For friends with loved ones in personal care and retirement communities, the pandemic has been a hotbed of fear and anxiety. On Joe Watkins: State of Independence this weekend, the CEO of Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community, Robert Hayward lays our an encouraging strategy for fighting fear with faith. Joe and I connect it to the wider fear gripping our politics and communities in the second segment.
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State of Independence: Taming the Pol...
Is politics a playground for insiders? Is government a “good old boys club” — a system that operates by a different set of rules than the ones they impose on the rest of us? Is it a swamp? A circus? A charade? A house of cards? Is it all just a game? Polls show that this is exactly the way millio...
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State of Independence: Love Your Neig...
Joe is joined by Sen. Ryan Aument (PA) to discuss the pressures of public office and grace in some of life's most challenging circumstances. Aument opens up about a negative campaign he waged and the joys of reconciliation with a former rival. Kurt Weaver also joins from the Church Ambassador Net...
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State of Independence: The First Kenn...
Sixty years ago this month, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon appeared for their inaugural debate—the first ever televised. An estimated 70 million Americans tuned in to watch. As the presidential debate season gets underway, what are the lessons for civility and public debate that still stand...
