In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 49 - Cancer May 2, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You have cancer. What's up? Rick Rosner: Just a little, just a whiff of cancer, I have three-millimetre tumour poking out of my left kidney. That they're going to take out of me using …
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In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 47 - How Not to Die (Early) April 15, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How do you not die early? Rick Rosner: Alright, so, my wife hangs out with a bunch of women her age or sometimes a little bit older. My wife is …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 571 - The Current Trump Deal March 20, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the current Trump deal? Rick Rosner: During the campaign trail, he said that his people - his base - is so solidly behind him. That he could shoot somebody in the middle of 5th …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 570 - Death Penalty for Abortion March 19, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Abortion is an ongoing topic in the United States and around the world. Rick Rosner: There is a bunch of legislation happening in the United States that is crazy. It tries to give women the death …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 569 - Affirmative Action for the Rich (7) March 18, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Another factor is that we're babies. We are more influenced by the deliciousness of social media, perhaps, than striver countries like India and China, where we have the luxury of being academically lazy and …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 568 - Affirmative Action for the Rich (6) March 17, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How will this stratify America in the 2020s? Rick Rosner: America is already the most stratified that it has been and the most divided it has been politically, and stratified it has been economically, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 567 - Affirmative Action for the Rich (5) March 16, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I would use Carole and myself, and our kid, as an example. I mean, we had one kid, which meant our focus was one. I don't think we wee helicopter parents. We weren't Tiger Parents. …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 566 - Affirmative Action for the Rich (4) March 15, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Thing three is, even without cheating as many do, huge advantages for rich people. For one thing, there is no good guide to applying to college. Every family, every kid, has to kind of learn …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 565 - Affirmative Action for the Rich (3) March 14, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Big problem two is that kids apply - the gunners, the elite kids trying to get into the elite colleges. Back when I was applying, a kid might apply to 4 colleges, like a psycho …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 564 - Affirmative Action for the Rich (2) March 13, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Let me say a few things about college admissions in America, which are a mess. Thing one is, there are many more highly qualified students who want to go to highly selective schools than there …
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