Podcast Transcript 1) President’s State of the Union valuable learning opportunity for families State of the Union 2015: Will there be any surprises?, Politico (Kendall Breitman) Do we even need a State of the Union address anymore?, Washing ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Universal 0utcry over S Korean ferry captain’s actions undermines notion of moral relativity Captain Gets 36 Years for Deserting Korean Ferry, New York Times (Choe Sang-Hun) 2) Studies indicate demise of intact familie ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Election Day looms large on America’s political, cultural and moral horizons Land of the Fearful: A Nervous America Prepares to Vote, USA Today (Susan Page) 2) Partisan divide in America points to a demographic divide ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Vatican synod on family a major transformation of Roman Catholicism Vatican Signals More Tolerance Toward Gays and Remarriage, New York Times (Elisabetta Povoledo) The Vatican’s Relatio, The Vatican (Synod on the Family ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Assisted suicide plan of 29-year-old illustrates cultural demand for autonomy over end of life Why Newlywed Brittany Maynard Is Ending Her Life in Three Weeks, NBC News (Bill Briggs) 2) Canadian Christian’s job rejectio ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Displacement of any typical family structure in America reflects decline in marriage Unlike in the 1950s, there is no ‘typical’ U.S. family today, Washington Post (Brigid Schulte) The ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Family Has Bee ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Murder of James Foley can only and must be described as evil James Foley and the Last Journalists in Syria, The Atlantic (Uri Friedman) Militant Groups Says It Killed American Journalist in Syria, New York Times (Rukmin ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Prominence of ISIS shows declaring peace does make peace Iraq Crisis: Islamic State Now Threat to West, Says U.S., Wall Street Journal (Siobhan Gorman, Tamer El-Ghobasy, and Nour Malas) The West’s Gaza, National Review ...
Podcast Transcript 1) World Cup popularity evidence of democratizing effect of soccer Why is the World Cup so popular?, Christian Science Monitor (Matthew Clark) A game of two halves, The Economist 2) Heart, rather than parental pressure, ...