Mark Bauerlein, Professor at Emory U, joins Jacki to discuss his latest book, “The Dumbest Generation Grows Up:  From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults.”  Bauerlein documents the younger generation’s despair-driven climate activism, unprecedented levels of depression, suicide, and lack of fulfillment or purpose.  He traces these alarming statistics directly to the changes in childhood emotional development brought on by spending more time with screens than with family or social groups and the eroding of educational standards and curriculum.  He offers solutions for helping the next generation to be more fulfilled, emotionally stable, and less hostile to the rule of law.  - - - - -   Jacki again corrects the false narrative that natural gas caused the Texas grid outages.  Overwhelming evidence shows that natural gas ramped up to almost its maximum output while the growing percentage of unreliable energy on the grid, paired with a spiking population, created an energy shortage in America’s most energy rich state, killing hundreds of Texans unnecessarily.  This can and will happen again - and not just in Texas.  - - - - Defending Joe Rogan is defending free speech.  - - - - - Why you should register to vote and participate in even the smallest, local primaries and elections (Hint:  Local elections determine issues such as whether your children have CRT curriculum, whether your police are defunded, etc., and with far fewer voters, your vote packs more punch).