Friday, April 17, 2015

Episode 14 - The Six-Figure Anchor

With Smokey moving soon, he and Anthony got to thinking about the "American Dream" of home ownership, and how it has been one of the linchpins of our society for more than a century.  Of course, very little of our society is the same as it was a hundred years ago, so should the notion of being financially stuck in one place continue to be so important to us? 



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Today's show stemmed from our reactions to a short video lecture given by Professor Richard Florida from the Univ. of Toronto, an expert in urban studies (yeah, real deep stuff). It's just ten minutes, but is very, very interesting. See for yourself...
http://bigthink.com/videos/the-end-of-home-ownership

Friday, April 3, 2015

Episode 13 - Nostalgia Now! Nostalgia Forever!

Hearing old songs you loved long ago, seeing a place where you once had fun, or finding lost mementos buried in a closet... the nostalgia such things make us feel present a range of emotions, some good and some not-so-good. We'll bet you didn't know just how complex those feelings can be, and just how they might actually benefit you...



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The article in the New York Times that started this train of thought...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/science/what-is-nostalgia-good-for-quite-a-bit-research-shows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1

A little something in "The Atlantic" that explains how advertisers and other media outlets play on our nostalgic tendencies:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/how-the-internet-uses-nostalgia/283966/

...and just in case you didn't believe us about "Full House" returning to television...
http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/netflix-to-reboot-full-house-1201465475/
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