(Recorded January 10, 2015) This week: (1) freedom of speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings; (2) the 114th Congress; plus (3) Ray Rice and the NFL Playoffs.
Tag Archives: religon
#12: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright
(Recorded May 25, 2014) This week, a book club discussion on Going Clear by Lawrence Wright: (1) the tenants of Scientology; (2) the biography of L. Ron Hubbard; (3) David Miscavige takes the helm; (4) Scientology vs. the IRS; (5) battling suppressive persons, a modus operandi; (6) religion, cult, or business?; and (7) can the church survive?
#3: Revolution or Rhetoric?
(Recorded Mar. 15, 2014) This Week: (1) Is There Hope with a New Pope: A year In Review of Pope Francis and the Child Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church; (2) What if the Archduke was not shot?: A Political Counterfactual of WWI; (3) This Week in Politics: Paul Ryan comments on poverty and will Mitch McConnell survive? Boris and Adrian review the 2014 Senate primaries.