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The Utterly Moderate Podcast is the official podcast of Connors Institute for Nonpartisan Research and Civic Engagement at Shippensburg University. The core mission of the Connors Institute is to disseminate high-quality nonpartisan information to the public. Utterly Moderate is hosted by Lawrence Eppard, a researcher, university professor, and director of the Connors Institute. On each episode, Eppard is joined by a guest (or two or three!) who helps listeners understand important topics by ...
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Pinnacle Forum's podcast features interviews with our Partners and, occasionally, other guest speakers. Learn how to take your position of leadership to a higher purpose and deeper significance. Our speciality is in helping leaders to steward their influence in ways that honor Jesus Christ - which changes the cultures in which we live: family, personal, work, community, country, and globally. After all people are not just observing the amount of success we achieve, but they are watching how ...
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We want to express our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of Corey Comperatore. He was killed during the attempted assassination of former President Trump. According to NBC Philadelphia, Comperatore raised two daughters with his high school sweetheart and spent his final moments shielding his family that he loved so much from the gunf…
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On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard and Connors Institute co-director Jacob Mackey discuss techniques and shortcuts that you can use to spot real expertise in a world where people with expert credentials are sometimes frauds and where people without expert credentials are often very knowledgeable. They also discuss…
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Before we talk about this episode, we hope you didn’t miss the latest research from the Connors Institute on the gender pay gap. Check it out now! We talk quite a bit on this podcast about some of the things that many liberal and conservative Americans believe that just ain’t so. In fact, we just released a free online documentary about this titled…
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Before we talk about this week’s podcast episode, don’t forget to check out the Connors Institute’s new documentary, The Poisoning of the American Mind, an illuminating film about how conservatives and liberals in America regularly fall for misinformation and disinformation. On this week’s episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, we are joined by e…
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We’ve talked a lot on the Utterly Moderate Podcast about how both liberals and conservatives in America are bombarded with misleading information on a regular basis. On the left, unfortunately, a lot of this bad info comes from an academic research community which is overwhelmingly liberal. A recent study found the least imbalanced discipline to be…
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It is extremely hard for the average citizen to understand what the “state of the science” is on many issues. We can all type our queries about a particular topic into Google but, when we get the flood of results, most of us are not trained to be able to (a) understand the complicated statistical methodologies employed in many research studies, (b)…
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On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Jacob Mackey to discuss two big gender-related stories in the news. The first story is positive, and we have covered it in the Connors Newsletter—a big new research study shows that we have made great progress combatting sex discrimination in the labor market. This is great news! Then…
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On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined again by Lisa Selin Davis, a writer who covers issues related to gender and gender affirming care. Davis joins the program to discuss a recent UnHerd article “Why did three journals reject my puberty-blocker study? Trans children deserve to know the facts,” written by Sallie Baxendale, a…
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On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we discuss recent controversies at and concerns about colleges and universities in the United States—from highly publicized instances of campus unrest to a lack of intellectual diversity among faculty to hypocrisy on free speech. This episode’s guest is Jacob Mackey, associate professor at Occidental …
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Partner Valerie Howe is a speaker, comedian, author and entrepreneur. She inspires others through speaking engagements and a boutique she runs with her daughter. Due to the state of our culture, she started Code Red Ministries in the vein that now is the time for believers to walk in their purpose and to stand on biblical truths. She also has a rad…
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Partner Dr. Paula Maddox is a woman who steps out in faith and obedience to God’s call. As a result of living in the center of God’s will, she has served in highly influential places such as the FBI/GSA and IRS. She has a doctorate in strategic leadership and coaches Fortune 500 businesses nationally and internationally. Paula has released her 3rd …
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Before we get to today’s episode, check out this article about the Connors Institute in The Sentinel newspaper! On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Robert VerBruggen from the Manhattan Institute to discuss a new documentary which claims to disprove that George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, as well as a new research…
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Partner Nicole Sdao has launched a revolutionary volunteer platform that provides direct access to certified data to both the volunteer and the organization being served. She is living out her passion to inspire more individuals to do good works using their God-given calling. In addition, it provides credit for students to use with their college ed…
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Partner Dave Dias shares about his ministry, Foundations of Freedom. It's a place where leaders can listen in weekly on Mondays to their podcast, "Voice of Reason" and also collaborate through the building of teams and the sharing of documents. Pinnacle Forum Partners will receive a discounted annual subscription. You'll want to check it out. Menti…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Connors Institute at Shippensburg University! Since this Utterly Moderate episode is both our Christmas program and our 100th PODCAST EPISODE, we thought we would try to be as uplifting as possible. In that spirit, we are being joined by Johan Norberg, author of a number of books including Progress: Ten R…
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Partner Nathan Montgomery birthed a ministry called Salt & Light with his wife at the age of 26. Listen to his incredible story and what God has done to develop a successful model over time. Through research and the help of other wise leaders, multiple strategies led to greater funding and ingenuity on how to best serve those down on their luck. Yo…
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Jim Swift from The Bulwark joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to discuss the fraught nature of the immigration debate in the U.S. Both sides in the immigration debate have important points to bring to the table, and good faith discussions and compromises are badly needed. Unfortunately, such efforts often get sidetracked by misinformation and disin…
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Partner Melissa Smith grew up with a mindset that she never wanted to dislike her job. Thus she made it her personal mission to not compromise on staying with a job that didn't either promote her development or that conflicted with her ability to be a great mother. Little did she know that her career path in the executive assistant world would lead…
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Partner, Karsten Solheim, has an interesting life journey. He has taken many different turns, discovering his talents along the way. His experience includes software programming and engineering to Bible college, a desire to counsel overseas and on to becoming a marathon runner. He's in the process of writing a book of life lessons. To quote Karsten…
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Partner Terrilyn Miller returns back to the podcast to share about her journey. She has been a part of helping Arizona become more of a trauma informed state and is an expert in her field on what it takes to make broken people whole again. Much of her former experience includes working with the Governor's office and other government agencies. As sh…
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