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Love Your Mother, Earth Day 2012

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Sunday, April 22nd, marks the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, and while millions around the globe celebrate, remembering what Earth Day represents is as important now as it was in 1970. In 1970, most Americans were more concerned about the Vietnam War than they were about the “environment.”  The environmental movement, as it would come […]

April 21, 2012 – Phil Simon, “The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Have Redefined Business;” Vern McKinley, “A Century of Bailouts,” and Yalman Onaran, “Zombie Banks”

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April 21, 2012   Show Archives/Pod Casts            Hour 1 –  Hour 2 –  Hour 3 Hour 1:  Phil Simon Phil Simon joins Amerika Now during the first hour of the show to discuss his latest book, The Age of the Platform:  How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Have Redefined Business. Over the last five to seven […]

April 14, 2012 – Stephen Spignesi, “Titanic” and Shaeri Richards, “Dancing With Your Dragon”

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April 14, 2012  Show Archives/Pod Casts           Hour 1 –  Hour 2 –  Hour 3 Hour 1:  Stephen Spignesi Joining Amerika Now during the first hour of the show is Stephen Spignesi, a renowned New York Times bestselling author who writes about historical biography, popular culture, television, film, American and world history, and contemporary fiction.  He […]

Titanic!

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April 15, 2012, marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and while two cruise ships from opposite shores of the Atlantic sail across the ocean retracing the ill-fated liner’s voyage, many myths regarding the “unsinkable” Titanic still remain afloat. The night of April 14-15, 1912, will forever go down in the […]

Is the Weather Stuck on Extreme?

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2012 is starting out with a fury, with tornado outbreaks reported in January, February, and March.  And now the recent outbreak in Dallas-Fort Worth in April.  This article was written in response to some thoughts about extreme weather events and climate shifting and change. Extreme weather events, from record-breaking tornado outbreaks to record-breaking temperatures, drought, […]