How to Fight ISIS, Life as Governor, Holiday Materialism

How to Fight ISIS, Life as Governor, Holiday Materialism

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 289

  • Dec 23, 2015 2:00 pm
  • 2:28:21 mins

How to Fight ISIS (17:44) General Peter Zwack is a former U.S. Senior Defense Official and Attaché to the Russian Federation and Senior US Military Intelligence Officer. He served in key leadership and staff positions in Afghanistan, South Korea, Balkans and Germany. Gen Zwack's experience with military intelligence helps to shed light on the recent ISIS attacks, what is to come, and how we as a nation should respond to this threat. General Zwack shares more about his advice on how to respond to the threats of ISIS. Life as a Governor (1:00:18) Governor Gary Herbert became Utah’s 17th Governor on August 11th, 2009. As governor, Herbert is focused on four cornerstones to strengthen Utah’s economy: education, energy, jobs, and the ability of the state to solve its own problems. First Lady Jeanette Herbert has served on the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce as chair of the Partners in Education Committee. Jeanette also has a personal initiative called Uplift Families, which aims to promote good parenting skills and offers resources to parents throughout the state. The Herberts have been married for 45 years, and are the proud parents of 6 children (3 boys and 3 girls) and the very proud grandparents of 16 grandchildren. Utah's first couple join Dr. Townsend to talk about everyday life and their relationship along with the challenge of the office of governor. Materialism and the Holidays (1:55:25) Dr. Tim Kasser is a professor of Psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters on materialism, values, and goals, among other topics including: The High Price of Materialism, Psychology and Consumer Culture, Meeting Environmental Challenges: The Role of Human Identity, and most recently, Lucy in the Mind of Lennon. He is involved with activist groups who work against the commercialization of children and who work towards a more inwardly rich lifestyle than what is offered by consumerism. Dr. Kasser shares his thoughts on Materialism and the Holidays.