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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
- Purchases: 3
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
- Purchases: 4
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
- Purchases: 1
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 3
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
- Purchases: 3
Intolerance is increasing in the world of academia. A poisonous climate at universities and colleges is creating, what is known as, identity politi...
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 2
Imagine an election in the future that boasted turnout at record levels. Better access to voter registration and polling places. District lines and...
- Added: May 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
References to conspiracy theories are more prevalent today. To have a theory, however, implies there is evidence to substantiate the claim. Today’s...
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- Added: Apr 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
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
- Purchases: 3
Over the past decade many low and middle income white American’s have thrown their support to conservative politicians. The claim is to make Americ...
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- Added: Apr 05, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
America’s workers are experiencing another setback in workplace safety. The Trump Administration is blocking a rule that requires most employers to...
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- Added: Mar 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Illiberalism. Now that’s a word you just don’t hear very often. If it sounds like a play on liberalism, you’re right. It’s the lack, or even oppos...
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- Added: Feb 08, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Democracies around the world are struggling. Autocratic regimes are on the rise. Now, America’s democratic structures are showing signs of stress.
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- Added: Feb 03, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
The financial crash of 2008 hit middle and working class families especially hard. They are still struggling.
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- Added: Jan 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When the people of a country become severely divided, it becomes easier for power to fall into the iron grip of fascism. All it takes is well-desig...
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- Added: Jan 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A central idea of feminism is “Looking at the world as if women matter.” Yet, during the most important public policy debate about women and povert...
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- Added: Jan 03, 2019
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
In September 1941, a hero-celebrity stood before a crowd in Iowa and emphatically stated the words, “America First.” Charles Lindbergh was the spea...
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
