Some taboo topics among pundits on mainstream media are beginning to show signs of breaking down. The recent presidential campaign exposed a new reality; celebrities don’t hold as much influence over voters as many thought. And a new trend is emerging in the family, would-be grandparents who aren’t sure how to raise the topic with their adult children.
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Segment 1 – Spiral of Silence
The World and Everything in It: November 15, 2024
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Why I Am Now a Christian
Segment 2 – Celebritism in Politics
WSJ: Inside Harris’s and Trump’s Campaign Spending
Our Culture, What’s Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses by Theodore Dalrymple
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
Segment 3 – Grandparents
NYT: The Unspoken Grief of Never Becoming a Grandparent
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