WHO Radio Show Notes - 2018
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2019
January 5, 2019
(BGS: People who don't understand the Electoral College don't understand Federalism, Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Iowa records first flu-related fatality of 2019)
January 19, 2019
(BGS: If we're aware of the vulnerable at our door, let's not confuse them with the bad people we might be trying to keep out; a $15-an-hour minimum wage can't be imposed without consequences; Jack Bogle, capitalist revolutionary)
January 26, 2019
(BGS: Don't assume powers when you're in charge that you don't want to hand over to your opponents when they're in charge; modernizing the draft; authenticity in office)
February 2, 2019
(BGS: Iowa twins born 18 weeks early, the floodgates open on the 2020 race, ice quakes in the night)
February 9, 2019
(BGS: Congress ought to discuss really stupid ideas once in a while, Google pulls the plug on Fiber in Louisville, maybe we need a partisan press once again)
February 16, 2019
(BGS: Believing in "consequential gravity", remote-controlled snowblowers, Emilee Richardson on the Opportunity rover)
February 23, 2019
(BGS: Philip Wallach on when branches collide, Drew Klein on the local option sales and services tax, enlarging the House)
March 2, 2019
(BGS: Was the big tax cut just a big sugar rush? Technology is only as good or as bad as the people using it. Send in the governors!)
March 9, 2019
(BGS: Our military servicemembers are professionals in service of a just and free world, not mercenaries; Facebook's leadership still doesn't get what they really are; moderation doesn't mean an absence of principles)
March 16, 2019
(BGS: Burdens are meant to be carried together; you can't pick your parents, but you can pick your heroes; land values in Iowa are slipping, and trade wars are partly to blame)
March 18, 2019
(BGS: Values have to cost something more than just lip service, Greg Edwards on the NCAA tournament, John Benson with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management on flooding)
March 19, 2019
(BGS: Nolan Gray on "8 things your town can do to add more housing without spending a dime", Dr. Kori Schake on "America vs. the West", Arthur Brooks on "Love Your Enemies")
March 23, 2019
(BGS: The Mueller Report while we're under the veil of ignorance; John McCain wasn't perfect, but his memory deserves better than the way the President speaks about him; ideas for a new generation of research universities to revive rural America)
March 30, 2019
(BGS: We just don't have the population density to make high-speed trains work; there's yet more flooding season yet to come; Brexit, the Electoral College, and the big question nobody likes to answer, but should -- "And what happens next?")
April 6, 2019
(BGS: Property assessments are up 10%, but I'm determined not to complain; Heather Butterfield of the Iowa Donor Network; cancer isn't a punchline)
April 13, 2019
(BGS: Technology developers need to be good people, and good people need to know about technology; Erin Murphy of Lee Enterprises and James Lynch of the Cedar Rapids Gazette on Rep. Dave Loebsack's retirement; refugees aren't helpless)
April 20, 2019
(BGS: Flooding in southwestern Iowa, Paul Rosenzweig on the Mueller Report, measles is basically a weapon of mass destruction)
April 27, 2019
(BGS: Are we asking candidates the right questions? What would you do to protect your kids? Who was the best James Bond?)
May 4, 2019
(BGS: Getting better at what we do is a moral duty, property-tax hikes in Iowa, differences with China aren't a "clash of civilizations")
May 11, 2019
(BGS: We need to learn more, better, and for longer than we used to, tariffs aren't going to protect the American economy, Iowa's strangest foods)
May 18, 2019
(BGS: Don't do what you love, Dave Swenson on how small towns in Iowa are going to survive, what does the President have against Toyota?)
May 25, 2019
(BGS: Patriotism should be more than paper-thin, the new Federal courthouse is insufferably dull, SpaceX launches a swarm of satellites)
June 1, 2019
(BGS: Re-watching "The Tank Man" in light of today's China, Dollar Tree adds booze and closes stores, disagreeing decently)
June 4, 2019
(BGS: Simon Conway Show fill-in)
June 8, 2019
(BGS: Yes, Millennials could fight WWII today; capitalism is great but freedoms are even better; can Des Moines stop the new Federal courthouse?)
