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New Books in SociologyMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2641 min
New Books in American StudiesMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2641 min
New Books NetworkMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2640 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2641 min
New Books in Public PolicyMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2641 min
New Books in EconomicsMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2641 min
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2641 min
New Books in FinanceMark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021)Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (Oxford UP, 2021) is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert R...2025-07-2640 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastRed America vs. Blue America: Is This Really What We Want? (w/Robert Talisse)America is separating into two nations with two different experiences of reality itself: Red America and Blue America.
As Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University political theorist and today’s Utterly Moderate podcast guest, writes:
“[O]ur everyday social environments are increasingly segregated along partisan lines. It is no exaggeration to say that in the United States today, opposing partisans live in different social worlds. For example, liberals and conservatives live in different kinds of neighborhoods, shop at different stores, purchase different products, drive different vehicles, express different aesthetic preferences, work in different occupations, and form different kind...2025-01-3145 minUtterly Moderate PodcastDonald Trump, Hunter Biden, Jan. 6, and More. . . How the Pardon Power Is Used (and Abused!) (w/Kimberly Wehle)Before we begin, don't forget to check out Lawrence Eppard's new book, The Poisoning of the American Mind, and to read the newest piece in the Connors Journal on single parenthood in the U.S.
Now on to the podcast. . .
Kimberly Wehle, a constitutional law expert at the University of Baltimore's School of Law, joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss her new book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon Power System Works—and Why.
Wehle and host Lawrence Eppard discuss a variety of topics, including:
How the pardon power looms large in the current...2024-10-0428 minUtterly Moderate PodcastSpotting Real Expertise & Examining Your Own Knowledge (w/Jacob Mackey)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard and Connors Institute co-director Jacob Mackey discuss techniques and shortcuts that you can use to spot real expertise in a world where people with expert credentials are sometimes frauds and where people without expert credentials are often very knowledgeable. They also discuss crucial techniques for examining your personal biases and the limits of your own knowledge.
This conversation is based on two really good readings, and we hope you will not only listen to this episode but go to these websites and read these short but...2024-06-2856 min
A's PodcastA's Cast - The Farm - Ep. 65 Ft. Jim EppardA’s minor league hitting coordinator Jim Eppard joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to offer his insights on some of the A’s most promising young hitters like Tyler Soderstrom, Kyle McCann, Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, Max Muncy, Henry Bolte and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices2024-05-2335 min
Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media39. The Poisoning of the American Mind - Lawrence Eppard (rebroadcast) I sit down with Lawrence Eppard to explore the complex landscape of media trust in America. How do we grapple with the challenges of misinformation, disinformation, and news literacy in an increasingly polarized media landscape?From dissecting the roots of media distrust to exploring strategies for staying informed without succumbing to outrage overload, this conversation offers valuable insights into navigating the complexities of modern media consumption. Tune in as we seek to uncover pathways toward fostering greater trust and understanding in an era of unprecedented media scrutiny.Text me your feedback and leave your contact i...2024-05-2242 minUtterly Moderate PodcastSpace is Littered With Junk (w/Varoujan Gorjian)Before we talk about this week’s podcast episode, don’t forget to check out the Connors Institute’s new documentary, The Poisoning of the American Mind, an illuminating film about how conservatives and liberals in America regularly fall for misinformation and disinformation.
On this week’s episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, we are joined by everyone’s favorite astrophysicist, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Dr. Varoujan Gorjian, to discuss a number of science-related topics, including:
The looming problem of space junk, man-made objects littering low-Earth orbit that are bound to cause problems in the future—like w...2024-05-1038 min
This Week in Outrage¡Viva Cinco de Mayo! 🎉🌮🇲🇽 - 5-5-2024This week, Lisa and David talk about George Santos revives his drag queen persona on Cameo; Trump's false claim that he is not allowed to testify; the Good Liars had trouble finding young republicans at “Young Republican” rally; Cicadas spotted in Arkansas; Kentucky Derby; Cinco de Mayo history; Gérard Depardieu arrested on sexual assault allegations; fun international phrases; Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar charged with bribery; China checkmates U.S. with TikTok ban; news literacy; and more.Correction: We made a mistake! (who, us?) In the show, we mentioned Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. in connection with Mint...2024-05-061h 16Utterly Moderate PodcastSaving the Social Sciences (w/Michael Jindra)We’ve talked a lot on the Utterly Moderate Podcast about how both liberals and conservatives in America are bombarded with misleading information on a regular basis.
On the left, unfortunately, a lot of this bad info comes from an academic research community which is overwhelmingly liberal. A recent study found the least imbalanced discipline to be engineering, which was still 62% liberal professors. Political science was 89%, psychology 94%, and sociology 98%, while some disciplines had no political conservatives at all.
