Leid Stories

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Leid Stories episodes

November 02, 2021 Leid Stories - 11.02.21
It was among the topics up for discussion on Leid Stories yesterday, but it soon became clear that callers wanted to express fully their views about the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, and the pending trial of three white men charged with killing him.
The conversation continues today, to accommodate those who wish to register their thoughts. Thank you
57 min
November 01, 2021 Leid Stories - 11.01.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.
︎State Attorney General Letitia James has confirmed she's in the running for governor of the State of New York in 2022. Will her candidacy energize the race?
︎The idea of a national third party spawning new political choices while widening the field beyond two parties seems to have died. Are we to live forever in a Democrat-Republican world?
︎Jury selection continues its slow pace in Brunswick, Georgia, where three white men are to be tried on murder charges for hunting down and allegedly killing a 25-year-old black man who was jogging through a mostly white neighborhood near where he lived. Leid Stories discusses why the case is moving so slowly.
54 min
October 29, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.29.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.
It's "Free Your Mind Friday." The entire program is an open forum, devoted to listeners' calls.
55 min
October 28, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.28.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

︎Are you optimistic or pessimistic about life in America today and the forseeable future? What informs your point of view?

︎What would cause you to consider moving out of the country and living elsewhere? Where would that be? How would such a decision affect you?

︎What do you desire most out of life that you haven't yet achieved? What's in the way?

︎What is happiness for you right now?
54 min
October 27, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.27.21
Here's what we're discussing on Leid Stories today.

Are schools for the "gifted and talented" doing more harm than good to education and our society?

What do the challenges in seating a jury to hear the case about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, by three white men, including a father and son, tell us about this case?

U.S. law-enforcement authorities are said to have pinpointed a location in Haiti where a gang holding 17 missionary hostages and demanding $17 million to set them free apparently sent out many communications from. Has the gang been located?
56 min
October 26, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.26.21
Here's what we're discussing on Leid Stories today.

Are schools for the "gifted and talented" doing more harm than good to education and our society?

︎What do the challenges in seating a jury to hear the case about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, by three white men, including a father and son, tell us about this case?

︎U.S. law-enforcement authorities are said to have pinpointed a location in Haiti where a gang holding 17 missionary hostages and demanding $17 million to set them free apparently sent out many communications from. Has the gang been located?
56 min
October 25, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.25.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.
New York Attorney General Letitia James scores a $1.1B victory against three major opioid manufacturers and distributors. Except they won big, too.

The 400 Mawozo, one of several gangs controlling daily life in villages and small towns in Haiti, is threatening to kill 17 hostages -- 16 American and one Canadian missionaries -- if their $1- million-per-hostage demand is not immediately met. Is this the point of no return?
55 min
October 22, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.22.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.
It's "Free Your Mind Friday." The entire program is an open forum, devoted to listeners' calls.
49 min
October 20, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.20.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.
You've been summoned to Washington to meet with President Biden and a group of his top national advisers.
Some of your recently published opinions and analyses have come to their attention.
They want to know: What kind of national program would you recommend be implemented right away? What need would it serve? What problem will it solve?
56 min
October 19, 2021 Leid Stories - 10.19.21
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

What is your sense of where we are as a nation, having experienced a full term of Donald Trump's presidency? Was he good for the country? What would you say was his most significant accomplishment?
How is President Joe Biden's administration resonating with you so far? More positively than Trump, or less positively?

︎More reactions to the death of Gen. Colin Powell.
54 min