For my Passion Blog, I plan to stick with my fall blog of Real Housewives of the NBA. If I were to change it, my new idea would probably just be spouting off my somewhat informed opinions on sports.
For my Civic Issues blog, my first idea is the new landscape of name, image, and likeness rules in collegiate sports and their benefits and drawbacks. My second idea is the steady decline of religion in America and how that has affected the political landscape.
For my “This I Believe” podcast, my first idea is about the value of face-to-face communication compared to any online format (particularly in how it relates to argument and political discussion). My second idea is the value of a helping hand, because everyone struggles sometimes and a little help can go a long way. Another idea, which I heard in class, is about experiences from being a retail worker and how important it is to be nice to them.
If you chose to examine religion in the united states and its interaction with politics, what would you discuss? I’m interested to know if it is more of how religious bias in the government may lead to unjust decisions or how the increase in percentage of population that identifies as non religious impacts the religious majority. Would you focus more on one religion or would there be multiple?
I think your topic from last semester or hearing your opinions on sports would be interesting to read since I don’t really follow sports. It would something new for me to read about. The religion in politics idea would be neat to explore. Would you be looking at different political parties and which religions people registered identity with and how that may play a role in American politics? For your “This I Believe” podcast, I like the idea about face-to-face communication. It’s definitely something that relates to today’s world where for the past two years everything was virtual. I’m curious to see if COVID played in role in making you see the value in face-to-face communication.
First of all, I love your first topic idea for the podcast. Connecting with people in person is so important, but it is sadly being replaced with disingenuous online personas. Both of your civic issues blog topics are interesting and unique, I remember hearing about the debate over collegiate athletes wanting to be paid for the usage of their names and likenesses and I thought it was sort of ridiculous and shows the prioritization of sports in Western culture, but I can see how there are many other views on the issue. I’m excited for another semester of Real Housewives of the NBA! Those are always fun to read.