This significant one-sidedness means that the people doing the research as well as the people checking to mak...2024-04-1940 minUtterly Moderate PodcastAmerican Colleges Under the Microscope (w/Jacob Mackey)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we discuss recent controversies at and concerns about colleges and universities in the United States—from highly publicized instances of campus unrest to a lack of intellectual diversity among faculty to hypocrisy on free speech.
This episode’s guest is Jacob Mackey, associate professor at Occidental College and coeditor with host Lawrence Eppard of The Poisoning of the American Mind, which is due out later this spring.
Check out the podcast episode and also check out two reports that were recently released from the Connors Institute, the “Connor...2024-02-0143 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastNew George Floyd Documentary (w/Robert VerBruggen)Before we get to today’s episode, check out this article about the Connors Institute in The Sentinel newspaper!
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Robert VerBruggen from the Manhattan Institute to discuss a new documentary which claims to disprove that George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, as well as a new research study which claims to disprove that income inequality in the U.S. has been rising since the 1960s.
The documentary in question, The Fall of Minneapolis, was produced by Alpha News, an organization that has a...2024-01-1144 min
The Ethical LifeWe make six bold predictions for 2024Episode 122: Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada are joined by special guest Lawrence Eppard of the "Utterly Moderate Podcast" to make predictions for 2024. Topics include the conflict in the Middle East, the 2024 election and advances in technology. In addition, Kyte and Rada review their forecast for 2023 to see how many of their prognostications came true.
About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis. His forthcoming book, "Finding Your Third Place," wil...2023-12-2754 min
Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and mediaBONUS - There's a lot of pressure to conform - Lawrence EppardHow to Overcome Challenges in Challenging the Status QuoDr. Lawrence Eppard discusses the challenges of ideological conformity in academia and the impact it has on research and knowledge dissemination. He shares personal experiences of facing backlash and reputational harm for challenging orthodoxies in his field. Dr. Eppard emphasizes the need for intellectual diversity and transparency in academia to ensure the quality and objectivity of research.Key Takeaways:Intellectual diversity in academia is crucial for the advancement of knowledge and the prevention of bias.Challenging orthodoxies in academia can lead...2023-11-2228 min
Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media14. Erosion of trust in traditional media institutions - Lawrence EppardHow we can try to make sure news enlightens rather than enrages usHow do we stay informed without falling into the traps of outrage media and political polarization? With the rise of misinformation, disinformation, and biased news coverage, navigating the media landscape has never been more challenging. Outrage-inducing content, driven by engagement algorithms, dominates our screens and threatens to distort our understanding of the world. It’s no wonder trust in media is declining while voters struggle to separate fact from fiction.In this episode, I sit down with Shippensburg University Pr...2023-05-3142 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastWomen in STEM (w/Brighid Cantwell)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are discussing women in fields related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the U.S.
According to the AAUW:
"Women make up only 28% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and men vastly outnumber women majoring in most STEM fields in college. The gender gaps are particularly high in some of the fastest-growing and highest-paid jobs of the future, like computer science and engineering."
There has been a push for some time to increase these numbers, so we thought...2023-01-2326 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastLet's Get Outraged!! (w/David Beckemeyer)The Connors Forum would like to extend both Christmas and holiday greetings to all our podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers. We hope you have a very meaningful celebration with family and friends!
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by David Beckemeyer, host of the brand new Connors Forum podcast Outrage Overload.
David joins the show to talk about all of the media commentators and politicians who make up the outrage industry, an industry which thrives by gaining attention through stoking their audience’s fear, anger, and indignation.
...2022-12-2254 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastElection Preview! (w/Lonce Bailey)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, Shippensburg University political scientist Lonce Bailey joins the show to discuss the midterm elections:
Which party will likely control the House of Representatives?
Which party will likely control the Senate?
Which issues do voters say are most important in this election?
Lonce is a friend of the show and works at Shippensburg University with podcast host Lawrence Eppard. As you will no doubt be able to tell by listening to Dr. Bailey in this episode, he is indicative of the wonderful faculty and students at Ship. If you’re lo...2022-11-0126 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastThe Failures of Reconstruction & Rise of Jim Crow (w/Jeremi Suri)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by University of Texas historian Jeremi Suri to discuss his new book, Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.
In addition to helping listeners understand the failures of reconstruction, their discussion focused on topics such as:
How Nazi Germany used Jim Crow as a model for their own policies
The important ties between the election of 1876 and today
Just how fragile American democracy really is, both then and now
While you listen, make sure to subscribe to...2022-10-2053 min
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Utterly Moderate PodcastUkraine Momentum Shift? And How Neighborhoods Impact Children (w/Paul Poast)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast. . .
