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Worry Meter: Iran Divides Into 30,000 Units? USA Travel Deficit? Paying to Avoid Russia's Frontline? Decline Gulf Remittances? Reducing Buffett Waste? Ukraine = Drone Experts? More Nuclear States?

Driving Across America! Which Route? Windows up or down? Zeppelin or Guthrie? Good Salads in Midwest? Paper Maps or GPS? Is Two Passengers the Best Number? We Debate Tyler Cowen's Ideas!

Why Are Americans Rich & Still Miserable? The Economic Theory that Explains Why People Go to Disney, Play Youth Sports, Book Travel and are still unhappy! Can One Be Mad At A Million Tiny Decisions?

New American Trend! Make Children Repeat 8th Grade for NIL & Scholarships. What if We Held Back Kindergarteners Instead? Does It Matter if Research Says Only 10% of Children Become Elite Adults?

Nuclear Prediction Markets Canceled! Work Harder Now? Is Bitcoin Uncool? Education Tech Failure? US Gov. Unconcerned of TikTok! Single Earning Homes in Decline! Is Russian Economy in the Death Zone?

Do We Need New Cities? Would Building on Open Land Escape Current City Problems? Or Will People Being People Ruin New Cities? Do Irvine, CA & Walt Disney Have the Solution to the Housing Shortage?

Are Schools the Problem? Are Phone Unfairly Blamed When It Comes to Student Stress & Anxiety? Should the Correlation of NCLB/Common Core & Increases in Student Anxiety Be Considered? Dave Mckay Joins!

What's the Urgency Thinking Level: Robots taking Amazon Jobs? The Southern Cone Thesis? More Aircraft Carriers for China? Greenland's Subsidized Population? The Dollar's Declining Value?

The Most Interesting Things Kent Hendricks Learned in 2025: Hot Dogs In W. Virginia, Decline in Male Hand Strength, Mexican School Hours & Divorce Rates, Billion Dollar Birders, Adult Diapers & More!

Football! Why So Popular When So Few Play & Actually Understand It? The Perfect TV Product or A Distraction from Real Issues? Is Jim Thorpe Greatest Ever with No Video Evidence? Is it Applied Track?

Young Adults Have Given Up On Home Buying! Does this Trend Lead to Less Effort at Work & More Sushi & Crypto Consumption? New Trend? Or Delayed Behavior that Will Fall In Line with Historical Norms?

Should Parents Tell Children How Much Money they Make? What Are the Benefits? Any Drawbacks? Is this the Ultimate Personal Finance Lesson? Or Should No Swipe November Become A Trend for Everyone?

China's Large Power Line Projects, Growing Renewable Energy Projects, Intense Domestic Electric Car Industry, & 200 Million Gig Workers! How Does It Compare to America's Abundance Movement?

Do We Live In A "Limitless" Society? Has Our Modern World Become a Machine for Destroying Limits? Is this Good or Bad? Have Humans Always Been Expanding Upon Limits? Is there Anyway to Stop the Trend?

Stadiums! Why Are the World's Largest Devoted Semi Professional Football (College) in Fairly Small Cities? Will Anyone Try to Overtake Michigan Stadium's Size? Is It Still Fun to Attend Live Sports?

Is $140,000 the New Poverty Line? Why Does the Number Trigger Debate? Are You A Complainer If You Agree? Are you Cold Hearted If Disagree? Will this Number Become A New Political Issue? Who Takes It?

The Enhanced Games! Allowing Athletes to Take Performance Enhancing Drugs! Transparency or Cheating? Should the Records Count? Is A Nation of Gym Cycles & Ozempic Ready to Accept this in Sports?

Orcas! Are the Yacht Attacking, Shark Torturing, Halibut Stealing from A Fisherman's Line Animal Winning the Most News Headlines in the 2020's? How Intelligent Are They? Are their Actions on Purpose?

The Elite College Myth! In the Long Run Does Harvard & Peers Provide Better Opportunities than Other Schools? Should Seniors Applying for College & Parents Think Infinite Instead of Finite?

Two Parenting Trends: All Meat Baby Diets & Out Feral their Feral! Do Babies Need Whipped Bone Marrow & Parent Prechewed Meat? Or Should Kids Be Bitten Back & Thrown Into Ponds? Which Trend Will Last?

Shameless Self Promotion! Crypto School 2 the Book Is Out! Don & Zac Discuss the Sequel: Do Schools Understand A.I., Character Education, & Unanswered Questions? Principals, Parent Meetings, & More!

3 Trends: 6-7 Classroom Excitement, Run Ultra Marathons While Eating Taco Bell, Consuming MRE Rations from Old Wars. Which Trend Lasts Into 2026? Brain Rot, Bro, & Skibidi Toilet Also Discussed!

The Scarlet Plague! What Did Jack London Writing in 1912 Get Right About 2012? How Fragile Is Civilization? How difficult Is It To Rebuild? How Thin is the Line Between Nature Winning & Losing?

Is Your Identity Based Upon Your Grocery Store? Why Do Brands & Stores Make Us Feel Specific Ways? Which Grocery Stores = Biggest Satisfaction Rates? Is Trader Joes Special? Can Only 85% Be Fans?

Is AI an Investment Bubble? Can the $45 Billion Industry Earn the $2 Trillion It Needs to Justify Investment? 95% of Companies See No Return on AI Investments? Lots of Debt & Chips ONLY Last 3-5 Years

Is Mexico's Molar City the Answer to America's Dental Problems/Costs? Why the Focus On Non Medically Necessary Procedures? 75% of Kids Now Get Braces! Why Do People Despise Dental Visits?

Sports Gambling! Problem for Young Men? Ok If the Gambling Companies Only Allow Losers to Play? Should Schools Be Required to Teach About Sports Betting? How Did Betting Become Legal?

Private Equity's Youth Sports Investment! How Did America End Up Spending $40 Billion to Watch Kids Play? What About those Who Can't Afford? Why Sports & Not Other Kid Activities? Is This A Bubble?

Fantasy Food Brand Draft!!! Pepsi, Hershey, Campbells, General Mills, Nestle, & More! Which Companies Can Turn their Stock Price Around? New Products or Spin Offs? Zac & Don Discuss their Picks!

Superintendent Heidi Mercer Joins to Discuss The Anxious Generation, Smartphones in School, Free Play, Her District's New Cell Phone Policy, & What Her Stakeholders Are Saying. About It All

A Potential AI Scenario: 20-30% GDP Growth! Mass Unemployment! Higher Wages for Trades & Service Workers! 30% Mortgage Rates! Capital/Land Owners Win! 0% Saving Rate! Could this AGI Future Come True?

