Prager 20150602 – 3 Ultimate Issues Hour: The Science and Free Will
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Alfred Mele, Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His new book is Free: Why Science Hasn’t Disproved Free Will.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Alfred Mele, Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His new book is Free: Why Science Hasn’t Disproved Free Will.
Prager H2: We are making the NSA less effective. That’s going to make us less safe. Not less free… Why is former House Speaker, Denny Hastert, being prosecuted for withdrawing money from his own bank account… Floods are not new to Houston, but you wouldn’t know it if you just listened to the global warming crowd… The President brags about throwing Iraq into chaos.
Prager H1: The great Olympian decathlete, Bruce Jenner, is now a Caitlyn Jenner. Is he going to be happier as a she? Callers weigh in… And, if we can choose our gender, can we choose our race?
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Adam Carolla, film-maker (his new movie called Road Hard), star of the TV reality show (“Catch a Contractor”) and talk show podcaster extraordinaire. His new book is Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won’t Be Getting.
Prager H2: Crime is up all over the country. Why? Because police are patrolling the streets less aggressively than they did a year ago. And why is that? Because any cop who uses his gun now risks his career or much worse… Dennis talks to the two winners of Prager University’s Ten Commandments Essay Contest, Savannah Watson (11) and Jake Nacar (18).
Prager H1: What is the tension between liberty and security? Why are so many – Rand Paul, for instance — upset about the NSA scanning billions of phone numbers? Isn’t the risk of a terror attack of greater concern?
Prager H3: Per usual callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: why can parrots talk and dogs can’t; should we allow polygamous civil unions.
Prager H2: Almost every day something happens that it is annoying or frustrating. To be happy you have to manage how you react to these annoyances and frustrations.
Prager H1: A Spirit Airlines stewardess is in trouble for posing inside an engine well… The Boy Scouts are turning into a garden party… The President addresses his Twitter fans: “Hello, Twitter. It’s Barak.” Does such familiarity demean the Office?… The French government pays people to work at fake companies.
