Utterly Moderate Podcast
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe Utterly Moderate Podcast is the official podcast of Connors Institute for Nonpartisan Research and Civic Engagement at Shippensburg University.
The core mission of the Connors Institute is to disseminate high-quality nonpartisan information to the public.
Utterly Moderate is hosted by Lawrence Eppard, a researcher, university professor, and director of the Connors Institute. On each episode, Eppard is joined by a guest (or two or three!) who helps listeners understand important topics by focusing on just the weight of the empirical evidence and none of the unneeded opinions or political agendas. We are aggressively nonpartisan in our approach.
Be sure to visit us at ConnorsInstitute.org to learn more about all that we do!
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Episodes
Saving the Social Sciences (w/Michael Jindra)
April 19, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutes - 36 MBWe’ve talked a lot on the Utterly Moderate Podcast about how both liberals and conservatives in America are bombarded with misleading information on a regular basis. On the left, unfortunately, a lot of this bad info comes from an academic research community which is overwhelmingly liberal. A recent study found the least imbalanced discipline to be engineering, which was still 62% liberal professors. Political science was 89%, psychology 94%, and sociology 98%, while so...
How Should Non-Scientists Evaluate the "State of the Science"? (w/Dr. Sallie Baxendale)
March 21, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes - 48.3 MBIt is extremely hard for the average citizen to understand what the “state of the science” is on many issues. We can all type our queries about a particular topic into Google but, when we get the flood of results, most of us are not trained to be able to (a) understand the complicated statistical methodologies employed in many research studies, (b) compare studies and evaluate their strength relative to each other, or (c) assess what the preponderance of the evidence is ...
Gender in the News (w/Jacob Mackey)
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 32 minutes - 29.2 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Jacob Mackey to discuss two big gender-related stories in the news. The first story is positive, and we have covered it in the Connors Newsletter—a big new research study shows that we have made great progress combatting sex discrimination in the labor market. This is great news! Then there is a difficult and troubling story. According to leaked internal files from WPATH, a leading global organization whi...
Is Ideology Hurting Science? (w/Lisa Selin Davis)
February 21, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes - 25.5 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined again by Lisa Selin Davis, a writer who covers issues related to gender and gender affirming care. Davis joins the program to discuss a recent UnHerd article “Why did three journals reject my puberty-blocker study? Trans children deserve to know the facts,” written by Sallie Baxendale, a clinical neuropsychologist at University College London. Baxendale details an academic article she wrote about the state o...
American Colleges Under the Microscope (w/Jacob Mackey)
February 01, 2024 15:30 - 43 minutes - 56.2 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we discuss recent controversies at and concerns about colleges and universities in the United States—from highly publicized instances of campus unrest to a lack of intellectual diversity among faculty to hypocrisy on free speech. This episode’s guest is Jacob Mackey, associate professor at Occidental College and coeditor with host Lawrence Eppard of The Poisoning of the American Mind, which is due out later this spring. C...
New George Floyd Documentary (w/Robert VerBruggen)
January 11, 2024 15:42 - 44 minutes - 39.7 MBBefore we get to today’s episode, check out this article about the Connors Institute in The Sentinel newspaper! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Robert VerBruggen from the Manhattan Institute to discuss a new documentary which claims to disprove that George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, as well as a new research study which claims to disprove that income inequality in the U.S. has been rising since the 1960s. The documentary in ques...
The Good Old Days Are Now (w/Johan Norberg and Piper Kull)
December 21, 2023 18:47 - 35 minutes - 31.5 MBMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Connors Institute at Shippensburg University! Since this Utterly Moderate episode is both our Christmas program and our 100th PODCAST EPISODE, we thought we would try to be as uplifting as possible. In that spirit, we are being joined by Johan Norberg, author of a number of books including Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. In that book, Norberg presents extensive data documenting how the world has gotten ...
Jim Swift on Immigration, Disinformation, Dog Birthdays, and More!
