What Keeps You Up at Night?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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What Keeps You Up at Night?

Editorial board member Lynn Schmidt will host conversations about the big issues and worries facing America — the things keeping her guests up at night. Schmidt wants to begin conversations about how we can begin solving those issues. Guests will include experts and politicians from across the country, political spectrum and generations, including presidential candidates, authors, former Congress members and more. Schmidt is a member of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board.

  1. 12/13/2024

    The Purple Leash Project: creating safe spaces for domestic abuse survivors and their pets

    Karen Kirk of Lydia's House and Lorie Westhoff with Nestle Purina talks with Lynn Schmidt about their partnership in developing and maintaining pet-friendly domestic violence shelters. https://lydiashouse.org/ https://www.purina.com/purple-leash-project https://www.thehotline.org/

    23 min

  2. 11/18/2024

    Honoring and supporting America's veterans

    Retired Marine Corps pilot Garret Biss inspires Lynn Schmidt with his personal story as a veteran and how we all need to "Be the connection." https://unspokentrauma.vet/ https://thewarriorreset.com/ https://988lifeline.org/

    28 min

  3. 11/01/2024

    We are going to be okay

    Lynn Schmidt hosts a solo episode to discuss the stress that a majority of Americans are feeling in the run up to the election and shares ways in which the electorate can make it through    https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2020/07/7-ideas-to-reduce-political-polarization-and-save-america-from-itself?lang=en

    20 min

  4. 10/17/2024

    Putting people first when it comes to voting

    Greg Kramer, Vice President of Government Relations at Easterseals Midwest, sits down with Lynn Schmidt to help spread awareness about the challenges people with disabilities face in voting and the need for policy change.

    35 min

  5. 10/10/2024

    Falling off the fiscal cliff

    Lynn Schmidt talks with G. William Hoagland from the Bipartisan Policy Center who explains why the federal deficit is out of control and no one, including the two presidential nominees, wants to address it.

    39 min

  6. 10/03/2024

    Peace, grief, consolation, and the anniversary of October 7

    Michael Oberlander sits down with Lynn Schmidt and discusses the year since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, grief and the promise of consolation, and the hope for peace.

    28 min

  7. 09/18/2024

    Lucas Kunce on caring for Missourians and reinvesting in our communities

    Marine veteran and Democratic U.S. senatorial candidate Lucas Kunce joins Lynn Schmidt to share why he's running for the U.S. Senate, the opioid crisis, and how he would like to reinvest in Missouri communities. Link: https://lucaskunce.com/

    27 min

  8. 09/13/2024

    Defending American democracy with National Security Leaders for America

    National security expert Major General Randy Manner shares with Lynn Schmidt the work that he and others are doing to counter growing threats to our democratic institutions, norms, and processes. Link: https://www.nsl4a.org/

    31 min
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Editorial board member Lynn Schmidt will host conversations about the big issues and worries facing America — the things keeping her guests up at night. Schmidt wants to begin conversations about how we can begin solving those issues. Guests will include experts and politicians from across the country, political spectrum and generations, including presidential candidates, authors, former Congress members and more. Schmidt is a member of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board.

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