More Lonesome Dove! Does the Book Get Too "Hollywood" In Action & Natural Disasters? Why Don't We Get the Native American Perspective? Why Is this Book So Captivating & Hard to Stop Reading? Spoilers

Not Everyone Wants A Buc-ee's In their Community??? Who's Right In this Colorado Gas Station Fight? A Billionaire's Involved! Is this an Abundance or NIMBY or Western Land Issue? Who Will Win?

We're Reading Lonesome Dove! How Can A Book Be this Good While Little Seems to Be Happening? How Accurate Are Character Behaviors & Thoughts? Zac & Don Break Down Part I. Plot Spoilers Discussed.

Elon Musk's New Political Party! Is America Ready to Support A 3rd Party? What's the Best Strategy? Is Musk the Right Leader With Right Focus? Mark Cuban? Are there Better Ways to Impact Politics?

Are America's Kids the "Sickest Generation in History"? Will Eliminating Food Chemicals Save them? Does Exercise Need Promotion? What's Better: Kids Eating Unhealthy School Lunch or Not Eating At All?

What's a Genius? Specialist or Well Rounded Skills? Can Athletes, Ballerinas, and Toilet Scrubbers Be Geniuses? Should We Excuse Geniuses for Being Jerks & Aloof? Were Jobs, Darwin, Leonardo Geniuses?

Is It Possible To ONLY buy Made in America Products? Should You Buy If USA Products Are More Expensive But Last Longer? Should We Be Satisfied if the Product is only Designed in America?

Chickens, Horses, & Wiener Dogs! Fried Chicken Sandwiches > Burgers? A Jockey Can Hit Kentucky Derby Winning Horse 6 But Not 8 Times? People Are Surprised A Wiener Dog Survived Australia Alone?

The Sport of Track is Boring to Watch! Could Dual Meets Make the Sport More Interesting? Does the Scoring System Need to Be Simplified? Could NCAA Scholarship Changes & TV Demands Reformat the Sport?

Does Trying Still Matter When A.I. Can Already Do It? Do Humans Still Need to Work Through the Process of Learning Feedback Loops? Can There Ever Be Too Much A.I. Use? What Should 3rd Graders Do?

Which Societal Change is the Bigger Deal? No One Has A Nickname Anymore? Kosher Salt Became the Default Salt? Paper Straws Are Out & We Return to Plastic? Zac & Don Debate.

ABUNDANCE! We Read the Book. Why Doesn't America Build Anymore? Failed Housing & Infrastructure Policies? Afraid of Science & Health Risk? Regulations! Will Anyone Turn Abundance Into A Movement?

Completing Daily Tasks Yourself! Is There Personal Value In It? Is It Better to Cook Your Own Food? Do Your Own Home Repairs? Rake Your Own Lawn? How Much Value Is Personal Pride from Projects Worth?

The Skills & Activities Young People are Better than Ever At! Sports? Math? Rubik Cube? Skateboarding? STEM? &More! Why are the BEST Young People Accelerating While the Averages Struggle Academically?

College Sports Recruitment! How Do High School Athletes Get Noticed? John Blackstock Explains Why You Need To Be An Active Participant With: Highlight Videos, Social Media, Being Realistic, & More!

Picking March Madness By Mascot! 2nd Annual Tradition! Kevin Kopec Joins & Gives REAL Analysis. Who are the Mascots of: Lipscomb? Bryant? Norfolk St? Omaha? Robert Morris? McNeese? High Point? & More!

Eliminating the Penny! Good Idea? Why Did the Decision Take So Long? Should We Eliminate the Nickel Too? Should We Worry About Increasing Electronic Payment Fees? What Other Ideas Need Adoption Now?

No One's Dating or Getting Married! Is this A Troubling Trend? How Does It Connect with America's Loneliness Epidemic & Rise in Smartphone Use? Any Policy Solutions? Is This Just An American Problem?

Our Favorite things that Kent Hendricks Learned in 2024: Halloween & ADHD Diagnosis? SUV Purchases & Threatened Masculinity? Increases in American Walking Speed? Ordering Hamburgers on Screens? &More!

Buc-ee's! Why Are People Excited to Visit A Gas Station? Do they Deserve Local Tax Breaks? What Other Economic Sectors Could Become the Next Buc-ee's? Kevin Kopec Shares His Expertise!

Falling in Love with AI? Will It Be Normal To Form Personal & Love Relationships with AI? Is AI Companionship Better than Nothing? Could A Person Have Both A Human Spouse & An AI Spouse?

Human Traits Part 2! Will these Humans Traits Increase in Future Value: Funny & Trustworthy? Having An Audience? Real Life Experiences? Crafting Skills? Being A Specialist? Having Good Taste? & More!

Will these Human Traits Lose Value in the Future: Skinny? High IQ? Dexterity? Memorization? The Generalist? College Degree? 2nd Language Skills? Knowing how to Drive? & More!

Top Five Things! Nvidia's Secret Sauce? Zac & Don Share What They're Noticing, Thinking About, and Working On. Could T5T Work in Schools? Please Share Your Top Five Things With Us!

Should America Buy Greenland? Is there Value: Economically? Militarily? Politically? What Do Greenlanders Think? Does A Focus on Greenland Signal An American Shift towards the Western Hemisphere?

How Do We Spend Our Time Today & in the 1930's? Working? Sleeping? Eating? Chores? How much Free Time Do we Have? Should We Be Concerned that We Spend so Little Time Trying to "Better" Ourselves?

Life Coach Kearsten Manoulian! What's It Like to Leave Education & Become a Life Coach? Was It A Hard Decision? How Do Life Coaches Serve their Clients? What Are People Asking for Help With?

Big Food! Poor Diet! Bad Health! Do We Want the Government to Better Regulate Our Food? How Could It Work? What If We Just Want to Keep Eating Tombstone Pizza, Fruit Loops & Never Learn to Cook?

DOGE! Can Government Be Efficient & Cost Less? Do Congress, Interest Groups, & Trump Actually Want This? Can this Debate Stay on Point? National Debt? No Curb on Entitlements & Military?

What's the Biggest Revelation: Chat GPT Crushes Chegg Stock 99%? Teachers Cheating on Certification Test in Texas? Learning the Reason Why No One Smiles in Old Photographs?

All the Stuff We'll Never Do In Our Lives! Time to Write Off Lakehouse Ownership? Reading Complete Shakespeare? Learning to Sculpt Marble? Owning Nice Cars? Hiking Appalachian Trail? Any Goals Left?

Cheerleading!!! Monopoly Business? Increasing Popularity? High Injury Rates? Is It A Sport? Private Equity? Olympics? Rival of Dance & Gymnastics? WWE Comparison? Laurie Hogan Joins to Discuss!

