Podcast appearances and mentions of David S Schwartz

Casey Probus and Lisa Ferraro Act Locally Co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée have recently been reminding listeners of the growing importance of local politics. Wendy takes a deep dive into her local political landscape in this episode by way of an interview with candidates Casey Probus and Lisa Ferraro: Casey Probus was born and raised in Rahway, NJ, where she lives with her daughter who attends a Rahway Elementary School. Casey attended Rahway public schools where she was a part of the 2003 State Championship Girls Basketball team. She currently works as a union mechanic and crane operator and is the first union employee chosen to lead an Employee Resource Group. Casey graduated Summa Cum Laude from Florida A & M University and has an associates degree from Tallahassee Community College. Running for council at-large on the Casey Probus for Mayor team, Lisa Ferarro is a Past President of Indivisible Rahway and owner of Sonic Bliss Yoga as a local yoga and wellness instructor. Lisa graduated from Westminster Choir College with a B.A. in Music and is a proud union member of the Actors' Equity Association. She has lived in Rahway for 10 years with her husband and daughter. Also in this episode, Robin and Wendy celebrate four years of The Leftscape! They look back at the show as a whole and highlight favorite episodes from the season of Freedom. In The Artscape, Robin interviews Wendy about her current creative works, challenges, and inspirations. The day's 3 Random Facts bring levity with a ridiculous California law, a popular "Native American" poem which turns out to be fakelore, and some TMI about koala genitalia. There are even pictures! The News is much more sobering. The primary topics are the leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Saturday's protests in Washington, DC and in many cities across the US, and the mass shooting in Buffalo, NY. The Leftscape will be on spring/summer break until July 13th. Until then, there will be some redux episodes for you to enjoy. Thanks for listening! Things to do: VOTE in your upcoming primary election. Check out the One United Rahway website. Like and follow One United Rahway on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Listen to some favorite interviews from the Season of Freedom with Eliot Katz, Halina Brooke, David S. Schwartz, and Susan Billmaier. Attend the Balticon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention and check our Wendy's work in the art show! May 27-30, 2022. Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan Show notes by Robin Renée Fake sponsor messages by Ariel Sheridan Web hosting by InMotion Remote recording by SquadCast

A Primer on Freedom in the Constitution and Beyond With David S. Schwartz Professor David S. Schwartz first appeared on The Leftscape back on Episode 65 to talk about his then new book, The Spirit of The Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland published by Oxford University Press in 2019. He teaches and writes in the areas of Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Civil Procedure. His scholarship includes articles published in the Georgetown, Notre Dame, and University of Pennsylvania Law Reviews, and he has co-authored two casebooks. In this episode, he speaks with co-host Wendy Sheridan (who happens to be his sister) about which freedoms are specifically guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, how those came to be interpreted from the founding documents, and what we can do as individuals to ensure these freedoms aren't taken away. They discuss some of the more troubling legal developments like "Don't Say Gay" in Florida and the anti-abortion law in Texas. "Not every stupid law is unconstitutional, unfortunately," he says. After a check-in at the beginning of the show, Wendy and Robin Renée offer up 3 Random Facts, this time involving early 2000s cartoon Ozzy & Drix, The Festival of the Steel Phallus, and the origin of Christmas ham. In News, the latest from the war in Ukraine has been incredibly disturbing. On positive notes, Amazon workers unionize in New York, Ketanji Brown Jackson makes progress toward her seat on the Supreme Court, Jon Batiste wins five Grammys and has recently married, and the EU is calling for an end to fast fashion by 2030, according to Squirrel News. In The Blanket Fort, Robin and Wendy reflect on their current actions and emotions relating to the pandemic. At the end of the show, they answer the question, "Have you been told you look like someone famous and if so, who was it?" David S. Schwartz on vacation with his parents. The "NIXON RESIGNING" headline on the newspaper gives away the time frame. Things to do: Read The Spirit of The Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland by David S. Schwartz. Donate humanitarian aid, volunteer your time, and/or make a donation to help Ukrainians live through the war: SOS UA Here is a list of top rated charities to help the Ukraine relief effort. Sign up to receive Midterm Madness actions you can take every week to gear up for the most important elections of 2022. Use CovidActNow.org to keep track of COVID risk and vaccination rates where you are. Watch 5x GRAMMY Winner Jon Batiste Comes Home to The Late Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvozYO7eow0   Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan Show notes by Robin Renée Fake sponsor messages by Ariel Sheridan Web hosting by InMotion Remote recording by SquadCast

Interview with UW Law School Professor David S. Schwartz about his new book "The Spirit of the Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland."

Professor David S. Schwartz teaches and writes in the areas of Constitutional Law, Evidence and Civil Procedure. His scholarship includes articles published in the Georgetown, Notre Dame, and University of Pennsylvania law reviews, and he has co-authored two casebooks. His most recent book, The Spirit of The Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland was published by Oxford University Press in September 2019. He speaks with Wendy Sheridan about how the centuries-old McCulloch v. Maryland case has reverberated through the decades with the continual tension between where U.S. federal powers end and states rights begin. Much is currently at stake as a new wave of conservative justices attempt to interpret the case ruling narrowly to roll back federal regulations designed to help alleviate economic inequality. At the start of the show, Wendy and Robin Renée are happy to welcome Mary McGinley back to the mic after a hospital stay. Wendy then enumerates the things to celebrate this week: National Absurdity Day and Universal Children's Day (November 20th), National Stuffing Day and the Great American Smokeout (November 21st), National Adoption Day (November 23rd), National Blasé Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25th). On November 22nd, we remember President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on that day in 1963. We also celebrate the birthdays of Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy, Goldie Hawn, Björk, Billie Jean King, Scarlett Johansson, Miley Cyrus, Scott Joplin, John F. Kennedy, Jr., DJ Khaled, and Robin's brother Ted Jones. The All the News We Can Handle segment highlights the mysterious case of an individual hiding anti-Trump and progressive books in an Idaho library, the award-winning girls of the Broadcom Masters STEM Competition, and the troubling new YouTube terms of service. In Why Is This Awesome?, Robin sings the praises of her favorite artists performing classic albums in their entirety. Things to do: Read The Spirit of The Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland. Become a Leftscape Patron! Help Mary with recent, unexpected medical bills and related expenses. Find out more about tennis champion, feminist icon, and activist Billie Jean King. Listen to Aja by Steely Dan. Watch The Leftscape on Facebook Live, 11/8/2019. https://www.facebook.com/leftscape/videos/568606683893940/ See Stephen Colbert's remedy for hidden library books in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE_Qxjy_3_k

