EP 875 Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?

EP 875 Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?

These are tricky waters to navigate, but two scholars, Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright, have co-authored a book called “Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?: Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas,” wade through it in their new book.  It’s based on interviews with 125 white interviewees …

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EP 874 Arctic Melting Creates Global Tensions

EP 874 Arctic Melting Creates Global Tensions

 High in the Arctic, myth is melting into reality: as temperatures rise, newly ice-free waters are turning the Northwest Passage from a fable into navigable waterways.  And while global superpowers, like America, Russia and China, see great economic benefit in finding a northern route that can act as a new superhighway for goods to equal …

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EP 873 Police Reform Efforts Stymied by the Justice Department

EP 873 Police Reform Efforts Stymied by the Justice Department

 Congress authorized the Justice Department to conduct civil investigations into constitutional abuses by police, such as excessive force or racially motivated policing back in 1994 as a response to the beating of Rodney King, a Black man, by white Los Angeles police officers.  And in the wake of the George Floyd killing at the hands …

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EP 872 Military Marriages Present Unique Challenges

EP 872 Military Marriages Present Unique Challenges

 Marriages are a 50/50 proposition in America as to whether they can survive all of the challenges couples go through.  For a Navy Seal, the divorce rate is closer to ninety percent.  Today, on the podcast, we talk to a remarkable SEAL couple, Jason and Erica Redman, who have written the book “Mission: Invincible Marriage: …

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EP 871 Love American Style is Changing

EP 871 Love American Style is Changing

  While the need for strong, loving partnerships may be more necessary than ever in this complicated moment, the truth is fewer young people are even dating as other generations have done in the past, let alone marrying in their 20’s or having families.  Our guest, Aleeza Ben Shalom, host of the series, “Jewish Matchmaking” …

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EP 870 Call Center Operators Face Growing Pressures

EP 870 Call Center Operators Face Growing Pressures

 Call centers are the hub of much activity these days as customers seek information or wish to buy things.  Their role has changed over the years and the sophistication of the technology they use, the demands on them to streamline and cost cut with AI, and the supervisor ‘surveillance’ which measures their minute- by- minute …

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EP 869 Is Anyone in Charge and Accountable Anymore?

EP 869 Is Anyone in Charge and Accountable Anymore?

 Isn’t it great when you deal with a company where the principal is the owner who will take full responsibility for the actions of the company’s employees?  How rare is that?  Well, according to our guest, it is getting rarer by the day as systems are built to insulate humans from ever having to claim …

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EP 868 Mark Twain Would Have a Lot to Say About This Moment in American History

EP 868 Mark Twain Would Have a Lot to Say About This Moment in American History

Mark Twain evolved over his adult life when it came to matters of race.  In perhaps the greatest American novel of all time, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, Twain demonstrates his keen sense that the Civil War did not end prejudice and bigotry in our society, though it did reshape its contours.  There is no …

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EP 866 How is Trump’s Border Policy Being Carried Out on the Ground?

EP 866 How is Trump’s Border Policy Being Carried Out on the Ground?

  In 2024, Latinos, a diverse population in America, gave Donald Trump more support than Republicans generally receive for their presidential candidate.  He was speaking quite openly of his plans to shut down the border and pursue illegal immigrants, first those involved in gangs and illegal activity, and then others who crossed into the United …

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