A cartel kidnapping from a pastor's house. Crossing the Rio Grande in a truck tire...while pregnant. A city occupied by seven different countries throughout history. All this featured in this episode, recorded on both sides of the border in Laredo, Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Israel Jackson, my friend who just happens to be black, talks with me about why black kids don't learn about their history, the ethical implications of reparations, and why #AbolishThePolice is actually a form of white supremacy. This is the episode on racism the racists don't want you to hear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I visited Bernheim Forest to see a giant nest in the middle of nowhere. Featured in this episode are Golden Eagles from Canada, an illness-curing tobacco snuff-tin dance, and two of the four venemous snakes that live in Kentucky. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I talk with Lance Corporal Levi Vaske, currently an infantryman in the US Marine Corp about his life, diversity in the military, political correctness, and racism. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A two-centuries-old disputed will, a Supreme Court case, and a mob of angry Germans. I had the serendipity of talking with Bill Killen about his exploration into a little-known part of black history in Cincinnati. This is the saga of the 383 enslaved and their descendents' fight for justice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“God is not silent...He is simply clearing his throat...” Today Dr. Bunck and I discuss the nature of evil, Bolshevism, the putrid corpse of a Russian monk, and of course, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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I talk with Maria from Nicaragua about empanadas, why children haven't been to school in Nicaragua in two years, and the American Dream. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join Elders Bushell and Prymak and I for a discussion about among other things, Malagasi peanut candy, baptism for the dead, and whether or not they can actually drink coffee. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I talked with political science professor and current department chair Dr. Jason Gainous, PhD., at Ford Hall. We discuss how social media is killing democracy, how our electoral system fans racial tension, and "a Clockwork Orange." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app