked up K views The pre-debate drama was amped up perhaps purposefully to draw an audience and the fireworks continued during the debate It was not a formal debate and the participants went off-format for much of the evening leaving Matthew and I [... more]

Matthew the Knucklier Calvinist and Paul Bunyan go behind enemy lines on the Radio Free Mormon podcast to chat about an article he wrote on born again experiences in the Book of Mormon [... more]