Baseball is America's pastime, but it's also big business. Teams are in it to make money just as much as they are for titles and rings. One of the favorite ways for teams to generate money is with fancy new stadiums, but getting one built is a long and controversial process. The taxpayers of Miami-Dade County spent about half a billion dollars on a stadium for the Marlins, and the Tampa Bay Rays want to do the same.
This week, we discuss who should pay for new sports stadiums. Should it be on the backs of taxpayers? Or should the teams be responsible for their new homes?
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Root, Root, Root For the Dollar Bills
Baseball is America's pastime, but it's also big business. Teams are in it to make money just as much as they are for titles and rings. One of the favorite ways for teams to generate money is with fancy new stadiums, but getting one built is a long and controversial process. The taxpayers of Miami-Dade County spent about half a billion dollars on a stadium for the Marlins, and the Tampa Bay Rays want to do the same.
This week, we discuss who should pay for new sports stadiums. Should it be on the backs of taxpayers? Or should the teams be responsible for their new homes?
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Identity Crisis
This week, we discuss the current state of the United States' political system and, more specifically, whether social issues should be left up to the individual states to decide or given a national vote.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
If I Were The Devil
This week, we discuss Paul Harvey's 1964 essay "If I Were The Devil." If your knowledge of Paul Harvey is limited to the "Then God Made A Farmer" radio broadcast that Ram Trucks used in their Super Bowl commercial, then you need to listen to this. This isn't about religion. This is about the daily battle between good and evil.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Is Collage Rite Fore U
Jeremy takes over the podcast this week to get a few things about college off of his chest.
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