Silent Bronze
What do we learn from our grandparents that we didn't get to know? This essay explores those questions of what we get when we ask if they would be proud of how we turned out.
12 Feb 202511min
Hero?
This essay is part of the series, "Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons from America's Highways." It examines how we are socially programed to respond to a crisis and what it means to be a hero.
10 Nov 202112min
Season 2, Ep. 1 Stranger Relief at Thanksgiving
In this time of COVID-19, social distancing, and sheltering in place, why not look at family dynamics in the form of a major holiday?
22 Mar 202029min
Comic Book Blues
Art, pop culture, comic books, movies, tv, and compulsive behavior. This episode deals with all that, as well as taking a hard look at when we cut out parts of ourselves in order to "fit in" and what ...
1 Okt 201929min
What's a Life Worth?
This month's essay looks at the fundamental question--how we determine the value of a life.
26 Jul 201917min
Hallowed Ground
What do we hold sacred? What is truly hallowed ground? A massive church that's been turned into a disco and two battlefields are the backdrop for this interesting essay about what we value and why.
6 Jun 201912min
Nurse Logs
What do we owe the past? This essay, the third from "Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons form America's Highways" series, explores that question from the only temperate rain forest in the world.
5 Mai 201913min
Follow the Leader
Leadership. It's the Holy Grail of the business world. It took a cold day in whitewater to teach how Americans' view leadership and a possible new approach.
23 Mar 201914min
