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9 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Sun, Apr 8, 2018
Modern day sex trafficking/forced prostitution and other forms of coerced labor not only persist in this country and around the world, but are continuing to grow because it is a lucrative business. Some chroniclers conclude that there are more slaves today than at any time in human history. What can be done?
Episode 2
Sun, May 6, 2018
What does our workforce look like today; what will it look like in the near future? What will "work" mean? In a digital world of e-commuting and robotic labor, will 9-to-5 be an antiquated term? Will we physically travel to a workplace?
Episode 3
Sun, May 20, 2018
How and why did the opioid crisis develop? Are therapies being properly implemented for those who find themselves addicted? What are the remedies? How do we keep people from turning to the world of illicit drug use as a self-imposed remedy?
Episode 4
Sun, May 27, 2018
Even without providing health insurance to all our citizens, why does the American health care system still manage to spend so much more, 2 to 3 times per person, than so many other advanced nations? And, even given all that spending, why are the U.S. health outcomes not better than these lesser spending nations? And, in some regards, why are the health outcomes actually worse?
Episode 5
Sun, Jun 10, 2018
So far, the debate about energy seems locked in the past - a political, not economic, struggle between the fossil fuel industry and the renewables sector, especially solar power and wind power, which have already been offered as alternatives for decades. This is an exploration of other new technologies that may work in concert with the more familiar sources to give the world truly new energy alternatives.
Episode 6
Sun, Jun 17, 2018
The first African-American President of the United States, as well as the only currently serving African-American Republican United States Senator, have both indicated that they have had the kinds of personal experiences with police with which many minority young men are familiar. Can we find a path forward in which a broad majority of Americans, including those of color or of other ethnic backgrounds who may feel targeted, can believe that American justice is, in fact, just?
Episode 7
Sun, Jul 1, 2018
The term "identity politics" has become part of the mainstream vernacular in modern America and refers to political positions based on the claimed interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify. Presumably, people's politics are shaped by aspects of their identity such as age, race, sexual orientation, class, and religion. Some of these presumptions are clearly to be questioned as we ponder: is it helpful for our politics to focus on asserted differences between red and blue America, black and white America, gay and straight America, etc. or should we, instead, refocus on commonalities within the United States of America.
Episode 8
Sun, Jul 8, 2018
Since the rise to power of Putin, concern about the expansion of Russian power and influence in the world - from Russia's annexation of Crimea to hybrid warfare in Ukraine to cyber-attacks on the electoral systems of Western democracies - has returned in many quarters. How should the U.S. respond?
Episode 9
Sun, Jul 15, 2018
In 2016, for the first time in history, the portion of humanity living in extreme poverty was reduced to less than 10%. Now the world, through the UN, has set a goal of abolishing absolute poverty by 2030. Can it be done? This question is explored with experts in: non-traditional ocean based farming which eliminates the need for irrigation; the extraction of pure water from water vapor; the expansion of employability by figuring out where potential trainees struggle most; and the integration of new sanitation techniques into impoverished areas.