The Democratic debates and becoming a ‘happiness hunter’: The surprising source of true happiness
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 26 June 2019
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR JUNE 26, 2019
Suicides are rising and happiness is falling in America. Today's podcast shows us how we can turn from the circumstances of our culture to God's "peace that passes understanding" as our witness to the world.
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| 0:00.0 | The Democratic debates and becoming a happiness hunter, the surprising source of true happiness. |
| 0:08.6 | This is Dr. Jim Denison's The Daily Article podcast for Tuesday, June 26th, 2019. |
| 0:14.2 | The Democratic Party's presidential debates begin tonight. |
| 0:17.6 | According to the Wall Street Journal, this is the largest Democratic presidential field |
| 0:21.4 | in modern history. The candidates are hoping to differentiate themselves from each other and make an |
| 0:26.1 | impact on the voting public. Robbie Mook, Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign manager, |
| 0:31.1 | explains, the biggest question is who is driving the news, who is getting attention? Dan Pfeiffer, |
| 0:39.0 | a former advisor to Barack Obama, |
| 0:44.1 | added, they need moments to create attention and virality to increase their poll numbers and, more importantly, get the online donor number up. There is much in the news we could be discussing |
| 0:48.9 | this morning, from the border crisis, which I plan to address later this week, to the ongoing |
| 0:53.2 | tensions with Iran to the Middle East peace plan, but this week's debates later this week, to the ongoing tensions with Iran to the |
| 0:54.4 | Middle East peace plan. But this week's debates will make headlines, both for what the candidates |
| 0:58.8 | say that is memorable and what they say that is regrettable. Meanwhile, a story receiving less |
| 1:04.0 | attention caught my eye as a parable for our contentious times. If you're unhappy with your job, |
| 1:09.6 | perhaps you'd like to become a happiness hunter. |
| 1:12.5 | Furniture chain IKEA is looking for someone willing to live for two weeks in Denmark and get paid |
| 1:16.6 | in money and meatballs to help them find all the keys to a real home of happiness. You need to |
| 1:22.4 | hurry applications in next Monday. You need to have at least 18 years of experience as a human being and be a person |
| 1:29.0 | who always wanted to find the secret to happiness. Ikea will cover your travel and give you free |
| 1:34.1 | Kotbullah Swedish meatballs at their restaurant. The secret to happiness seems to be more elusive |
| 1:40.3 | today than ever. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports |
| 1:45.5 | a 30% increase in suicides in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016. Rates increased in all age groups, |
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