Re-air: Personal and Cyberthreats You Must Know About (2602)
The digital landscape has made us all more vulnerable to cyberthreats, breaches of security, malware attacks, and scams. Foreign entities continually breach our security and everyone, not just big business and government, is at risk. Are there solutions? How can we protect ourselves and our business? See what our experts have to say.
The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World (2720)
Peter Zeihan, founder of Zeihan on Geopolitics and author of Disunited Nations, The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World, joins hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk, once again, for a startling conversation on the issues that have changed the geopolitical scene worldwide and forged America’s new role in the world’s infrastructure.
The Status of America’s Global Influence (2719)
Geopolitical expert, Peter Zeihan, author of Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World, joins hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for lively and very “counterintuitive arguments about the future of a world where trade agreements are coming apart and international institutions are losing their power.”
What Causes Mass Movements? (2716)
Joining hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk are Tom Shachtman, writer, filmmaker, and the author of American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of Eric Hoffer, and Dr. Rory McVeigh, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Notre Dame University.
NATO: Is It Still Strategic? (2717)
Join our hosts, Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk, and guests Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison and Timothy Andrews Sayle, Ph.D. for an up-to-date view of NATO, and its influences and relevancy in today’s “new” world.
Russia: Is It a Threat? (2718)
Joining hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk, is Angela E. Stent, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European studies, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
Eric Hoffer and The True Believer (2715)
Joining hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk is Tom Shachtman, the author of American Iconoclast – The Life and Times of Eric Hoffer.
The Storm Before the Calm (2619 – Re-air)
According to Dr. Friedman, the era we are in is one of the first times the social and economic cycles actually coincide. This could mean we are in a very intense time for us all – countries and individuals. Join us to learn more about how geo-politics impact us all everyday.
Immigration: Economic Boom or Bust? (2714)
This week's experts discuss the economics of immigration from very different perspectives.
The Abraham Accords: Will They Bring Peace to the Middle East? (2713)
This week's discussion focuses on the Abraham Accords and their purpose. We ask- were they effective? And what will they mean to future peacekeeping in that part of the world?
China’s Young: What Is Their Future? (2712)
While their parents, the one-child policy generation, instituted in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced a generation of “only me” children, accepted the government mandates in every area of their lives, the restless generation does not. They are increasingly consumer-oriented, questioning government dictates, and expanding their world.
What Can We Learn from Dead Philosophers? (2709)
Eric Weiner, award-winning journalist, former foreign correspondent for NPR, and best-selling author of The Geography of Bliss, among others, joined hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for a rollicking discussion on his newest work, The Socrates Express, and shared insights from some of our favorite philosophers.
Why Is Anti-Semitism Still With Us? (2711)
Is anti-Semitism still an issue in the U.S. and elsewhere? Our experts, Holly Huffnagle: The American Jewish Committee’s, U.S. Director, for Combating Antisemitism and Sara Abosch Jacobson, Ph.D., Senior Director for Education in the Dallas Holocaust Museum, say absolutely.
What do Americans Need to Know About China? (2710)
There is no doubt that the pandemic has caused our relations with China to plummet and accelerated the competition between us. They are also the third-largest trading partner the U.S. has and the second-largest economy in the world and the most formidable competition that the U.S. has. Bringing some new perspectives on this growing concern is David J. Firestein, the inaugural president and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations (Bush China Foundation).
Universities: Assets or Liabilities in Your Community? (2708)
Universities have become big businesses — and our cities their company towns. But if there is a cost to those who live in their shadow, are there also positive benefits?