EP 924 News Media Rocked by Technological and Political Pressures
I’m old enough to remember when ABC, NBC and CBS dominated our television viewing and our consumption of electronic news, and that the viewer had to be in front of the television set at an appointed time to receive the information. Today, the gatekeeper, who once decided when and what type of news content … Read More Read More
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EP 923 Industrial Farming Killed the Idyllic Notion of the Little Red Barn
Where did “The Little House on the Prairie” go? It’s probably in foreclosure and will be sold to a private equity company to build nondescript condominiums. In its place has grown up a powerful factory farming industry which has no particular affinity for the welfare of the farm animals they sell, the workers they often … Read More Read More
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EP 922 The Intellectual Framers on the Furious Right
How has the MAGA movement in Trump 2.0 been so resolute in meeting its objectives, as stated in Project 2025, despite the President’s own disavowal of the document? The ideas of the unitary executive, the politization of the federal bureaucracy and the dismantlement of federal programs, such as USAID, has been so stark in contrast … Read More Read More
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EP 921 Artificial Intelligence Will Have Real Impact on People
The success of AI will make some fortunes. Displace others from their professional pursuits. Enhance productivity for corporations. Take strain off of many in the medical field. And more. While we know that the impact of the colliding technologies which enhance deep learning by machines will have a profound impact, in truth we do not … Read More Read More
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EP 920 When Followers Take the Lead
The staff of America Trends Podcast would like to wish all are listeners A very Happy Thanksgiving Ira Chaleff, an expert in political followership reveals how political followers can make or ‘brake’ toxic leaders and what we can do-no matter our political sophistication or where we sit on the political spectrum-to support beneficial leaders … Read More Read More