December 11, 2023 19:00 - 34 minutes - 30.3 MBJim Swift from The Bulwark joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss the fraught nature of the immigration debate in the U.S. Both sides in the immigration debate have important points to bring to the table, and good faith discussions and compromises are badly needed. Unfortunately, such efforts often get sidetracked by misinformation and disinformation about this thorny issue. Swift discusses a story of his that had a number of important issues—legal immigration, ...
Calculate YOUR Poverty Risk With This Calculator! (w/Mark Robert Rank)
November 09, 2023 17:20 - 42 minutes - 38.1 MBLeading American poverty researcher Mark Robert Rank joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss his Poverty Risk Calculator, the record-low poverty rates that the U.S. saw in 2021, Dr. Rank’s research on the risk Americans face of experiencing poverty throughout their lives, a new book he has coming out on luck, and more! Rank has spent his career studying poverty, economic inequality, and social policy in America and teaching about these topics at Washington Univers...
New Book on Disinformation (w/Lee McIntyre & Tom Nichols)
October 12, 2023 19:58 - 42 minutes - 37.8 MBFriend of the Connors Forum and frequent Utterly Moderate guest, Lee McIntyre, has a new book out titled On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy, a “powerful, pocket-sized citizen’s guide on how to fight back against the disinformation campaigns that are imperiling American democracy, from the bestselling author of Post-Truth and How to Talk to a Science Denier.” McIntyre argues that there is an effort in this country to destroy facts and make Am...
The Case for Nuclear Power: An Answer for Climate Change? (w/Robert Zubrin)
September 26, 2023 16:13 - 26 minutes - 22.9 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we discuss both the pros and cons of nuclear power, especially as it pertains to combatting global climate change. The international community is attempting to keep the world from warming no more than 1.5-2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century. While there have been incredible efforts to achieve this—efforts that have likely taken the worst-case warming scenarios off the table—we are st...
The Replication Crisis in Psychology (w/Lee Jussim)
September 11, 2023 19:50 - 44 minutes - 39.4 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are going to be talking about something called the “replication crisis.” Most people will not be familiar with this since it has been happening in academia but we promise it is not only quite intriguing and full of juicy details but it also has some pretty big implications for the larger society. So what is the replication crisis? In the past 15 years or so it has been discovered that many research findings in major a...
Race & Police Shootings in America (w/Robert VerBruggen)
August 25, 2023 17:28 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this Utterly Moderate Podcast episode we tackle a sensitive issue that is hard to find a clear, definitive answer to: does race play a significant role in fatal shootings of civilians by law enforcement in America? Our guest, Robert VerBruggen, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has done important work on this topic, including his March 2022 report: “Fatal Police Shootings and Race: A Review of the Evidence and Suggestions for Future Research.” Based on the best a...
Controversies Surrounding Gender Affirming Care for Minors (w/Lisa Selin Davis & Amber Alt)
August 02, 2023 16:19 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are going to tackle a very sensitive topic, the debate and controversies surrounding gender affirming care for minors who display signs of distress at an incongruence between their gender identity and their biological sex. In several countries, including places like Finland, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand, governments and clinics are either banning or placing new limits on the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex horm...
Anatomy of a Viral Conspiracy Theory (w/Jim Swift)
July 17, 2023 18:29 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MBDid you know that President Joe Biden was bussing unauthorized immigrants to a hotel near Orlando, Florida and giving them pre-loaded credit cards, hotel rooms, and clothing—all on your dime?!? You say you didn’t know? Good, because the story was a complete fabrication. On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by good friend of the show Jim Swift from The Bulwark to discuss the mechanics of how a modern conspiracy theory like this goes viral. Swif...
Don't Be a Doomer (w/Mona Charen)
June 30, 2023 17:18 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBBefore we get to today’s episode, GREAT NEWS for American democracy! The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the independent state legislature theory in Moore v. Harper. If they had not ruled this way, it could have opened the door in presidential elections for state legislatures to ignore the votes of their residents and simply decide to give their state’s electoral votes to the legislature’s preferred candidate. This would have been a nightmare, so the SCOTUS decision i...
