Framing a reasonable conversation about coronavirus
- What are the undisputed facts about COVID-19?
The hosts lay out the episode's premise: reacting to the coronavirus 'in a reasonable way, in a prudent manner that shows wisdom,' rather than talking into a vacuum for outrage. They complain that nobody holds online prognosticators accountable for wrong predictions, describing the worst of the internet as constant prognostication from people with no information or fact-checking. They begin asking what can be considered undisputed fact: COVID-19 is named for 2019, coronaviruses existed before it, and the outbreak started in Wuhan, China.
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Discerning impressions: the exact phrase, obedience, and daily decisions
- Did God give you the exact phrase?
Mike shares a fifteen-year-old unresolved memory of someone saying "God told me," then frames the practical question: "did God give you the exact phrase?"
From No. 593 · Do You Hear What I Hear
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Dear LFTP: should a father disinherit his daughter over her boyfriend?
- Should people's misuse of a gift be a reason to not give a gift?
- How do I tell my daughter I am removing her from my will?
Boova reads the full letter: the boyfriend stole $200,000 from his grandparents, has a denied gambling problem, and already took $200 from the daughter's checking account since release; the father fears telling her about the will change will end the relationship.
From No. 529 · Enter The McCormick
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Dear LFTP: the difficult apartment neighbor
- How do I politely but firmly set boundaries with a difficult neighbor?
Mike reads the 'doormat' letter: a lonely, miserable neighbor demands rides, walks into the apartment uninvited, and fumes when the writer goes to the store without her.
From No. 507 · What’s in a Name
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Dear LFTP: dating a widower with possible bipolar episodes
- Should I stay with a widower who has manic-like episodes, or let him go?
A divorced listener dating a widower describes apparent manic episodes — working himself to exhaustion, not eating or sleeping, abrupt departures, then nitpicking her for trivial things — and wonders if the relationship has a chance.
From No. 452 · False Teachers and Freeloaders