491. What Happens When Politicians Punish Businesses for Their Personal Beliefs?
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has launched an economic war against Disney because he doesn’t agree with their “woke” beliefs. Just beause you disagree with someone doesn’t mean you should take every measure to punish them.
490. Is The Grass Always Greener?
It’s so easy to focus on being jealous of what other people have instead of being thankful for what we have in our own lives.
488. What is ESG Investing?
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is the idea that companies should be held accountable for their stated contributions to the climate change effort. But is ESG investing just another type of social credit type system but for companies?
487. What Are Secret Societies?
Ronni talks about her college experience of being in a “secret society” and explores other famous secret societies throughout history.
486. How Can You Prepare for An Emergency?
Emergencies, like natural disasters and economic crises, happen without warning. That’s why it’s so important to be prepared.
485. How Can We Develop Good Habits?
Dr. BJ Fogg joins Connor to discuss his book Tiny Habits, share four tips for kids to develop good habits, and new songs for kids he has created to teach these important ideas.
484. What Gives You Hope?
Many people have a gloomy outlook on the future of the world. But are things really that bad? Or are there reasons to be hopeful?
483. What Are 15 Minute Cities?
While the idea of everything we could ever need being within 15 minutes sounds good in theory, these planned communities would be based on regulation of people’s movements within the city boundaries.
479. Should We Defend Horrible Speech?
People seem way too eager these days to want to ban speech they think is hateful and offensive. It’s true, there are a lot of terrible things that are said, but even hateful and offensive speech should be defended and history has some great examples of why this is important.
478. What Are Miranda Rights?
Have you ever heard someone on a movie say “you have the right to remain silent?” That line actually has a name and an interesting history in our justice system.