EP 776 The Klansman’s Son and His Journey Out of Hate PART 2
Part 2 of an amazing conversion Check out EP 775 Part 1 first
EP 775 The Klansman’s Son and His Journey Out of Hate
Born into a culture of hate and bigotry, R. Derek Black has defined a new path for himself as he describes in his compelling book, “The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Anti racism.” It has been a difficult journey as he has been estranged from family and those in his community of …
EP 774 The Mysteries of The White House Explored
The White House, as a place, conjures up much about our history as we envision the remarkable people and the momentous events that have comprised its remarkable story. We’ve watched Oval Office addresses, seen press briefings and events of State with major performers there. If you’re old enough to remember, then First Lady Jackie Kennedy …
EP 704 Heat is a Silent, Invisible Killer
Heat has a pretty ‘cool’ connotation–that song is hot, let’s getaway to a warm destination and that car is smokin’–but in the modern parlance of climate change– heat is anything but. In fact, it lies at the root of virtually all of the climate related calamities–wildfires, hurricanes and just suffocating heatwaves that may not show …
EP 773 From Inflation to the Private Equity Bubble: Where is the Economy Headed?
Many money matters are trending in our economy. Some, like softening, but stubborn, inflation still tops the list of what people sense about these economic times. And while recent price reductions at McDonald’s, Wal-Mart and grocery food chains, like Stop & Shop, suggest retailers are sensing that consumers have reached a tipping point and are …
EP 772 Is Liberalism a Way of Life?
Our guest, Alexandre Lefebvre, author of “Liberalism as a Way of Life”, poses a provocative question–where do our values and beliefs come from in a time when fewer of us claim to belong to a specific religion or follow it in any meaningful way? We might say from our parents, our friends, our experiences, or …
EP 771 Just Because We’re Not Talking About It Doesn’t Mean the Opioid Crisis Has Gone Away
The opioid crisis doesn’t get the headlines it once did, but in no way should that fact be interpreted as suggesting it’s gone away. By all accounts it remains stubbornly destructive and shocking in its impacts. We’ve moved it out of the doctor’s office and pharmacists hands into the laps of the cartels which have …
EP 770 How Can We Work to Live an Antiracist Life
Biases, prejudices and preconceptions are part of living. Sometimes it’s because of the way we were raised, the messages we receive through various sources and the politics of this moment, as the GOP’s presumptive presidential candidate refers to people coming across the border as ‘animals’. In the multi-racial and multi-ethnic society in which we live, …
EP 769 Climate Science and Denial Go Back a Long Way PART 2
EP 768 Climate Science and Denial Go Back a Long Way PART 1
Climate change(aka global warming)and warming denial– human-engineered and accelerating at a rapid clip–have been on display in America for at least 4 decades, dating back to when then Vice President Al Gore shared with us “An Inconvenient Truth.” Scientists were aware of what our industrial and consumer advances–electricity, gas guzzling cars and growing use of …