Insights Into Things

This week we are talking about Cultural Appropriation. We will help you understand what cultural appropriation is by looking at the meanings associated with the phrase and other vocabulary associated with cultural appropriation. We’ll take a look at some real world examples of cultural appropriation and why they are considered cultural appropriation. And finally we’ll look at ways to know if something is cultural appropriation and how to avoid cultural appropriation in our everyday lives.

Today we’re discussing monopolies in the modern age. We’ll understand what a monopoly is, how they operate and why they are detrimental to a free and open market, yet they are a unique product of capitalism. We’ll take a brief look at the history of monopolies in American and how they’ve been handled before we look to the future with today’s monopolies and the complications inherent in regulating them.

In our Disney Detective, Disney World reduces social distancing requirements in select areas of theme parks & Some Stage shows are back at Walt Disney World Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, STAR WARS CELEBRATION ANAHEIM 2022 is sooner than planned & Disney includes Gina Carano in its Mandalorian Emmy awards push And for our Entertainment News, James Gunn says Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is the end of the story & NBC cancels Golden Globes for 2022 And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week we are discussing insecurities. What is does it mean to be insecure? What type of insecurities are there? What are the signs of insecurity? We'll discuss all this and take a look at how to deal with insecurity this week on Insights Into Teens

In our Disney Detective, Halfway to Halloween & Disney College Program to return Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, A Real Life Lightsaber (kind of) coming soon & Could Cara Dune be coming back to the Star Wars Universe? (probably not) And for our Entertainment News, Woody Harrelson gives a helping hand & Loki arriving a little early And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

Today we’re talking about what it’s like to live in a single child home or what it’s like to be an only child. We’ll talk about the advantages of being an only child as well as the disadvantages. Then we’ll get some insights about being in a single child home from Madison and how it’s affected her life.

In part two of our "Perspectives" series we're asking Madison's thoughts on another set of interesting questions. This week we'll talk about parenting, relationships and technology related questions. In our first segment we'll get her perspectives on fathers taking paternity leave, should companies market to children, whether or not there's too much of an attitude of entitlement in today's youth and more. Our second segment will find out of age matters in relationships, is it ok for girls to ask out boys, can you just be friends after breaking up with someone, whether it's ok to date the ex-partner of you friend and more. We'll wrap up with technology when we find out if we're too dependent on computers, are cell phones dangerous, is technology a convenience or a burden, is technology a threat to privacy and more.

In our Disney Detective, What Happened To The People Who Waited Hours For Disneyland Tickets and Disneyland releases sneak a peek of the Haunted Mansion ride changes Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, the man behind the mask of Darth Vader’s items are up for auction and Disney is finally settling a controversy with an iconic ‘Star Wars’ Writer And for our Entertainment News, Lizzo’s ‘drunk DM’ to Chris Evans turned out ... pretty great, actually and Superman Comics Will No Longer Be Published By DC And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week the podcast goes back to it's roots to ask a series of questions to Madison and get the perspective of a teenager on a number of topics. First we talk academics and find teen perspectives on how much emphasis colleges place on standardized test scores to whether or not the cost of college tuition is too high.

Then we'll delve into the realm of politics. We'll find out if our election process is fair, is our tax system fair, should the government provide free healthcare, should there be term limits on all political offices, do campaign contributions distort our political system and much more.

Finally we'll address some "Big Picture" questions like is global climate change man-made, is the death penalty effective, should smoking be banned, do we have a throw-away society, are professional athletes paid to much and more.

In our Disney Detective, we’ll take a look at concept art for updates to Enchanted Tiki Room and we’ll talk about A Place Where Everyone is Welcome Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, ‘Star Wars Detours’ Might Finally See The Light Of Day, and heads up fans of Wedge Antilles there’s a new collectible on the way And for our Entertainment News, Tony Stark may be returning to the MCU in some form and and official companion podcast for Amazon’s The Boys may be launching And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....