Is It Ok to Give Up? Why Is Being A Quitter A Bad Thing? Do Words Like GRIT Promote Tragic Hero Choice Making? Should We Focus on Life Tasks Instead? Are We Driving the Yacht or Riding in a Kayak?

The Great Stuff Transfer!!! What If the Kids Don't Want the Vase or Grandma's Xmas Tree Stand? Are Boomers & Their Children Talking Enough About All the Stuff That's Been Acquired Over Decades?

A Woman Had 50 Random People Give Her 25 Million Euro Fortune Away? Should We Look to Citizen Councils to Make Decisions for Society? Is there a "Best" Way for Deciding On How to Help Others?

Teens Can't Type & Don't Want A Drivers License! What's the Bigger Concern? Are Either of These Issues Actual Problems? Are the Trends Just Milestones Showing Historic Inflection Points for Humans?

Surgeon General Warning!!! Modern Parenting Is Too Hard & Stressful? Should We Take the Warning Seriously? Is Parenting Too Time Intensive? Or Are We Just Over Thinking It & Making Things Harder?

Do Schools Give Out Too Many A's? Is The Letter Grade Too Easy To Earn? Should Schools Use Ironic Grades? Go To A Pass/Fail System? Is This Just a College Problem?

Is the NFL A Good Model For Thinking About Income Inequality? Does Stock Market Cap Justify the New Starbucks CEO Pay Package? Or Are Compensation Numbers for Football Players & CEO's Just Too High?

Why Do We Believe Everything's Bad When It's Not? Despite Most People Saying They & Others Do Nice Things, Why Do We Believe We're Living in an Age of Moral Decline? Can Warren Buffet Teach Anything?

Pirates! Why Are We So Interested? Were they Originators of Democracy or the Last Holdouts of A Modernizing World? Does It Matter If the Facts Are Different From Reality? What About Modern Pirates?

What the World Needs Now: Axl Rose? Salad Bars? 3 Sport Athletes? Guitar Solos? Glass Bottles? Jumping Jacks? DVD Extras? No Travel Sports? Like A Rock TV Commercials? Less Distracted Drivers?

Don Went to the Olympics! What's It Like to Be in the Stadium Watching Track & Field? What Was Paris Like During the Major International Event? Will Los Angeles Be A Good Olympic Host?

2 Summer Trends: Lifeguard Shortages & Males Doing Nothing On Planes. Why Isn't Lifeguarding A Glamorous Job Anymore? No Baywatch on TV? Why Reject Entertainment On Long flights? Online Brag Rights?

Presidential Election Update! Who's Winning After Biden Steps Aside, Republicans Are Unified, Harris Enters, The Assassination Attempt, Why Did Dems Let Biden Debate? What Else? Kevin Kopec Joins!

The Unwritten Rules of Pickup Basketball! Why Do Most People Follow Them? Can Basketball Bring A Group of Strangers to Transcendence? What about the Guy Who Shoots Bad 3s & Calls Too Many Fouls?

America's Hot New Sport: Slap Fighting? Made for Streaming & Safer than Boxing, MMA? Joey Chestnut's NOT Competing on July 4th? Is It Easier to Match Chestnut's or an Olympian's Best Performance?

Steroids! PEDS! Get on the "Gear"? Everyone's On A "Cycle"? Has It Become Socially Acceptable to Use These Drugs? Any Ramifications? Do We Need Solutions? Or Just Keeping Working Out Until You Can't?

200th Episode! What Has America Built During the Last 4 Years? Will America Dominate the Globe for the Next Century? Why the Pessimism With So Many Positive Data Points & Billionaires?

ACT Scores Are Down!!! But GPA Is Up? Why Are Students Getting "Smarter" Yet Unable to Demonstrate their Knowledge? Is Standards Based Grading to Blame? Increased Cheating? Phones in Schools?

Is "Follow Your Dreams" Terrible Job Advice? Do New Workers Have Unrealistic Job Expectations? Is Society to Blame After Years of Delaying Bad News to Young People? Follow Opportunities Instead?

Disney Adults! Is Disney A Religion? Is Disney the Last Piece of Cultural Glue that Binds Our Society? Or Has Disney Indirectly Shaped Our Imaginations Towards Consumption & Individualism?

Once Normal in School: 5th Grade Crossing Guards? Smoking Lounges? Wandering Washington DC Alone? Running Your Teacher's Errands? & More! In Thirty Years Will We See Allowing Cell Phones As Crazy?

Posture! Does It Matter? How Did America Cope with Poor Posture in 1914? Should We Worry About the "Marginal Decade" of Our Lives? Can We Do Anything Today to Improve the Last Ten Years of Life?

Weiner Dogs! Table Saws! Python Meat! Time for Gov Regulations? Are Dachshunds Suffering? Should we Only Allow Table Saws with Finger Detection Technology? Are Pythons the Solution to Food Insecurity?

Drive-throughs! Are they Actually Efficient? Do they Promote Placelessness & Loneliness? Are they Bad for Cities & Public Safety? Don Explains Why One Should Never Order Fries from Drive-through!

Trash Talk! Why Do People Do It? Is there a Science & Evolutionary Purpose For It? Should We Be Coaching & Teaching Kids How to Deal with Trash Talk? Don & Zac Share Their Best Trash Talk Moment!

Rule Makers! Are There Too Many or Not Enough Rules, Regulations, Laws, and Policies? Is Life Worse or Better Off With More Rules? Is Making a Rule to Protect A Few Good For the Many?

The All Mascot Bracket! Need NCAA Tournament Help? We Share Historical Mascot Data for EVERY Game! College Basketball Junkie Kevin Kopec Shares REAL BASKETBALL Analysis too! Who Has A Better Bracket?

Shameless Self Promotion!!! Crypto School the Book! What Happens If Schools Use Cryptocurrency? Don & Zac Reflect on Teaching, Schools, & Students While Discussing Zac's New Book - Now Available!!

Mascots? Color? Caitlin Clark!!! Statistics Suggest Picking Your NCAA Bracket By Mascot or Color. Good Idea? What's It Like to Be the Men Who Guard Caitlin Clark? March Madness Is Here!

Cold Water Plunges & Ice Baths! Why Is this America's Hottest New Trend? Does Ice Water Actually Help with Mental & Physical Health? Should Schools & Everyone Else Be Doing This? Zac Does Research.

Don Ponders Retirement! Should Relevancy Be His Biggest Factor to Consider? What About Hobbies & 2nd Career? Do People Discount How Much they Matter to Others? Will Don Opt In or Out for Next Year?

The Midwest!!! Why Does Everyone Believe they Live There? Are Montana, Idaho, & Colorado Midwest? What's So Special About Identifying As Midwest? Which States Should Not Be Considered Midwest?

