EP 323 The Council for National Policy May Be the Most Powerful Network You’ve Never Heard Of

EP 323 The Council for National Policy May Be the Most Powerful Network You’ve Never Heard Of

https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Network-Media-Secret-Radical-ebook/dp/B07QLN5117 You’re driving in America’s heartland and you’re listening to the radio.  You may hear Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannitty and other more popular conservative talk show hosts, but you’re just as likely to hear hosts from Salem Media, Bott Radio Network or American Family Radio.  Sure, everyone knows the impact that Fox News has had …

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EP 322 Reparations for Slavery: An Idea That’s Too Late or Whose Time Has Come?

EP 322 Reparations for Slavery: An Idea That’s Too Late or Whose Time Has Come?

https://manishasinha.com/ Reconstruction interruptus.  It is of the great untold stories in America history.  Lincoln was shot and what died along with him was the hope and promise that America could make things right for so many who had contributed to the economy of the nation, but could not partake in its rewards.  Through a long …

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EP 321 Alexa is Stealing Your Job

EP 321 Alexa is Stealing Your Job

https://alexaisstealingyourjob.com/ The other day I called a company and was told by the attendant, powered by artificial intelligence(AI), that she could understand full sentences and many commands and prompts previously decipherable only by another human being.  Thanks for the warning!  Artificial intelligence is ramping up quickly.  In fact, sixty nine percent of senior executives expect …

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EP 320 Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

EP 320 Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

https://www.amazon.com/Secondhand-Travels-Global-Garage-Sale/dp/1635570107/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=78408974348140&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvqmt=p&keywords=adam+minter&qid=1582653384&sr=8-1   One man’s junk is another mean’s treasure.  How that item gets from the person who doesn’t want it anymore to the person who needs it is a global phenomenon.  No one can tell the tale and explain this multi-billion dollar business better than Adam Minter, author of ‘Secondhand’ and his previous book, ‘Junkyard …

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EP 319 Income Inequality is Real, But What’s the Real Cause?

EP 319 Income Inequality is Real, But What’s the Real Cause?

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/267938/roots-income-inequality.aspx Our guest, Jonathan Rothwell, is the principal economist at Gallup, so he’s crunched all the numbers and is prepared on this podcast to debunk a lot of the conventional thinking about the real causes of income inequality in America. And the reasons may not sound like the usual suspects trotted out by political leaders …

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EP 318 Why Are Americans Losing Faith?

EP 318 Why Are Americans Losing Faith?

https://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/christopher-vondracek/   The numbers are eye-popping.  In the last 10 years, the number of Americans who identify as Christian has fallen 13 percent, while those who are not affiliated with any religion grew by 30 million, according to data from the Pew Research Center.  And if you’re skeptical of Pew’s numbers, just look at those …

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EP 317 Airbnb: The Sharing Economy’s Star Performer

EP 317 Airbnb: The Sharing Economy’s Star Performer

https://www.airbnbway.com/   Hotel home has become synonymous with the brand, Airbnb, as it fashions new ways to connect travelers with experiences that are more than a room that looks just like the next.  The company’s success in a decade’s time has been remarkable and disruptive in the hospitality game. Longstanding brands like Marriott, Hilton and …

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EP 316 Should Compulsory Schooling Be Abolished?

EP 316 Should Compulsory Schooling Be Abolished?

https://www.amazon.com/Student-Resistance-Handbook-Cevin-Soling-ebook/dp/B00Q3QCI14   Did you feel imprisoned as a student in K-12?  Was the experience one that caused you harm and that you would like to see your child avoid?  Cevin Soling, the l’enfant terrible of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who writes and directs films about this topic, has a very dark vision of …

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EP 315 The Ambassadors: America’s Diplomats on the Front Lines

EP 315 The Ambassadors: America’s Diplomats on the Front Lines

https://www.amazon.com/Ambassadors-Americas-Diplomats-Front-Lines-ebook/dp/B07P5GH8QD The perception of the diplomatic corps for many is a well connected person who takes on a plush assignment overseas with all the trappings of privilege.  Yet throughout the impeachment hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives, the public was introduced to career diplomats whose love of country, precision in the use of language, …

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EP 314 Can Medical Ethics Keep Up With Medical Advances?

EP 314 Can Medical Ethics Keep Up With Medical Advances?

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Says-Youre-Dead-Concerned/dp/1616209224   Medicine’s advances are happening so quickly can the ethics and laws surrounding these changes keep up?  In the new book, ‘Who Says You’re Dead'(yes there are different definitions for that, too), Dr. Jacob Appel, an attending psychiatrist ay Mount Sinai and celebrated bioethicist, serves up provocative scenarios which demonstrate how complicated this all …

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