This podcast episode covers various topics including the sentencing of a property tycoon to death in Vietnam for her role in a massive fraud case, the motivations behind the use of the death penalty in the trial, attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure, the resignation of South Korea's Prime Minister, the rise in safety concerns on the New York City subway system, the US's public declaration of support for Israel amidst the Gaza conflict and tensions with Iran, the challenges facing the Polish Parliament in liberalizing abortion laws, dropping the extradition request for Julian Assange, the death of Akebono, the first foreign-born sumo grand champion, as well as the excavation of a previously undiscovered villa in Pompeii that sheds light on the darker side of Roman life in a bakery where slaves were held captive.
