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Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

News, Arts, Performing Arts, Business, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Segment 1: Bob Inglis (of RepublicEN.org) is a conservative climate change denier turned conservative climate change activist. We talk about what he’s learned about how to approach those who disagree with him — there are some concrete tips! Lots of Greek and Roman references! Segment 2: We dive into the power and powerlessness of prayer with Washington Post writer and editor Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig. (TRIGGER WARNING: CONTAINS JESUS.) Bob on Twitter: @bobinglis Liz on Twitter: @ebruenig The show: @crooked_friends Here’s a profile of Bob that gets into his conversion experience: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-6-november-december/feature/bob-inglis-takes-stand-climate-change (And here’s an interview we did for my day job: http://www.mtv.com/news/3007121/a-republican-evangelizes-for-action-on-climate-change/) Liz’s essay on prayer during a period of personal troubles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/24/my-husband-lost-his-job-his-sister-was-murdered-heres-what-it-did-to-my-faith/?utm_term=.7f18875fbedd We’re still collecting listener questions for an upcoming call-in show! Send you comments and heartfelt queries to [email protected] Our delightful sponsors this week: Betterment: Investing made better. WFLT listeners can get one month managed free by going to Betterment.com/Friends Upside.com: The best way to travel for business. Get a $100 Amazon gift card if you use the offer code FRIENDS. Ziprecruiter: The best way to find candidates. Listeners can post for free by going to ZipRecruiter.com/friends.

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0:00.0	Betterment was built to answer the question, what is the best way to invest my money?
0:06.2	Betterment customers believe technology can help improve their daily lives.
0:09.2	Do you use Uber, Netflix, or Amazon?
0:12.4	Betterment customers are just like you.
0:15.3	And they're probably just like me, although I'm a little bit older than maybe the actual
0:19.2	target audience.
0:20.2	I wish I was younger.
0:21.2	I wish that both Uber, Netflix, and Amazon had been around when I was in college and
0:28.2	just starting out saving money.
0:29.7	I wish that Betterment had been around when I was just out of college and starting to
0:33.0	save money or not save money as the case may be.
0:37.0	Money was scary to me.
0:39.8	I don't, there's probably some deep psychological reasons why and maybe we'll do an episode about
0:44.0	it.
0:45.0	But I didn't even like looking at my balance.
0:47.8	I was just scared to know how much money I had.
0:50.3	I literally would just, I knew when I was out of money when my ATM card was declined.
0:57.0	That's not a good way to go about spending.
1:00.0	It's definitely not a good way to go about saving.
1:03.2	I wish that I had betterment.
1:04.5	They make investing straightforward.
1:06.2	You create an account.
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