Ep. 241: Jared Diamond on His New Book "Upheaval' and How Countries Choose to Succeed or Fail

Summary: Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Dr. Diamond's new book is Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis. Diamond is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius award.  Dr. Diamond explains how societies and their leaders choose to succeed or fail and the perils of the Age of Trump,