Everyone has a gut reaction to political questions - Should homeless people be housed, and by whom? Who should decide whether a problem pregnancy should result in abortion? Does the government have a responsibility to step in when people are starving? Todd throws out questions, callers respond.

We take more calls on Free Will, and play the RANTS. No Tom Scott tonight, he'll be here tomorrow instead.

We take more calls on free will, then ask Michael Liebowitz about it. Liebo hosts the Rational Egoist podcast.

We talk politics with Jim Watkins, then Todd asks - Is there free will, or are our lives the results of our DNA and environmental inputs.

We play RANTS and talk more about Maryanne Wolf's ideas on reading. Then, Mike Liebowitz is arguably the state's leading public intellectual. He spreads his wisdom as host of the Rational Egoist podcast - and joins us most weeks at this time. We discuss free speech, Elon Musk and Alex Jones.

More discussion about reading - and other devices, as we listen to more thoughts from Maryanne Wolf. Then, we cover a story of a Danbury non-profit seeking to operate a 66 room motel as a homeless shelter - and social disintigration in general - with Chris Powell.

An expert on the human mind explains how kids are addicted to the screen - and - how there's proof that brain plasticity grows when they're interacting with books and adults. We discuss.

More Rants, more calls, more conversation from the Avon Old Farms Hotel, as we continue our first day of the Salvation Army Holiday Store.

Todd broadcasts live from the holiday store. He plays Rants and talks about the corruption at American Universities as displayed by President Gay at Harvard.

RANTS WILL ROCK YOU! You can listen to today's Rants here, plus the live phone calls that accompany them. Then, we are joined by Reese on the Radio! You can Rant at 860-284-9400.