EP 729 Protections for Endangered Species As Critical Today as It was Fifty Years Ago

EP 729 Protections for Endangered Species As Critical Today as It was Fifty Years Ago

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is recognized globally as the most important wildlife conservation law ever passed.  Having turned 50 in 2023, there is no requirement to update it, but given changes in approaches to managing the law and new and growing threats to biodiversity, it is a good time to reconsider what this …

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EP 728 Can the Future of EV’s Hang on the Ability to Calm Range Anxiety?

EP 728 Can the Future of EV’s Hang on the Ability to Calm Range Anxiety?

The sale of electric vehicles(EV’s) has slowed owing to the high cost of the current crop and the fears of some that they will be on a road trip and unable to ‘fill up’ with electricity to continue on their journey.  Clearly, the industry is continuing to work on better battery life, longer ranges and …

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EP 727 Shrinkflation and Other Supermarket Trends From the Supermarket Guru

EP 727 Shrinkflation and Other Supermarket Trends From the Supermarket Guru

Phil Lempert, aka The Supermarket Guru, knows his way around a supermarket and has been imparting great advice to consumers on trends in these important confines for more than 25 years as an astute analyst of consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape. Perhaps you’ve seen him on NBC’s ‘Today Show’ …

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EP 726 Workers Struggle Without Safety Nets in the Gig Economy

EP 726 Workers Struggle Without Safety Nets in the Gig Economy

It’s hard to look back at the period when Covid-19 was ravaging the health and well-being of the American public, let alone people through the world, and say that we miss some of its silver linings.  Yet government stepped up with added monetary benefits, extended unemployment assistance, a child care tax credit and delays in …

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Ep 725 The Role of Survivors in Moving Past, While Learning From Catastrophes

Ep 725 The Role of Survivors in Moving Past, While Learning From Catastrophes

Ninety seven year old, Robert Jay Lifton, a chronicler of the pain, suffering and anguish of of the catastrophes of the 20th and 21st centuries–Nazi horrors, Hiroshima devastation, and the recent pandemic from Covid-19–as a ‘witnessing writer’ with a perception born of years of study as a pioneer in the field of psycho history, continues …

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EP 724 Artificial Intelligence is a Thing of the Present: What Can We Expect Going Forward?

EP 724 Artificial Intelligence is a Thing of the Present: What Can We Expect Going Forward?

  Artificial intelligence(AI) took on a decidely greater importance with the commercial application of ChatGPT about a year ago.  And though this is not the Stone Age of AI, its development is in its early stages and we’re all wondering what form and impact it will have on our work lives and human interactions altogether.  …

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EP 723 Is the End of the Road For Democracy Just Up Ahead in the USA?

EP 723 Is the End of the Road For Democracy Just Up Ahead in the USA?

According to one of the great practitioners of the art of political persuasion and campaign direction, it just may be. And our greatest danger may be our inability or willingness to recognize what’s happening, before it’s too late. Donald Trump has made clear his intent to take the powers of the presidency to a whole …

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EP 722 The AR-15 and Its Devastating History

EP 722 The AR-15 and Its Devastating History

America, it is said, was a country born with a rifle in its hand, but none so devastating as the recent history of the AR-15.  Call it a semi-automatic that can be converted into an automatic or select-fire weapon it was built to try to bring death and destruction to the forces of Communism.  Today …

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EP 720 Some Rebels May Have a Cause But Don’t Have What It Takes to Make the Change

EP 720 Some Rebels May Have a Cause But Don’t Have What It Takes to Make the Change

There are visionary leaders who want to create transformational change, but they may not have the skill set, strategy or fortune of good timing to affect the result they are looking for.  It takes a number of factors, in combination, to take a vision and see it through to completion.  We have seen lots of …

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