Ask Beatty – 02.27.17

Beatty talked about what depression is and is not and what you need to know about depression at every age. The good news is that depression can be successfully treated. Would you want your parents to choose your life partner? Beatty discusses a new dating show in China where the parents choose their adult children’s mates. And how many of you watched the HBO series ‘Girls’ last night. Lena Dunham who plays the character Hannah, explores the issue of sexual assault vs consent. Beatty’s guest husband Jim Vrettos, sociologist, activist and host of the Radical Imagination on MNN engage in a lively discussion about this very important subject.

Juan Cole – Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates

Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted for violence by fundamentalist Christians of a violent bent for decades.  In 2009, Dr. George Tiller was relentlessly shot to death by Scott Roeder, who insisted that the good doctor was satanic because he performed abortions.  Dr. …