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Alexander Nadtochiy and Mark Gasparotto join Matt Lehrman to discuss the history, geography, economics, and politics behind Russia's brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.   Today's guests invite your support of these charities: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kellogg-helping-ukraine/donations https://wck.org/   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  Click Here    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn

All statistics are guilty until they're proven innocent,” says Jerry McKibben of McKibben Demographics who joins host Matt Lehrman to discuss the profoundly important insights & implications beginning to emerge from the 2020 US Census.   US Census:  www.data.census.gov     Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  Click Here    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn

Kimberlee Williams, Lee Jackson, and Mitch Gooze join host Matt Lehrman for a courageous conversation that tackles the practicality and morality of “agreeing to disagree.”   7 Blind Mice by Ed Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-2b9pR2MA   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  Click Here    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:    Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn

Dr. Victoria Farris, a disrupter, truth teller, justice seeker, educator, mother, and activist - sits down for a courageous conversation with host Matt Lehrman about the intersection of feminism and white responsibility.   Dr. Victoria Farris:  www.VictoriaFarris.com    Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  Click Here    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn

Ken Clark, Dan Steininger, and JD Meyers bring perspectives of neurology, psychology, and organizational leadership to a conversation about the current emotional state of our society as host Matt Lehrman asks, “Is it still true that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?”    Read President Roosevelt's first inaugural address: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/froos1.asp   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  Click Here    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn

Mayor Julian McTizik of Bolivar, Tennessee and Josh Ray, City Manager of Shelbyville, Tennessee join Matt Lehrman for an insightful discussion of the institutional responsibilities of their respective police forces coupled with the practical expectations of the people who serve as sworn officers.    Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest by clicking here!    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn

Beyond explicit discrimination, this courageous conversation explores the disrespect, thoughtlessness, and disempowerment too-often experienced by people with disabilities and differences. Matt Lehrman is joined by Leah Mapstead, Jill Mapstead, Andre van Hall, and Muhannad Malki.     Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest by clicking here!    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn   CDC statistics on disability   ADA National Network

What are the root causes of the current labor shortage?  Matt Lehrman invites business leaders Katharine Halpin, Doug Berger, and Manny Teran to compare their different perspectives in a courageous conversation.   LINKS   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us  Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/ Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/    Link to Pew Research Center: There are More Jobs Than Jobless People in 42 States: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/11/12/there-are-more-jobs-than-jobless-people-in-42-states   Link to Forbes:  What Does a Worker Want?: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2021/07/08/what-does-a-worker-want-what-the-labor-shortage-really-tells-us/?sh=389a005d539d  

Just how much do people who benefit from white privilege feel it is their responsibility (or even within their power) to remedy?  Matt Lehrman welcomes Brent Robertson, Patty O'Reilly, and Gary Cohen.   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/  Link to the New York Times' podcast, The Daily, episode:  A City's Step Toward Reparations: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-citys-step-toward-reparations/id1200361736?i=1000528593488

Where might there be opportunities for discussion between the hardened positions of  "pro-choice" and "pro-life"?  Matt Lehrman welcomes Bea Wray, Marcey Rader, and Michael Murray.   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us  Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/ Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/   

The podcast is taking a brief summer break.  We'll be back September 9.     Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/

How do two people who share a great many values and intentions for social welfare arrive at wholly different positions about capital punishment? Matt Lehrman welcomes Ira Schweitzer and Susan Stodola.   LINKS Ask a Question or Leave a Comment: 602-688-2724   Send us a Note: TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us   Apply to Be a Podcast Guest by clicking here!   Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  Follow Matt on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn   Death Penalty Information Center: Facts about the Death Penalty:  State by State

The conversation continues from the prior episode and gets specific about what increases and decreases our trust in government.  Matt Lehrman welcomes back Sentari Minor, Nadia Mustafa, and Chuck Gallagher.       Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724 Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1      Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/    Pew Research Center's Research on Public Trust in Government: 1958-2021: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/17/public-trust-in-government-1958-2021/ 

Beneath the noble words and high aspirations for what government can & should do, there's a foundational question of whether it deserves to be trusted.  Rather than a question of policy, this is a profound question of personal values.  For this courageous conversation, Matt Lehrman is joined by Nadia Mustafa, Chuck Gallagher, and Sentari Minor.       Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/    Pew Research Center's Research on Public Trust in Government: 1958-2021: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/17/public-trust-in-government-1958-2021/ 

How is our understanding of the public good grounded in people's relationship to government and society: skepticism vs empathy; self-interest vs community spirit; and trust vs mistrust? For this courageous conversation, Matt Lehrman is joined by Valerie Alexander and Miles Ogihara.    Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a note: TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest   Produced by Social Prosperity Partners   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn   Valerie Alexander's TedTalk on Unconscious Bias  

Is someone's gender identity really anyone else's business?  For a courageous conversation about gender identity, Matt Lehrman is joined by Rebecca Heiss, Dayn Broder, and Kevin Frei.       Support Hotlines:  https://pflag.org/hotlines    Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/ 

Matt Lehrman is joined by Michael Julian and Paul Mitchell for a courageous conversation that asks, “How concerned are you that 245 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, our society seems so conflicted about the nature of liberty?”     Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/ 

Matt Lehrman is joined by Eamon McDaniel, Laura Patterson, and Adam Hartung for a courageous conversation about the nature of opportunity and meritocracy in American society.     Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/ 

Matt Lehrman is joined by Tara Kinney, Keisha McKinnor, and Todd Kuckkahn for a courageous conversation about the 16-18% wage gap for women as measured by the Pew Research Center and the US Census Bureau.    Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/    Helpful Links: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/25/gender-pay-gap-facts/ https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/unequally-essential-women-and-gender-pay-gap-during-covid-19.html  https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2020/03/24/482141/quick-facts-gender-wage-gap/

Matt Lehrman invites Amy Hunter and Rabbi Steve Weisman to engage in a courageous conversation about the situation between Israel & the Palestinians following an 11-day war that left more than 200 dead.   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/ 

Tell Me More... is a weekly podcast that invites people with strongly differing opinions on current political topics to engage in earnest dialogue. But this is not a debate! Join moderator Matt Lehrman for a series of courageous conversations that aim to build little bridges over big chasms.   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment:  602-688-2724   Send us a Note:  TellMeMore@SocialProsperity.us    Apply to Be a Podcast Guest:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tellmemore1    Produced by Social Prosperity Partners:  https://socialprosperity.us/   Follow on Twitter: @MattLehrman   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlehrman/