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Book bans and removing other media from schools and libraries

This subject is really about parents often being in conflict with schools regarding what content the children should have access to. Which group has the best interest of the children in mind? What happens when the two groups do not agree? Who decides what is age appropriate content?

Here is the link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Book bans and removing other media from schools and libraries
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Conversations Politics Society

Free Speech at Universities

Which political ideologies are most impacted? Is there a First Amendment obligation toward speech on campuses? Is hate speech protected speech? What kind of speech is not protected under the Constitution? Did you know that the ACLU defended the right of a neo-Nazi group to march in the 1970’s? It was a free speech issue.

Here is the link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Free Speech at Universities
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Conversations Politics

Should we have age or term limits in government?

Before we get into the topic, we take a few minutes to look at a few topics that are in the news at the moment that reflect on some of our past episodes. We discuss the arguments for and against term limits. We discuss the possibility of age limits and the problem therein. We then consider whether some sort of cognitive test would be effective.

Here is the link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Should we have age or term limits in government?
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Conversations Economy

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank

The basic business model of bank in discussed. What causes a run on a bank. What is the assumption of what caused the run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Should the executives of the bank seen the problem coming? How has the government responded and was that response appropriate?

Link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank
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Conversations Society

The Risks of Artificial Intelligence

Should we worry? What is the worst that can happen? Should we try to create regulations before it is a problem?

Here is the link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
The Risks of Artificial Intelligence
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Conversations Media

The Twitter Files

What are the twitter files, how did they come about and how are the journalists getting the information. What have they revealed, how are people talking about it or distorting it.

Here is the link to the summary of collection of of Twitter Files (that has not been updated since December 22). It also links to the full list of tweets of each Twitter File drop.

Link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
The Twitter Files
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Conversations Media

Musk’s Twitter

This is part one of a two part conversation revolving around Twitter. This conversation takes a look at Twitter under the helm of Elon Musk, the changes made to the company and his presence on the platform. The next conversation will focus on the Twitter Files.

Here is the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Musk's Twitter
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Conversations Media Politics

Banning of TikTok

Why are people concerned about the App TikTok? Why is TokTok different than other social media apps? Why is the government considering banning the app? We cover all this and alternatives to banning the app.

Link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Banning of TikTok
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Border Policy

We look at how immigrants are coming into the US and the state of the states on the border due to the immigration influx. How do we manage the immigration? Can we incentivize people to stay in their home country?

Here is the link to the YouTube video of the conversation.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Border Policy
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Conversations Economy Politics

Federal Debt

A short while before this conversation, the Debt Ceiling was surpassed and Congress was notified that if nothing was changed, the US Government would default on its obligations. We begin the conversation discussing the difference between debt and deficit, whether debt should be decreased by increasing income or decreasing expenses and then discuss what the debt means to the country and possible solutions.

Federal Deficit historical graph

Here is the link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Federal Debt
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