EP 366 A Class Like No Other: The Women Entering Congress in 2019

EP 366 A Class Like No Other: The Women Entering Congress in 2019

https://www.jennifersteinhauer.com/ They came with their sleeves rolled up, ready to make some noise in numbers unimagined in the past. We’re talking about the new women members of Congress making up a group that author, Jennifer Steinhauer, calls ‘The Firsts’. This history-making class includes the youngest woman ever to serve; the first two Muslim women; the …

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EP 365 Are Federal and State Prosecutors Out of Control?

EP 365 Are Federal and State Prosecutors Out of Control?

https://www.amazon.com/Conviction-Machine-Standing-Federal-Prosecutorial/dp/1594038031 According to our guest, Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor and her co-author, attorney Harvey A. Silverglate, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. In their book ‘Conviction Machine’, they focus on the federal courts, but Ms. Powell makes it clear that there is abuse rampant on all levels as proprietorial overreach is rampant everywhere. …

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EP 364 How Did Coal Country Become America’s Opioid Epicenter?

EP 364 How Did Coal Country Become America’s Opioid Epicenter?

https://www.amazon.com/Death-Mud-Lick-Companies-Delivered/dp/1982105313 Just as New York City has been the epicenter of the coronavirus scourge, West Virginia and to be more precise, the little town of Kermit, in many ways, has been the epicenter of the opioid crisis. We can’t forget that this has been the primary public health concern in the United States prior to …

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EP 363 Can Baseball’s New School and Old School Co-Exist?

EP 363 Can Baseball’s New School and Old School Co-Exist?

https://www.amazon.com/State-Play-School-Guide-Baseball/dp/1635766591 Today’s Major League Baseball lives and dies by its ‘new school’ numbers.  Over the last few decades, newly established statistics and on-field measurable have become so influential that they have infiltrated front offices, baseball operations departments, player development and scouting and have significantly changed the game’s landscape.  These measures now rely less and less …

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Special Edition 10 Godfather of Vaccines Discusses Race to Protect Against Covid-19

Special Edition 10 Godfather of Vaccines Discusses Race to Protect Against Covid-19

Dr. Stanley Plotkin developed the rubella vaccine for what was commonly called the German measles at the Wistar Institute back in the 1960’s.  It helped to eradicate the disease in the United States and has become the R in what is known as the MMR vaccine.  He also worked on vaccines for anthrax, polio, rabies …

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EP 362 Why the Great CEO Exodus in America?

EP 362 Why the Great CEO Exodus in America?

https://jimguilkey.com/book/ At the end of 2019 and the early part of 2020, the record number of CEO’s of major companies in America leaving their posts clearly represented a trend. In fact, one business journal described it as a ‘great exodus’ of newsworthy proportions. Did they know something we didn’t know about what was ahead? Or …

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EP 361 Can America’s Electoral Process be Unrigged?

EP 361 Can America’s Electoral Process be Unrigged?

https://www.amazon.com/Unrigged-Americans-Battling-Back-Democracy/dp/1631495755 By any measure, politicians throughout our history have played fast and loose with the electoral process, trying to make it easier for some and harder for others to vote.  It took the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution to unrig practices put in place to deny the vote to African Americans.  Yet, …

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Special Edition #9 Is Nonviolent Protest Effective in Pursuing Political Ends?

Special Edition #9 Is Nonviolent Protest Effective in Pursuing Political Ends?

https://www.amazon.com/We-Resistance-Documenting-History-Nonviolent/dp/0872867560 In the recent period, we have seen people taking to the streets in large numbers to protest police brutality and racial injustice. As a nation born in rebellion against unjust authority, and having codified the right to same in our First Amendment, there is a long history of such protest. Some of it is …

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EP 360 The Divided States of America

EP 360 The Divided States of America

https://www.amazon.com/Divided-States-America-Federalism-Doesnt/dp/0691182272 Some might argue that James Madison was one of the most original thinkers among the founders. From his fertile mind came concepts like separation of powers, the encouragement of a marketplace of religious ideas and federalism. And while many focus on the contentious relationship of the executive and legislative branches of our government as …

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EP 359 Can We Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars?

EP 359 Can We Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars?

https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Label-Me-Incredible-Conversation/dp/1250157986 Get ready to hear something that strays from convention in so many ways. There’s a reason that Irshad Manji was the recipient of Oprah Winfrey’s first Chutzpah Award for boldness. She guides us in how to do the right thing in the face of fear and to retain our principles in the face of …

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