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EP 878 Why America’s Love Affair with Lawns Offers Little Value to the Environment

Posted July 9, 202500:36:39

            Americans spend endless hours growing, tending, and cutting their lawns.  In fact, 40 million acres of land in the United States...

EP 877 Are Abortions in America Decreasing After the Dobbs Decision?

Posted July 7, 202500:36:54

 When Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 in the Dobbs. vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, it was the decision...

EP 876 Marijuana Legalization: Is the Whole Thing Going Up in Smoke?

Posted July 2, 202500:31:12

States, one by one, began legalizing marijuana, back in 2012 with Colorado leading the way.  It was sold to the public as a way to unclog the criminal...

EP 875 Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?

Posted June 30, 202500:38:51

These are tricky waters to navigate, but two scholars, Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright, have co-authored a book called “Is It Racist? Is It...

EP 874 Arctic Melting Creates Global Tensions

Posted June 25, 202500:35:40

 High in the Arctic, myth is melting into reality: as temperatures rise, newly ice-free waters are turning the Northwest Passage from a fable into...