EP #176 - NOW PLAYING Mar. 26, 2025: Book 📚 Review From Rick’s Library: GENERATIONS by Jean M. Twenge, PhD

Season 4

March 26, 2025

Book Review From Rick’s Library: GENERATIONS

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Generations by Dr. Jean Twenge explores how the six generations living in the United States today, connect, conflict, and compete. supporting links 1. Gen Z Refuses to Grow Up | With Dr. J...

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March 25, 2025

Interview #10 Michael Ashford – The Art of Communication

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Summary: In this engaging conversation, Rick Barron and Michael Ashford explore the intricacies of communication, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and deeper questioning in fosterin...

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March 19, 2025

Needle Fear or Misinformation? The Vaccine Divide

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Vaccine debates are as much about ideology as they are about science. The challenge moving forward is finding ways to balance public health imperatives with respect for personal freedom. T...

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March 12, 2025

Real Estate Revolution: Gen Z Takeover Coming

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Very soon a housing revolution will begin as baby boomers unlock the doors to their homes, passing the keys to a new era. supporting links 1. Characteristics of generations X, Y and Z [Ibe...

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March 11, 2025

Why Gen Z Isn’t Googling Anymore

Text us your thoughts on the podcast When was the last time you Googled something? Now, ask yourself this: if you're under 30, did you Google it at all? Supporting links 1. Google Faces Real Competition: How AI is Challenging...

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March 5, 2025

The Oligarchs’ Coup: America’s Democracy Under Siege

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Timothy D. Synder, professor of history at Yale and author of On Tyranny , among many other books, summarizes the oligarchs’ coup and America’s democracy under siege. 1. American democracy...

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Feb. 26, 2025

Interview #9 Lee Jackson - The Journey of 'Getting Good' in Life

Text us your thoughts on the podcast In this engaging conversation, host Rick D Barron speaks with motivational speaker and presentation coach Lee Jackson about the realities of motivation, the importance of connection in per...

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Feb. 25, 2025

Magic Moments: Julia Hawkins’ 108-Year Track Sprint

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Julia Hawkins, the centenarian sprinter known as “Hurricane” and “The Flower Lady,” died in Baton Rouge, La., this week at the age of 108 in October of 2024. Supporting links 1. It’s Been ...

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Feb. 19, 2025

Jonny Beardmore’s Epic 32,000-Mile Postcard Delivery Mission

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Imagine traveling 32,000 miles just to deliver 50 postcards! Meet Jonny Beardmore, a modern-day adventurer inspired by a 200-year-old tradition. 1. The Galápagos Islands: Post Office [Whal...

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Feb. 12, 2025

Book Review From Rick’s Library: Surrender 40 songs, one story

Text us your thoughts on the podcast U2 singer, Bono says his book, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” is more than a memoir; it’s a multifaceted exploration of a life lived at the intersection of art and activism. supporting l...

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Feb. 11, 2025

Nobel in Chemistry: AI's Protein Breakthrough

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Today, we are designing life-saving proteins on demand, reshaping medicine as we know it—thanks to artificial intelligence. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in October of 2024 celebrates just ...

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Feb. 5, 2025

Alice Milliat: Breaking Olympic Barriers

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Alice Milliat (5 May 1884 – 19 May 1957) was a pioneer of women's sport. Her lobbying on behalf of female athletes led to the accelerated inclusion of more women's events in the Olympic Ga...

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Jan. 29, 2025

Canada: Is Not America’s Next State!

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien didn’t mince words when asked about the idea of Canada joining the United States. His response? A resounding no! Supporting links 1. Former Canada PM HI...

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Jan. 28, 2025

132 Years Later: A Bottle Speaks

Text us your thoughts on the podcast It was a secret message hidden for over a century. By chance, engineers inspecting a Scottish lighthouse stumbled upon a 132-year-old message in a bottle. Support Links 1. Northern Lightho...

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Jan. 22, 2025

Netflix Chronicles One Man’s Fight to Live…Forever

Text us your thoughts on the podcast What if you do live forever? That means you'd outlive everybody you'd ever known on the planet. You'd watch your children and grandchildren and all your friends die before you. What would ...

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Jan. 15, 2025

Humane’s AI Pin: From Hope to Flop

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Good execution is about delivering well designed and non-buggy features or at least features with enough utility that people are willing to tolerate the bugs. The Humane AI Pin, wasn’t tha...

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Jan. 14, 2025

75% Cuts? Musk, Ramaswamy Say Yes

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk Are Ready to Push Trumps Plans to Slash the Government. 1. What to know about Trump's Department of Government Efficiency [CBS NEWS] 2. Trump taps Musk/Ramasw...

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Jan. 8, 2025

Book Review From Rick’s Library: Polar Exposure

Text us your thoughts on the podcast The book ‘Polar Exposures’ describes the overcoming of personal struggles as well as group adversity, the team's collective experiences provide rare insight of Western and Arabian cultures...

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Jan. 1, 2025

West Meets East: Putin's Global BRICS Ambitions

Text us your thoughts on the podcast There's a bold geopolitical move happening. It’s Vladimir Putin's plan to reshape the world order with the BRICS Summit. 1. BRICS [Wikipedia] 2. What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expan...

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