Is There Something You Want to Get Off Your Chest

In this episode: Kent discusses the Ukraine conflict in the context of the region’s history, how Putin’s upbringing shaped his psyche and ambitions, and ways the standoff could unfold. He invokes profound observations about war by statesmen past and recalls how a TV host once comically summed up the problem with world affairs. Kent rounds the show out with the story of a guy who came to regret his tattoo, a man caught cheating in a fishing contest, and the reflections on the excitement of March Madness.