Segment 1: Ukraine Momentum Shift?
Paul Poast, an international relations expert at the University of Chicago, joins the program to assess the current state of the war in Ukraine.
Segment 2: How Do Neighborhoods Impact Children?
Utterly Moderate host and Shippensburg University scholar Lawrence Eppard is interviewed on the Bold Dominion Podcast about his research concerning the powerful ways that neighborhoods influence the lives of the children who grow up in them.
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The Connors Forum is an independent enti...2022-09-2244 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastCan U.S. Gun Violence Be Reduced? (w/Garen Wintemute)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Garen Wintemute for a nonpartisan explanation of the research on reducing gun violence in the U.S.
Wintemute is the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis. He is a renowned expert on gun violence and a pioneer in the field of injury epidemiology and prevention of firearm violence. He has testified before Congress and served as a consultant for the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Centers for Disease...2022-09-081h 06
Bold Dominion69 - What does inequality look like in Virginia?Episode Notes
Virginia is home to four of the ten richest counties in America -- all in Northern Virginia. Virginia is also home to some of the most economically distressed counties in America -- all in Southwest Virginia.
And of all fifty states, Virginia has the largest gap between the minimum wage and the bare minimum needed to support a family of four.
That's according to the Commission Examining Racial Inequity in Virginia Law, set up during Ralph Northam's administration back in 2019. The commission released three reports covering the consequences of structural racism i...2022-09-0100 min
wtju69 - What does inequality look like in Virginia?Virginia is home to four of the ten richest counties in America -- all in Northern Virginia. Virginia is also home to some of the most economically distressed counties in America -- all in Southwest Virginia.
And of all fifty states, Virginia has the largest gap between the minimum wage and the bare minimum needed to support a family of four.
That's according to the Commission Examining Racial Inequity in Virginia Law, set up during Ralph Northam's administration back in 2019. The commission released three reports covering the consequences of structural racism in Virginia. Later in the show, we sit down w...2022-09-0131 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastThe Disappearing Great Salt Lake (w/Bonnie Baxter, Robert Gillies, & Chloe Fender)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, after a brief discussion of President Joe Biden's plan to forgive some student loans, host Lawrence Eppard and his guests discuss the drying up of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
You’ll remember from our previous article in our free email newsletter on the subject that satellite photos show the Great Salt Lake is much smaller than it was only a few decades ago—in fact, it has now reached its lowest point on record since measurements began in 1875.
Dr. Bonnie Baxter, director of the Great Salt...2022-08-3148 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastPolitical Violence, Autocracy & Other Threats (w/Rachel Kleinfeld & Ken White)Join the Connors Crew by subscribing to our free email newsletter TODAY!
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard discusses the threat of political violence, America’s slide toward autocracy, and more with guests Rachel Kleinfeld and Ken White.
Articles/other stuff referenced in this episode:
“The New Era of Political Violence is Here” from Tom Nichols at The Atlantic
“Trump Supporters’ Threats to Judge Spur Democracy Concerns” from Fields & Riccard at the Associated Press
Bulwark Podcast episode with guest Dana Milbank
Ken White's podcast and newsletter
The Connors Forum is an i...2022-08-191h 25
Utterly Moderate PodcastHitler and the Pope (w/David Kertzer)Join the Connors Crew and subscribe to our email newsletter today!
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning Brown University scholar David Kertzer to discuss his newest book, The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler.
Kertzer’s book is based upon his work with the newly opened Vatican Archives documents on Pope Pius XII. He provides groundbreaking insight into the Pope’s actions during World War II, including how he responded to the Holocaust.
Kertzer reveals “how the Pope ca...2022-08-1233 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastNoam Chomsky Reflects on Democracy, Inequality, His Career, & MoreOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by longtime MIT professor and current University of Arizona scholar Noam Chomsky.
Chomsky is known around the world for his academic career as a linguist as well as his work as a social commentator and activist. He is the author of many books and you can find his numerous talks and interviews all over the internet.
Eppard and Chomsky cover a variety of topics, including the health of American democracy, free speech on college campuses, government's impact on poverty, misinformation/disinformation, Chomsky's...2022-07-2036 min
Utterly Moderate Podcast1st Webb Telescope Pics Are Here. . . and Gorgeous! (w/Varoujan Gorjian)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory research astronomer Varoujan Gorjian to discuss the amazing pictures just released by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope.
See the pics here—and have our favorite research astronomer explain them to you as you listen to this episode!
