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May 8, 2025

Season 2025 Episode 7224 | 55m 47s

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta joins the show. History professor Christopher Bellitto on the selection of the new pope. Margaret MacMillan, a historian at Oxford University, offers penetrating insight into how war shapes our world. Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks to Michel Martin shortly after visiting Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk in an ICE detention center in Louisiana.

Aired: 05/07/25
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Appraisal: Patek Philippe Officer's Watch, ca. 1919
Appraisal: 1923 Enst Heinrich Roth Violin
Appraisal: Al Stohlman Tooled Leatherwork Picture
Appraisal: 1994 Charles Schulz-signed "Peanuts" Comic Strip
Appraisal: 1877 Ralph Albert Blakelock Landscape Oil
Appraisal: 1953 Rita Hayworth Still Life Oil Painting
Appraisal: French Three Graces Clock, ca. 1890
Appraisal: 1590 Theodor de Bry Map of Virginia
Appraisal: 1875 General Custer-inscribed Book
Appraisal: Kenner Star Wars Action Figure Collection, ca. 1980
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