Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) In 44 BC, a nineteen-year-old boy named Gaius Octavius received news that would change his life — and the course of Western civilization. Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in the world, had been assassinated. And in his will, Caesar had done…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) There's a scene in The Shawshank Redemption that's hard to forget. Brooks Hatlen has spent nearly fifty years inside Shawshank prison. He went in as a young man and when he makes parole, he leaves as an old man. And you'd think the day they…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) In 1984, a movie came out that gave us one of the most iconic training scenes in movie history. Daniel LaRusso is the new kid who's getting beaten up by bullies. Then he meets Mr. Miyagi — a quiet, unassuming handyman — who agrees to teach him…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) There’s a scene in that great Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back where Darth Vader makes a deal with Lando Calrissian… Help me capture Han Solo and his friends, and I’ll leave your city alone. Lando agrees and betrays his friend. Now it’s…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Have you ever gotten one of those offers that sounds too good to be true? You know the ones. "Free vacation — all expenses paid!" And you think, that sounds amazing . But then you think, wait a minute . So you flip it over. You scan to the bottom.…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) This afternoon is the FIFA World Cup Final — Spain versus Argentina. And if you've been paying any attention at all this summer, you know the story of how Argentina got there, because they did it in dramatic fashion and at England's expense.…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Has anyone here ever seen one of those videos where someone straps a camera to an animal? You can find them all over the internet. People strap GoPro cameras… To their dogs, To their cats — I've even seen one strapped to an eagle. And when you…