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  • Child brides forced to marry much older men. How it continues to happen in Texas and the effort to shut it down. Could this be the legislative session where marijuana is decriminalized? There’s reason for pro-pot hope. And how Governor Abbott and state leaders are big on big government when it comes to running Texas cities.
  • Are U.S. inequalities rooted in justice systems that have turned away from its lofty ideals and toward efficiency and generating revenue? What are the hidden forces behind America’s courts, prosecutors, probation departments, police, and detention facilities that have turned them into part of a machine commodifying children and the poor? Daniel Hatcher joins us, author of "Injustice Inc. How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor."
  • Valentine's Day is known as a red-letter day for love and romance – but data shows it’s also a big day for break-ups. We live in a culture that kind of sends many mixed messages about love, romance, dating and mating - in person or online. How do we make sense of it all?
  • There's been another deadly dog attack in San Antonio. Officials say this one could have been prevented. But it wasn’t. What can be done about the over-population of stray dogs on the streets and about dog owners who don’t keep their animals from running wild? What should be done about dangerous dogs in the name of public safety?
  • Take a look at Instagram and TikTok and you’ll see the trend setters known as influencers. How is the Influencer Industry thriving in an increasingly fractured and profit-driven communications environment?
  • The disclosure of behind-the-scenes emails and texts increases the chances that Dominion will win its billion-dollar lawsuit against Fox News, but perhaps more than that, do the Fox internal communications remove all doubt and denials that Fox is a political organization not committed to truth or journalism?
  • At the end of 2021, more than 80 countries experienced hardships that eroded the state of their democracy.
  • In September, hospitals saw an increase in patients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV. This infection was also met with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases as the Thanksgiving holiday came to a close. To add to it, a higher than usual influenza season has caused some health experts to call this season a ‘tridemic.’
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