Getting to Third Space with Lamar and Tom

About this Episode

In this episode Lamar and Tom have a “table talk” on what it means to be a political moderate, centrist, or independent while reflecting on how they choose candidates. They compare political labels noting that people can hold strong views on individual issues while remaining moderate overall. They also talk about the effects of political polarization. They draw on their experiences as election workers and voters, they encourage research, civil discourse, and participation in local and national elections.

Learn More

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Allsides: “Moderate”

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Cambridge University Press: “Moderates,”

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American Psychological Association: “Political moderates may be perceived as disloyal by both sides.”

Come on, really? Nobody was kind to you in the past year?That just can’t be true. We want to hear about your acts of kindness - big or small - from the past year. Next month we’ll be celebrating the Acts of Kindness of our podcast guests as well as those of our followers. It’s not too late…please take just a couple of minutes to share an act of kindness with us. It can be one you performed, one your received, or both. Click on this link to ourGoogle Forms Acts of Kindness Survey.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois, USA and Illinois; Original Publishing Date, October 27, 2026.

Where were you when the U.S. was at war, whether it was Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and, now, Iran? More importantly, how did you feel about where you were?

Lamar and Tom welcome David Bentler to the table for a conversation on his new book, Brotherhood in War & Peace: A Historical Fiction of War, College, and Lifelong Friendship.

David Bentler and Lamar Roth were classmates at Mt. Pleasant High School in Iowa. They competed with one another in basketball and track. Upon graduation David pursued a career in law enforcement and Lamar became a psychologist. Fifty years later they reunite for this conversation about David’s new book.

In this table talk Lamar and Tom talk with David about what led him to write this book and how the process has changed him. There are laughs as two friends re-unite and serious reflections as David, Lamar, and Tom reflect on how the Vietnam War, ever present in their teenage years, shaped them as people.

This is a conversation that will make you smile, make you laugh, and make you think about war and the role it plays in American culture.

Learn More

Brotherhood in War & Peace: A Historical Fiction of War, College, and Lifelong Friendship - https://a.co/d/054AYTHu

Really? You didn’t do any kind thing for anyone in the past year? Nobody was kind to you? That just can’t be true. We want to hear about your acts of kindness - big or small - from the past year. Next month we’ll be celebrating the Acts of Kindness of our podcast guests as well as those of our followers. It’s not too late…please take just a couple of minutes to share an act of kindness with us. It can be one you performed, one your received, or both. Click on this link to ourGoogle Forms Acts of Kindness Survey or copy and paste this address in your browser:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

How you get there doesn’t matter. What matters is that you share your story to inspire others.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

http://factcheck.org

•

Politifact

•

RealClearPolitics

•

Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channel

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois, USA and Illinois; Original Publishing Date, October 13, 2026.

A new version of an old Rodney Dangerfield joke: “I went to a women’s boxing match and a WNBA game broke out.” In the 30th season of the WNBA this seems to have been more true than not. Or was it?

It’s the WNBA playoffs! This week Lamar and Tom explore the evolution of women's basketball, the increasing physicality and violence in the Women’s National Basketball League, and the social media narratives that influence public perception. They also talk about the history of women’s basketball, highlighting the contribution of fellow Iowan, Molly Bolin, the first woman drafted into a professional women’s basketball league.

Learn more

How Molly (Bolin) Kazmer re-shaped perceptions of the woman athlete

A magical moment for Iowa Cornet basketball and ‘Machine Gun Molly’

NFHS Record Book Results - Women’s Six on Six BB Scoring

WNBA foul calls rise slightly as the league cracks down on physical play

Amid rising threats, a WNBA team calls in experts on violent extremism

How Black WNBA players became collateral damage in the Caitlin Clark culture war

Annual podcast highlighting Acts of Kindness

Hey! Yes, YOU! Tell us about an act of kindness you have received this year OR one that you have done for another person OR both! We want to highlight these in our November 24, 2026 podcast.

Click on this link to ourGoogle Forms Acts of Kindness Survey or copy and paste this address in your browser:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How we check ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, September 29, 2026.

Uh oh. The guys are back from their August break and they are ready to talk! Today Lamar and Tom respond to a listener’s question about the use of humor in conflict and controversy.

The listener asked: “Doesn’t the use of in a challenging conversation where conflict and controversy is possible merely mask your real feelings? Doesn’t it just help you avoid saying what you are really thinking or feeling?”

