Matthew Bogdanos

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68 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 21 Aug

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Freakonomics Radio · Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (Update) · 21 Aug 2026 podcast

I mean, are you kidding me?

So we never lose sight of the fact that at the other end of our entire process, the prosecution, recovery, and repatriation, there's a community.

outcomes.

Let's see.

I've been in three wars, I've had six combat tours.

I'm a career homicide prosecutor.

No one has ever actually called me naive before.

You're welcome.

I've seen mass graves in Kosovo and Iraq.

So no, I'm not naive.

I recognize the world.

And that's where I get to say to you, we're not the Acme Judgment Company.

We don't get to pick and choose.

We have a burglary in the Upper East Side.

This person has 19 televisions and 18 of them are stolen.

When we catch the guy, do we get to say, you have 19?

Don't need them back.

We're gonna keep them or we're gonna give them to other people.

That's not how that works, all right?

And if our victim is a country whose political regime we don't particularly care for, tough.

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