Steven Spierer Show – TalkRadioOne

There is real power in understanding our bad feelings.  Negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become overwhelming. Low moods prevent us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but they often escalate into pathological depression.  Understanding bad feelings by understanding individuals as individuals can reveal new paths for relieving human suffering.  Steve talks with Randolph M. Nesse, M.D., author of Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychology

Even for his supporters the daily choices made by Donald Trump are hard to understand.  For non-supporters he is even more confusing and confounding.  There is at least one journalist who has followed Donald Trump for decades and who understands what he is actually doing better than most.  Steve welcomes back Gwenda Blair, author of The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a President.

Among the first things we need to help people rise is knocking down the obstacles government puts in front of advancement which reinforce persistent poverty and inequality and prevent entrepreneurship from flourishing, particularly among those who haven’t had previous success.  Steve talks with John H. Cox, the 2018 Republican candidate for Governor of California.  Then, Steve talks about a CNBC article that advises “Don't retire early, buy a home or be a lawyer if you want to be happy, researchers say—here's why”

Free Speech is under attack at colleges and universities, with critics challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate.  Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened and classes are disrupted.  Steve interviews Keith Whittington, author of Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Freely-Universities-Defend-Speech/dp/0691181608/

Data is fundamental to our modern world.  We rely on numbers to allocate resources in economic development, employment, health care, education and public policy.  But because most data fails to take gender into account, treating men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems.  Steve talks with Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men.

Steve talks with child development & behavior specialist and all around Parent, Betsy Brown Braun, author of Just Tell Me What To Say and of You’re Not The Boss of Me and host of www.betsybrownbraun.com

Very few people would like to again experience the anxiety or the financial losses that arose from the 2008 financial crisis. But it has happened before and it will happen again.  Steve talks with Richard Vague, author of A Brief History of Doom: 200 Years of Financial Crisis. https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Doom-Financial-Foundation/dp/0812251776/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Richard+Vague&qid=1561218550?tag=talk-20

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Investing money can be both profitable and dangerous.  Every year millions of people across the country make successful investments with and through honest and capable people.  Other people invest with others who either cheat, lie and steal or who are incompetent and unnecessarily lose their hard-earned money.  Steve talks with attorney Bob Uhl, Director of the Pepperdine University School of Law's Investor Advocacy Clinic about how NOT to invest your money

A college education can be a great asset.  Yet, many young adults report that their transition from the classroom to the boardroom is confusing, frustrating and frightening.  There is no specific recipe for how to balance the conflicting challenges of adult life when leaving the artificial light of academic study.  But there are strategies for defying expectations, challenging assumptions and achieving success.  Steve talks with Professor Tina Seelig, author of What I Wish I Knew When I was 20. https://www.amazon.com/What-Wish-Knew-When-Was/dp/0061735191/?tag=talk-20

First, in anticipation of the next election Steve talks about the four things Americans should insist upon from any President of the United States.  Then, Steve welcomes Certified Financial Planner Phil Albitz back to the show to discuss the stock market’s volatility, the potential impact of the ongoing negotiations with China, as well as the volatile investing climate, risk management and lots of money issues, including stocks, bonds, inflation, deflation, gold, advance planning and financial freedom.

“Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” is the first new “Land” to debut at Disneyland since Mickey’s Toontown opened in 1993.  Steve talks about all things Disney Parks with David Koenig, author of Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World and the author of Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks. [...]

Steve talks with Norman Panitch, M.D. about our healthcare system, Medicare for all, Obamacare and what might work to fix them all.

First, Steve went to New Orleans, saw the sights and the sites, including the National World War II Museum and then attended a joyous wedding and was surprised by an experience he had never had before.  Then, Steve, a real estate attorney and real estate investor talks about the housing shortage in California, how [...]

Steve’s welcomes child psychologist Dr. Mel Lewin to discuss challenges of raising children in today’s world.