Great question! And today Lamar and Tom try to respond to it - with a bit of humor included, of course!

Take a few minutes to listen or watch and then, tell us what you think. How does humor help or hurt when discussing issues that can be controversial?

We all need a lift now. Hearing about acts of kindness can lift us all. Wow, Thanksgiving is only about 2 months from now! We’ve heard from a few folks and we’d like to hear from more. Have you done a kind act in the past year? Have you received a kind act from someone else? Come on…let us in on it. This is a time when we all need the lift that we can get from hearing about acts of kindness for everyday folks. Please take just a couple of minutes to share an act of kindness with us. It can be one you performed, one you received, or both. Click on this link to ourLamar & Tom’s Acts of Kindness Survey or copy and paste this address in your browser:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, LLC and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, LLC. All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Iowa; Original Publishing Date, September 15, 2026.

Do you know how to combine music, traditional arts, and conversation to create a space where diverse groups of people come together to learn and share with one another? We don’t. But Walt does.

Walt Michael is the Artist in Residence at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland and the founder and Executive Director of Common Ground on the Hill, an international arts organization which seeks to promote interracial harmony through the traditional arts. Walt is a composer and musician who is known as a virtuoso of the hammer dulcimer. He has produced fourteen albums and performed throughout the world, including on live coverage of the 1980 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies in Lake Placid, NY and at the White House in Washington, DC.

In this podcast we talk with Walt about his love of music, his passion for bringing people together, and his work through Common Ground on the Hill and, even more recently, Common Ground on the Border. A special treat for us is that Walt gave us permission to use “Snowblind,” which he performed at the closing ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics, as the closing background music for this podcast.

Learn More:

⁠Walt MichaelCommon Ground on the Hill
Common Ground on the Border -
Songcatcher (2000 Film)
From War to Wisdom (2017 Documentary)
Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Time is Counting Down to Thanksgiving and our Annual Acts of Kindness Podcast

Thanksgiving is less than 3 months from now. We are looking for acts of kindness from you…our listeners, viewers, and followers…to highlight in our Thanksgiving podcast. Please take just a couple of minutes to share an act of kindness with us. It can be one you performed, one your received, or both. Click on this link to our Google Forms Acts of Kindness Survey or copy and paste this address in your browser: https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5 Or, you can just click on the button below. How you get there doesn’t matter. What matters is that you share your story to inspire others.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact

•

RealClearPolitics

•

Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Meet Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another.

Prefer to Watch Us Do the Podcast?

Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com, tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink.

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, September 1, 2026.

"But what can I do?” This is a question we are getting with greater frequency from our followers, listeners, and viewers. We’re going to try to answer that question…with a little help.

Learn More

In this episode of Getting to 3rd Space, we are going to try to answer a question we are getting more frequently from friends, followers, listeners, and viewers: “But what can I do about the situation in our country?” Frankly, we were a bit stuck. So we went to Perplexity and asked it this question: People ask me, about the current social and political situation in the United States, "What can we do?" What can I tell them?

Here’s a summary of what we learned (and we’ve put a few links below if you want to learn more):

First, don’t give your power away to despair.

Second, shift your focus to where you have real leverage: local life.

Third, invest in relationships.

And finally, use the tools we have.

Sources:

The Hill: Several Political Storms Loom on the Horizon in 2026

Brookings: The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement

Reddit-Serious Conversation: What should we be doing to help people/communities/ourselves in the current state of the US?

A Crucible of Thought: Political Predictions for the USA in 2026

Greater Good Magazine: What Can We Do Now?

Vox: 26 things we think will happen in 2026

Playing with Fire: What to do NOW: 10 actionable ways to make a difference during the Trump years

KSAT.com: Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system, new Gallup polling shows

Brookings: Economic Issues to watch in 2026

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Kindness seems out of vogue right now. But we don’t believe that to be true. We believe there are a lot of people in our world who are choosing kindness even in the face of cruelty.

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

http://factcheck.org

•

Politifact

•

RealClearPolitics

•

Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Iowa; Original Publishing Date, February 17, 2026.

What is the state of our democracy in the U.S. today? What does it mean to be a democracy? Lamar and Tom check in with historian Joel Kauffman on these and other questions.

