EP 135 Thou Shalt Innovate!

EP 135 Thou Shalt Innovate!

For a relatively young and small country–only 70 years old and less populated than North Carolina–with few natural resources, Israel is playing a disproportionate role in solving some of the world’s biggest challenges in tech, medicine, agriculture, water independence and other fields.  What explains this? Author Avi Jorisch says that while the Jewish concept of …

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EP 134 In Search of Israel

EP 134 In Search of Israel

This episode begins a two-part series on how modern Israel came to be, what it is today and how it is making innovation its calling card to friendly and hostile nations alike.  In this episode, author and scholar Michael Brenner helps us to understand Zionism in an historical context and current day challenges for the …

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EP 133 The Boys’ Crisis

EP 133 The Boys’ Crisis

Description: We know the movement ‘Black Lives Matter’, but after hearing Dr. Warren Farrell address the problem, you will wonder why there is no analog to that called ‘Boys Lives Matter’.  By virtually any measure, boys in America are in crisis. They are falling behind in schools, being yanked out of the workforce as automation …

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EP 132 BOYS ADRIFT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

EP 132 BOYS ADRIFT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

If there is a trend in America begging for attention it’s what we see happening to boys in our culture.  They’re failing in school, struggling to find identities and often unable to get jobs.  And more to the point, they are acting out in ways that are destructive.  We read in the news, on a …

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EP 131 IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? LOOKING AHEAD THE ANSWER IS LIKELY TO BE ‘NO’

EP 131 IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? LOOKING AHEAD THE ANSWER IS LIKELY TO BE ‘NO’

You might find it increasingly difficult to get in to see your doctor–or any physician, for that matter-in the near future.  The demand for doctors in the U.S. has outpaced supply, and the problem is only expected to get worse. According to new research from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. faces a …

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EP 130 DO YOU LIKE SURPRISES? WE’RE ON THE VERGE OF MAKING VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING PREDICTABLE

EP 130 DO YOU LIKE SURPRISES? WE’RE ON THE VERGE OF MAKING VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING PREDICTABLE

Description: Predictive analytics is about to take the fun out of not knowing the future, according to Rebecca Costa, a sociobiologist (yes we have her explain that science).  She explains that “we have more information–more empirical data–about the future than at any other time in human history. We know when a hurricane, tornado or tsunami …

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EP 129 Should Big Tech be Broken Up?

EP 129 Should Big Tech be Broken Up?

Description: Whether it’s concerns about Internet security or real world impacts on the brick and mortar economy, high tech companies are under attack.  And given their size and impact, The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse–Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon–are coming under scrutiny for various reasons. Some say they have grown too big and made various …

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EP 128 TOO MUCH NETFLIX: WHY YOUNG AMERICANS ARE HAVING LESS SEX

EP 128 TOO MUCH NETFLIX: WHY YOUNG AMERICANS ARE HAVING LESS SEX

Description: Fifty years after the sexual revolution, sex in America is in decline.  Americans are having less sex, the share of Americans who say they never once had sex in the past year is rising, and–perhaps most surprising–this revolution in sexual behavior is being led by the young.  And this trend pre-dates the #MeToo movement. …

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EP 127 CAN CAPITALISM GO ON WITHOUT CAPITAL?

EP 127 CAN CAPITALISM GO ON WITHOUT CAPITAL?

It’s doubtful that the subject of this episode is something you’ve given much thought to, but once the concept of ‘intangible assets’ is laid out it can make for a really important conversation about the future.  Simply put, how do you put a value on a ride company that owns no cars(Uber)or a hospitality service …

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EP 126 EVERYTHING YOU LOVE WILL BURN

EP 126 EVERYTHING YOU LOVE WILL BURN

Admittedly that would not make a great Hallmark card sentiment.  Then again coming from one of the leaders of the white nationalist movement upon learning of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, what might you expect?  Vegas Tenold, author of the book ‘Everything You Love Will Burn’ was embedded with groups like the KKK, the National …

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