It is finally Friday. There’s a slew o’ news, as usual, and I’ll run down a bunch of it.

We’ll also visit with Cody Cassidy, author of the new book, HOW TO SURVIVE HISTORY: HOW TO OUTRUN A TYRANNOSAURUS, ESCAPE POMPEII, GET OFF THE TITANIC, AND SURVIVE THE REST OF HISTORY’S DEADLIEST CATASTROPHES.

We’ll find out if he has the answer to the 64 million dollar question: How to survive the Trump years?

Daniel Ellsberg died today. I promised I’d share his last appearance on Democracy Now from May 1, below. And an interview with his son Robert Ellsberg that was just published today here.

And this bit of brilliance from our friend Lauren Mayer that started today’s show

Here’s today’s show, video version