June 15, 2019
(BGS: Pay attention to Hong Kong as it fights back, Instagram preserves a deepfake, why Iowans don't walk to work)
June 22, 2019
(BGS: George Will on "The Conservative Sensibility", our head of state doesn't have to be the President, gender-reveal parties have gone too far)
June 29, 2019
(BGS: Against the cult of disruption, what should happen at the old YMCA site, the unviable prospects for many newspapers)
July 3, 2019
(BGS: RJ Lehmann on flood insurance in Iowa and beyond, Adam White on the Supreme Court's latest decisions, flags don't belong on shoes or any other clothing)
July 5, 2019
(BGS: It's Independence Day, not just the Fourth of July; Eric Burmeister on the shortage of affordable housing in Polk County; what if we opened the door to additional states?)
July 6, 2019
(BGS: Amanda Kolson Hurley on "Radical Suburbs", MAD Magazine is fading away, integrity isn't a part-time thing)
July 13, 2019
(BGS: Emily Barske on the anniversary of the Marshalltown tornado, choosing which Ross Perot to remember, why we can't just show up when a crisis emerges)
July 20, 2019
(BGS: Good Americans are good cosmopolitan citizens, "meth gators", the President's failure to "just say no")
July 27, 2019
(BGS: One good thing about Quentin Tarantino films, Baltimore isn't a cartoon, Robert Mueller's testimony wasn't just a television show)
August 3, 2019
(BGS: Old gas stations and cities in revival, Josh Lamel of the Re:Create Coalition offers the case for "balanced copyright", Emilee Richardson on "Live from the Moon", Laura Sarcone on the Citizen Water Academy)
August 10, 2019
(BGS: Why is the Iowa State Fair a monarchy?, the Iowa Caucuses and dangers to our elections, Jeffrey Epstein's victims deserved better)
August 17, 2019
(BGS: Maximum freedom of movement for people, money, goods, and ideas; the oldest portable computer storage you remember; the inverted yield curve for dummies)
August 24, 2019
(BGS: "Recession" is just an anagram for "Oi, screens!", buying Greenland is a stupid idea, my new favorite ride at the Fair is a street)
September 11, 2019
(BGS: 9/11 will always be with us, but its memory just achieved adulthood; Kathryn Waldron on global terrorism and threats to the homeland; Jodie Warth and Kendra Allen of the Boys and Girls Club)
September 12, 2019
(BGS: Presidential debates should be essay contests, taxing consumption makes more sense than taxing wealth, big tech wants to be regulated like a utility, Troy Price of the Iowa Democratic Party)
September 21, 2019
(BGS: ##)
September 28, 2019
(BGS: Carson King and room for error, know your tech or the wrong people will regulate it, it comes to impeachment because choices have consequences)
October 12, 2019
(BGS: Why a conservative would axe the Tomahawk Chop, Phil Collins is Not Dead Yet, using Facebook's rules against itself)
November 2, 2019
(BGS: Twitter kills political advertising, $23 trillion in debt and it's all your fault, Jon Haggerty on "The conservative case against Trump's immigration policies")
November 30, 2019
(BGS: Small Business Saturday isn't enough, good policies start at the state level, the market economy should blossom in many ways)
December 7, 2019
(BGS: Internet access isn't a human right, affordable housing in the suburbs and the city, police shootings deserve an NTSB)
December 19, 2019
(BGS/Jeff Angelo fill-in: Casey Burgat on impeachment and obstruction of Congress, passing of Hayden Fry, gift-giving off the list)
December 20, 2019
(BGS/Jeff Angelo fill-in: Home security cameras, trade deals, returning Americans to space)
December 21, 2019
(BGS: Hate crimes in Clive, Amazon as a threat to business, what impeachment means)
December 27, 2019
(BGS/Jeff Angelo fill-in: Antibiotic resistance is a major killer, social media is the new battleground, Adam White on impeachment)
December 28, 2019
(BGS: The President is tweeting about "homeless problems", but housing affordability is mainly a matter solved close to home)