• ChatGPT: The Next AI “Tool”!

RE-Air – ChatGPT: The Next AI “Tool”! (2911)

September 3, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Recent Programs, Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A more recent addition to AI, ChatGPT, has taken over the tech conversation about AI. It's being used to write, edit, research, inspire new ideas, the list goes on. 

  • Screenshot from Perspectives Matter #2915 - Can We End Homelessness? showing guests Carol Lucky and Joli Angel Robinson, and host Jim Falk.

Can We End Homelessness? (2915)

August 6, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Human Interest, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Homelessness is an extremely complicated topic that brings forth strong feelings whether it is citizens concerned about visible homelessness in their neighborhood, park, or urban center or the person who finds themselves without the security of shelter.

  • Graphic for Perspectives Matter #2916: Rough Sleepers: Bringing Healing to the Homeless which shows guests Tracy Kidder and Jim O'Connell, M.D., and host Jim Falk.

Rough Sleepers: Bringing Healing to the Homeless (2916)

July 30, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Human Interest, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

When Dr. O’Connell graduated from Harvard Medical School the chief of medicine made him a proposal, that of deferring a prestigious fellowship and instead spend a year helping to create an organization to bring health care to homeless citizens.

  • Graphic for Perspectives Matter #2920 - The Economics of Travel and Happiness, which shows guest Eric Weiner, and host Jim Falk.

The Economics of Travel and Happiness (2920)

July 23, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Global Affairs, Politics, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Did you know that those who travel are 7% happier than those who stay at home (Washington State University)?  The overwhelming majority of travelers say that their travel memories are among the happiest ones of their lives; and, as our guest Eric Weiner tells us, even delays and other snafus can over time be recalled as blissful.

  • Graphic for Perspectives Matter #2922 - The Attack on Democracy and on Civil Liberties, which shows guest MoÍses NaÍm, Ph.D., and host Jim Falk.

The Attack on Democracy and on Civil Liberties (2922)

July 16, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Global Affairs, Politics, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

George Orwell said, "We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it," yet why do some who gain power use that power for good, and some for their own personal means at the expense of the people they govern?

  • Graphic for Perspectives Matter #2919 - The EV Battery Challenge, which shows headshots of guests Tony Quiroga and Steve LeVine with Host Jim Falk all on a blue McCuistion background.

The EV Battery Challenge (2919)

July 9, 2023|Categories: Environment, Featured Program, Featured-Home, Recent Programs, Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 changes the eligibility rules to claim a tax credit for clean vehicles. The act is an ongoing, very aggressive campaign to revolutionize the automobile industry and get consumers to ditch combustion engine, gasoline-powered vehicles in favor of EVs – electric vehicles. Could this tip consumers to move to electric vehicles?

  • Graphic showing a split screen with headshots of Jorge Baldor, Ara Gramaldo, and Jim Falk discussing The Growing Issue of Homeless Youth on Perspectives Matter

The Growing Issues of Homeless Youth (2917)

July 2, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Human Interest, Recent Programs|Tags: , , |0 Comments

An exceptionally vulnerable segment of the homeless population is our youth. It’s estimated that just within the Dallas Independent School District, there are over 4,000 students who meet the federal definition of homeless.

  • Perspectives Matter graphic from #2921 - The Escalating North Korea Challenge showing a split screen with Siegfried Hecker, Ph.D., Jim Falk, and Jenny Town.

The Escalating North Korea Challenge (2921)

June 25, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Global Affairs, Politics, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

That North Korea is only one of three countries that can threaten the U.S. with nuclear weapons is of great concern, not only to the U.S. Joining host Jim Falk to talk about our relations with North Korea and its impact on world events are experts Jenny Town and Siegfried Hecker, Ph.D.

  • Graphic for Perspectives Matter #2914 - Do Authoritarians Rule the World? Part Two, showing headshots of Roberto Salinas-Leon, Ph.D., Dennis McCuistion, and Barbara Kolm, Ph.D. on a blue McCuistion background.

Do Authoritarians Rule the World? Part Two (2914)

May 28, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Politics, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

This program focuses on the economics of and examples of autocracy. It looks at the end use of power and discusses the pillars of power, populism, polarization, and post-truths.

  • Graphic for Perspectives Matter #2913 - Do Authoritarians Rule the World? showing headshots of Roberto Salinas-Leon, Ph.D., Dennis McCuistion, and Barbara Kolm, Ph.D. on a blue McCuistion background.

Do Authoritarians Rule the World? (2913)

May 21, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Politics, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Today, there appears to be an increasing number of autocrats and political leaders who rule solely for their own interests. From N. Korea to Iran, Saudi, and Latin America, we are seeing some flagrant abuses of power and instances of how absolute power corrupts. Our experts focus on how authoritarians exercise and abuse their power shaping world events and not for the better.

  • Graphic with headshots of Timothy Johnson, Ph.D., Jim Falk, and Robert Bryce to discussing electric vehicles on Perspectives Matter #2918 - Is an EV in Every Garage in Our Future?

Is an EV in Every Garage in Our Future? (2918)

May 14, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The Biden administration has announced that by 2030 50% of all vehicles sold in the U.S. will be electric. That’s a heavy lift, since last year only 5.8% of vehicles sold were electric. In this program, we discuss whether this ambitious goal is attainable.

  • Graphic with guests Peter F. Langman, Ph.D., Katherine Schweit, and Mark Follman, and host Vince Poscente.

Re-air: What We Need to Know About Mass Shootings (2819)

May 7, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Join Vince Poscente as he interviews key experts who work with schools, government, and the FBI on mass shootings assessment and prevention.

  • Image with Capt. Charlie Plumb, Vince Poscente, W. Mitchell, and Allison Massari discussing Resilience on Perspectives Matter

Building Resilience: Can Adversity Make You Stronger? (2909)

April 30, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This week, we talk about resilience with people who have faced extreme adversity and are now stronger and leading thriving lives.

  • Screenshot of Andrew Nevin, Vince Poscente, and Michael Ungar discussing resilience on Perspectives Matter.

The Science of Resilience: Nature or Nurture? (2908)

April 23, 2023|Categories: Featured Program, Featured-Home, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Joining Host Vince Poscente are: Michael Ungar, Ph.D., The Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Andrew Nevin, Ph.D., Advisory Partner, Chief Economist, PwC, Nigeria, scientist and an economist who brings a different perspective to the definition.