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 Mars 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Mars 201914min