Is Fun Dead? Did Americans Forget How to Have Fun? Do We Need Fun Coaches? Are We Too Busy Acting Our Fun on Social Media? Why Does Fun Feel Like An UnFun Slog When It's Over? Are There Any Solutions?

What Happened to Sports Illustrated!? Why the Decline? Is Sports Journalism Dying? Is this Just An Issue for People Over Age 40? Former Free Press Reporter & Author Mark Snyder Shares His Insights!

The President Election Begins! What Statistics Are Most Interesting: Enthusiasm Gap? Approval Ratings? Economy? Age? Ad Spending in FL & OH? 3rd Party Candidates? Government Teacher Kevin Kopec Joins!

Are Boys Struggling in Middle School? Is It An Engagement, Organization, Academic, or Maturity Issue? Should Schools Rethink Their Instructional Programming & Philosophy? Principal Dave McKay Joins!

Bank Shot or Underhand Free Throws? South Korea vs Rick Barry vs Steph Curry! Why Is USA Obsessed with Statistically Inferior Perfect Swish? Are Social Consequences for Different Technique that Bad?

New Cybertruck vs Improved Big Mac! Which Will Have a Bigger Impact? Is America Ready For Bold Truck Design Or Fresher Veggies, Toasted Bun & More Secret Sauce? Does USA Prefer Mediocre Food & Trucks?

Difficult & Absurd Legal Questions: Ban Leaf Blowing for Being Too Loud? Can Public Officials Block their Voters on Social Media? Should Mayors Be Allows to Serve As the Lone Judge & Jury?

Free Will Doesn't Exist? Can Microbiology & External Stimulus Explain ALL Human Behaviors? Could Lawyers Use "No Free Will" As a Legal Defense? How Important Is This Debate?

Grocery Store Self-Checkout Misery! Why is Checkout Technology Still Terrible? Do the Stores Even Care? The Retail Doom Loop! Zac & Don Propose Solutions - Do they Have Merit?

Affluenza! Is A Kindergartener Rated "Helpful" & Having Self Control the Only True Indicator of Life Success? Are 'High Achieving' School Students At Risk for Psychiatric Disorders & Substance Abuse?

13% of 8th Graders Are Proficient in US History! 20% in Civics! Is the USA Citizenry & Democracy in Jeopardy? Were the Tests too Hard? Random? Too Much Reading? Can You Answer the Sample Questions?

Elon Musk Part 2: Idiot Index? The Algorithm? Production Hell? Does He Have Too Much Power Over Free Speech & War? Does He Get to Control Mars? Could Teachers/Schools Benefit From His Ideas?

"I Don't Like Dogs." Are People Allowed to Say This? Has America Gone Too Far With Dog Freedoms? Is There A Double Standard With Cats? Is There Any Difference Between Dog & Political Echo Chambers?

At What Age Do You Peak Mentally & Physically? Are Middle Age People On the Backside of Life? Or Can they Get Better At Something? Do Horse Riding & Sailing Count?

Thinking about Ancient Rome! Is America Spending Too Much or Not Enough Private Time Thinking About Rome? If Not Rome, What Should We Be Thinking About?

Elon Musk Part 1: Is He the Greatest Winner of Capitalism Ever? Does It Matter If He's Not Nice? What Should We Make of His Risk Tolerance, First Principles Thinking, Tormented Childhood?

Taco Bell Innovations! Crunchwrap! Doritos Locos Taco! How Do They Keep Inventing Such Products? Is Taco Bell Cool? What's Its Role In Society?

Ignoring Conventional Wisdom! Should We Rethink: Donating Used Clothes, Replanting Trees from Wildfire, Drinking Water? Which Idea Needs to be Rethought First?

Michigan Football's 1997 Championship Team! Co-author Mark Snyder Discusses His New Book, Lloyd Carr, Charles Woodson, Into Thin Air, & Other Stories from Michigan's Last Championship Season.

Shopping Returns! Do Americans Return too Many Things? Where Does the Stuff Go? Are Stores too Generous With Return Policies? Should We Feel Bad About the Carbon Footprint?

Should Schools Sue Facebook, Google, Snap, & TikTok? How Does Social Media Impact the School Day? Burner Phones & Invisible Messages! Can Even the "Good" Parents Win? Solutions? Sara Wendland Joins!

Weddings & the Planners Who Make them Happen! Why Do Weddings Seem Stressful? Why Are they So Expensive? Is It Ok If You're Sad When It's Over?

The Case Against Travel! Is Being A Tourist Bad? Should People Stop Traveling? Does Traveling Change A Person or the Place More?

The Water Crisis Out West! Who's at Fault? Alfalfa? Cheese? Almonds? 1st Pioneers? People Continuing to Move West? Is there Actually a Crisis? Why Aren't Water Prices Higher? Is Desalination the Key?

Happy 4th of July! What Makes America Great? Our ADA Act? Big Retail? Year Round Fruit? Our Enormous Amount of Space? Free Bathrooms? Central Air? Our Highways & Public Libraries? & More Ideas!

Is Ninja Warrior A Sport or A Reality Show? Should It Be In the Olympics? How Should Parents Feel If Their Kid Is Into Ninja and Not A Traditional Team Sport? Has America Reached Peak Ninja Interest?

We Read the Vince McMahon Biography! Is this a Book For Everyone? Did Trump Learn from Pro Wrestling? Why Do People Like Pro Wrestling? Is Vince's Story Just Like Other American Business Tycoons?

School Librarian Exit Interview! Melissa Middleton Reflects on Book Bans, Teenage Reading Habits, the Shortage of Librarians, Ineffective Technology, Accomplishments, & Concerns for Public Education!

Debt Ceiling Drama! Will America Default or Will Our Leaders Cut A Deal? Should Biden Mint A One Trillion Dollar Coin? Will People Start Investing in Another Currency? Oil? Copper? Cobalt? Or Bitcoin?

Is A College's Name the Only Thing that Matters? Should Young People Choose By Perception? Will Quality, Offerings, Location, Cost, and Return on Investment Ever Matter More than A University's Brand?

Failure! Did Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks Fail? Or Was their Playoff Loss Just Steps to Success? Should We Hold Pro Athletes to A Different Standard When It Comes to Failure?

AI Update! Should AI Do Our Schoolwork, Housework, & Letters of Rec? Will AI Take Our Jobs & Train Robot Soldiers? How Should We Tax & Regulate AI? Is Google Losing? Are We Living in a Simulation?

Don's Student Teacher Sam Posey Speaks! Why Are Fewer College Students Becoming Teachers? What Are the Requirements to Become a Teacher? What Are the Challenges of Being a Student Teacher?

Does America Require Too Many Job Licenses & Credentials? Who Benefits from Professional Licenses -the worker or consumer? Should Anyone that Wants to Teach or Cut Hair Be Allowed Without A License?

Should We Blame Parent Pressure for the Rise In Teen Anxiety? Is Parent Desire For Academic and Sports Accolades the Real Reason Teens Are Struggling? Has Social Media Been Used As A Scapegoat?

In 1605 Sir Francis Bacon's Had Concerns About the Printing Press Invention! Are His Concerns Still Relevant in 2023 When It Comes to Internet, Book, and Social Media Publishing?

The New Rules for Polite Social Behavior! Don't Respond to Compliments With a Compliment? Stop Repeated Stories In 2 Seconds? Place Food Orders Immediately? Don't Stare At Crying Babies? & Many More!

Should America Ban TikTok? Will Our Teenagers Be Better Off? Will Americans Be Safe From China? Or Is this A Loser Mentality? Does A Ban Go Against Everything Americans and Capitalists Believe In?

The Bed Bath & Beyond Obituary: Reflections From Two Men Who Feel Like the Store Shaped them As Young Adults. What Box Stores Will Die Next? Over 2000 CEO's Say their Business future is in trouble???

Success vs Luck!!! Is One Person Solely Responsible for their Own Success? Should Factors Such As Luck and Public Infrastructure Be Considered? Is this A Uniquely American Question? Why So Emotional?

Should Schools Be More Like Disney? Should Teachers Be Seen As Creative Talent? Should Principals Be Like Disney CEO Bob Iger When Giving Feedback & Making Decisions? Dr. Daniel Haas Discusses!

Do Medieval Monks Have the Answers When It Comes to Concentrating and Ignoring Distraction? Have Distractions Always Been a Problem For Humanity? Are Distractions & Lack of Focus Bad?

Will 3-D Printers take the Jobs of Builders? What's Wrong With Drywall? Do Schools Provide Enough Encouragement for Learning Skilled Trades? Expert Builders/Educators: Chad, AJ, & Bud Swett Discuss!

The Doomsday Clock vs Bill Gates!!! Who Is Right? Which Source Is the Most Accurate? Can Humanity Be On the Brink of Collapse Today, While Offering A Great Future to Those Still Unborn?

Institutions vs Individuals! What's Better for Us When It Comes To Solving Problems & Connecting People? Are American's Getting Tired of Individuals While Leaning Towards Their Institutions?

What's The Most Human Response? Not Following Your Doctor's Advice? Or Cheering for Runaway Cows to Gain Freedom?

Should Professors Be Fired If Their Courses Are Too Hard? Should College Courses Ever Be Considered Too Difficult? Should Student Opinion Matter On Course Difficulty? What About Rocks for Jocks?

Is Mariah Carey's Christmas Song Remarkable or Annoying? Is the Death of Sears a Sad Ending or A 130 Year Celebration? Is It Ok to Sue Velveeta If the Label Only Includes Cook But Not Prep Time?

ChatGPT!!! What Does It Mean For Schools? Should Writing Be Taught Anymore? Is Using AI Generated Writing Plagiarism? Is This Technology Just Another Calculator? What's the Future of Education?

Cursive Writing! Is It Bad If Schools Don't Teach It Anymore? Is Cursive Like Latin? Does Our Society Lose Anything If Our Kids Can't Read the Actual Original Founding Documents?

Statistics Suggest Boys & Men Are Falling Behind Academically, Socially, & Economically. Why? What If No One Knows? Can People Have A Rational Discussion About This? Do Schools Have a Role to Play?

Government Teacher Roundtable! What Did the Recent Elections Say About America? What Happened in Michigan? What about the 2024 Presidential Election? Are Florida & Ohio Still Battleground States?

Big Tech Stock Picks! Is It Ok If they Earn Billions in Profits, But Growth Is Slowing? What About their Wasted Billions & Failed Promises of Autonomous Cars, Internet Glasses, Crypto, and Metaverse?

Teacher Exit Interview: Chad Swett Reflects On 25 Years In the Classroom! Has Education Changed? Have Students Changed? His Advice for Other Educators? Is His Retirement Part of the Educator Exodus?

Door to Door Sales People!! How Should We Think About the Profession? Con Artist Or Offering A Valuable Service? What's their Best Technique? Should Schools Be Promoting the Profession to Students?

Numbers in the News: $300,000 to Raise a Child? $75 Dog Tasting Menu? 13% Chance of Nuclear Launch? 6PM Dinner Time? 2:01:09 Marathon Record? 20 Quadrillion Ants on Earth? 1 Plastic Bag=20,000 Cotton?

Utopian or Dystopian? By 2030 We Don't Own Anything, AI Decides What We Eat, Our Jobs Are Just Creative Activities. Everything's Delivered On Demand. All Communication & Energy Is Free of Cost.

Climate Change News! Do Media Headlines Reflect the Actual Science? How Should the Average Person Think About Climate Change Data, Predictions and Possible Solutions? Dr. Elizabeth Herndon Discusses.

Should We Be Concerned that No One Drives Stick Shifts Anymore? Is It Progress If Cars Are Only Automatics? Have Humans and their Machines Have Become "Out of Synch?" Would Henry Ford Care?

Online Learning!!! Has the Promise Been Met? Does It Meet the Market Test? Where Does It Fit After Covid? What Does Online Instruction Get Right & Wrong? Dr. Shannon Smith of Michigan Virtual Joins

Effective Altruism! Is Working in Finance the Best Way to Help the World? Is It Best to Spend $40,000 on Bed Nets Instead of Leader Dogs? Is Colonizing Space & Fighting A.I. Our Best Use of Resource?

What is a Quintessential "American" Experience? Going to Prom? Eating Sloppy Joes? Visiting Yellowstone? Riding a School Bus or Mechanical Bull? Or Are These Experiences Untrue Romantic Notions?

The Liver King! Do People Want to Live Like Him or Just be Entertained? Are American Men Becoming "Soft?" Does Liver King Have the Solution? Should Charter Schools Develop A Liver King Curriculum?

Should We Be Allowed To Sell & Trade Shares Of Ourselves? Would The Individual & Economy Actually Benefit? Any Downsides? Is This A Good Way To Transfer Wealth From the Rich To the Poor?

Yachts! Are they the Last True Way To Show Wealth? Do they Give the Wealthy and Powerful Too Much Privacy? Should One Retrieve the Basketballs that Bounce Off Their Yacht? IMAX & Skiing on Yachts?

Milk! Why Does America Continue to Consume Less and Less of It? Should Athletes & Children Consume It For Health Benefits? Can Milk Make a Comeback? Or Is Soy, Almond, Rice, and Oat Milk the Future?

What Should Schools and Educators Think? No College Degree Required to Teach in Arizona! A Wall Street Trader Is Responsible For A School's National Success in Math! Are these good ideas and examples?

