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War Goes Viral, Chore Wars, Parent Previews
The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 29
- Feb 3, 2017 7:00 am
- 2:24:01 mins
War Goes Viral (15:18) Emerson T. Brooking is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, studying the intersection of social media and conflict. His research interests include information warfare; social media and virality; the history of propaganda; and the relationship between the internet and politics. The power of social media is amazing! Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumbler all get information out fast and on a global scale. The internet has made the world a smaller place, affecting everything, including war. Emerson T. Brooking explains how war has gone viral. Makena Bauss - Peanut or Not to Peanut (40:50) Recently health experts have giving parents new guidelines on when to expose children to peanuts to help avoid allergies. The experts are saying to begin feeding foods containing peanut powder or extract during infancy in hopes of reducing a child’s risk for allergy. Producer Makena Bauss and Dr. Townsend discuss taking a measured approach with the guidan...