What Keeps You Up at Night?
What Keeps You Up at Night?
Editorial board member Lynn Schmidt will host conversations about the big issues and worries facing America — the things keeping her guests up at night. Schmidt wants to begin conversations about how we can begin solving those issues. Guests will include experts and politicians from across the country, political spectrum and generations, including presidential candidates, authors, former Congress …Social links:
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For those who are afraid that America has lost its way, committing to principles and not personality might be the way out.
Principles First founder Heath Mayo joins Lynn Schmidt to discuss Principles First and the upcoming Principles First Summit in Washington D.C.. Principles First is the grassroots movement of people who share a love of American democracy and concern for the direction of conservative leadership. May…
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Confronting the rise of antisemitism
The director of Education of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum discusses the alarming rise in antisemitism in this country, especially among college students, and strategies people of all ages can use when confronting this hatred. Helen Turner joins podcast host Lynn Schmidt, columnist …
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Helping our veterans through the holiday season
Alita Harmon, Social Work National Program Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) shares stories, hope, and resources for veterans and their families, especially during this holiday season. Additional resources for Veterans: VA Social Work VA Car…
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Reviving the American dream one institution at a time
Yuval Levin talks with Lynn Schmidt, columnist and Editorial Board member with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about our social institutions, the lost trust in them, and how we as individuals owe it to each other to hold each other accountable and begin the work of rebuilding them. Levin teaches us tha…
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Without Congressional moderates, governing goes down the drain
Geoff Kabaservice, author and the vice president of political studies at the Niskanen Center, a Washington DC think tank, discusses the loss of Republican Party moderates, especially in Congress, and what that means for the GOP and the country. Lynn Schmidt, columnist and St. Louis Post-Dispatch ed…
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Why the decline in rates of marriage has led to a host of economic woes for the country
Economist Melissa Kearney discusses her new book 'The Two Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind" with host Lynn Schmidt, a columnist and St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board member, They also talk about why society needs to work to strengthen familie…
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Honoring veterans by supporting Blue Star Families
The co-founder of Blue Star Families, Kathy Roth-Douquet, talks about ways people can support military families and begin to turn around the U.S. military’s record low recruitment. Host Lynn Schmidt is a columnist and St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board member.
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Caring for our marine life benefits all of us
The superintendent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Sarah Fangman, joins the podcast to discuss why coral reefs are important, how this summer’s extended marine heat wave is impacting our marine life, the work that The Coral Rescue Project is doing, and how Fangman worries that time i…
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Hope in the midst of despair over gun violence
The executive director of Moms Demand Action, Angela Ferrell-Zabala, talks with Lynn Schmidt about the group’s work to reduce gun violence. Ferrell-Zabala says the group with millions of volunteers advocate for common-sense actions to reduce gun violence, not for taking away people’s guns. Schmidt …
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Mike Pence on populism and the future of the Republican Party
Former Vice President Mike Pence talks about the conservative movement, American leadership and world affairs. He joins host Lynn Schmidt, columnist and St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board member, in the latest episode of the “What Keeps You Up At Night?” podcast. Episode transcript Note: The…
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