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One of the most important things about living in a democracy is the ability to vote. Yet, according to author and syndicated radio host Thom Hartma...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2020
- Length: 29:00
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If you look at the number of hours Americans spend on gathering political information, it appears they are spending more time involved in politics....
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- Added: Feb 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
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It’s well understood that our environment affects our behavior. Realistically, though, it works both ways. Our behavior profoundly impacts our envi...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 29:01
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A book about the French Revolution. OK, you may be thinking, there’s nothing new to learn, however, not only has new revelations come to light in t...
- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 29:01
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America is facing challenging times. This much chaos and confusion has not been witnessed since the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and ‘70s. As...
- Added: Jan 07, 2020
- Length: 29:00
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There are more incentives to spread fake information than not. Money can play a big factor, but there’s also that immature need to feel that you ca...
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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Shortly after the outbreak of WWII, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It called for the forced removal of over one-hundred-thousand ...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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There is an ongoing “us” and “them” argument in our society. Realistically, politics and religion have always managed to create deep divisions.
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 28:19
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A general tendency among those who study human behavior is to identify two separate groups of mental predators.
- Added: Nov 06, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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An act of oppression comes in many forms. Government, household, work environment, and even friendships. It happens when one group or person exerci...
- Added: Oct 29, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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Mixing history with poetic metaphor is not an easy task. Especially when the subject involves separate cultures, different languages, and vastly ch...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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The hardest book to write is the one about you. I’ve heard that story from so many authors. You want to be honest, yet there are times that can fee...
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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How we deal with the possibilities of tomorrow are very dependent on how we handle those possibilities today. Sounds simple, however, even when we ...
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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We think we know a lot. Perhaps we do. On the other hand, an ongoing study at Yale University finds that today’s society thinks it knows more than ...
- Added: Aug 27, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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No matter where you are in the world, you’re confronted by violence. One study shows that over half of our population is very concerned about the c...
- Added: Aug 19, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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Hate. There’s no question that it’s on the rise in America and around the world. White supremacy, racism and xenophobia are all part of our polariz...
- Added: Aug 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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They are an unexpected husband and wife team: the Levinson’s. Sanford is a constitutional scholar. Cynthia is an award-winning author of children’...
- Added: Jul 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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Pro-Confederates and white supremacists faced off with counter-demonstrators on America's largest outdoor Civil War museum on Monument Avenue in Ri...
- Added: Jul 30, 2019
- Length: 26:39
Here are some numbers that will make you think. Just 26 people – call them billionaires – own as much wealth as half the people on the planet. At t...
- Added: Jul 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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When it comes to politics, age appears to be a prominent dividing line. And, a closer look at youth today shows that the young around the world are...
- Added: Jul 02, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...
- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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America is set to lose tens of millions of job in the next 15 years. Some of the best research today estimates that one half of all U.S. jobs will ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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The island became a workhouse in the 1880s. Converted to a jail 50-years later, Rikers Island is not a prison.
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- Added: Apr 12, 2019
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