Joel Kauffman is a professor, coach, reader, and world citizen. His interest in the world in which we live has led him to learn more about it through the study of history and in conversations with people from all walks of life. Joel taught courses at Hesston College, including a couple with Lamar, engaged students and pushed them to think more carefully and critically about the world they were inheriting from their elders. In this Table Talk, Joel similarly pushes Lamar and Tom to thoughtfully consider the state of American democracy and what it will take to preserve it.

Learn More

Walden by Henry David Thoreau - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm

The Constitution of the United States of America - from the Bill of Rights Institute https://bri-wp-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Constitution.pdf also from the National Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution

What is a Democracy? Department of Government, Georgetown University - https://government.georgetown.edu/news/democracy-governance/what-is-democracy/

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Kindness seems out of vogue right now. But we don’t believe that to be true. We believe there are a lot of people in our world who are choosing kindness even in the face of cruelty.

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, April 14, 2026

What’s the difference between being “kind” and “nice?” Are they mutually exclusive? Can you be both at the same time? Join us for a conversation with #BeHumankind practitioner Erica Marks to learn more.

Erica Marks is a #BeHumankind practitioner. She has integrated principles of #BeHumankind into her work as a charity (nonprofit) leader in the United Kingdom. In this conversation we learn about her work as an advocate for children with severe disabilities and their parents, people who have experienced sexual abuse and assault, and individuals wishing to explore opportunities beyond the ultra-Orthodox communities in which they live to fulfill personal goals. In this podcast Lamar and Tom talk with Erica about how she has integrated kindness and the principles of #BeHumankind into her work.

Learn More about Erica and her Work

Mavar

Kisharon Langdon

Connect with Erica Marks on LinkedIn

#Behumankind

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

http://factcheck.org

•

Politifact

•

RealClearPolitics

•

Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channel.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and the United Kingdom; Original Publishing Date, July 21, 2026.

What is the difference between “fine art photography” and “taking pictures”? Nope, not your usual topic for our podcast. Plus, we’ve got pictures to share with you!

Lamar Roth, co-host of Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar & Tom, is a fine art photographer. He currently has a show going on in Newton, Kansas and often has opportunities to display his work both in Kansas and around the country, and continuously through his website at http://rothimages.com.

In this podcast we are taking a break from the usual “stuff” going on around us to focus on the beauty of Lamar’s fine art photography and some of the stories behind the images. We think you’ll enjoy learning about Lamar’s journey from a Brownie camera to digital photography and seeing some of his incredible work.

Don’t Skip This Paragraph - It’s Important! If you typically listen to our podcast, you’ll want to scoot over to YouTube to watch this podcast because we’ll be featuring some of Lamar’s photos. You can either get to it using this YouTube link or viewing it through our Substack page

As usual, we have a fun and engaging conversation as Lamar lets Tom interview him about his work. Join us and let us know what you think!

Learn More

Check out Roth Images where you can see a lot more of Lamar’s work and even purchase some that you really like.

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through this Google Forms Survey.

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

http://factcheck.org

•

Politifact

•

RealClearPolitics

•

Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, July 7, 2026.

July 4, 2026 is the 250th Birthday of the United States of America. How are you planning to acknowledge this experiment in democracy that has lasted a quarter of a millennium?

In this Table Talk podcast Lamar and Tom talk about the 250th Birthday of the United States of America. To be honest, neither of these guys are too excited about it but they don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade. Tune in to learn more and why they feel as they do.

Learn More

The history of the United States of America is a complicated one. There is much to be proud of at our 250th birthday as a country. But, there are some things in our history that should prevent us from “getting on our high horse.”

Here are a couple of resources that give us a fair and loving look at ourselves. They could be a good way to acknowledge our 250th.

The American Revolution, A Ken Burns documentary now playing on your local PBS station.

The Skeptics Guide to American History, is a course you can purchase from The Great Courses. It is well worth the money ($49.99 from the Great Courses Plus or $29.00 from http://thegreatcourses.com. In this course you get some of the “back stories” of some of the most important events in American history.

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

http://factcheck.org

•

• Politifact

• RealClearPolitics

• Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, June 23, 2026.

The Iowa Investigator tells 3-minute stories about his home state of Iowa. He has at least 85 thousand followers on TikTok and 31 thousand followers on Facebook and Instagram. Including us. Today we meet The Iowa Investigator.

The Iowa Investigator is J.T. Vonderhaar, an Iowa native who decided to give TikTok a spin only a few years ago while still working as a banker. He focused on interesting stories and facts from small town Iowa (towns less than 1,400 people at first). He challenged his viewer to share and spread the word about his stories if they wanted to hear more. They did. Today J.T. travels the state as The Iowa Investigator visiting towns (both small and large) and focuses on uncovering some of the most interesting stories Iowans, and others, have never heard.

