Trevor Moawad is a mental conditioning coach to elite performers. His techniques have been embraced by Seattle QB Russell Wilson, coach Nick Saban, and countless athletes in the NBA, MLB, and the NCAA. Oddly enough, their struggles to achieve are a lot like ours.
Read MoreTufts prof Eitan Hersh describes a political hobbyist as someone who is addicted to political websites; goes to a big demo once a year; and donates five dollars whenever they get a desperate email from MoveOn.org. But he also tells us how to amass real political power.
Read MoreLet’s face it, most progressives view Trump supporters as racist, misogynistic, gun-toting, knuckleheads while they see liberals as sneering elitist snobs. In her new book, Erica Etelson proposes a way to get beyond our contempt.
Read MoreWe all know about the battle between Democrats and Republicans. But on college campuses liberals and progressives are tearing each other apart in squabbles about identity, privilege, and the ‘crimes’ of expressing disagreeable opinions. Skidmore Professor Robert Boyers says we’re creating a generation that is terrified of opposing ideas.
Read MoreEvery President from Reagan to Trump has made sure migrants were hunted down and thrown in prison. Immigration lawyer Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez tells us how this policy has become an economic windfall and a winning campaign strategy as well as generating wildly successful companies whose stocks may have found their way into your pension plan.
Read MoreFrom human trafficking to vetting a john; from the results of legalized prostitution in Rhode Island to Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s initiative to decriminalize sex work, a former prostitute/activist joins Ira to talk about making the world’s oldest profession legal.
Read MoreProvincetown artist/provocateur Jay Critchley is recognized internationally for projects such as repurposing a septic tank as a solution to affordable housing; a Statue of Liberty made from unrecycled tampon applicators; and victoriously suing the U.S. government for the right to print the American flag on condoms.
Read MoreFentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and lethal in amounts smaller than the eye can see. Manufactured in China, shipped to America by cartels, distributed by a vast network of local dealers, it is being mixed with heroin, coke, meth, and even opioid pills in amounts that users never know.
Read MoreThe media portrays vaccine-skeptical parents as ignorant science deniers and fundamentalist zealots. But they may actually share some of the same suspicions as many Americans: distrust of big pharma, high tech medicine, and bureaucratic government agencies.
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