Election Expectations, Good Sleep, Better Business

When Does the American Public Have a Right to Know the True Scope of a Threat? (0:33) Guest: Ryan Vogel, Director, Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley University As early as February, President Trump knew that the novel coronavirus was a serious threat. Bob Woodward revealed that information while releasing portions of interviews with Mr. Trump as publicity for his new book. The interviews happened throughout the spring of this year. On the tapes, President Trump repeatedly talks about how dangerous and deadly COVID-19 is, but publicly he was downplaying the threat, tweeting that the virus will soon disappear and criticizing states for overreacting with lockdown and face mask orders. When is a President obligated to tell it straight to the American people? When is it ethical for a President to downplay a threat for the sake of calm and national security? Why Gender Reveal Stunts Are Getting Riskier (19:01) Guest: Jenna Drenten, Associate Professor, Marketing, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago One of the wildfires currently burning in California was started by a gender reveal stunt gone wrong. A smoke bomb was supposed to puff pink if the baby is a girl, blue if it’s a boy. But it also sparked a blaze that’s burned nearly 18,000 acres and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Most wacky stunts to reveal the gender of an expected baby don’t end in disaster–just popped balloons filled with colored chalk or glitter. Frosted cakes with blue or pink inside is a popular one. But that’s hardly flashy enough for our social-media-obsessed world. One Instagram-famous couple learned the gender of their baby recently by watching the world’s tallest building–it’s in Dubai–light up in blue. There's a video of a guy place a melon between the snapping jaws of an alligator–an actual alligator. The melon exploded and splashed colored jello. Hasn’t this gender-reveal thing gotten a little out of hand? This Election Will Be Different. Let’s Adjust Our Expectations Now. (33:17) Guest: Douglas