J.T. is a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he majored in business administration and minored in history. He is a former basketball player who has also been an assistant and head coach for high school teams in Eastern Iowa. For more than 10 years, J.T.’s career was in banking. When The Iowa Investigator became one of the fastest growing TikTok-ers in the state, he left his full-time position to follow his passion to learn more about the forgotten and lesser known stories about his home state.

Learn More

To learn more about The Iowa Investigator and his stories, you need to visit his Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok pages. The following are links to his stories on Facebook. They are but a sampling of the more than 600 videos he has produced.

The Iowa Investigator discusses:

Jack Trice - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1H37wxjUMw/

The Sweet 16 Capital of the World - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18GpNceQma/

Iowa and the Underground Railroad - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BC6pGYYbs/

Iowa's Name - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EJx3avi9h/

Lexington of the North - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DqtyzkTWS/

Nikita Khruschev's Visit to Iowa - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CJbVmqpSh/

The Underfunding of Iowa Schools - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CEQ4BFQQp/

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Kindness seems out of vogue right now. But we don’t believe that to be true. We believe there are a lot of people in our world who are choosing kindness even in the face of cruelty.

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Iowa; Original Publishing Date, June 9, 2026.

Memorial Day is this week and today’s podcast features a Table Talk between Lamar and Tom about the meaning of Memorial Day and its origins. You may be surprised by what you didn’t know about Memorial Day. Join us!

Learn More

The Wounded Warrior Project

From History Facts

Memorial Day was Originally Called “Decoration Day”

Did you know it is Legally Required to observe a National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day?”

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Kindness seems out of vogue right now. But we don’t believe that to be true. We believe there are a lot of people in our world who are choosing kindness even in the face of cruelty.

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Iowa; Original Publishing Date, May 26, 2026.

Starting In 2027 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed in 2025) enables scholarships for private school tuition, tutoring, and transportation for families with incomes up to 300% of the area median income. Is this really a good idea?

In today’s podcast, Lamar and Tom talk with LaMonte Rothrock who has been an educator throughout his career. LaMonte began his teaching career as a music educator. His career’s journey led him down several paths. From music education he became a counselor and eventually an administrator. He worked in public schools and in a private prep school. In the later stages of his career he moved into college administration. At every step and turn, LaMonte learned what he needed to know to help students be successful.

In this Table Talk, we discuss whether the education provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill will actually help all students or whether it will mostly help those from families whose wealth and education level already give their students an advantage. States must opt in. What is your state doing? What would you like it to do?

Learn More

School Choice is Booming in Iowa: Are Students Better Off? https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5683199/education-school-choice-iowa-students-charter-school-cedar-rapids

Federal Program Will Bring Private School Choice to At Least 4 New States https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/federal-program-will-bring-private-school-choice-to-at-least-4-new-states/2026/01

School Vouchers Explained: What the New Federal Program Means https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/edcast/25/10/school-vouchers-explained-what-new-federal-program-means

U.S. school choice tax credit scholarship program https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._school_choice_tax_credit_scholarship_program

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

• Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/
• http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/
• Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/
• RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/
• Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•
• Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/
•
• All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
•
• Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, May 12, 2026

You know about earworms, right? It’s a piece of music that gets stuck in your brain and won’t leave you alone. (“Baaabeee shark…”) Sorry about that.

There are questions that are like earworms, too. In our last podcast our guest, Joel Kauffman, asked us if we are making a difference with Getting to 3rd Space and, if so, how do we know it. His questions have been earworms for us ever since.

We started this podcast in September 2023. We are now in our 4th season and we’ve done 68 podcasts, most of them on audio and video. We are not tech savvy guys so we don’t know how to gather all the stats we need to know about our true reach. Because we do this for free, we can’t afford to hire anyone to do this kind of thing for us. So we do the next best thing…we try to make educated guesses based on the stats we can easily find and on feedback from listeners/viewers.

Still, our minds have been spinning as we think about if we are having an impact with this podcast. We decided to explore those questions more fully in this podcast. Of course, this leads us to ask YOU: What do you think? Are we making a difference? Our conversation in either audio or video can be found on Substack at https://klaushaus.substack.com/ You have a choice of listening to the audio only or watching on YouTube. We hope you tune in and then tell us what you think.