Think Twice Before Messing With Social Security (w/Kathleen Romig)
June 05, 2023 17:30 - 41 minutes - 37.3 MBDon't forget to SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are going to discuss a topic that was back in the news recently with the debt ceiling negotiations: Social Security. A number of politicians and elected representatives have recently suggested that we make major changes to the Social Security program, changes which could have a substantial (and I think likely negative) impact on American seniors. We will all eventually...
The Questionable Science of Microaggressions (w/Lee Jussim)
May 21, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Lee Jussim, Rutgers University distinguished professor of psychology. He is here to discuss the questionable science behind microaggressions. If you are unfamiliar with the term, microaggressions are claimed to be “acts, often facially innocuous, that convey subtle animus or bias against someone in a traditionally marginalized group.” Our guest, Dr. Jussim, has written multiple excellent articles detailin...
America CAN Reduce Gun Violence (w/Garen Wintemute)
May 07, 2023 20:11 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBAnother massacre in America. It feels like we are living in a nightmare—and we should refuse to become numb to it. Instead, we should use our anger and sorrow and demand that our leaders do the things that most Americans support to stop the carnage. I include links to some *extremely* graphic images of Emmett Till’s corpse as well as the corpses of the recent mass shooting victims in Allen, Texas below. If you believe that you will not be able to handle seeing these im...
Conspiracy Theories in America (w/Michael Shermer from Skeptic Magazine)
April 17, 2023 00:57 - 41 minutes - 37 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Michael Shermer from Skeptic Magazine to discuss the rise of conspiracy theories in America. Make sure to check out Shermer's new book on the subject, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational. The Connors Forum is an independent entity from the institutions that we partner with. The views expressed in our newsletters and podcasts are those of the individual contributors alone and not of our p...
Reducing Extremism & Radicalization (w/Jay Jackson & Pasha Dashtgard)
March 27, 2023 01:34 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we discuss the difficult tasks of reducing extremism and radicalization in the U.S. as well as improving our political discourse. In segment one we are joined by Pasha Dashtgard, Director of Research for American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). In segment two we are joined by friend of the show Jay Jackson to discuss his book, Decent Discourse, as well as his website of the sam...
The Woke Wars (w/Jacob Mackey)
March 13, 2023 00:20 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBLongtime Connors Newsletter subscribers and Utterly Moderate Podcast listeners know how concerned we are about post-truth America—that is, the fact that we now live in a time where objective facts are becoming less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about how American conservatives are regularly lied to by Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN about a variety of issues, whether it is supposedly stole...
Going Back to the Moon and Then to Mars (w/Varoujan Gorjian)
February 23, 2023 16:46 - 38 minutes - 33.9 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by friend of the show, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory astrophysicist Varoujan Gorjian, to discuss NASA’s plans for taking humans back to the Moon, setting up a Moon base, and then going to Mars. We also discuss other exciting developments in the world of science, including breakthroughs in nuclear fusion and artificial intelligence. And of course, as always, there is the obligatory discussion of ALIENS. Subs...
CRT, Abortion, & Other Mailbag Questions! (w/Madison Laughman)
February 06, 2023 18:12 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, we answer your mailbag questions! Our podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers (subscribe for free instantly!) have been sending their questions to our website and today is the day that we answer them on the air! Visit us any time at ConnorsForum.org and subscribe to our FREE email newsletter in one click while you are there! The Connors Forum is an independent entity from the institutions that we partner with. The ...
Women in STEM (w/Brighid Cantwell)
January 23, 2023 19:59 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are discussing women in fields related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the U.S. According to the AAUW: "Women make up only 28% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and men vastly outnumber women majoring in most STEM fields in college. The gender gaps are particularly high in some of the fastest-growing and highest-paid jobs of the future, like computer sc...
