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The Spiral of Silence, Celebrities in Politics, and Would-Be Grandparents

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Some taboo topics among pundits on mainstream media are beginning to show signs of breaking down. The recent presidential campaign exposed a new reality; celebrities don’t hold as much influence over voters as many thought. And a new trend is emerging in the family, would-be grandparents who aren’t sure how to raise the topic with their adult children.

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Some taboo topics among pundits on mainstream media are beginning to show signs of breaking down. The recent presidential campaign exposed a new reality; celebrities don’t hold as much influence over voters as many thought. And a new trend is emerging in the family, would-be grandparents who aren’t sure how to raise the topic with their adult children.

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Where The Winter Was by Skye Peterson

Machine Antihumanism and the Inversion of Family Law by Jeff Shafer

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CNN guests clash after Trump's victory in heated debate over 'transphobia'

CNN host Abby Phillip explains why Muslim victim of beeper ‘joke’ didn’t return after commercial break

The World and Everything in It: November 15, 2024

Victims of Communism Museum

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Segment 2 - Celebritism in Politics

WSJ: Inside Harris’s and Trump’s Campaign Spending

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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

Segment 3 - Grandparents

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Ruth 4

Proverbs 17:6

__________

Register for the 2025 Colson Center National Conference at colsonconference.org.

Support the ongoing production of Breakpoint by becoming a monthly partner at colsoncenter.org/monthly.

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