Do you think very often, if at all, how it is that when you turn on a light switch in your home, instantly there is light. Given that there are so many factors upstream from your home–generating the power, transmitting it, distributing it and, finally, consuming it, the whole thing is pretty miraculous. And we’ve …
Have you ever started working on a puzzle and realized you had the whole picture wrong and needed to start over again? Well, our guest thinks that we’ve been so focused on ‘managing tons’ of emissions, with regulatory and accounting nightmares like offsets, that we’ve lost sight of the goal of developing a new economic …
There was a time when our guest was a diversity skeptic. He actually believed that Justice Clarence Thomas’s thinking on the matter had some validity. Then he began to explore the history of the concept and became a true admirer of the benefits that diversity brings to academic settings, the workplace, science laboratories and all …
Here’s a podcast subject I bet you’ve never thought about. It did briefly occur to me as I continue to get birthday reminders from Facebook about friends I know who have died. What happens to your digital life when you pass away? Unlike previous technologies to preserve the dead–cemeteries, archives, photo albums, home movies–the internet …
Step out your front door and feast on images of the natural world that when studied provide us with such great joy and wonder that our spirits rise and all of our self-doubts and social anxiety melt away. Yet, since the pandemic when we became inert and homebound and relied on our small screens for …
Social Security has been in the news lately because DOGE had a particular interest in finding waste, fraud and abuse in a system in which .05 percent of all funds are used to administer the program. It appears they found none, despite initial reports that 150- year -olds were still on the rolls. The …
If you go back and look at the history of how Blacks in America have been limited in their pursuit of the American Dream by way of home ownership, the record is staggering. Historically there have been racial covenants, redlining, predatory mortgage lending, blockbusting, urban renewal and now we can add a new pernicious tool: …
I must admit that while I took a deep dive into Michael Shermer’s new book, “Truth: What It Is, How to Find It & Why It Still Matters,” I was not certain in what direction I would take the interview. It raised so many questions about this moment when many believe that you can’t …
You may have heard that there is a new food pyramid in town. In January of this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an updated version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The 10-page document is a major change from the one published five years …
In 2025, more Americans have taken to the streets to protest various issues that concern them about our nation’s politics than in the recent past. As a country that came about from rebellion against tyranny, it is an American birthright. Various forms of protest have given energy to civil rights, improved labor conditions, a cleaner …