What Does It Mean To Be a Conservative Today? (w/Bill Kristol)
January 08, 2023 21:33 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIn the fall of 2022 the Connors Forum invited our newsletter subscribers to a free live taping of this show where we talked to conservative heavyweight Bill Kristol about a variety of topics, including the meaning of conservatism today, the state of the Republican Party and its future, the health of American democracy, and more. Because it was a live show, listeners were able to pose questions to Kristol during the show. Subscribe for free in just one click to make sur...
Let's Get Outraged!! (w/David Beckemeyer)
December 22, 2022 18:53 - 54 minutes - 48.6 MBThe Connors Forum would like to extend both Christmas and holiday greetings to all our podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers. We hope you have a very meaningful celebration with family and friends! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by David Beckemeyer, host of the brand new Connors Forum podcast Outrage Overload. David joins the show to talk about all of the media commentators and politicians who make up the outrage...
Cartooning the News (w/Phil Hands and Adam Zyglis)
December 01, 2022 20:47 - 40 minutes - 36.2 MBWe're back with another episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast! But first things first—if you missed it, on November 29th our Connors Newsletter subscribers got to take part in an exclusive live podcast taping with heavyweight political commentator Bill Kristol from The Bulwark. Our subscribers were able to pose their questions to Mr. Kristol live and be a part of the show! Don't miss out in the future—subscribe for free in one click to join our community! On this pod...
Thanksgiving Message to YOU!
November 24, 2022 00:58 - 2 minutes - 1.13 MBThank you for being a valued member of our wonderful Utterly Moderate community of reasonable Americans. We hope you have a joyous Thanksgiving celebration with those closest to you! Happy Thanksgiving :) The Connors Forum is an independent entity from the institutions that we partner with. The views expressed in our newsletters and podcasts are those of the individual contributors alone and not of our partner institutions. Episode Music: “Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane...
Thanksgiving's Complicated History (w/David Silverman)
November 18, 2022 16:41 - 45 minutes - 41.1 MBWhile you listen, don’t forget to subscribe to our free email newsletter! It takes only seconds! This is our Thanksgiving episode! Here at the Connors Forum we are deeply grateful for YOU, our wonderful community of subscribers we have built over the last few years with our podcast and newsletter. We care deeply about doing our small part to bring Americans back together again, and we are overjoyed that so many people agree with this mission and have joined us in it. W...
Election Preview! (w/Lonce Bailey)
November 01, 2022 21:43 - 26 minutes - 23 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, Shippensburg University political scientist Lonce Bailey joins the show to discuss the midterm elections: Which party will likely control the House of Representatives? Which party will likely control the Senate? Which issues do voters say are most important in this election? Lonce is a friend of the show and works at Shippensburg University with podcast host Lawrence Eppard. As you will no doubt be able to tell by list...
The Failures of Reconstruction & Rise of Jim Crow (w/Jeremi Suri)
October 20, 2022 17:13 - 53 minutes - 48.4 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by University of Texas historian Jeremi Suri to discuss his new book, Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy. In addition to helping listeners understand the failures of reconstruction, their discussion focused on topics such as: How Nazi Germany used Jim Crow as a model for their own policies The important ties between the election of 1876 and today ...
George Washington: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (w/Denver Brunsman & True Tamplin)
October 06, 2022 20:37 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast. . . Segment One: The Life and Times of George Washington George Washington University historian Denver Brunsman joins the show to share his insights on the life and career of George Washington, as well as his general reflections on the study of history and its place in the modern university. Segment Two: The Importance of Teaching Kids Financial Literacy True Tamplin, who runs the digital marketing agency UpDigital and...
