The Big Life Questions Show

Show Notes we wrap up our first 100 episodes by looking forward to life without Covid, and with some stats from our first 100 episodes. we send love to our loyal audience. 1.10 Doug's answer to the question 2.40 The Thing that Chris is Most Looking Forward To 5.40 Being relaxed in public 8.40 Doug Pats himself on the back 11.45 What Doug has been Right About, Part Two 14.30 What We've Learned from Covid, Per Chris 18.15 The First 100 Episodes - Stats 28.30 A Crazy Time in US...

Show Notes We take a detour from politics to answer all questions (well, some questions) about March Madness 1.00 The Attraction of March Madness 3.20 Why Are There 68 Teams Picked for the Tournament? 12.00 Chris links Seeding to Final Four Appearances 14.15 Gonzaga 17.25 Your Team Loses, But Then It's Spring 18.40 Big Life Questions Show Announcement

Chris, whose father was an astronaut (or so he told his friends), provides expert analysis of the meaning of the Mars landing Video Link to Mars Landing Mars Landing 0.30 A Brief History of Space Travel 2.50 The Mars Landing 6.30 Is there life on other planets? 10.20 Nation-States Competing in space 14.40 Human nature is to pursue discovery 19.00 Do we need to send humans into space? 22.00 The Planet B Fallacy

Here we survey the landscape of American politics for this year. 0.40 Predictions for the Biden Administration 2.15 The Republican Party is in a pickle 9.00 College student debt 11.30 Biden and the Trump drama 11.50 Texas and Ted Cruz 17.55 Andrew Cuomo 22.30 Mitch McConnell

This episode's guest, Frank Cutitta, tells Chris and Doug his incredible story of spending more than three months in the hospital with COVID last year -- including 40 days in an induced coma -- and what he learned about our healthcare system. 1.15 Our Guest Intro 2.00 40 Days in a Coma 15.10 Caregiver Stress & Loneliness 20.15 The Anonymity of the Mask 21.45 Rehab 27.30 How Frank is doing now 29.15 Last Rites Twice 35.00 I'm Not My Healthcare Dashboard

Show Notes We discuss if and how Biden can get to the Unity that he and some Republicans keep talking about. 0.45 Chris answers the question 3.15 American popular opinion favors government intervention 4.55 Oppositional defiance disorder 6.45 The anti-democracy movement 11.45 What Biden has going for himself 13.45 Marjorie Taylor Greene 15.45 Republican money sources drying up

Show Notes 1.40 How much extremism there really is 4.30 Planned terrorists, Internet Stars and Insurrection Tourists 6.45 The Republican Party 9.40 Does the Republican Party need Trump? 10.20 When Chris Voted for a Republican 16.30 Will the Republicans ever abandon Trump? 18.20 The Right Wing Extremists Speak for Themselves

Show Notes Here we contemplate Trump's 2nd impeachment trial. He was going for 3, but he got kicked out of office. 1.10 Doug's dim view of the Republicans 3.45 What's different about this impeachment trial? 5.30 Will Trump stay relevant politically? 9.30 Trump's Greatest Accomplishment 10.45 The delay of the trial 12.15 Will the Republican Party split in two? 14.15 The Republicans and The Whigs

Show Notes We contemplate the state of the world, such as it is, potential violence around the Inauguration, the 2nd amendment and right wing extremists. 0.40 Wash DC becomes a police state 1.50 Arming the Extreme Right 3.40 Is Unity the Next Step, Really ? 6.30 Chris reads crazy-people posts from Parler 14.00 Accommodating the white supremacists seems like a very bad idea 18.10 The 2nd amendment & false equivalency

Show Notes We discuss potential consequences for Trump and his enablers 0.30 A quick review of Trump's insurrection program 4.00 A second impeachment? 4.50 The Trump Family & Friends Pre-Rally Party 9.00 Whatever happened to individual responsibility? 13.20 Should Trump be prosecuted? 15.10 What about Trump's enablers? 18.10 What options does the Trump crowd have left? 27.10 Should we worry about riling up the Trump base?

