In Today’s Deep Dive:
Science, the military and pop culture may be strange bedfellows but nevertheless they’ve seemingly converged on the topic of UFOs… Now that Ufology is moving into the mainstream, will we finally figure out if we’re really alone in the universe?
And in Courage or Cringe: Kamala’s border interview, High School Prom with a Scarlet letter, and Texas vows to keep building the wall!
Are VP Kamala Harris’ recent awkward interviews an example of an impatient press misunderstanding a Focused political strategy or are they evidence of a failed attempt to dodge important border questions?
Was marking the bodies of high school students with a vaccine identifier an appropriate step given the unusual social circumstances presented by covid, or was it an unconstitutional and even immoral assault on the privacy of young people during a delicate time?
And finally… Does a State Governor taking Border security into his own hands constitute a measured response to protect his citizenry from a local threat... Or does it point to political posturing that plays well to a partisan base of supporters?
Deep Dive:
Science and pop culture look to the skies to answer the ultimate question: Are we alone?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/world/ufos-search-for-alien-life-scn/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/world/ufos-search-for-alien-life-scn/index.html )https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1350/are-we-alone-in-the-universe-revisiting-the-drake-equation/ (https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1350/are-we-alone-in-the-universe-revisiting-the-drake-equation/)
Courage or Cringe:
While on her first international trip, to look into the root causes of migration, Kamala Harris defends not going to the US border by saying she also hasn’t gone to Europe?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/kamala-harris-border-answer-fallout/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/kamala-harris-border-answer-fallout/index.html )https://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-trip-problems-rekindle-221316247.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-trip-problems-rekindle-221316247.html)
Students were marked on their hands based on their vaccination status at their prom?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/students-hampshire-high-school-were-202302153.html
Governor says that Texas will build a wall along its border with Mexico.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/11/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/11/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott)
Support this podcast