Ukraine Momentum Shift? And How Neighborhoods Impact Children (w/Paul Poast)
September 22, 2022 18:01 - 44 minutes - 39.7 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast. . . Segment 1: Ukraine Momentum Shift? Paul Poast, an international relations expert at the University of Chicago, joins the program to assess the current state of the war in Ukraine. Segment 2: How Do Neighborhoods Impact Children? Utterly Moderate host and Shippensburg University scholar Lawrence Eppard is interviewed on the Bold Dominion Podcast about his research concerning the powerful ways that neighborhoods infl...
Can U.S. Gun Violence Be Reduced? (w/Garen Wintemute)
September 08, 2022 19:41 - 1 hour - 60 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Garen Wintemute for a nonpartisan explanation of the research on reducing gun violence in the U.S. Wintemute is the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis. He is a renowned expert on gun violence and a pioneer in the field of injury epidemiology and prevention of firearm violence. He has testified before Congress and served as a consult...
The Disappearing Great Salt Lake (w/Bonnie Baxter, Robert Gillies, & Chloe Fender)
August 31, 2022 18:12 - 48 minutes - 43.1 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, after a brief discussion of President Joe Biden's plan to forgive some student loans, host Lawrence Eppard and his guests discuss the drying up of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. You’ll remember from our previous article in our free email newsletter on the subject that satellite photos show the Great Salt Lake is much smaller than it was only a few decades ago—in fact, it has now reached its lowest point on record since meas...
Political Violence, Autocracy & Other Threats (w/Rachel Kleinfeld & Ken White)
August 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBJoin the Connors Crew by subscribing to our free email newsletter TODAY! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard discusses the threat of political violence, America’s slide toward autocracy, and more with guests Rachel Kleinfeld and Ken White. Articles/other stuff referenced in this episode: “The New Era of Political Violence is Here” from Tom Nichols at The Atlantic “Trump Supporters’ Threats to Judge Spur Democracy Concerns” from Field...
Hitler and the Pope (w/David Kertzer)
August 12, 2022 16:59 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBJoin the Connors Crew and subscribe to our email newsletter today! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning Brown University scholar David Kertzer to discuss his newest book, The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler. Kertzer’s book is based upon his work with the newly opened Vatican Archives documents on Pope Pius XII. He provides groundbreaking insight into the Pope’s actio...
Join Our Crew! And It's Mailbag Time Again!
August 04, 2022 21:18 - 3 minutes - 2.06 MBSubscribe to the free Connors Newsletter instantly at ConnorsForum.org. What do you get in return? Super informative original newsletter articles and podcasts about the important issues of the day sent directly to you. Everything is vetted by our experienced nonpartisan researchers—we don’t have time or patience for spin or political agendas, and we know you don’t either. Also, it's mailbag time again! Go to the Connors Forum contact page and send in your questions for...
R.I.P. American Democracy? (w/Jonathan Last & Tom Nichols)
July 29, 2022 13:31 - 45 minutes - 40.9 MBJoin the Connors Crew now by subscribing to our newsletter in just one click! American democracy is in serious trouble. We may be on the verge of the “greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War” and quite possibly the “suspension of American democracy as we have known it,” in the words of Robert Kagan. Michael Gerson laments that recent developments in the U.S. are “revealing the frightening fragility of the American experiment.” And Jonathan Last...
Noam Chomsky Reflects on Democracy, Inequality, His Career, & More
July 20, 2022 19:11 - 36 minutes - 32.4 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by longtime MIT professor and current University of Arizona scholar Noam Chomsky. Chomsky is known around the world for his academic career as a linguist as well as his work as a social commentator and activist. He is the author of many books and you can find his numerous talks and interviews all over the internet. Eppard and Chomsky cover a variety of topics, including the health of Americ...
1st Webb Telescope Pics Are Here. . . and Gorgeous! (w/Varoujan Gorjian)
July 14, 2022 19:10 - 44 minutes - 40.2 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory research astronomer Varoujan Gorjian to discuss the amazing pictures just released by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope. See the pics here—and have our favorite research astronomer explain them to you as you listen to this episode! And don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our NEWSLETTER! The Connors Forum is an independent entity from the institutions that ...