This episode is about present versus future biases. This is part 4 of our 8 part series about biases. We've already talked about personal biases, how we think about ourselves versus other people, and memories. When it comes to present versus future, people want their payoffs now, so humans tend to place a greater weight on the outcome that is closer to now. Other things that impact our decisions include losses and risks. We are impacted more by losses than gains. We are also biased towards maintaining the status quo. I talk about optimism bias and even pessimism bias. When you know the rules of the game, it can be easier than you think to trick your brain into doing more in your favor – whether it is making choices today that you will appreciate tomorrow, or helping to get yourself out of a negative spiral. This episode will help you understand why we tend to make decisions a certain way and enable you to make better decisions for your business and your life. Show Notes: [04:10] People want their payoffs as quickly as possible. We place greater weight on things that happen closer to now. [04:31] This is closely tied to time discounting (what I call the “I’ll start Monday effect”). [04:39] We tend to make decisions today that our future self may not be as happy about. [05:39] Due to diversification or projection bias, we may think our future self will want more variety than we really want or will use. [06:07] You think you'll want options that are more virtuous - could be related to optimism bias. [07:14] Due to impact bias, we overestimate the duration of intensity of the impact of how we will feel in the future. [07:50] We are also victim to projection bias, which means we overestimate how much our future self will share the preferences we have today. [08:34] Reactance is the urge to rebel and do the opposite of what someone wants you to do to hold on to some form of control and power. [10:44] Irrational escalation – also known as the sunk cost fallacy – where people will keep spending and justify pouring money into a bad prior investment even though evidence shows it is bad. [12:43] As your brain gets overwhelmed your subconscious is more likely to take the reigns, meaning you will make more battery and present-focused decisions. [13:47] The hot-cold empathy gap finds that in a cold state it's much easier to make better decisions then in a hot state or in the moment. [16:01] The reverse is the cold-hot empathy gap where smokers underestimated their cravings to smoke when they were in a cold state. [17:26] People are impacted more by losses than gains – and it takes double the joy felt by a gain to equal the pain felt by a loss. [17:52] Dread aversion – dread results in double the emotional impact of savoring. [20:11] We tend to beef up the status quo and defend it more than may be warranted because of system justification. [20:33] Due to normalcy bias and not wanting to think about change, we may refuse to plan for or have the proper reaction to a disaster which has never happened before. [21:35] Due to a zero risk bias, we will prefer to reduce a small risk down to nothing than taking a bigger reduction in a larger risk. [22:47] Because of risk compensation or the Peltzman effect, we are more likely to take a greater risk when our perceived safety increases. [24:26] Because of the pseudocertainty effect we are more likely to make choices that avoid risk if the expected outcome is a good one, but seek out risk in an attempt to avoid a negative outcome. Which could lead to the ostrich effect or ignoring a negative situation. [26:06] A predisposition toward viewing the past in a positive way and the future in a negative way is called declinism. [26:21] The pessimism bias is to overestimate the likelihood of negative things happening to us in the future. [26:42] A zero sum bias is where you think that the only way one person gains is at the expense of another. [27:05] Look for the win win. For one person to succeed, it doesn't mean that another person has to fail. [27:25] Negativity bias is when it's easier for us to remember negative memories over positive memories. The worse than average effect is where we believe that we are worse at tasks than average people are. [29:06] Acting like a confident, optimistic person can create the benefits as if you are confident and optimistic. [29:44] When you know the rules of the game, it can be easier than you think to trick your brain into doing more in your favor and using these biases as your advantage. Thanks for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Android. If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show. Links and Resources: Episode 45. Overview of Personal Biases Episode 46. Biases Toward Others – Including Groups Episode 48. An Overview of Memory Biases @wagsRJ Robert Parlange on Twitter Magic of Self Direction by David S. Schwartz @BusinessBrosPod on Twitter Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott @thebrainybiz on Twitter Diversification Bias: Explaining the Discrepancy in Variety Seeking Between Combined and Separated Choices Mixing Virtue and Vice: Combining the Immediacy Effect and the Diversification Heuristic Episode 32. The Overwhelmed Brain and Its Impact on Decision Making Research on How Self-control Works Could Help You Stick With New Year's Resolutions Free Will in Consumer Behavior: Self-control, Ego Depletion, and Choice A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect Hot–Cold Empathy Gaps and Medical Decision Making Exploring the Cold-to-Hot Empathy Gap in Smokers Episode 9. Behavioral Economics Foundations: Loss Aversion The Endowment Effect Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias Behavioral Economics Foundations: Optimism Bias Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect and the Coase Theorem Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies? The Case of Exogenous Market Experience