Train Wrecks! Literally!!! Are they America's REAL Pastime? How Should History Classes Teach About this Era of Popular Culture? Why Do People Enjoy Watching Real and Metaphorical Train Wrecks?

Prices!!! Uber, DoorDash and the Gig Economy Are Increasing Prices. Can Millennials Afford to Lose Their Subsidy? Will AriZona Iced Tea Win the War Against Inflation? Venice Is Charging Admission!

Regulations! Are there Too Many? Why Are They So Hard to Repeal? Do they Benefit Society or the Status Quo? Should All Laws & Regulations Have Sunset Provisions? What Current Regulations Need to Go?

Private Youth Sports! Why Are Parents Spending So Much Time and Money on It? Are Kids Sports Careers Over If They're Not Playing? Is the Income Inequality Any Different than Other Youth Activities?

What Is Camping? Is It Different than Being Homeless? Is It A Protest Protected By the 1st Amendment? Are You Camping If You Need Electricity and Running Water? Should More or Less People Be Camping?

Is Tom Cruise Good at Running? Can We Use His Movies To Determine If He's Fast? How Can We Tell If Someone's Good at Running? Could Tom Beat Don In A Race? What If They Had to Carry A Briefcase?

Is Deciding Where You Live the ONLY Important Parenting Decision? How Should Parents Feel If They Have Little Influence On How Their Children Turn Out? Is there Anyway Nurture Can Defeat Nature?

Top Gun!!! Is the Movie A Giant Commercial to Sell America? Is Maverick the Perfect Piece of American Symbolism? Does the Movie Still Hold Up Today? Is It A "War" Movie? What Will the Sequel Be Like?

What If Parents Never Allow Their Child To Have A Smartphone? Is It Ok If Your Child Feels Excluded & Isolated Because They Don't have a Smartphone? What Should Parents Of Current/Future Teens Do?

Remote Learning was a Failure!!! How Should We Think About the Latest Research? Are there Lessons to be Learned for Future Pandemics? What Other Education Data Should be Collected?

More 90s! Do We Accurately Remember the Rise of the Internet and TVs Coverage of the OJ Simpson Trial? Boris Yeltsin! Were Conspiracy Theorists Lonely? Did the Phantom Menace Force Us to Grow Up?

We React to The Nineties! Was Everyone A Sell Out? Remember: Grunge Rock & Garth Brooks? American Beauty? Bad TV? Video Stores? Those Crystal Clear Drinks? When College Football Didn't Have A Playoff?

The Carpet Cleaner Who Speaks 37 Languages! Is This Story A Tragedy or a Triumph? Do Our Schools & Society Do A Good Job Identifying and Nurturing Talent? How Should Language Fluency Be Determined?

What is Hollywood's Bigger Problem? Increasing Self-censorship When It Comes to Making Movies for International Markets Like China? Or The Treatment and Lack of Union Recognition for Puppet Wranglers?

Retirement! Should We All Move to Margaritaville? Can Everyday Just Be A Party? Should Social Connections Be Considered When Making Retirement Decisions? Could Margaritaville Exist In Michigan?

Do Your Annoying Household Habits Reflect Your Personality? Are you a Jerk For Leaving A Sip of Orange Juice In the Container? Are You A Visionary If You Mop the Floor With Your Sock?

The Supreme Court! Is Lady Justice Removing the Blind Fold? Or Has the Institution Always Been Political? What's the Path to Become a Justice? Is It Time For Roberts To Step Down? Theresa Serra joins!

100th Episode!!! Did America Build Anything Over the Past Two Years? How Will We Remember the Pandemic? What Didn't Get Built? Where Does Ukraine War Fit? What Gets Built In The Next Two Years?

Culturally Responsive Teaching!!! How Should An Educator Reflect On It? What About Dependent Vs Independent Learners? Individualism Vs Collectivism? DEI Coordinator Michelle Cureton Elaborates!

Should Human Pilots Trust Artificial Intelligence to Win Aerial Dog Fights? Is this An Alternative Plot for the Movie Top Gun? Should A.I. Ever Be Allowed to Make "Kill" or "No Kill" Decisions?

Which Proposed Legislation Can Improve Education: Require Cameras Inside Classrooms? Give Teachers A Yearly $2000 Retention Bonus? Require A Personal Finance Course for High School Students?

Big Electric Trucks or Big Hot Sauce? Is Ford or McCormick Making the Best Investment? Which Company Can Last Another Hundred Years? Do People Actually Want Electric Cars? Can Hot Sauce Beat Ketchup?

12 More Concepts to Enrich Your Knowledge! Would Society Improve If We: Found Null Results Interesting, Debate As Scouts Not Soldiers, Make Fewer Daily Decisions, And See Progress When Scientist Die?

Your Stuff's Stuff! Do Our Phone Cases, Pet Halloween Costumes, and Metal Straws Represent Human Achievement or Flaw? Does Buying Stuff's Stuff Explain Why We're Often Posers Instead of Masters?

Are These Good Uses of Crypto Currency: Crowdfunded Lawsuits? Earning a Minimum Wage Playing Video Games? Rewarding Students at School? Or Are These Ideas Just A Way For Scams & Dishonest Behavior?

Is Reading Overrated? Does It Matter If Kids Refuse To Read? Does Society Lose Anything If Less People Enjoy Reading? Did Americans Ever Like Reading In The First Place? Is Reading A Pretentious Act?

99% of Teachers Are "Effective." Is this Too High? Too Low? Do Schools Evaluate Teachers Accurately? Why Are Teachers So Hard to Measure? Is this Magic vs Technology? Dr. Amanda Mckay Discusses!

Which Treasure Will We See First? The Half Billion Dollar Bitcoin Password Buried in the Garbage? JP Morgan's 1.5lbs Gold Pocket Watch? Gold & Silver Coins from the Legendary San Jose Shipwreck?

Satire! Do We Have to Laugh If It's True? Are We Allowed to Be Angry? Can We Sue Over It? Does Satire Accurately Hold Up A Mirror On Our Use of Phones and Social Media? What About Hansel and Gretel?

Does the TIME Person of the Year Matter Anymore? Is the Selection Criteria Flawed? Who Wins Person Of 21st Century So Far? Who Wins Last Half Of 20th Century? Is Elon Musk the Right Choice for 2021?

What's the Biggest World Concern? The Dominance of the English Language? The Decline of Roquefort Cheese? Who's In Charge of Stopping Armageddon? Elon Musk's Population Growth Concerns?

12 Concepts to Enrich Your Knowledge! Could Humanity Improve If We: Understood Large Numbers? Found A Flow State? Reduced Our Taxoplasma of Rage? Refuted More BS? Understood Our Status Quo Bias?

Time For America To Break Up? What Are the Pros & Cons of National Divorce? Is Texas Better Off Alone? Would National Separation Be Easy & Amicable? What Is Each State's Least Favorite State?

What Is the Best Financial Move? $150 to Eat ALL Meals At Six Flags Theme Park For a Year? Turn $8000 of Shiba Inu Cryptocurrency Into $5.7 Billion? Our "Best" Idea On How to Become Billionaires!

The Military! Do Americans Think About It Enough? Is It Time to Bring Back the Draft? Is the Nation Properly Prepared for the Next Conflict? Does American Military Policy Consider Enough Opinions?

Does Management Need to Meet Worker Demands? What Do Workers Want? The Equation that Helps Decide When to Leave Your Job!!! What's the Future of Work? Are Managers Ready? Beth Stiner Discusses!

Blowouts In Youth Sports!!! Should You Just Keep Scoring If the Other Team Can't Stop You? Do Coaches Have an Obligation to Slow their Team Down? Should School Boards Demand Apologies?

Is It Ok If Our Presidential Candidates Are Just "Products"? Are There Any Qualifications A President Should Have? Should Americans Be Aware Of What the Campaign Process Does to their Future Leaders?

Has the Chip Shortage Been the Greatest Thing Ever For the Auto Industry? Are We Going to Buy Cars Differently Now? Is the Auto Industry Leaving Michigan Behind? Industry Engineer Dan Snyder Discusses

Collections! Has the Internet Ruined Our Relationship to Our Stuff? Should We Be Concerned If the Machine Decides How We Organize Our Things? Is It Bad If Humans Stop Collecting Real Books and Music?

Why Are Americans Still Moving To Places Most Impacted By Climate Change? Shouldn't Michigan Be the American Population Growth Winner? Could We Solve Everything By Just Piping Great Lakes Water West?

"Nobody Wants to Work Anymore!!!" Is This True? Why Are Businesses Struggling To Hire? Are Resumes Being Unfairly Rejected By Computers? What's The Future Of Hiring? Jeff Hogan Joins To Discuss!

Fewer Men Are Attending College! Is This A Market Correction Or Data That Points To a Generation of Video Game Basement Dwellers? Do Men Deserve Help? Can America Rationally Discuss This?

Why Can't We See the Prices At Hospitals? Why Are The Prices Different For the Same Procedure? Are Individuals Better At Negotiating Health Care Prices Than Their Insurance Company?

4 Summer Revelations: Afghanistan TVnews Coverage = Five Minutes in 2021. An Asteroid Has .057% Chance of Hitting Earth. Big Occasion Dinners = Bad Food. 2% of People Use Stairs Instead of Escalator

College Football's Future!? Will Conference Realignment Ruin The Sport? Will Mid Major Programs Disappear? What's The Impact of Players Making Money On Themselves? Mark Snyder Joins To Discuss!

Are "Zombie Students" Returning To The Classroom This Fall? Have Students Become "Difficult To Intellectually Prod or Verbally Poke?" Or Are These The Traditional Complaints Of The Old Vs The Young?

Should Families... Attend Wilderness Survival Schools To Prepare For Climate Change? Be Ready To Live Alone In The Woods? Or Spend Time Lobbying Government For Better Climate Change Policies?

Should We Rethink How We Raise Boys? Do We Need To Change Their Toys? Encourage Self-Soothing? What Is The Best Way To Communicate Ideas of Masculinity? Is It Possible We Are Just Overthinking this?

Fantasy University Ideas: Instructors Recruiting Students & Admission Based Upon Ability to Learn! Could Tyler Cowen Offer A Better College Experience? Could The Ideas Work In K-12 Public Schools?

Human Endurance! Can Science Help Athletes Break Their Limits? How Important Is Belief In Getting Humans To Go Faster And Further? Are We Wrong About Hydration, Using Ice, and High Carb Diets?

Classroom Interruptions! Should Schools Be Concerned If Instruction Is Impacted By Late Students, Phone Calls, Announcements, and Classroom Visits? Or Are Interruptions Just Good Practice For Life?

Waffle House! Is Spending 24 Hours In A Waffle House The Perfect Consequence For Fantasy Football? Should A Person Be Able to Eat Nine Waffles? Why Does FEMA Love Waffle House While Michigan Doesn't?

Cryptocurrencies! Cobalt! Bitcoin! Batteries! Are These A Net Positive or Negative For Society? How Should We Feel When The Goods We Love Lead to Ransomware, Child Labor, More Carbon, and Death?

Are the National Parks Overcrowded? Should they Raise their Prices? Create New Parks? Allow Disney to Manage them? What Are the Best Parks? Strategies On Avoiding Crowds Offered!!!

Churchill Part 2. World War II, The Blitz, Alliances with America and Stalin!!! Would Churchill Be Effective If He Lived During the Age of Social Media? 160,000 cigars smoked!

Father's Day Life Advice Special! Mr. David Abeel and Dr. Harry McLaughlin Share Their Rules To Live By: Find A Group, Always Accept Coffee, Remember Kindergarten, Lean Into A Cow?

The Curious Case of Hobbs Kessler!! What Allows Some Runners To Be Faster Than Others? Do Cross-country Runners Make The Best Students? Do Coaches Yell to Motivate In Track? Choosing the Rabbit?

Life Advice! Should You Eat the Same Meal for 10 Years? Always Pet Alley Cats? Why Do American's Love Giving Advice? What About the Golden Rule? Don and Zac Share their Unrequested Advice!

Three Issues: Has Anyone Actually Summitted the Highest Mountains? A University Recruits 50 Esports Athletes? Does Liz Cheney's Stance Matter? Are These Issues A "Big Deal" or "Not a Big Deal?"

Is the First 150 Year Old Human Alive Today? Should Science Help People Live Into Extreme Old Age? Any Consequences? Or Have Humans Already Conquered Life Expectancy Over the Past Century?

Dog Breeds! Why Are French Bulldogs So Popular? Is It Ok To Own A Purebred Dog? Or Is Buying A Mutt "The Right Thing To Do?" What's Going To Happen To All The Dogs When Covid Ends?

Is It Time For More Nuclear Power? Why Are Most Americans So Afraid of Radiation - Don't They Know Its Always Been Surrounding Us? Perhaps Nuclear Energy Just Needs A Good TikTok Video?

Winston Churchill! What's the Big Deal? Is He In History Books Enough? Should He Be Admired or Canceled? Part I: A Break Down of the First 20 Hours from the Audio Book - Walking with Destiny.

Should It Matter If Parents Disagree With A Teacher's Private Life and Political Beliefs? The Covid Teacher Shortage! Why Are Fewer People Becoming Teachers? Is it A Problem? Possible Solutions?

