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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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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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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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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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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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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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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https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Be-Afraid-Win-Business/dp/1635766788   America seems to be hanging together by a thread these days.  In some ways the only normalcy seems to be between the lines when we see our professional sports teams come together to compete.  We get lost in it for a few hours and put aside all else in the world.  And yet …

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https://www.baypath.edu/ Donald Trump has a unique leadership style, to say the least.  In this episode, we explore his impact on the notion of what a leader should, or should not, be doing going forward. Thanks to the expertise of Dr. Joshua Weiss, Director of the MS program in leadership and negotiation at Bay Path University …

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https://www.amazon.com/Cemetery-Dead-David-Charles-Sloane/dp/022653944X While we have professionalized the rituals of dying, from our care in the final days of life to the processes of interment with funeral home directors, it is fair to say that a trend in our society is that Americans are taking back control of the process.  People seem to be craving a more …

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