Religious Freedom, Potato Eaters, BluRay Scanners

Religious Freedom and Trump Guest: Elizabeth Clark, JD, Associate Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU America’s 45th president – with his multiple marriages and provocative reality TV persona – is not an obvious choice to champion the priorities of religious conservatives. But on the campaign trail, Trump promised to nominate a Supreme Court justice “evangelicals will love” and he did that with Judge Neil Gorsuch, who is known for his views in support of religious groups and pro-life positions.  Having Fun on the Job Guest: Michael Tews, PhD, Professor of Hospitality Management, Pennsylvania State University Company picnics, March Madness brackets, birthday celebrations and Taco Tuesdays are all efforts to nurture comradery and boost employee morale. But fun at work might do even more than make workers feel better about their jobs – it may actually make them better at their job, too.  The Paperfuge Guest: Manu Prakash, PhD, Bioengineering Professor, Stanford University When doctors need to detect blood-borne diseases like malaria, HIV or tuberculosis, they spin the patient’s blood in a centrifuge to separate out the pathogens from the blood cells so they can see them under a microscope and identify them. A centrifuge is like a high-speed merry-go-round. They’re expensive and require electricity, and that’s a problem in developing countries where money and electricity are not always available in health clinics.  So a bioengineering professor and his students at Stanford University have invented a hand-powered centrifuge made of paper and string that costs 20-cents. The Potato Eaters Guest: Rebecca Campbell, MFA, Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, California State University, Fullerton A painting of a peasant family around a dimly-lit table eating their potato harvest is considered Vincent Van Gogh’s first masterpiece. And from that image, called “The Potato Eaters,” Utah native Rebecca Campbell drew the inspiration and title for a painting and sculp