754 Central Europe; Norway’s Prosperity; Somali Pirates

Rick and his senior writer discuss why so much of what Americans have long called “Eastern Europe” is better termed “Central Europe,” especially with the Cold War now several decades behind us. Then a tour guide from Oslo explains how Norway cleverly uses its oil-industry revenues to maintain a flourishing society. And German-American journalist Michael Scott Moore tells us how he survived nearly three years as a hostage of pirates in Somalia.

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