EP 97 THE ALICE PROJECT: Living paycheck to paycheck in America
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EP 96 WHY IS SOCIALISM SO APPEALING TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA…AND IS FACEBOOK EXPLOITING A VULNERABILITY IN OUR BRAINS?
Dr. John Huber, Chairman of Mainstream Mental Health, joins us again for a freewheeling conversation focused on millennial’s but important to all about their beliefs and influences and the impact they are having on our society. We touch on their penchant for socialism, Bernie Sanders style, and the recent admission by Sean Parker, a co-founder …
EP 95 KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL
Mama told us just the opposite, but this is a new day and the autonomous automobile is, figuratively speaking, just around the corner. The impact that driver less cars, buses and trucks will have on the jobs of so many involved in the movement of people and goods is of concern to the federal government. …
EP 93 DO YOU NEED A LICENSE FOR THAT THING YOU DO?
We hear a lot about the federal government and over regulation. And yet some of the most burdensome regulations are mandated by states as they determine which occupations require how many hours of training leading to license. And each state’s requirements as to which fields require how much training are different. Worse still is that …
EP 92 HAVE YOU CAUGHT THE LAZINESS EPIDEMIC?
It’s going around. And it seems to have caught up with people of all ages. And in Britain, where the population shares medical expenses, there is grave concern about its impact on society as the amount of time exercising plummets and the pounds abound. Naveed Sattar, a professor of metabolic medicine, at the University …
EP 91 INNOVATE OR DIE IS THE MESSAGE
It’s a painful reality but we have seen corporate behemoths taken down by upstarts because they failed to focus on the changes in society and stuck to their outdated processes, often because they had so much invested in them. (Read: Kodak Is it enough to be nimble and quick? No. Is it enough to have the …
EP 90 WILL AMERICA EVER DECLARE WAR AGAIN AND A GULF OF TONKIN ‘INCIDENT’ REDUX
If you want to go back to when America started hot wars in a manner at odds with the Constitution a good place to start might be Vietnam, though some would go back to Korea. This podcast frames the issue of war powers by way of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, as Americans went off …
EP 89 WHY DO WE ALL ENVSION SIRI, THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT, A FEMALE?
From racially insensitive photo filters to ride hailing apps that quietly track user movements, the digital tools and products that define our lives today often include cultural biases. According to Sara Wachter-Boettcher many of these design failures can be traced to the cultural uniformity of the companies behind our modern digital landscape. How easy is …
EP 88 ARE THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS THE FIRST SILICON VALLEY WONDER TEAM?
The NBA champion Golden State Warriors are considered a dynasty in the making as well as a well-run business, successful in ways far beyond Steph Curry’s three pointers and Draymond Green’s suffocating defense. With Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Joe Lacob, at the helm, they recognize that they are ‘a sports, media and technology entity’. They …
EP 87 IS THERE A DESPOT’S APPRENTICE IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
Dictatorships flourish in place where truth is subjective and where the institutions meant to put a check on power, like the press and the courts, are demeaned and undermined. It’s beginning to sound eerily familiar to a place we all care about. Dr. Brian Klaas delves into the worsening state of democracies around the world …