It Takes What It Takes

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.

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Politics is for Power

Tufts 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.

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How to Talk to Republicans

Let’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.

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Left Wing Intolerance on College Campuses

We 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.

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America's Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants

Every 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.

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Making Sex Work Legal

From 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.

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New England's Most Absurd Conceptual Artist

Provincetown 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.

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