Today's show is hosted by Kerby Anderson. In the first hour, Kerby speaks with Kerby will speak with Dr. John Lott, founder of Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC). They'll discuss the bias of AI chatbots. Then Kerby spends a bit of time discussing trends in society. In the second hour, Kerby will talk with 1st time guest Molly Worthen about her new book, Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump.
It's going to be an awesome show! You can reach us by phone at: 800-351-1212 or contact us on facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.Today's show is hosted by Kerby Anderson. In the first hour, Kerby speaks with Kerby will speak with Dr. John Lott, founder of Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC). They'll discuss the bias of AI chatbots. Then Kerby spends a bit of time discussing trends in society. In the second hour, Kerby will talk with 1st time guest Molly Worthen about her new book, Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump.
It's going to be an awesome show! You can reach us by phone at: 800-351-1212 or contact us on facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.HOST
Kerby Anderson
Host — Point of View
Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (govern...
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John R. Lott, PhD
Author | Analyst | Economist | Researcher | Expert on Guns and Crime — Founder and President of Crime Prevention Research Center
CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world recognized expert on guns and crime. Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the Uni...
CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world recognized expert on guns and crime. Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Rice University, and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988-1989. He is currently a Fox News columnist. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. Lott is a prolific author for both academic and popular publications. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and written eight books, including “More Guns, Less Crime,” “The Bias Against Guns,” and “Freedomnomics.” His most recent book is “Dumbing Down the Courts: How politics keeps the smartest judges off the bench.” Nobel laureate Milton Friedman noted: “John Lott has few equals as a perceptive analyst of controversial public policy issues.” He has been one of the most productive and cited economists in the world (during 1969 to 2000 he ranked 26th worldwide in terms of quality adjusted total academic journal output, 4th in terms of total research output, and 86th in terms of citations). Among economics, business and law professors his research is currently the 25th most downloaded in the world. He is also a frequent writer of op-eds.
Molly Worthen
Freelance Journalist | Professor of History — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Molly Worthen is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a freelance journalist. She lectures widely on religion and politics and teaches courses on North American...
Molly Worthen is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a freelance journalist. She lectures widely on religion and politics and teaches courses on North American religious and intellectual culture, global Christianity, and the history of ideas. She writes about religion, politics, and higher education for The New York Times and has also contributed to The New Yorker, Slate, The American Prospect, Foreign Policy, and other publications. She is the author of Spellbound, Apostles of Reason and The Man On Whom Nothing Was Lost.
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