Patt Morrison

As news of Paul Ryan’s pick as Mitt Romney’s running mate has set in, Democrats are hunkering down to vet him and decide their counter strategy. Patt checks in with one former political foe, Ryan’s 2010 Democratic Congressional opponent, John Heckenlively.

A 24-year-old Muslim woman says she unfairly lost her job at a Disneyland cafe because she refused to remove her hijab. How much should a company dictate what its employees wear?

In a capitalist society the market dictates everything, and even death is not immune. Every year, thousands of people take out life insurance policies to protect their loved ones in the event of their untimely passing, but what if the payout of a policy would be more effective while the policyholder was still alive?

Is too much of the blame for society’s ills being placed on religion? What is the argument for the necessity of religion from an evolutionary standpoint?

Do you find yourself much more suave after watching a James Bond film? Researchers from Ohio State University examined what happened to people’s personalities and decisions after reading a fictional story, and found that individuals tended to take after the characters they resonate with.

Renowned chef Jacques Pépin joins to the show to talk about his late friend, Julia Child, who would have been 100 today.