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Dream, but don’t dream sleeping,  Pray, but don’t pray sitting,  Believe and have faith,  but stay away from the negative and naysayers by:  renaldocmckenzie.com This is Part of the series, What’s Life Like Living in Philadelphia? From Penn State University. Question: Is Penn State a Philly school? Yes, and No. Technically, they are within the greater Philadelphia region and are closely connected to the city. There is a deep symbiotic relationship between the college and the city, in that both the students and staff at the college and the Philly residents consider the school to be a Philly school. Moreover, locals are fed into the school and enjoy some discounts from living in Philly and attending the University. However, geographically, the school is located right at the border of Philadelphia and Abington, where the school is actually located. But relationships go beyond borders and boundaries and such is the terms of their proximity. Spotify Link to Season 4 Episo...

News commentary, Biden Overhaul’s Marijuana Policy, OPEC Slashes Oil Output Ahead of US Mid-Terms, is it strategy to interfere in US Politics? What does pharasaicalism have to do with Republicans and duplicity? Is it on abortion? And What is Relative Deprivation? What does it have to do with Crime and Violence? We raise and answer these questions on the podcast episode today as we provide commentary on several major news surrounding "Duplicity, Politics and An Introduction To Relative Deprivation-in relation to crime and violence. The episode is split up in several segments. Each segment is interspersed with beautiful background transition music from Spotify and Anchor. The Episode also has curious, dramatic and dynamic background music mixed in original sound and noise to enhance your listening pleasure and experience.  The Neoliberal Round Podcast on Spotify Season 4 Episode 22 The Segments include: 1. Preface to the Episode 2. Introduction to News Commentary  3. Duplicity i...

The Neoliberal Round Podcast on Spotify (Season 4, Episode 21) "It's like Gotham city without Batman," that's what one Philly resident stated when we asked, "What's Life Like Living in Philadelphia?" Others, like the couple who recently moved from rural US thinks otherwise saying that it's fun and only hate the litter. That's what's on the episode today plus much more. On this episode of The Podcast, we continue the series on Living in Philadelphia where we take to the streets asking various individuals from different backgrounds and experiences to provide comments and to be interviewed on the spot. We have completed three parts already and this is part four. This episode is also very interesting and powerful as we obtained some insights that provided a deeper understanding into how people are thinking and ideas they have to resolving issues in their communities. Moreover, the episode morphed into a group discussion as Fe and Sasha Harvey joi...

President Joe Biden Reverses Marijuana Policy, Pardons Prior Offenses Recently, President Joe Biden of the United States announced an overhaul of the US policy on marijuana and moves to pardon prior federal offenses here.  According to J Mason and D Chiaco of Reuters, nearly 40 U.S. states have legalized marijuana use in some form,  and Biden took steps further by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiating a review of how the drug is classified,  See Reuters Article on Biden's Announcement) .  Republican Presidential Candidate and a contributor to my podcast, Mr John Anthony Castro commented tersely that “it’s about time!” I absolutely agree, in fact, prior to the 1990s, one out of ten persons used marijuana today, it’s eight out of ten people in the US. So the culture change in terms of its use/ acceptance supports this policy reversal by the Biden Administration.  So this leads to the question, how will t...

The Neoliberal Round Oodcast on Goigle Podcast Season 4: 14 "Fame isn't anything but trouble," "I fault him," "It's "tragic," "It's crazy bro.," "He was a humble guy," "People that sing about positive energy live longer...." "I feel hurt." What are your feelings towards "PnB Rock's" killing, and what dos the P and B in "PnB Rock" mean? We took to the streets in Germantown and Lasalle University Philadelphia to ask people from the local community where PnB Rock is from to get their opinions and feelings concerning his death. Several residents, mainly younger men between 16 - 31, shared their fondest memories and why his death hit home so powerfully. In fact, Germantown just had two separate killings over the last few days, and now they are mourning the death of one of their icons and ambassadors, PNB Rock. We share the views and the stories on the show today. Towards the end of...

