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The Man With a New Face
It was a Monday evening when Robert Chelsea was driving to his Los Angeles home when his car overheated. He pulled to the side of the freeway to wait ...
It was a Monday evening when Robert Chelsea was driving to his Los Angeles home when his car overheated. He pulled to the side of the freeway to wait ...
Thursday, June 23, 2022Public Schools' Influence on Shootings, Crime
Education expert Erika Twani says the role of public schools is an important factor in the battle to reduce school shootings and crime in America as s...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022A Clear and Present Danger
Today we?ll focus on the dangerous state of our nation, spawned by Donald Trump and embraced by way too many Republicans. First, I?ll narrate a Lean t...
Sunday, June 19, 2022Ukraine-Winning Urban Warfare
John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare with the Madison Policy Forum, has just returned from Ukraine where strategies and tactics that he developed as a...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022Raising Research $ to Fight Your Own Cancer
Cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, is a vicious, lethal cancer that affects about 10,00 Americans every year. But the federal government's fundi...
Friday, June 10, 2022The Dixie Dems-Those Wacky Republicans
The Dixie Dems are back?we began this series last month and because of the great response, we decided to keep it going. So my pals, Robert Thompson fr...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022Action on Guns--'Profile in Courage' is Needed
For Congress to enact meaningful gun legislation in response to the mass shootings that are plaguing America, "some level of profile in courage" will ...
Monday, June 6, 2022Baptist Sex Abuse-Speaking from Experience
On May 15, the Southern Baptist Convention finally acknowledged what our guest today has already experienced ? that pastors and other church employees...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022Author Jeff Batton: Looking for the Joy
June is Gay Pride Month and so I thought it would be great to bring back one of my favorite previous guests, Jeff Batton, author of Grinnin’ Like a Ja...
Saturday, May 28, 2022Author Amy Bernstein: Writing, Guns, Abortion & More - 5:28:22, 11.52 AM
The inability of Congress to take meaningful action to control guns is a tragedy that continues to result in the deaths of innocent people, including ...
Thursday, May 26, 2022The Earth's Sustainability: 'We're in Bad Shape'
Preserving a sustainable planet is in jeopardy and religious and political dogma stand in the way of progress for all of mankind, says long-time busin...
Sunday, May 22, 2022Steve Braker-African Adventures
Think you have it tough living in a country with $4 gas and a baby formula shortage? How would you like living someplace where when the power goes out...
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