QUESTIONS:

Where are we headed as a nation?

︎Has your education prepared you to make a decent living? Was/is it  worth it?

︎On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy are you? Where does your happiness come from?

︎Are you where you envisioned you'd be at this point in your life?

︎Are you hopeful about your future? 

︎Are you optimistic about America -- or uncertain, or disappointed, or angry?

︎What does your future depend on?

︎Are you getting a fair shake?

︎Long range, what's the plan? 

︎What are you exceptionally good at? What do you need to learn?

QUESTIONS (PART 2)

︎Based on your own observation, direct experience, and news reports you've seen, read, or listened to, has progress been made on race in America? In what ways?

︎US America's gun culture so deeply engrained in its society and culture that it's beyond change? Are gun laws effective?

︎Are we destined to live with violence? What must be done to significantly change this aspect of American life? 

︎Where does gun violence fall on your list of America's plagues?

QUESTIONS: 

︎Based on your own observation, direct experience, and news reports you've seen, read, or listened to, has progress been made on race in America? In what ways?

︎US America's gun culture so deeply engrained in its society and culture that it's beyond change? Are gun laws effective?

︎Are we destined to live with violence? What must be done to significantly change this aspect of American life? 

︎Where does gun violence fall on your list of America's plagues?

It's "Free Your Mind Friday" on Leid Stories. 

What's "Free Your Mind Friday?" It's when we switch from our regular format and become an open forum for callers to express their views on a topic or issue about which they have a strong--and well reasoned-- opinion.

People may agree or disagree with a person's point of view. That's OK. But we want to hear how well the presenter argues his/her own point of view.

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

Barbados: Should it proceed with plans to become fully independent of Britain as a republic? Pros and cons.

The United States: Based on recent events, should weapons be prohibited at public gatherings and protests, and right-to-carry laws suspended in the interest of public safety?

Barbados: Should it proceed with plans to become fully independent of Britain as a republic? Pros and cons.

The United States: Based on recent events, should weapons be prohibited at public gatherings and protests, and right-to-carry laws suspended in the interest of public safety?

Here's what's on Leid Stories today:

The jury is hearing the case against three white men charged with chasing down and killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who they saw jogging through their Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia,on Feb. 23 last year and thought he looked "suspicious." 

The men--Gregory McMichael, 65; his son Travis, 34; and William Bryon, 52-- faced nine counts each at trial--including for malice murder; felony murder (four counts); aggravated assault (two counts); false imprisonment; and criminal intent to commit false imprisonment.

The question today:

Only one person on the 12-member jury is black. Could this affect deliberations amd/or the outcome of the trial?

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

Defense lawyers for three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man they saw jogging through their neighborhood and deemed suspicious, are expected to complete their closing arguments, signaling the case may soon head to the jury. 

But the strength of their lawyers' arguments appears shaky. 

Was the killing of Arbery a deliberate, racially motivated attack, or was it the unintended consequence of the actions of an overreaching group of men who saw themselves as community guardians eager to make a citizen's arrest?

Leid Stories listeners have their say

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

︎Defense lawyers in Arbery murder case strike a sour note with judge as they argue clients were attempting to make a citizen's arrest.     

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today, as we present another installment of our open forum, "Free Your Mind Friday."

Have a strong opinion about an issue and want to present it for our consideration? 

Call 888-874-4888 and share it live on air!