Our Next First Lady, Teen Suicide in Greenland, Urban Forests

America’s Next First Lady Guest: Kate Andersen Brower, Former White House Reporter and Author of “First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies” The role of “first lady” holds a special place in American culture. We’ve come to expect the president’s wife to personify womanhood: graceful, well-dressed, faithful to her husband and her country. So, uh, what if it’s not a she? Bill Clinton would shake up the role of First Lady beyond the fact that he’s not a lady. Kate Anderson Brower says there are subtler ways the Clintons could forever change what American’s expect of a presidential spouse. Teen Suicide in Greenland Guest: Steven Arnfjord, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Greenland Suicide rates reached a 30-year high in the U.S. this year, which is alarming. But on Native American reservations, the rates are even higher – particularly among Native Alaskans. And the same is true for indigenous communities in Canada. Even so, Greenland stands out. It has a suicide rate six times that of the United States – one of the highest in the world – and it has been so for thirty years.  The reasons are complicated. Greenland is modernizing rapidly. It’s still part of Denmark and the legacy of colonialism plays a role in the suicide problem. So does racism and isolation and a lack of access to mental health services and support. Training Dogs with Technology Guest: David Roberts, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at North Carolina State There’s a whole art to training a dog to behave – and a host of videos online that’ll show you how. The commands and rewards, over and over, it’s challenging to train a dog. Could a computer do it better? Hard to imagine. But researchers at North Carolina State University are getting close, thanks to a special dog harness and a powerful computer algorithm. Urban Forests Guest: Rob Northup, Urban Forester of Hillsborough County, Florida with the University of Florida In big cities full of concrete and steel,