Kresta in the Afternoon – August 5, 2019 – Hour 1
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+ Reactions to the Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
- Description: Two mass shootings this weekend have left at least 30 dead and 52 injured. The shooter in El Paso, Texas left a manifesto decrying a "hispanic invasion of Texas" and the attack is being investigated as domestic terrorism. And the gunman in Dayton, who was killed by police, murdered his sister whom he brought with him to the scene. In both cases, like in many other mass shootings, the attacker was a young white male. Do we know what drives people to commit such horrible acts? We talk with James Garbarino.
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James Garbarino
James Garbarino holds the Maude Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. His research focuses on issues in the social ecology of child and adolescent development. He's the author of "Listening to Killers: Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases", "Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them" and other books. He's currently working on a project dealing with childhood in the face of the terrorist threat.
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+ The Religious Lives of America's Youth (2 segments)
- Description: Today's twentysomethings have been labeled the "lost generation" for their presumed inability to identify and lead fulfilling lives, "kidults" for their alleged refusal to "grow up" and accept adult responsibilities, and the "least religious generation" for their purported disinterest in religion and spirituality. These characterizations are not only unflattering -- they are wrong. Tim Clydesdale joins us to discuss what he has learned from his discussions with America's young adults and how they practice spirituality.
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Tim Clydesdale
Tim Clydesdale is the author of The Twentysomething Soul: Understanding the Religious and Secular Lives of American Young Adults and Professor of Sociology at the College of New Jersey. His other books are The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk to Students about Vocation and The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School.
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