China’s Young: What Is Their Future? (2712)
While their parents, the one-child policy generation, instituted in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced a generation of “only me” children, accepted the government mandates in every area of their lives, the restless generation does not. They are increasingly consumer-oriented, questioning government dictates, and expanding their world.
What Can We Learn from Dead Philosophers? (2709)
Eric Weiner, award-winning journalist, former foreign correspondent for NPR, and best-selling author of The Geography of Bliss, among others, joined hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for a rollicking discussion on his newest work, The Socrates Express, and shared insights from some of our favorite philosophers.
Why Is Anti-Semitism Still With Us? (2711)
Is anti-Semitism still an issue in the U.S. and elsewhere? Our experts, Holly Huffnagle: The American Jewish Committee’s, U.S. Director, for Combating Antisemitism and Sara Abosch Jacobson, Ph.D., Senior Director for Education in the Dallas Holocaust Museum, say absolutely.
What do Americans Need to Know About China? (2710)
There is no doubt that the pandemic has caused our relations with China to plummet and accelerated the competition between us. They are also the third-largest trading partner the U.S. has and the second-largest economy in the world and the most formidable competition that the U.S. has. Bringing some new perspectives on this growing concern is David J. Firestein, the inaugural president and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations (Bush China Foundation).
Universities: Assets or Liabilities in Your Community? (2708)
Universities have become big businesses — and our cities their company towns. But if there is a cost to those who live in their shadow, are there also positive benefits?
Covid 19: Have Governments Failed Us? (2707)
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It, join hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for an in-depth and thought-provoking conversation on how COVID has uncovered serious deficiencies in governments around the world.
Judge Clay Jenkins on the Covid Response (2706)
Judge Clay Jenkins joins hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk to discuss the COVID response.
The Pandemic’s Impact on Education and Our Kids (2705)
Join expert guests to discuss COVID's impact on education.
How Do We Regain Trust? (2704)
Join expert guests Yoram Solomon, Ph.D., and Robert E. Hall to discuss how we regain trust.
The 2020 Elections: What Went Wrong? What Went Right? (2703)
Join expert guests Matthew Wilson, PhD, and Larry J. Sabato, PhD, to discuss what went wrong and what went right in the 2020 elections.
Slavery Reparations: Should They be Paid… and How Would It Work (2702)
Join Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk to talk about a hotly contested topic, slavery reparations.
Re-air: COVID’s Impact on Our Mental Health (2615)
We talk about the rising incidences of suicide, depression, alcohol, and drug abuse, and domestic violence during COVID 19's self-quarantine period.
Re-Air: Stay Well … Stay Resilient. (2616)
Alcohol consumption is up. People are stressed, fearful and anxious. So what can we do to do stay mentally healthy during COVID-19 and afterwards?
Do We Need a Constitutional Amendment to Get Money Out of Politics? (2611)
Seventy-seven percent of the public says “there should be limits on the amount of money individuals and organizations” can spend on political campaigns with just 20% saying they should be able to spend as much as they want.
Hungry in America (2612)
Just before COVID closed down the economy we recorded a program on hunger in America, which considering the wealth of our country, is disproportionate. Dallas County ranks among one of the highest food insecure — for children, in the country!