Is the American Media Too Negative About Covid? Is There A Media Bias Towards Negative News? What's the Future of Regional Newspapers? Former Free Press Reporter Mark Snyder Joins To Discuss

Private Schools! When it Comes to Education, Are the Worries and Problems of America's Elites Real? Is There Anything Similar Between the Private and Public School Experience?

Is It Bad If We Stop Going Outside in the Future? Does A Short Story From 1955 Accurately Describe Us Today? Time for Science Fiction and Isaac Asimov!

Why Have An NCAA Basketball Tournament if Most of the Teams Are Losing Money? Are College Sports Just a Loss Leader? Does Anyone Care About Basketball Brackets Anymore?

Modern Parenting! Is Parenting Harder Now than in the Past? Are Today's Parents Trying Too Hard? Is There Something Parents Are Afraid of? Should We Look to the Tiger Mom for Solutions?

What's the Best Deal? Giving Away 8% Of Your $340 Million Baseball Contract? Trading Sneakers? Collecting Digital Basketball Cards? Having Two Password Attempts at Unlocking 7,002 Bitcoin?

Cheating on Tests! Does Chegg Prove Society Is Ok With Cheating? Or Does On Demand Cheating Prove We Use Bad Assessments? If Everyone Is Cheating Do We Care If Nothing Is Learned?

Does Facebook Need It's Own Supreme Court? Will this Improve or Hurt Free Speech? Can the Entire World Live Under the Same Speech Policies? Who Should be on the Court?

Are the Olympics Still Relevant? Good Idea to Add Breakdancing? Should Tug of War be an Event? Does Anyone Care About the Olympics Anymore?

Three Ideas: Turn All the Cane Toads into Boys? Russia Wins Global Warming? Learn to Love Our Great Grandchildren with the Carbon Coin?

Going to Work! Is it True that if We Love What We Do We Never Have to Call it Work? Or is Work Just About the Money? Is Crafting a Hobby or Work?

Youth Screen Addiction! Did Covid-19 Make Our Kids Addicted to Screens? Is this a Problem that Parents, Educators, and Kids Should be Concerned About?

Government Teacher Roundtable: Chaos in the Capital, The Presidential Transition, Social Media Bans, The World's Opinion, Is Our Political System Broken? What Does the Next Administration do?

Is Now the Best Time to be Alive? Were the "Good Old Days" of Previous Decades an Easier Time to Live? When did Humans Live in the "Best of All Possible Worlds?"

Does it Matter if You Have a Light or Dark Personality? Which Personality Brings More Success? Should Schools Test Students for Personality?

Is the American Civilization Falling? Was 2020 Just the Beginning of a Really Violent Historical Cycle? What About the Prediction that Says Humanity Ends In 760 Years?

Costco! Netflix! Tesla! Bitcoin? STOCKing Stuffers for the Future? Or Investments that will be Disrupted?

Jeopardy! Wikipedia! Is it Cool to Know Anything Anymore? Are there Any Facts that Everyone Should Know?

Were Schools Bad Before Covid? Does the Educational Experience Need to be Reexamined Before we Return?

Treasure Hunting! Is It Better to Search Using a Poem or a Metal Detector? What is the Point of Seeking Treasure?

Are America's Thanksgiving Traditions Weird? Is Christmas One Giant Deadweight Loss? The Covid-19 Holiday Season Has Begun!

Lying!!! Lying about your Military Career? Lying on Social Media? Does America Make it too Easy to Cover up the Truth? Or would George Orwell be Proud of our Collective Behavior?

The 2020 Election Is Over... A Victory for Democracy? Does the Electoral College Waste Votes? What Would the Founders Think of Our Government Today? Notes from a Government Teacher Edition.

The Single Minded Pursuit... Is this why Businesses, Organizations, and Governments Fail?

Travel Sports! Youth Sports! College Scholarships! Do the Sports of Squash, Fencing, and Rowing Have Anything in Common with Basketball, Football, and Baseball?

Three Problems: 50 Billionaires = 165 Million Poor People! Nobody is Watching Sports!! The Earth is Surrounded by Space Junk!!!

Virtual Teaching & Learning! Are Parents Seeing the Real Process of Education? Reflections from Two Virtual Teachers. Is it Time for America to Bolt the Desks Back Down and Start Lecturing More?

Slowing Population Growth & Lots of National Debt! Should Americans Care? Is it Possible that More People is Better and Debt Doesn't Matter?

After the Election... What Will It Be Like? Can We Learn Anything from Warren Buffet's Father in Law?

What is the Future of Cities After Covid-19? Time for People to Move Away? Did Walt Disney Get it Right with EPCOT?

Boneless Wings! Make the Words Illegal? Is this America's Best Chance at Getting a Win in 2020?

Three Questions: Pay People to Get Covid-19 Vaccines? What Happened to Ticker Tape Parades? Is America Thinking Enough About War?

Is Paying for College Still Worth It During Covid-19? Is It Time for Colleges to Adopt a New Business Model?

Hamilton! The Musical. The Biography. Do We Need to Reconsider our Founding Fathers, Dueling, and Mt. Rushmore?

Canceled Football Seasons. Has America Lost It's "Last Bastion of Hope for Toughness?" Why Does Football Mean So Much?

Are Teachers Like Nurses - Essential Workers? Are Expectations for a Covid-19 Vaccine Too High?

America's Billionaires... What Should We Feel - Admiration? Annoyance? Does America Need More Or Less Billionaires?

Is 2020 Our Last Chance to Save the Earth? Remember When Climate Change was a News Headline? Are We Too Busy Being Hypocrites to Care?

Three Quick Ideas: Reset Facebook, Eliminate Traffic Police, Give $100 to Every American Every Year

Does Cognitive Dissonance Explain Mask Wearing, Returning to School in the Fall, Pro Wrestling, and Michigan Football?

Can Disney Exist in a Covid-19 World? Will the Company's Movies and Theme Parks Still be Relevant After the Virus?

Evaluating Governor Whitmer During Covid-19. Can Americans Have a Rational Conversation About this Topic? Or Will We Just Cancel Each Other Out?

Are Education Standards Too Hard or Too Easy? Should Schools Focus on Increasing Graduation Rates Even if it Means Making Classes Easier?

The Rise in Child/Teen Anxiety. What Caused it? Who is to Blame - Kids or Parents?

Did Schools Fail During the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Are we Suffering from Crisis Fatigue?

Should Schools Open in the Fall? Logistics and Students and Teachers - Oh My!

Who Gets to Own the Moon: America? China? Everyone? The Billionaires?

Covid-19 America... Could Things Be Different Than They Are?

Covid Vaccine Challenge Trials - Are We Sure It's A Good Idea to Speed Up the Research?

Are We Going to Be Ok?

Is it Time for America to Build?