Solutions for the Underaffiliated

Will we turn over our faith to AI, just like we accept religion?

Both AI and religion are based on our imagination. We created religion to believe in something to control our lives. We created AI to increase productivity … if you do the full “why?” analysis. 

What happens when we live under the ruthless control of an AI productivity god?

We feed religion with blind faith. We f...

Race matters in college admissions because the more races we have sharing their perspectives and experiences, the better leaders the United States produces to make decisions that benefit us all, not just a portion of us.

Corporations know this because they get innovation and leadership by ensuring diverse perspectives work for them.

The Supreme Court of the United States used the 14th amend...

Let’s enable all Americans to achieve their goals by providing them with opportunities to earn an income that allows them to pay for housing, transportation and necessary goods and services — like food — without going into excessive credit card debt.

Insufficient wages, affordable housing, and public transportation are three examples of why so many of our fellow Americans operate their ho...

We talked about improving the quality of life from the perspective of a former Air Force pilot and family physician-turned-urgent-care-doctor.

Dr. Worthe Holt has cared for patients, led health system operations, was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for a large health insurance company.

He served as a pilot in the United States Air Force, and as Major General, Special Assistant to the Comma...

Sometimes, the price of not earning enough money is not being able to pay rent and ultimately eviction.

Many Americans are making trade-offs between food, bills and housing. In emergencies, paying rent might have to come last.

We spoke with Charles Koepp, an eviction defense attorney in New York City, to learn lessons about ways to support people facing eviction.

Most eviction...

Why not ask what it's like to be like on the other side of any fight? Instead pointing fingers to defend our aggression because "they started it," why not see the other side as people -- just like you?

We examined the history of the Jewish faith and its people to understand their perspective and response to attacks on them -- and the irony of how they use their power in light of the principles of their faith.

The lessons we can lea...

If we want peace in the Middle East, the United States, or anywhere, we need to demand and cultivate leaders with a vision for a future (not a past), that builds on our one-ness, using our differences as ways to learn and grow, and not to divide us to gain power.

We let religion, race, gender, culture -- anything -- divide us, and political leaders capitalize on that, leading to injustice and war.

After almost  a year od podcasting, the thing that stands out is that government and business collaboration has not helped Americans. Too many need food, can't afford healthcare, and live with fear of financial peril.

One could argue that the situation in America today is just an extension of the way Indigenous and Black people were treated, only now it is affecting middle class whites, especially in rural areas.

They now face fewe...

Ever thought you should drink less alcohol? Maybe you’re not at the bottom, but one leads to many. Less patient at home? Less sharp at work?

You don’t want to quit, but less would be better.

Alcoholics Anonymous could work, but opening up to strangers is daunting. Maybe you don’t believe in the philosophy or think it takes too much time.

Oar Health — www.oarhealth.com — provid...

Solving the rural hospital dilemma to address aging and isolation

How do we take on the facts that health tends to be worse and demand for mental health services and the suicide rate are rising in rural communities?

The core healthcare challenges in rural communities are transportation because people have to travel to get care and many senior citizens can no longer drive, social isolation, ...

Disrupting the cycle of poverty with social supports.

Imagine not having food, no way to get to the grocery store, and not having a friend with a working car to get you there or to take your kids to school. That could happen every day to a family on Medicaid.

Imagine having an asthmatic child and not being able replace your carpet with solid flooring, so he misses school and you miss work t...

Why do we need any more proof that having basic necessities, access to care, and social support leads to better health in order to help poor people live healthier, less expensive and more productive lives?

We all know that poor people can’t afford deductibles and copays, lack food, gas for a car, struggle with rent, and don’t have a social network with the means to help them. Instead of seeing a doctor t...

Fires, floods, storms. Even if you’re not sure about whether carbon emissions are behind them, why not try something new for our kids just in case?

Let’s start with transportation since about 30 percent of United States greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. That’s driven by Americans’ everyday use of cars, trucks, trains and planes. 

I spoke with Ned Ryan Doyle, a se...

Let’s use new federal infrastructure funds to improve life and protect cities from climate change, not just to create construction traffic from fixing roads, pipes and bridges.

How can we do better?

Solutions for the Underaffiliated spoke with Joe Kane, a Fellow at the Brookings Institution and economist, planner, and researcher. He works at the intersection of transportation, water, broadb...

Is corporate medicine leading to an over-priced, hollowed out healthcare system characterized by dissatisfied patients and fewer healthcare providers, fed up with poor working conditions?

We spoke with Dr. Mitch Li, an emergency physician and founder of Take Medicine Back, which advocates for taking back medicine from corporate interests.

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Suburban sprawl came with a price. Urban living can reduce housing costs, political divisiveness, and carbon emissions.

We spoke with Andy Paul, a founding member Affordable Asheville, a chapter YIMBY Action, a national organization dedicated to affordable housing.

Less affordable housing, needing a car, and policies that promote wealth-based segregation have led to homelessness, increased ...

America’s health crisis is about more than mental and physical conditions, and it costs even more than you think.

It will require  the seemingly impossible task of working together to make the United States healthy.

We spoke with Ted Smith, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and The Director, Center for Healthy Air, Water and Soil at the University of Louisville.