UAE & Israel, Electric Brain, Megadisaster Readiness

Implications of Israel and UAE Normalizing Relations (0:29) Guest: Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment, Former US State Department Middle East Advisor and Negotiator The Associated Press confirmed on Sunday that direct phone calls between Israel and the United Arab Emirates are now ringing through for the first time in nearly 50 years. It’s concrete evidence of the agreement Israel and the Emirates made in the last week to establish full diplomatic relations. Why Is The USDA So Worried About Mystery Seeds? (16:54) Guest: Laura Meyerson, Professor of Invasion Biology, University of Rhode Island Don’t plant the seeds! That’s the message from the US Department of Agriculture regarding thousands of mysterious packets of unmarked seeds people across the country have been receiving in the mail. The packages seem to come from China. In addition to not planting the seeds, the USDA doesn’t even want people to throw them away. Why? Is Milk Healthy? (36:40) Guest: Walter Willett, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Every five years the USDA updates its dietary guidelines for Americans and it’s about to do another one of those updates. The Scientific Advisory Committee for those guidelines suggests that the USDA encourage people to get three or more cups of dairy a day, which is on the higher end of the current recommendation. Harvard nutrition expert Walter Willett says the research does not support consuming that much milk, yogurt and cheese. Racial Divide in Views on Police Growing in America (49:45) Guest: Howard Henderson, Director of the Center for Justice Research, Texas Southern University For nearly 30 years, Gallup polls have asked Americans how much confidence they have in the police. The latest figure is the lowest it’s ever been–just 48 percent of Americans say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in police. The disconnect between how whites and Blacks answer that question is the largest Gallup has ever seen–56 percent o