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

We are halfway to Thanksgiving and we’d like to make sure we have plenty of Acts of Kindness to share at that time. Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

•

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

•

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

•

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

•

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, April 28, 2026

What is the state of our democracy in the U.S. today? What does it mean to be a democracy? Lamar and Tom check in with historian Joel Kauffman on these and other questions.

Joel Kauffman is a professor, coach, reader, and world citizen. His interest in the world in which we live has led him to learn more about it through the study of history and in conversations with people from all walks of life. Joel taught courses at Hesston College, including a couple with Lamar, engaged students and pushed them to think more carefully and critically about the world they were inheriting from their elders. In this Table Talk, Joel similarly pushes Lamar and Tom to thoughtfully consider the state of American democracy and what it will take to preserve it.

Learn More

Walden by Henry David Thoreau - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm

The Constitution of the United States of America - from the Bill of Rights Institute https://bri-wp-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Constitution.pdf also from the National Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution

What is a Democracy? Department of Government, Georgetown University - https://government.georgetown.edu/news/democracy-governance/what-is-democracy/

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, April 14, 2026

It’s Lamar & Tom’s Second Annual Oddly True for April Fools’ Day podcast! Here’s how it works. Each tells the other three stories ripped from the headlines that are odd but true. However, the story teller changes a single detail in one of the stories making it only mostly true. The other has to correctly guess which story has been changed.

Learn More

Tom’s Stories:

• Wild turkeys terrorize Wisconsin neighborhood, chase postal workers https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/02/05/wild-turkeys-Janesville-Wisconsin/6431770305690/
• Badger found hiding in California high school storage closet https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/03/12/Madera-Animal-Control-high-school-badger/5391773339110/
• N.Y. governor steps in to save resident's 'PB4WEGO' license plate https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/02/26/license-plate-PB4WEGO-Gov-Kathy-Hochul/3131772123934/

Lamar’s Stories:

• Making your bed every morning could actually have this health drawback https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/health/making-your-bed-every-morning-could-have-this-health-drawback/
•

Frozen Dead Guy Days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Dead_Guy_Days

•

Dog Sets Guiness World Book Record for Longest Tongue https://youtu.be/gdOH5HF3rHE?si=2S2pa35T13OKIEA2

And the winner is…

Well, it’s a tie. However, in the podcast we say that Tom won. During editing he realized he had confused the story of the turkeys in Wisconsin with this story from Canada:https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/02/25/canada-Ottawa-turkeys-chase-man/7251772035813/

Since Lamar guessed the turkey story wasn’t quite correct, he also gets a point. So, now the score is 1 to 1. The competition continues…April Fools Day, 2027.

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI (for our “outer space” looks in this episode)

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Iowa; Original Publishing Date, March 31, 2026.

Have you ever felt disconnected from the decisions that shape our world?

Today Lamar and Tom are discussing the tragic loss of six Iowa National Guard members in Kuwait. Their sacrifice reminds us of the heavy toll of conflict and the often confusing nature of war.

As they reflect on this, they also consider the broader implications of military actions and the importance of transparency in decision-making. It's vital to stay informed and engaged with these issues that affect us all.

What are your thoughts on the disconnect between leadership and we the people, particularly as it relates to the decision to go to war? Leave us a comment.

Learn More

Americans, more than others, see their fellow citizens as “bad” or “very bad.” How does this play into what is happening in Trump’s decision to go to war? Do we see other non-citizens even worse? Do we consider them even human?

Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/05/in-25-country-survey-americans-especially-likely-to-view-fellow-citizens-as-morally-bad/#how-have-views-on-morality-changed-over-time

Tell us what you think. What does this do to us?

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

http://factcheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, March 17, 2026.

In this episode of Getting to 3rd Space, we are going to try and answer a question we are getting more frequently from friends, followers, listeners, and viewers: “But what can I do about the situation in our country?” Frankly, we were a bit stuck. So we went to Perplexity (https://www.perplexity.ai/) and asked it this question: People ask me, about the current social and political situation in the United States, "What can we do?" What can I tell them?

Here’s a summary of what we learned (and we’ve put a few links below if you want to learn more):

First, don’t give your power away to despair. Feeling hopeless only helps the people who want us numb and quiet.

Second, shift your focus to where you have real leverage: local life. Pick one local issue you care about—democracy, climate, housing, gun safety, public schools, racial justice—and commit to one concrete role.