What variables are important to predicting & increasing college students’ success and academic performance? Listen to "Developing A College Mindset for College Success" by #TheNeoLiberalRound #podcast Apple Podcasts. The Neoliberal Round Podcast Season 4 ep. 7  #collegesuccess #CollegeMindset  College drop out rates are still concerning. How can you succeed in College? In this Episode we continue to look at education as a means to success; yet education is not cheap & many don't get the education at the pre tertiary levels to make it through college & to have the careers of their choices. Drop out rates are still concerning & four year colleges find that students are spending longer times to complete their degrees. We discussed what education & learning professionals are finding as it relates to why & how students succeed throughout college which is redefining the way college programs are being developed at the outset. The episode was inspired ...

Question: Where ever did those extra hundreds of boxes found in the most recent #FBI raids at #Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate come from? If in January they had raided and indicated there were no more boxes or document left, why did they find all these volumes? Were they in hiding? I delve into this in the first segment of this episode. In the second segment I provided an audio commentary that Mr. ➤ John Anthony Castro had sent regarding a question I had asked about the Trump raids and his recent filing in D.C. in federal court against #donaldtrump and the #FEC saying that Donald Trump is ineligible to run as President and should not be allowed to run based on his alleged involvement in the January 6 #insurrection. He shares a timeline and some expectations surrounding what next for the filing. In the final segment, I explored the issue of teaching #theology today as a follow up to the previous episode (season 4:4) on Teaching Theology Today. I explain that teaching is not about indoc...

I will be Lecturing a new course this coming upcoming Semester called “Theology Today” at the Jamaica Theological Seminary.   A few questions to consider and topics to explore for the semester: 1. What is theology? 2. How does your theology speak to the issues and challenges of today… what solution does your theology provide? What challenges are we faced with today? 3. Is there a Caribbean theology and how has it evolved and  4. what relevance does it hold for us today? 5. Kirk Lougheed (ed.), Four Views on the Axiology of Theism: What Difference Does God Make? 6. What are the challenges to developing a theology today?  (Temple sex gender and society) 7. The Destruction of the Canaanites: God, Genocide, and Biblical Interpretation 8. Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on a New Normal 9. Period Poverty and The Dark Womb: Re-Conceiving Theology through Reproductive Loss 10. Critical Thinking and The Priority of Mind 11. 10. Robert C. Roberts, Recover...

The Neoliberal Round podcast is one year old today:   Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: When, How & Why: The Neoliberal Round Anniversary Episode, Featuring Sheldon McKenzie & Donte Nelson.  When, how and why did we start? Today we are one year old, and to mark our anniversary, Sheldon McKenzie interviewed me about the podcast and the neoliberal corporation, and explored what next with the podcast and the company. I answered the questions of when, how, and why we started and where we are going. FYI: we published our first podcast on the anchor platform entitled: “prelude to the beginning,” on July 17th, 2021. We have since published 74 audio episodes with a few bonus video shows that’s available on the Spotify platform. We are a news commentary podcast that is all about making popular what was the monopoly which is the aim of communication as we seek to serve the world today to solve tomorrow's challenges, which is what the neoliberal corporatio...

The Neoliberal Round Podcast: Why isn’t tennis 🎾 as popular today as it was 10 - 20 years ago, and what can we do to make it more popular as a sport? Send your feedback and Listen to the interview with Steven Chagnon Founder of Tennis League Network, LLC & #tennisphilly etc. & get the latest on ➤ John Anthony Castro suit against the #FEC (federal Election Commission) and #donaldtrump; on the podcast at:  https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/episodes/Update-on-John-A-Castro-Suit--The-Interview-with-Steve-Chagnon--Founder-of-Tennis-League-Network-e1l8dkv As we celebrate one year Sunday July 17th, we are giving back to community by raising awareness about a sport that has the potential to re-establish & strengthen community. That is what Steve Chagnon and the Tennis League Network, located in major cities in the US, is all about as they engender engagement and networking at the community levels while popularizing the sport and providing opportunities for tennis players ...