Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem – and suicide rates around the world are skyrocketing. In the U.S., for example, the annual suicide rate has increased 24% between 1999 and 2014. So, what can we do? In this episode, Stephen reflects on suicide in our culture, as well as the loss of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade.

This episode originally aired on June 13, 2018.

From The Archive: When The Demons Come

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield (The Faith of George W. Bush, The Search for God and Guinness, Lincoln's Battle With God, Mansfield's Book of Manly Men, The Miracle of the Kurds) talks about today's cultural upheavals, trends and ironies, all while providing a fascinating look behind the scenes of his writing and travels.

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Listen in for ten statistics showing positive trends in the areas of poverty, child welfare, life expectancy and more.

Ten Facts Shaping Your World

To most Americans, the violent protests that have taken place on our American college campuses have come as a surprise, but the causes that led to them have been long in the making.

Our Toxic Campuses

There seems always to be a war occurring in some part of the world, but what moral framing should nations apply that keeps them from doing the kind of damage that will taint generations?

A Just War Primer

It seems my government is going out of its way to say the traditional faith shared by the majority of Americans is increasingly in the way of an agenda.

My Government and Me

In the wake of the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, two things become apparent: ISIS is not dead, and Vladimir Putin is looking incompetent.

From The Archive: When The Demons Come

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