Is Palestine Closer to Statehood?; Investigating "Big Oil"; James Comey on Crime, IRL and Fiction; Geography Lesson: What Makes a Continent a Continent?

Coming up on today’s show:

• Roger Cohen, Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times and author of An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics (Knopf, 2023), discusses Spain, Norway and Ireland's decision to recognize a Palestinian state as well as the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.
• Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US, shares her investigative series on "Big Oil," including debunking top oil firms' climate pledges and more on an alleged "deal" offer from Trump to big oil could save industry $110 billion in exchange for campaign donations.
• James Comey, former director of the FBI and author of non-fiction, including A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, and the crime novels Central Park West (2023) and his latest, Westport (Mysterious Press, 2024), talks about his new career as a crime novelist and offers his take on the Trump trial.
• Martin Lewis, senior lecturer emeritus in history at Stanford University, explains why determining what makes a continent a continent involves both physical and human geographical criteria, and why people around the world don't agree on how many there are.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.