Attorney Vince White joins us this week. Vince’s law firm does more workplace harassment and sexual discrimination cases than any other US law firm. His firm also handled some of the Harvey Weinstein cases. Interestingly, Vince is James’ former student.

Foolishness of the week: 05:30 Main episode: 08:39

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https://www.axios.com/2023/10/01/student-loan-payments-october-2023

Foolishness of the Week

https://nbcmontana.com/news/connect-to-congress/meghan-markle-considering-run-for-sen-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat-sources-say-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-house-of-windsor-royal-family-prince-harry-gavin-newsom-california-los-angeles-family-leave-gun-safety-politics

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Robert Reich (not an economist) recorded a video recently in which he claims that the rich are not paying their fair share of Social Security. But the calculations he uses to prove his point are fundamentally flawed.

Foolishness of the week: 09:54 Main episode: 12:57

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Foolishness of the Week

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/politics/fact-check-biden-every-mass-shooting/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shootings-days-2023-database-shows/story?id=96609874

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Economist Bryan McCannon gives us two things to think about this week: his research into whether covid mask mandates saved lives, and that journal editors were afraid to publish his results.

Foolishness of the week: 08:04 Main episode: 11:49

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https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/cost-of-living-index-by-state

https://apnews.com/article/climate-oil-gas-california-lawsuit-newsom-212d6d9873352f28094173a1974e3d90

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-a-city-run-grocery-store-in-chicago-could-work/91365f98-25de-4cd5-80e9-eae3fa627610

Topic of the Week

Mask mandates

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Burning Man, a modern day Woodstock, occurs each year in the desert. This year brought 87,000 people together to live, if only for a few days, in a cooperative nirvana. We take some time to look at the Burning Man principles for living and ask whether they make any sense.

Foolishness of the week: 05:21 Main episode: 11:44

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https://www.iflscience.com/linguists-speak-of-a-new-language-dialect-evolving-in-the-us-70586

Foolishness of the Week

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https://ibis.doh.nm.gov/indicator/view/DthRateLdgCause.Year.Cause.html

https://everystat.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gun-Violence-in-New-Mexico-2.9.2021.pdf

Topic of the Week

https://survival.burningman.org/culture/the-10-principles/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/08/the-wonderful-weird-economics-of-burning-man/376108/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/06/burning-man-2023-photos-nevada-desert/70774615007/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/business/burning-man-billionaires/index.html

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Union membership in the private sector has been declining for decades, while union membership in the public sector has been increasing. This is consistent with workers voluntarily choosing not to unionize to the point that unions must turn to government jobs where it is easier to force workers to unionize.

Foolishness of the week: 04:20 Main episode: 10:03

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/climate-change-activists-blockaded-burning-man-accuse-police-excessive-rcna102370

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/pope-francis-conservatives-united-states-rcna102452

Topic of the Week

Declining union membership

https://www.statista.com/statistics/195339/number-of-union-members-in-the-us-since-2000/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/195349/union-membership-rate-of-employees-in-the-us-since-2000/

Union workers earn around 20% more than non-union workers

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374865/earnings-union-membership-race-us/

33% of public sector jobs are unionized vs 6% of private sector jobs

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf

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The Republicans held their first primary debate. What they said wasn’t interesting. What they didn’t say was.

Foolishness of the week: 07:00 Main episode: 09:10

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/urban-doom-loop-could-pose-105045782.html

Foolishness of the Week https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-advisers-bristle-newsoms-plan-debate-desantis-rcna101799

Topic of the Week

GOP Primary Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccPDCzJuLgI

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Economist Art Carden joins us this week to talk about his popular book, Strangers With Candy.

Foolishness of the week: 04:27 Main episode: 18:01

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https://fortune.com/2023/07/06/wealthy-leaving-china-education-school-sisb-stock-surge-singapore-thailand/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/372900/number-of-chinese-students-that-study-in-the-us/

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/economic-freedom/map?geozone=world&page=map&year=2020&countries=THA,CHN,USA

https://reason.com/2023/08/21/chinas-industrial-policy-is-failing-will-american-politicians-take-notice/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/21/american-workers-are-demanding-almost-80000-a-year-to-take-a-new-job.html

Foolishness of the Week https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1693274613541671350

Topic of the Week

Strangers With Candy https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733658459?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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Michael Semanchik, Director of the Innocence Center, joins us to talk about freeing the wrongfully imprisoned, and reforming the criminal justice system to reduce the likelihood of wrongful convictions.

Foolishness of the week: 06:13 Main episode: 07:09

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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/08/07/hawaii-news/emergency-declaration-prohibits-price-gouging-lawyer-says/

https://www.outkick.com/oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond-song-lyrics-viral-video/

Foolishness of the Week

https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/11/san-francisco-robotaxi-cruise-debauchery/

Topic of the Week

Mike Semanchik https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-semanchik/

California Innocence Project Podcast https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/cipp/

Innocence Center www.innocencecenter.org

National exoneration registry https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/about.aspx

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The point of communicating is to transfer thoughts from one person’s brain to another. In most forms of human communication, words are the tools we use. But if the two people don’t share common definitions of words, then communication becomes clouded. The most extreme case is when two people speak very different languages. But miscommunication often happens when both people speak the same language. If we hope to resolve, or at least come to peaceful disagreement, over topics from gun control to gender, we have to make a concerted effort to agree on definitions before debating the topics. Main episode: 12:34

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The Constitution sets lower age limits for members of Congress and the President, but sets no upper limits. Before modern medicine, this wasn’t as much of a problem as people’s bodies tended not to outlive their minds. Today, it’s becoming a problem. Foolishness of the week: 05:30 Main episode: 09:35

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Topic of the Week

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_who_did_not_win_reelection

https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Attenuated_Democracy_(Hubert)/08%3A_Electoral_Politics_and_Public_Opinion/8.07%3A_Chapter_55-_The_Advantages_of_Incumbency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_age

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/2012/lr5a4.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-confused-dianne-feinstein-tried-to-give-a-speech-in-the-middle-of-a-senate-hearing-vote-and-was-told-to-just-say-aye-instead/ar-AA1ernV5

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-fell-recently-dc-airport-prior-wednesdays-freeze-rcna96568

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/26/mcconnell-abruptly-leaves-press-conference-after-feeling-light-headed-00108318

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/26/mcconnell-press-conference-freezing-lightheaded

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1994/93-1456

Quick Hits

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mosquitoes-carry-west-nile-are-becoming-resistant-insecticides-cdc-say-rcna96867

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.cornelwest24.org/press_release_073123

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