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Monday on Lake Effect: Understanding the Electoral College, Technology Addiction, 'Pacific' Tales

Monday on Lake Effect:

We explore the electoral college, and understand how tomorrow’s electoral math evolved. Later, how kids and electronic devices can be a troubling combination, especially when they reach the level of addiction. Plus we’ll hear an intriguing tale of the remote south Pacific from writer Simon Winchester.

Guests:

  • Thomas Holbrook, author, Altered States: Changing Populations, Changing Parties, and the Transformation of the American Political Landscape
  • Avi Lank, essayist
  • Melissa Westendorf, co-author, Unplug: Raising Kids In A Technology Addicted World
  • Simon Winchester, author, Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atomic Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers

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