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About nine in 10 Americans turn to individuals with public platforms for information and place a lot of trust in them. To whom are they turning and why and how are they following them? Dr. Sarah Fioroni joins the podcast to discuss.

Most Americans (72%) continue to believe the state of moral values in the U.S. is "getting worse." Large majorities have said the state of moral values is declining since Gallup started asking this question annually in 2002.

Even as moral attitudes in the U.S. become more socially liberal, several behaviors remain taboo. These include adultery, polygamy, human cloning and suicide, though American adults are slightly more likely to accept the last three.

Sixty-three percent of Americans -- and 88% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults -- say gay/lesbian discrimination is a serious problem in the U.S. LGBT adults are optimistic about future consensus on gay rights issues.

Two years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, 10.2% of LGBT Americans are now married to a same-sex partner, up from 7.9% before the ruling.

More Americans continue to believe sexual orientation is present at birth rather than a result of upbringing.

Out of 14 key events in life, investors' most common, financially beneficial experiences include buying a home and getting married.

Americans' acceptance of many moral issues has increased significantly over the past decade. Much of this change has been driven by a shift in older Americans' attitudes, whose beliefs are now more in line with those of younger Americans.

According to a Gallup analysis, millennials in the U.S. are delaying marriage longer than any other generation before them, though they do intend to marry and eventually have children.

Perhaps America's political and news leaders have given up on, or simply forgotten about, the unemployed and underemployed. Apparently, Big Unemployment is the new normal. Sure, the president and Congress address it, but rarely in an urgent way.