We may be the only podcast to continue the conversation about our responses to COVID, but that’s fine with me. It’s that important because we will be there again and yet we’ve barely touched the surface in doing a serious examination of our public policy responses. The COVID pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization …
The far right has been masterful at manipulating class anger to outmaneuver progressive goals and liberals often put ‘the smoking gun’ right in the hands of their political opponents. Can this tendency be reversed? Yes, but a lot of work needs to be done to change messengers, messaging and there needs to be a blunt …
Americans spend endless hours growing, tending, and cutting their lawns. In fact, 40 million acres of land in the United States is covered by turf grass, making it the most irrigated crop in the country. To what end? It has virtually no value to flora and fauna and there …
When Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 in the Dobbs. vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, it was the decision that anti-abortion activists had been waiting to see for over 50 years. While the decision did not ban abortions nationwide, it did throw the matter back to the states. …
States, one by one, began legalizing marijuana, back in 2012 with Colorado leading the way. It was sold to the public as a way to unclog the criminal justice system, bring tax revenue and strong regulation, which would ensure quality. In truth the record shows that illegal shops have grown in number even in states …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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: …
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” …