{"id":10286,"date":"2016-05-05T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=10286"},"modified":"2016-05-08T00:28:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T06:28:51","slug":"may-7-2016-john-j-higgins-barb-adams-is-america-losing-heart-ron-felber-dark-angel-allison-leotta-the-last-good-girl-ken-goldstein-the-many-lessons-of-andy-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=10286","title":{"rendered":"May 7, 2016 – John J. Higgins & Barb Adams, Is America Losing Heart? | Ron Felber, Dark Angel | Allison Leotta, The Last Good Girl | Ken Goldstein, The Many Lessons of Andy Grove"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(1) OPEN Discussion on Is America Losing Heart?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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From the halls of Congress to presidential candidates and the main streets of America, there appears to be a growing lack of compassion these days towards those with opposing or different viewpoints as well as in general.<\/p>\n

The Golden Rule states “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” But look around in today’s society and there are far too many examples of lack of empathy and general disregard for others.\u00a0 Entitlement, greed, corruption, and hypocrisy seem to be replacing shared values, service, honesty, integrity, and heart (empathy).<\/p>\n

The biologist Frans de Waal states in The Age of Empathy<\/i> (2008) that humans are human because we are empathetic. He writes, “Empathy is part of the survival package, and human society depends on it as much as many other animal societies do.” Yet so many political, financial, and corporate leaders in society today seem to lack empathy, showing outright disdain for those they “serve” and represent.<\/p>\n

Is this growing collapse of empathy and heart a symptom of our failing humanity or is it indicative of an agenda where disdain and indifference become the cornerstones of American policy?<\/p>\n

JOIN Barb and John as they discuss Is America Losing Heart?<\/em><\/p>\n

(2) Ron Felber<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Joining the show during the second hour is author Ron Felber<\/strong>, who will be discussing his latest novel, Dark Angel<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Imagine the genetic experiments of Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele being fine-tuned by scientists in secret laboratories at Princeton University with the blessing of the U.S. government. The objective:\u00a0 create an army of trans-human super soldiers, killing machines that can be cloned and can conquer the world.<\/p>\n

\"DarkAngelBOOKCOVER\"That’s the basis of Felber’s lastest Jack Madson thriller, Dark Angel<\/strong><\/em>. Felber will discuss why this is not such a far-fetched idea and how, since 1990, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development organization of the Department of Defense, has been focusing on transforming humans for war.<\/p>\n

But Felber adds his own twist. He imagines that at the close of WWII, the U.S. government got hold of genetic material developed by Mengele to create a trans-human super race. That genetic material is being used at Princeton to build unstoppable killers, controlled by a small cadre of scientists and ego-maniacal entrepreneurs who plan on taking over the world to create a Fourth Reich.<\/p>\n

Fact or fiction?\u00a0 Listen in as Ron Felber talks Dark Angel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ron Felber is the author of the Jack Madson crime thrillers A Man of Indeterminate Value, The Kafka Society, <\/em>and Dark Angel. <\/em>His non-fiction books include Mojave Incident <\/em>and Il Dottore: The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor<\/em>, which was the inspiration for the FOX television drama The Mob Doctor. <\/em>Mr. Felber is a graduate of Georgetown University and teaches creative writing at Drew University’s Caspersen School of Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit http:\/\/ronfelber.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

(3) Allison Leotta<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Former federal sex-crimes prosecutor and bestselling author Allison Leotta<\/strong> joins the show in the third hour to discuss her latest book, The Last Good Girl<\/em><\/strong>, which tackles\u00a0 college campus sexual assault.<\/p>\n

All across the country this month (May) high school seniors are preparing for graduation and, for many, it\u2019s also a time to finalize plans on which college they\u2019ll be attending. Leotta hopes her book will help students and their parents become more informed before making that decision.<\/p>\n

In this her fifth novel of the Anna Curtis series, The Last Good Girl<\/em><\/strong><\/b>, Leotta tackles campus rape at a prestigious Michigan \"TheLastGoodGirlBOOKCOVER\"university. \u201cThis book is so important to me,\u201d says Leotta. \u201cI felt compelled to write it. Too many young women are sexually assaulted during what should be a wonderful and empowering time of their life: their college years. I wanted both to tell a compelling story and to examine the powerful forces that rip through these cases and the real emotions and consequences for young people caught in these currents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allison will discuss<\/p>\n