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Coming-EP #241 Dec. 24, 2025: Erika McEntarfer & America’s Economic 📉 Truth Silenced on Aug. 1, 2025

Every week, Rick Barron, invites you to a discussion about life’s happenings in this world that conjure up such words as complicated, intriguing, frightening, life-changing, inspiring, and more.

Now heard in all 50 United States. Additionally, among the 195 countries worldwide, I've reached listeners in 76! My largest overseas audience is in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Finland.

Thoughts and perspectives will cover politics, climate change, human behavior, people’s beliefs, overcoming obstacles, and more. He’ll touch on life’s imperfections as well as its celebrations, along with what life’s happenings can teach us and what we can learn. After all, that’s life, I swear.

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Not For All The Tea In China!
Dec. 18, 2025

Not For All The Tea In China!

Learn how Robert Fortune, a classic figure of his age—a man whose scientific passions and professional ambitions aligned perfectly with imperial interests, enabling activities that would change not just gardens and botanical ...
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David Edward Byrd: Psychedelic Poster Legend
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David Edward Byrd: Psychedelic Poster Legend

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Book Review From Rick’s Library: Saints and Liars
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Book Review From Rick’s Library: Saints and Liars

Learn how American humanitarians risked everything to save Jewish refugees and political dissidents from the tightening grip of the Nazis during WW II. supporting links 1. Deborah Dwork [Wikipedia] 2. Robert Jan van Pelt [Wik...
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Charlie Brown’s Christmas: The True Meaning
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Charlie Brown’s Christmas: The True Meaning

At its heart, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a quiet protest against the commercialization of the holiday season. Supporting links 1. Charles Schulz [Museum] 2. Lee Mendelson [Los Angeles Times] 3. Peanuts [website] 4. How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy [YouTube] A Charlie Brown …
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Book Review from Rick’s Library: Waiting for the Punch
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If you’re a fan of the WTF podcast, this book by Marc Maron, is a rich distillation of its most powerful themes: love, addiction, failure, mental illness, creativity, recovery, and redemption. supporting links 1. Marc Maron [...
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Gouda Cheesemakers Battle Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels
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The charming city of Gouda, renowned for its world-famous cheese, is facing an existential threat. As sea levels rise, this historic hub of Dutch cheesemaking is slowly sinking. supporting links 1. Why the Netherlands is worl...
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