En Route: Excursions

Geoffrey Kabaservice talks about J. Irwin Miller and the loss of Mainline Protestantism and Moderate Republicanism.

Full Episode and Show Notes

Dennis shares this episode on two women 30 years ago searching for common ground.

Full Episode and Show Notes

Do Black Lives Matter to Jesus?  Some of you might not like the answer.

Full Episode and Show Notes

Sears and Kmart were once leaders in retail. Now they are nearly defunct. What happened? Learn the seldom-heard story.

Full Episode and Show Notes

For over a century, Sears was one of this nation’s leading retailers.  In the 1920s, you could literally buy a house from Sears.  The postwar years saw Sears moving into malls across the land.  KMart started in 1962, the same year that saw a number of other discount retailers like Target and Walmart open for business.  Throughout the 1970s and 80s, KMart became the go-to place for finding things at a good price. Shoppers were on the lookout for their famous blue light specials.

Over the last decade, hundreds of stores were closed and the two chains are basically defunct.

The common story is that Sears and Kmart didn’t keep up with the times and they pin the blame on the rise on Amazon.  Now the online retail behemoth does have a role in the demise of Sears, but it's only a small role.  Actually, the reason Sears and Kmart have vanished from American retail is because of one man- the one-time CEO of Sears Holdings, Eddie Lampert.

In this two-part episode, we will hear from retail analyst Warren Shoulberg who has followed Lampert and what he did to Sears.  Shoulberg is a long-time expert in all things retail and the right person to talk about what really happened to Sears.  This part of a larger interview I did with Shoulberg on retail will show up in a few days, but it’s important to hear this story about one retailer and what its downfall says about American society in general. So let’s hear from Warren Shoulberg. This is Part Two.

Warren Shoulberg's Column in Forbes

Eddie Lampert and BS

The Sears Saga No One Knows

Support this Podcast: https://ko-fi.com/dennislsanders

Listen to the En Route Podcast

For over a century, Sears was one of this nation’s leading retailers.  In the 1920s, you could literally buy a house from Sears.  The postwar years saw Sears moving into malls across the land.  KMart started in 1962, the same year that saw a number of other discount retailers like Target and Walmart open for business.  Throughout the 1970s and 80s, KMart became the go-to place for finding things at a good price. Shoppers were on the lookout for their famous blue light specials.

Over the last decade, hundreds of stores were closed and the two chains are basically defunct.

The common story is that Sears and Kmart didn’t keep up with the times and they pin the blame on the rise on Amazon.  Now the online retail behemoth does have a role in the demise of Sears, but it's only a small role.  Actually, the reason Sears and Kmart have vanished from American retail is because of one man- the one-time CEO of Sears Holdings, Eddie Lampert.

In this two-part episode, we will hear from retail analyst Warren Shoulberg who has followed Lampert and what he did to Sears.  Shoulberg is a long-time expert in all things retail and the right person to talk about what really happened to Sears.  This part of a larger interview I did with Shoulberg on retail will show up in a few days, but it’s important to hear this story about one retailer and what its downfall says about American society in general. So let’s hear from Warren Shoulberg. This is Part One.

Warren Shoulberg's Column in Forbes

Eddie Lampert and BS

The Sears Saga No One Knows

What Really Happened to Sears, Part Two

Support this Podcast: https://ko-fi.com/dennislsanders

What’s going to happen in Afghanistan?  Will the Taliban be in control of the entire country?  If so, what does that mean for the US and the world. What does it mean for the Biden Administration? Andrew Donaldson, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan talks about the upcoming withdraw and what might happen once the US leaves.

Andrew Donaldson on Afghanistan

Executions and Forced Marriages in Taliban-Held Areas

The US Gives Up

Why We're Losing Afghanistan

Support this Podcast: https://ko-fi.com/dennislsanders

Be sure to rate us and leave a review. Share the podcast with others! Questions? Send an email: [email protected].

website: enroutepodcast.org

Twitter

Facebook Page

YouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteyt

This is the first episode of what I hope will be a microcast called "Little Jaunts" (sticking with the travel theme). Little Jaunts will showcase shorter versions of past interviews with each episode being 10-15 minutes long.

In this first episode, I share part of an interview I did with astrophysicist, Michael Siegel on the Coronavirus, the Delta Variant and how to talk to the unvaccinated.

Show notes:

Dealing with the Unvaccinated

No, the Unvaccinated Aren’t All Just Being Difficult

Support this Podcast: https://ko-fi.com/dennislsanders

Be sure to rate us and leave a review. Share the podcast with others! Questions? Send an email: [email protected].

website: enroutepodcast.org

Twitter

Facebook Page

YouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteyt