Fri, 27 December 2019
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 195, originally published in December 2013. H. Art Taylor is President and CEO of Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. He joins the show to tell us how people can avoid fraud after a natural disaster or crisis occurs. He also gives us some examples of fraud that occurred as a result of the Philippines typhoon relief efforts. He explains how people can check with the BBB to help avoid questionable fundraising efforts. Taylor shares some easy to spot trends and tactics that scammers use to prey on consumers. He also believes there is more fraudulent activity around/during the holidays. Website: |
Fri, 20 December 2019
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 172, originally published in September 2013. Chris Orestis is the Co-founder and CEO at Life Care Funding. This episode is about new state laws that are threatening insurers. Orestis explains what seniors can do instead of abandoning their life policies to go on to Medicaid. He provides options for middle-class people who are not wealthy enough to pay for long-term care, and not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. Website: |
Fri, 13 December 2019
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 108, originally published in September 2012. If you read the drug information included with any medication a doctor prescribes for you, there is usually a long list of possible side effects, including some that make you wonder if taking the medication is worth the risk. In recent years, anti-depressants have come under attack for their overuse for various disorders and associated risks in various groups. Jason Hartman interviews psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Breggin about how pharmaceutical companies have promoted that depression and anxiety attacks and many other mental disorders and illnesses are based on chemical imbalances and that this pill or that pill will take care of the problem. Website: |
Wed, 11 December 2019
What can you do when the government comes and seizes your assets? Jason Hartman and David Kirby, investigative journalist and author who was a regular contributor to The New York Times, Huffington Post and TakePart, and author of the new book When They Come For You, look into the practice of asset forfeiture, both civil and criminal. The two search for answers to the question of what regular citizens can do about the problem, as well as which states are really leading the charge in protecting their citizens. Key Takeaways: [1:40] Police departments have become the modern day debtors prison [6:40] The issue of debtors prison goes far beyond just the person who's incarcerated [10:10] The egregious action of civil forfeiture [17:31] What we can do about asset forfeiture [20:40] Nebraska and New Mexico now have no asset forfeiture and 15 states now require a criminal conviction Website: |
Fri, 6 December 2019
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 32, originally published in September 2010. Jason Hartman talks with The Survival Mom, Lisa Bedford from Arizona. Lisa says that deep inside every mom is a “Survival Mom” whose passion for her family drives her to make the best of the present and prepare for the future. Lisa shares that passion along with a long-standing, slightly crazed fascination with natural disasters, survival stories and preparing for the unknown. This drives her husband, the Paranoid Dad, crazy. You’ll hear importance of preparedness and being proactive and ideas tried, successes as well as failures. A forty-something mother of two home schooled children and wife to a busy, self-employed husband, Lisa lives in the greater Phoenix area, also known as Hell’s Waiting Room! Lisa spent nine years as a classroom teacher, four years as a teacher mentor, and have had the same home-based sales business for over 17 years. Prior to her professional career, she believes she set a world record for holding the most part-time jobs during my high school and college years! The future has always been uncertain, a massive earthquake could take out half of the United States at any moment. What makes right now different is the uncertainty on so many levels: the economy, national security, natural disasters and a world increasingly filled with threats against our country. If you’ve been stashing away a few groceries every week or researching how to make a solar powered generator, you’re not alone! Our concerns for the present and future can be channeled into actions that will help provide for and protect our families while still enjoying the heck out of life! Website: |
