To the Point The Italy referendum and the populist march on Europe Hosted by Warren Olney Dec. 06, 2016 National Listen 51 min MORE Photo: Italian Prime Minister Mateo Renzi (Palazzo Chigi) From this Episode: Wasteful spending at the Pentagon (again) The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon buried an internal study documenting no less than $12 billion in wasteful spending. The Post says bureaucrats were trying to... 7 min Is populism a threat to democracy? In the aftermath of the Cold War, the consensus of Western politics was that more countries would evolve into liberal democracies and stay that way. The European Union was... 34 min Fake news, real guns and a top Trump advisor "Pizzagate" and a top aide to Donald Trump. 9 min Credits Host: Warren Olney Producers: Jenny Hamel, Paul von Zielbauer, Katie Cooper