Third, invest in relationships. Talk with your neighbors, your faith or civic groups, your coworkers. Listen more than you lecture. Share good information.

And finally, use the tools we have. Vote in every election, especially the small ones. Call or write your representatives once a month on the issues that matter to you.

If enough of us do small, steady things in one chosen corner of public life, it adds up. The question isn’t ‘Can I fix everything?’ It’s ‘Where can I be faithful and consistent?’ That’s how we bend things in a better direction.”

Source: Perplexity⁠ and ask it this question: People ask me, about the current social and political situation in the United States, "What can we do?" What can I tell them?A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes

•

FactCheck

•

Politifact

•

RealClearPolitics

•

Reuters FactCheck

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check

•

All Sides

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA; Original Publishing Date, February 17, 2026.

Liz Weaver joins Lamar and Tom in this episode of Getting to 3rd Space to talk about collaboration, trust, and transitions. Liz retired recently from her role as Co-CEO of Tamarack Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Tamarack is known for its work in catalyzing collective action with diverse leaders to solve major community challenges including ending poverty, building youth futures, building belonging, and addressing climate change in cities and communities, within Canada, and around the world.

Liz Weaver spent a significant part of her career with Tamarack where she led teams in creating resources, facilitating change initiatives, and 34,000 learners and members to do the same.

In this long-form conversation, Liz, Lamar, and Tom talk about how facilitators can build trust and create collaboration between and among individuals holding diverse ideas. They also discuss Liz’s recent research and publication on workplace transitions and, of course, acts of kindness.

Learn More

From Tamarack Institute:

• Resource Hub
• Collaboration: The Act of Building Trust
• The Collaborative Organization
• Liz’s transition guide: The Human Side of Workplace Transitions

Other Facilitation Resources

• CoCreative Consulting
• Liberating Structures
• Session Lab

For Knitters

1898 Fisherman’s Knit Hat (sorry, Tom called it the 1892 hat)

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Kindness seems out of vogue right now. But we don’t believe that to be true. We believe there are a lot of people in our world who are choosing kindness even in the face of cruelty.

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

What do we do with the acts we learn about in this survey? We save them and feature them in our Thanksgiving show each year…anonymously unless you prefer we use your name.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

FactCheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2025. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Ontario, Canada; Original Publishing Date, February 17, 2026.

When you are wondering about rumors, conspiracy theories, folklore, fake news, and urban legends, who ya gonna call? Not us…but how about Snopes.com?

Today Lamar and Tom start by talking about the upcoming season of the Frederick Flying Cows basketball team and a new photo project that Lamar is undertaking. However, the conversation transitions into a deeper examination of four articles from http://snopes.com that illustrate gaslighting (which the guys discussed in their last podcast), information that needs more context, and how misinformation can be linked and result in some terrible outcomes, such as the death of Renee Nicole Good, by manipulating public perception.

Learn More

Image claiming to show Renee Nicole Good's car aimed at ICE officer isn't what it seems ⁠https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/renee-good-car-ice-image/⁠

Repeal of 24/7 Rule for Nurses in Skilled Nursing Care: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-jr-health-department-nurses/

USPS Postmark Rules: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/30/usps-postmark-rules/

Nick Shirley’s investigation into alleged Minnesota day care ‘fraud scandal’: What we know: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/30/nick-shirley-minnesota-daycare-fraud/

A 3rd Space Survey: Acts of Kindness

Do you have an act of kindness that you’d be willing to share? You can participate through a Google Forms Survey at this link:https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

There you will find two kindness questions we’d like you to consider and then respond to:

•

What is an act of kindness you’ve received that made a difference to you?

•

What is an act of kindness you have done which you hope changed another person’s life?

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

•

Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

•

FactCheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

•

Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

•

RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

•

Reuters FactCheck - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

•

Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

•

All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

•

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another.

Want to watch us do the podcast? Visit theKlaus Haus Productions YouTube Channelat https://www.youtube.com/@KlausHausProductions.

Comments? Suggestions? Ideas for guests or topics?

Send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom3rdSpace@gmail.com.

Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

Photos by Lamar Roth are copyrighted by Roth Images, All Rights Reserved. For permissions or additional information: lamar3rdSpace@gmail.com and https://www.rothimages.com/

Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2025. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using http://riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland and Kansas, USA and Iowa; Original Publishing Date, February 3, 2026.