We Should Have Paid Attention in Math Class (w/James Zimring & Arjun Moorthy)
July 03, 2022 23:53 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBClick here to join the Connors Crew and get our cool newsletter—it takes only a few seconds! This week's newsletter article: “Communities Impact Children’s Lives in Powerful Ways.” Happy Independence Day everyone! We know times are tough right now in this country. Mass shootings have rocked us once again. Inflation is high and economic troubles loom. A series of Supreme Court decisions have left you either elated or saddened depending upon your point of view. American...
Bridges Won't Stop Tornadoes (w/Lee Enterprises Weather Team)
June 23, 2022 17:17 - 47 minutes - 42.7 MBClick here to join the Connors Crew and get our cool newsletter -- it takes only a few seconds! This week's article: What is Causing Inflation? On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by three meteorologists from the Lee Enterprises Weather Team: Matt Holiner, Joe Martucci, and Sean Sublette. They discuss a number of weather-related subjects that people often get wrong, including tornadoes, humidity, heat lightning, interpretin...
Mona Charen Reflects on Guns, Poverty, Jan. 6, & More
June 08, 2022 22:09 - 34 minutes - 30.5 MBOn this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Mona Charen, a nationally syndicated columnist, policy editor at the right-leaning The Bulwark, and host of their Beg to Differ podcast. Charen joins our show to offer a conservative's perspective on gun control, reducing poverty, the January 6 hearings, decency in American culture, and more. Read Charen's writing at The Bulwark here. Listen to Charen's podcast Beg to Differ here. Episo...
When Presidents Clash with the Press (with Jon Marshall)
June 01, 2022 16:05 - 47 minutes - 42.2 MBSubscribe to our Connors Newsletter today! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast host Lawrence Eppard is joined by Jon Marshall, a professor in Northwestern University’s school of journalism and author of the new book, Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis. They discuss the role of the press and historical examples of its relationship with different administrations. Episode Music: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Draw the Sky” by Paul Ke...
The Conger Collapse: Canary in the Coal Mine? (with Richard Alley & Zach Stein)
May 11, 2022 14:33 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBAre you a reasonable person? If so, subscribe to the Connors Newsletter! On This Episode of Utterly Moderate. . . Segment 1: The Conger Ice Shelf Has Collapsed Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, joins host Lawrence Eppard to help us understand the collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and its implications. Read about the Conger Ice Shelf collapse here. Segment 2: All About Climate Investing Zach Stein from the company Carbon Collective joins t...
The Conger Ice Shelf Collapse: Canary in the Coal Mine? (with Richard Alley & Zach Stein)
May 11, 2022 14:33 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBAre you a reasonable person? If so, subscribe to the Connors Newsletter! On This Episode of Utterly Moderate. . . Segment 1: The Conger Ice Shelf Has Collapsed Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, joins host Lawrence Eppard to help us understand the collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and its implications. Read about the Conger Ice Shelf collapse here. Segment 2: All About Climate Investing Zach Stein from the compan...
How to Think Like a Lawyer and Why (with Kimberly Wehle)
April 28, 2022 17:42 - 38 minutes - 34.5 MBHate all the bitterness and polarization? JOIN NOW! Become a member of our community of reasonable Americans! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard is joined by University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle to discuss her new book, How to Think Like a Lawyer and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas. Also, check out the song featured at the end of this episode, “Turning Into You,” by Shippensburg University student Piper ...
Immigration and Crime (with Michael Light)
April 13, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes - 38 MBBecome a Connors Forum Community Member! Become a member of our community of reasonable people devoted to facts, honesty, and civility by subscribing HERE! It takes 15 seconds or less! On this Episode: Virtually every week on television you can hear politicians and political commentators claiming that immigrants, and unauthorized immigrants in particular, commit a lot of crime. Are these claims true? The weight of the best available evidence suggests they are not. T...