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As Supreme Court justices once said about pornography, you know it when you see it. And in the news everyday, we learn of egregious abuses of power and sex by superiors in media, government and business. It could be verbal or physical, happen once or repeatedly, and create a hostile work environment. We explore the … Continue reading EP 106 WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE?

Here’s one way to debunk President Trump’s s—hole nations smear.  Portray an African nation as a technologically advanced society and then emerge as the hottest movie ticket in years. Credit the monstrous opening of this African themed, superhero movie from Marvel Studios, now part of the Disney family, with shattering records and busting myths. Will this … Continue reading EP 105 BLACK PANTHER: THE BEGINNING OF A CULTURAL SHIFT OR A ONE-OFF?

Hillary Clinton won 3 million more votes than Donald Trump.  He’s the President and she’s promoting a book trying to explain what went wrong.  The question we ponder on this podcast is whether the system we have for choosing a president itself in need of repair.  The Electoral College, part of a ‘Great Compromise by … Continue reading EP 104 SHOULD WE CHOOSE OUR PRESIDENT BASED UPON THE POPULAR VOTE?

A few years back, nuclear energy was said to be on the verge of a renaissance. It could reduce our carbon footprint and be reliable 24/7 unlike some of the other sustainable energy sources. Yet, looming over us were memories of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Worse yet for the industry was the new glut … Continue reading EP 103 DOES NUCLEAR POWER IN AMERICA DESERVE ANOTHER LOOK?

I was doing a talk radio program in Waterbury, Connecticut, one of Connecticut’s larger cities and less than 20 miles from Newtown when the Sandy Hook Massacre occurred in December, 2012. Being on the air as the reports came in, our news director and I wanted to get information to our audience, but at the … Continue reading EP 102 RAMPAGE: THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

The Trump Administration is on an executive branch crusade to upend the regulatory fervor of the Obama era and beyond. The President has made no secret of this, as you will hear at the top of our podcast, and in large measure he’s been successful. He seems determined to strip away red tape in a … Continue reading EP 101 TRUMP’S REGULATIONS DUMP

  You will learn in this episode of our podcast that there is a deep rift between America’s most powerful civilian and military officials. After all, over the years each President has given growing importance to his own National Security Council, and a key advisor, and they must deal with the Defense Secretary and the … Continue reading EP 100 ARE AMERICA’S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY LEADERS AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER?

We’re all so proud to spit in a tube and send our DNA off to be analyzed so we know what it will tell us about our heritage. When the information returns, we find out a lot about ourselves and our backgrounds. Has anyone had one that came back 100% American, except a Native American? … Continue reading EP 99 DOES AMERICA STILL WELCOME THE NEWCOMERS?

If you’ve overcome trauma as a child, like superheroes, you have your own origin story–an event or a circumstance that sets you on a desperate and courageous path. It also forces you to acquire specialized survival skills. Remarkably, 75% of Americans face a life changing adversity before the age of 20. The headlines today scream … Continue reading EP 98 ARE YOU SUPER NORMAL ?

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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 … Continue reading EP 96 WHY IS SOCIALISM SO APPEALING TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA…AND IS FACEBOOK EXPLOITING A VULNERABILITY IN OUR BRAINS?

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. … Continue reading EP 95 KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL

State by state, laws governing the use of marijuana, in many forms and for many purposes, is changing.  A number of states have legalized its use for medical purposes and others have coupled that with legalizing it for recreational use.  In 2017, overall marijuana sales on the retail level have soared by 30 percent.  It’s … Continue reading EP 94 IS CANNABIS THE NEXT BOOM INDUSTRY?

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 … Continue reading EP 93 DO YOU NEED A LICENSE FOR THAT THING YOU DO?

  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 … Continue reading EP 92 HAVE YOU CAUGHT THE LAZINESS EPIDEMIC?

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 … Continue reading EP 91 INNOVATE OR DIE IS THE MESSAGE

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 … Continue reading EP 90 WILL AMERICA EVER DECLARE WAR AGAIN AND A GULF OF TONKIN ‘INCIDENT’ REDUX

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 … Continue reading EP 89 WHY DO WE ALL ENVSION SIRI, THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT, A FEMALE?

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 … Continue reading EP 88 ARE THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS THE FIRST SILICON VALLEY WONDER TEAM?

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 … Continue reading EP 87 IS THERE A DESPOT’S APPRENTICE IN THE WHITE HOUSE?