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824 Pre-Columbian Mexico City; Unearthing Pompeii; Shortest History of France

Get tips for experiencing what remains of Aztec culture in modern-day Mexico City. Then hear about what recent excavations in Pompeii are revealing about first-century life in the Roman Empire. And join a historian in considering how the cultures of France's many neighboring coun ...  Show more

823 The View from Europe; Stonecutter’s Tour of Europe

Rick engages a panel of European tour-guide friends to find out how they're responding to recent changes in the political relationship between their countries and the US, and to discuss the home-grown populist pressures that have been gaining followers in Europe. Plus sculptor Ri ...  Show more

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