America Trends Podcast

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EP 707 Cities Represent the Future For Countries Around the Globe

Posted November 13, 2023 • 00:36:27

Forty countries around the world had a majority of their populations living in cities in 1960, whereas today that figure is more than one...

EP 706 In the Wake of the Opioid Crisis, Are There Better Ways to Deal with Chronic Pain?

Posted November 8, 2023 • 00:32:06

There’s a commercial on television with a famous chef telling us that the most important tool he uses in his kitchen is his brain. And that’s the...

EP 705 The Overlooked Americans Deserve Our Attention

Posted November 6, 2023 • 00:34:39

Our guest, by her own admission, is now a West Coast liberal, a professor no less at USC in public policy, and yet she has great appreciation for the...

EP 703 Is America Capable of the Work to Retain Democracy?

Posted October 31, 2023 • 00:41:47

Anyone who’s paying attention has got to ask him or herself whether America can do the hard work of retaining a vibrant democratic system. It requires...

EP 701 Whitelash in the Wake of Obama Presidency Part of Historical Tug of War

Posted October 23, 2023 • 00:37:31

As a diverse group of people in America celebrated the progress represented by the ascension of Barack Obama to the presidency, others, predominantly...