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Across the SkyThe top things everyone should know about weatherIt's a special crossover episode this week! The Lee Weather Team hopped on the Utterly Moderate Podcast with host Lawrence Eppard to discuss all things weather. They especially focused on what people often get wrong, including tornadoes, humidity, heat lightning, interpreting a weather report, and more. Get the facts in this episode!
Be sure to check out the Utterly Moderate Podcast to hear more fascinating discussions on a variety of topics. Subscribe to Across the Sky so you don't miss an episode. And here's more on the great stuff mentioned in this week's show:
The RadarScope A...2022-07-1154 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastWe Should Have Paid Attention in Math Class (w/James Zimring & Arjun Moorthy)Click here to join the Connors Crew and get our cool newsletter—it takes only a few seconds!
This week's newsletter article: “Communities Impact Children’s Lives in Powerful Ways.”
Happy Independence Day everyone!
We know times are tough right now in this country. Mass shootings have rocked us once again. Inflation is high and economic troubles loom. A series of Supreme Court decisions have left you either elated or saddened depending upon your point of view. American democracy faces a five-alarm fire—each passing week we find out just how close we were to los...2022-07-041h 25
Utterly Moderate PodcastBridges Won't Stop Tornadoes (w/Lee Enterprises Weather Team)Click here to join the Connors Crew and get our cool newsletter -- it takes only a few seconds! This week's article: What is Causing Inflation?
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by three meteorologists from the Lee Enterprises Weather Team: Matt Holiner, Joe Martucci, and Sean Sublette.
They discuss a number of weather-related subjects that people often get wrong, including tornadoes, humidity, heat lightning, interpreting a weather report, and more. And for fun, they reveal their favorite weather-related movies!
Check out this great stuff mentioned i...2022-06-2347 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastMona Charen Reflects on Guns, Poverty, Jan. 6, & MoreOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Mona Charen, a nationally syndicated columnist, policy editor at the right-leaning The Bulwark, and host of their Beg to Differ podcast.
Charen joins our show to offer a conservative's perspective on gun control, reducing poverty, the January 6 hearings, decency in American culture, and more.
Read Charen's writing at The Bulwark here.
Listen to Charen's podcast Beg to Differ here.
Episode Music:
“Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons)
“Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licensed through TakeTones)
“Tragedy of the Commons" by Jay Pe...2022-06-0934 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastWhen Presidents Clash with the Press (with Jon Marshall)
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On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Jon Marshall, a professor in Northwestern University’s school of journalism and author of the new book, Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis.
They discuss the role of the press and historical examples of its relationship with different administrations.
Episode Music:
“Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons)
“Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licensed through TakeTones)
“Druckstellen" by Ibi (creative commons)
“Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used wit...2022-06-0147 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastThe Conger Ice Shelf Collapse: Canary in the Coal Mine? (with Richard Alley & Zach Stein)Are you a reasonable person? If so, subscribe to the Connors Newsletter!
On This Episode of Utterly Moderate. . .
Segment 1: The Conger Ice Shelf Has Collapsed
Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, joins host Lawrence Eppard to help us understand the collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and its implications.
Read about the Conger Ice Shelf collapse here.
Segment 2: All About Climate Investing
Zach Stein from the company Carbon Collective joins the show to discuss the work his company does helping people get their IRA’s, brokerage accounts, trusts, and mor...2022-05-1150 min
Utterly Moderate PodcastHow to Think Like a Lawyer and Why (with Kimberly Wehle)Hate all the bitterness and polarization? JOIN NOW! Become a member of our community of reasonable Americans!
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle to discuss her new book, How to Think Like a Lawyer and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas.
Also, check out the song featured at the end of this episode, “Turning Into You,” by Shippensburg University student Piper Kull!
Episode Music:
“Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons)
“Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licen...2022-04-2838 min
Discover This Vivid Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty by Heather E. Bullock, Lawrence M. Eppard, Mark Robert RankPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/570966to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty
Author: Heather E. Bullock, Lawrence M. Eppard, Mark Robert Rank
Narrator: Laural Merlington
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Release date: March 22, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake...2022-03-229h 16
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social SciencePoorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty by Heather E. Bullock, Lawrence M. Eppard, Mark Robert RankPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/570966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty Author: Heather E. Bullock, Lawrence M. Eppard, Mark Robert Rank Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of...2022-03-2230 minListen to Best Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social SciencePoorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty by Heather E. Bullock, Lawrence M. Eppard, Mark Robert RankPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/570966to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty
Author: Heather E. Bullock, Lawrence M. Eppard, Mark Robert Rank
Narrator: Laural Merlington
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Release date: March 22, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake...2022-03-229h 16
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