A Texan Abroad

(1) Is a college degree needed? (2) What are the valuable aspects of college? (3) Is college worth the cost? (4) Should college be free? (5) What changes should be made to college?

(1) Why is education so important? (2) What are the biggest issues with regards to education? (3) How do we revamp the structure of education? (4) How do we revamp the content of education? (5) How do we support, keep & improve our teachers?

(1) Where do rights come from? (2) Why has there been an explosion of rights in modern times? (3) What restrictions or regulations of our rights should we allow? (4) Do we have the right to bear arms? (5) Why has gun regulation not been implemented?

(1) How do we decrease crime? (2) What are the biggest problems with the criminal justice system? (3) Are punishments, including the death penalty, effective? (4) Should we reform the prison system? (5) How can we help former convicts stay out of prison?

(1) Should marijuana be legalized? (2) What should be done about harder drugs? (3) How can we help people who are addicted? (4) How do we solve the prescription drug crisis? (5) How can we address mental illness?

(1) Does everyone deserve access to quality healthcare? (2) What are the issues with government-provided healthcare? (3) What are the issues with private healthcare? (4) What are some other issues related to healthcare? (5) How can we solve these issues?

(1) What is UBI? (2) Why should the Left support it? (3) Why should the Right support it? (4) Why do you support it? (5) How could we pay for it?

(1) Should there be a higher minimum wage? (2) Should the government require other employee benefits? (3) Are unions a good thing? (4) Should there be a jobs guarantee? (5) What should we do about the current unemployment crisis?

(1) Where should government spending go? (2) Should the wealthy be taxed more? (3) Should wealth itself be taxed? (4) Should corporate tax be higher? (5) How do we get more people to pay their fair share?

(1) How involved in the economy should government be? (2) What mechanisms can/should the government use to effect the economy? (3) How much regulation is good for the economy? (4) How much credit/blame should be given to a government for the economy? (5) How should governments be helping in the current crisis?

(1) Are big tech companies monopolies? (2) Should big tech be regulated or broken up? (3) Why has data become such a heated issue? (4) What are the issues with social media? (5) How do we solve these tech-related problems?

(1) What is Cancel Culture? (2) Where did it come from? (3) What are the dangers of it? (4) Does shaming work? (5) How do we strike a balance?

(1) What is racism/prejudice? (2) Is the USA a racist (or hate-filled) country? (3) Is there systemic racism (or prejudice) in the USA? (4) How can we combat prejudice (and hate)? (5) How can we fix the system?

(1) Are police officers racially biased against minorities? (2) Should we defund the police? (3) How should police handle protests & protesters? (4) Are the protests doing more harm than good? (5) How can we get these two sides to come together?

(1) Should we have seen this coming? (2) What could people (and leaders) have done differently/better? (3) Why/how has a pandemic become so political? (4) Did the pandemic create a division or shins a light on one? (5) What can people (and leaders) do moving forward?

(1) How much power does the court have? (2) How much power should the court have? (3) Should there be an age limit for justices? (4) Is the court political? (5) What changes to the court should be made?

(1) Is the constitution sacrosanct? (2) Do the checks and balances work? (3) Is it better to protect against tyranny or allow a chance for more governance? (4) Do the 50 experiments in democracy work? (5) Is smaller or bigger government better?

(1) What is your opinion of politicians? (2) What makes a good politician? (3) Is being a politician difficult? (4) What challenges do politicians face? (5) Should politics be a career?

(1) Why do they make sense? (2) Why don’t they make sense? (3) Why is everything so partisan? (4) How can we fix it? (5) What party are you?

(1) What is leadership? (2) What qualities should a leader have? (3) Are leaders born or bred? (4) What’s the current state of leadership? (5) How can we do better?

(1) What will I be doing for the next 30 podcasts? (2) What is political discourse? (3) Why is it so important? (4) Why is it so difficult? (5) How do we do/have it?

(1) Hyperloop (2) Driverless Cars & Mass Transit (3) Flying Cars (4) Solar Powered Planes (5) Space Tourism (6) Moon Colonization (7) Nuclear Fusion (8) Holographic Technology (9) Neuralink (10) Artificial Intelligence

(1) What started your fascination with the former Soviet republics and how has it grown over the years? (2) Since you’ve been to all of them, which one was your favorite, and do you have a least favorite? (3) Is there a country, area or city that most people haven’t heard of that just blew you away? (4) What about the cuisines in all of these places, did you find a hidden gem or any strange tastes...

(1) I’m sorry (but I’m not sorry) (2) Two things I hate about America (3) It’s not worse (but we still have a ways to go) (4) The unattainable ideal (that strengthens us) (5) The police are a problem (but it’s complicated) (6) Politics is a bigger problem (and it’s even more complicated) (7) School are the biggest problem (and companies can help) (8) The best place to live (and the worst) (9) Pove...

(1) What’s the best (and worst) thing about being a teacher? (2) What’s the best (and worst) thing about Moscow?(3) What’s the best (and worst) food found commonly in Russia? (4) What’s the best (and worst) country or place to visit outside the US? (5) What’s the best (and worst) city in the USA to visit? (6) What’s the best (and worst) city in the USA to live in? (7) What’s the best (and worst) A...