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Coming-EP #251 Feb. 3, 2026: When the Elephants 🐘 Fly: Decoding Trump's Radical Foreign 🗺️ Policy Shift

Every week, Rick Barron, invites you to a discussion about life’s happenings in this world that conjure up such words as complicated, intriguing, frightening, life-changing, inspiring, and more.

Now heard in all 50 United States. Additionally, among the 195 countries worldwide, I've reached listeners in 79! My largest overseas audience is in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Finland.

Thoughts and perspectives will cover politics, climate change, human behavior, people’s beliefs, overcoming obstacles, and more. He’ll touch on life’s imperfections as well as its celebrations, along with what life’s happenings can teach us and what we can learn. After all, that’s life, I swear.

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Climate Change in Pacific Nations: Survival & Struggle
Jan. 28, 2026

Climate Change in Pacific Nations: Survival & Struggle

Learn how nations or individuals, relying on external saviors, can be precarious. Change often starts locally, with people finding ways to adapt, resist, and build resilience while pushing the world’s powers to do more. Suppo...
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Interview #25 Tracy Pullman: Reinventing Yourself and The Power of Career Networking
Jan. 21, 2026

Interview #25 Tracy Pullman: Reinventing Yourself and The Power of Career Networking

In this episode, Tracy Pullman shares her transformative journey from being laid off to becoming a successful entrepreneur. She discusses the challenges of navigating uncertainty, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the importa...
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Book Review from Rick’s Library: Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Paul McCartney
Jan. 20, 2026

Book Review from Rick’s Library: Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Paul McCartney

Learn how reinvention is a practice, not a moment. Wings was not just a band—it was a way of running toward the future, refusing to let the past define the possibilities ahead. supporting links 1. Paul McCartney [Website] 2. ...
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No Warning Signs: The Reality of Active Shooter Incidents
Jan. 15, 2026

No Warning Signs: The Reality of Active Shooter Incidents

This story teaches that if there's a single overarching message from modern active threat training, it's this: You have more control over your survival than you think. Supporting links 1. Active Shooter, How To Respond [Homeland Security] 2. Attacks in Crowded and Public Spaces [Ready] Gun Control …
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Book Review from Rick’s Library: My Beloved Monster: Masha by Caleb Carr
Jan. 14, 2026

Book Review from Rick’s Library: My Beloved Monster: Masha by Caleb Carr

"My Beloved Monster" by Caleb Carr is more than a cat memoir—it’s a moving exploration of trauma, resilience, and the healing power of the human-animal bond. Charting Carr’s 17-year journey with Masha, a half-wild rescued kitten, the book blends personal memoir, psychological insight, and animal be…
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The Million-Dollar Sisterhood: How 8 Women Are Cashing In on A.I.'s Boys' Club
Jan. 7, 2026

The Million-Dollar Sisterhood: How 8 Women Are Cashing In on A.I.'s Boys' Club

Learn how FoundHer House, an all-female hacker home in San Francisco, where women in A.I. are rewriting Silicon Valley's future, one startup at a time. Supporting links 1. FoundherHouse [Purple MA.I.'a] 2. FoundherHouse [Webs...
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