EP 491 The QAnon Storm Can No Longer Be Ignored

EP 491 The QAnon Storm Can No Longer Be Ignored

https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-Us-Conspiracy-Everything-ebook/dp/B08S6YQ1KF On January 6, 2021, the day our Capitol was invaded by insurrectionists, QAnon became the most violent manifestation of its most fervent fever dreams and joined with other right wing extremists of all stripes to declare that ‘the storm’ they have long talked about was here. Mike Rothschild a chronicler of the movement since …

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EP 490 Is Infrastructure Spending As Wise a Use of Federal Dollars as Suggested?

EP 490 Is Infrastructure Spending As Wise a Use of Federal Dollars as Suggested?

https://www.brookings.edu/experts/clifford-winston/ Democrats and Republicans agree on little else, but both seem to buy into the notion that heavy expenditures on capital projects related to infrastructure will reap great dividends for the near and long term.  Who can argue that new roads, bridges, water systems and broadband enhancement are not beneficial?  But are the use of …

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EP 489 Americans on the Move in the Wake of the Pandemic

EP 489 Americans on the Move in the Wake of the Pandemic

https://www.manhattan-institute.org/expert/steven-malanga There are short and long term trends as it relates to migration across America.  For years, the south and the southwest have been gaining population while the Midwest and Northeast have been stagnant or losing ground.  And even in places like New York City, some tragic event or spate of bad governance may drive …

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EP 488 Don’t Know Much About History.

EP 488 Don’t Know Much About History.

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/topics?f%5B0%5D=type%3A2363 It’s hard to consider the place we’re in as a country and not wonder if something is lacking in the way we teach civics and United States history.  ( I must have missed the chapter about trying to undo fair and free election results by storming the Capitol.) Waving the flag and spouting platitudes …

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EP 487 Cultural Agility Required in the 21st Century

EP 487 Cultural Agility Required in the 21st Century

https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Agility-Building-Successful-Professionals/dp/1118275071  In the Zoom era, businesses are investing millions into global collaboration technology.  Yet the slickness of Big Tech stands to mask-and perhaps exacerbate the real issue: doing business across borders has less to do with technology and everything to do with being culturally agile.  Instinctively we sense this.  How do you react when put …

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EP 486 American Men Having a Hard Time Making Friends

EP 486 American Men Having a Hard Time Making Friends

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/american-men-suffer-a-friendship-recession/ It’s not just as a result of the pandemic that men are having a difficult time engaging with other guys in a bond of friendship.  This trend has been going on for a while and is likely exacerbated by the fact that many friendships are formed in the workplace, which is now undergoing great …

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EP 485 Do You Have What It Takes to Build a Startup?

EP 485 Do You Have What It Takes to Build a Startup?

https://www.foundersspace.com/surviving-a-startup/ A great idea is one thing.  Operationalizing that idea is another.  Haven’t we all had the one big notion that we thought would be a million dollar opportunity?  As you’ll hear in this podcast, I shared mine with our guest.  Yet, like most of us, I never went the extra mile to try to …

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EP 484 Police Reform On the Horizon

EP 484 Police Reform On the Horizon

https://www.policingproject.org/team/ Defund the police?  Provide less immunity for their bad acts?  Create a national standard for their training and ways to de-escalate a situation?  Augment the term public safety to include social workers and mental health specialists?  Depending upon who you talk to, all of these matters are part of the concept of ‘police reform’.  …

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EP 483 Going Back Down on the Farm With Dan Glickman

EP 483 Going Back Down on the Farm With Dan Glickman

https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-3213-8.html Dan Glickman has had a very interesting life.  Following his years as a Congressman from Kansas, he became Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Agriculture and later the president of the Motion Picture industry, replacing the legendary Jack Valenti.  In his new book, “Laughing At Myself: My Education in Congress, On the Farm and the Movies’, …

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