Show Notes We use some key stats to do a brief re-cap of the mess that was 2020- but, overall, we definitely recommend turning the page to 2021. 0.30 Doug's Netflix recommendation 1.00 The Covid Pandemic, Again 8.50 Food Lines & Economic Disaster 12.00 Absentee and Mail In Ballots 15.40 Many Americans lack high speed internet 16.10 Biden's Low Hanging Fruit 18.00 Will Trump run in 2024? 19.30 The Demise of Local Newspapers

Show Notes 0.30 Covid and the Vaccines 2.45 The Global Economy and Jobs 4.50 Truth and Reconciliation 7.20 Getting Our Democracy Back 9.00 The Georgia Elections 12.00 The International World Order 13.40 More Bi-Partisanship

Here, with substantial help from Amiel Handelsman, an experienced coach who works with individuals and organizations, we explore how to process expert advice. Links Contacting Amiel 3.15 Distinguishing expert advice from other forms 5.30 Financial advice and uncertainty 7.10 How do you determine if someone is an expert? 9.10 Expert advice from the pandemic experts 11.15 Executives giving and receiving advice 16.20 The roles and elements of trust 20.25 Hearing advice you don't want...

Show Notes We finally break out of Trump Doom to brainstorm on what could really help fix the world over the next 10 years - all things being possible. 1.00 A Cure for Cancer 1.45 Health Report from Chris 3.10 The Browns Win the Super Bowl 3.30 Re-invigorating Democracy 9.00 Wealth Inequality 10.30 Solar Power and Climate Change 14.20 More Women Leaders 17.45 Population Health

Show Notes Here we explore why, despite unrelenting pressure and threats from Trump, state election officials in the swing states - both Republicans and Democrats - have protected the integrity of the election 0.45 The election that wasn't really that close 4.00 State election officials take their jobs seriously 9.40 Chris says, "There are good people on both sides." where have we heard that before? 10.30 The Right Wing Echo Chamber 14.20 The Courts Hold the Line 16.50 Trump's...

Chris and Doug meditate on the cycle of life, the conditions under which we'd like to extend it, and our future non-existence - or whatever happens after this wild ride we're on. 0.45 Study of Oxygen Therapy for Longevity 1.30 Chris's view of living forever 4.45 Doug's meditation on non-existence 10.15 Wealthy people trying to cheat death 14.45 Steve Jobs 16.45 People who are less afraid of death 21.00 Doug's Arrogance and the cycle of life Links: Aging Journal - Oxygen Therapy...

Doug and Chris (mostly) take a break from talking about politics to note the many things we have to be thankful for - despite the challenges of 2020. 1.50 Family. 6.10 Healthcare workers during Covid 7.00 Vaccines 10.15 Election Poll Workers 11.00 Dead People Voting 12.00 Joe Biden 16.00 Our Audience

Show Notes Here we discuss the significance of our second major Covid wave on our health, families, and emotional well-being 1.00 The emotional toll of the pandemic 6.15 Individual rights and social obligations 8.45 Are we headed for healthcare rationing? 13.20 The Virus Burnout Syndrome 16.00 How can we learn from our virus experience so far? 18.00 Wall Street Journal Mask Wearing Update Links PBS Interview of Biden Covid Task Force Co Chair

Show Notes Here's our expert analysis on the election results, recorded on Saturday morning shortly before the presidential race was called for Biden 0.45 Overall Reactions to Election Results 3.20 Why didn't Mitch McConnell want a stimulus bill? 4.20 Georgia - The Democrat's Silver Lining 6.45 Re-visiting our Pre-Election Predictions 9.15 Our strategies for watching the election results 10.50 The election turnout 13.20 How did the pollsters do? 16.10 The Planned Pennsylvania...

Show Notes We muse on the possible election results, to the extent that we can emotionally cope with that. And we make some analytical predictions about how things will go (in other words, we guess). 0.30 Possible election scenarios 6.00 Doug's swing state predictions 9.00 Texas 12.45 Post election day turmoil? 17.30 The future of Trump TV 19.30 The Contested Election Scenarios 29.00 Chris Calls the Election !! FiveThirtyEight: Explore The Ways Trump Or Biden Could Win The...