Show Notes

0.30 Covid and the Vaccines

2.45 The Global Economy and Jobs

4.50 Truth and Reconciliation

7.20 Getting Our Democracy Back

9.00 The Georgia Elections

12.00 The International World Order

13.40 More Bi-Partisanship

Here, with substantial help from Amiel Handelsman, an experienced coach who works with individuals and organizations, we explore how to process expert advice.

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Contacting Amiel

5.30 Financial advice and uncertainty

7.10 How do you determine if someone is an expert?

9.10 Expert advice from the pandemic experts

11.15 Executives giving and receiving advice

16.20 The roles and elements of trust

20.25 Hearing advice you don't want to hear

26.50 Getting tips from Amiel

28.20 How to process advice from someone who doesn't know you

Show Notes

We finally break out of Trump Doom to brainstorm on what could really help fix the world over the next 10 years - all things being possible.

1.00 A Cure for Cancer

1.45 Health Report from Chris

3.10 The Browns Win the Super Bowl

3.30 Re-invigorating Democracy

9.00 Wealth Inequality 

10.30 Solar Power and Climate Change

14.20 More Women Leaders

17.45 Population Health

Show Notes

Here we explore why, despite unrelenting pressure and threats from Trump, state election officials in the swing states - both Republicans and Democrats - have protected the integrity of the election

0.45 The election that wasn't really that close

4.00 State election officials take their jobs seriously

9.40 Chris says, "There are good people on both sides." where have we heard that before?

10.30 The Right Wing Echo Chamber

14.20 The Courts Hold the Line

16.50 Trump's Branding Problem

Chris and Doug meditate on the cycle of life, the conditions under which we'd like to extend it, and our future non-existence - or whatever happens after this wild ride we're on. 

0.45 Study of Oxygen Therapy for Longevity

1.30 Chris's view of living forever

4.45 Doug's meditation on non-existence

10.15 Wealthy people trying to cheat death

14.45 Steve Jobs

16.45 People who are less afraid of death

21.00 Doug's Arrogance and the cycle of life

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Aging Journal - Oxygen Therapy Extends Longevity

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

Doug and Chris (mostly) take a break from talking about politics to note the many things we have to be thankful for - despite the challenges of 2020.

1.50 Family.

6.10 Healthcare workers during Covid

7.00 Vaccines

10.15 Election Poll Workers

11.00 Dead People Voting

12.00 Joe Biden

16.00 Our Audience

Show Notes

Here we discuss the significance of our second major Covid wave on our health, families, and emotional well-being

1.00 The emotional toll of the pandemic

6.15 Individual rights and social obligations

8.45 Are we headed for healthcare rationing?

13.20 The Virus Burnout Syndrome

16.00 How can we learn from our virus experience so far?

18.00 Wall Street Journal Mask Wearing Update

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PBS Interview of Biden Covid Task Force Co Chair

Show Notes

Here's our expert analysis on the election results, recorded on Saturday morning shortly before the presidential race was called for Biden

0.45 Overall Reactions to Election Results

3.20 Why didn't Mitch McConnell want a stimulus bill?

4.20 Georgia - The Democrat's Silver Lining

6.45 Re-visiting our Pre-Election Predictions

9.15 Our strategies for watching the election results

10.50 The election turnout

13.20 How did the pollsters do?

16.10 The Planned Pennsylvania Crisis

19.00 Where Biden Won the Election

25.00 The Democrat's Messaging Problem

27.00 The Brilliance of Biden's Campaign Strategy

Show Notes

We muse on the possible election results, to the extent that we can emotionally cope with that. And we make some analytical predictions about how things will go (in other words, we guess). 

0.30 Possible election scenarios

6.00 Doug's swing state predictions

9.00 Texas

12.45 Post election day turmoil?

17.30 The future of Trump TV

19.30 The Contested Election Scenarios

29.00 Chris Calls the Election !!

FiveThirtyEight: Explore The Ways Trump Or Biden Could Win The Election

In this special Halloween edition, Doug and Chris are joined by John Gallant, a horror short-story writer, to discuss why many people enjoyed being frightened.

1.30 Introducing John

2.30 The Emotions of Horror and Fear

7.20 Sleeping With the Enemy

9.50 Coming up with Horror Story Ideas

13.15 Horror Story Plots

18.30 Chris recalls The Twilight Zone

20.30 The Magic of Stephen King

23.00 The Thing

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On Writing by Stephen King