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What’s it like to be held by Somali pirates for 977 days? Or to meet your Dad for the first time after he’s been held in a basement in Beirut for nearly 7 years? Are you more likely to be killed as a hostage if you’re American than if you’re French? And how does economic game theory help us answer the question: what is the price of your freedom?

 

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Power Corrupts is written and narrated by Brian Klaas. The executive producer and sound editor is George McDonagh.