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Guest: Kirk Larsen, PhD, Professor of History, Brigham Young University Tensions with North Korea are escalating. The dominoes have fallen in quick succession since Sunday. The UN security council passed a package of strict new sanctions meant to restrict North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. North Korea responded with an angry threat of “physical action” which provoked a response from President Trump on Tuesday, warning North Korea not to make another threat. Hours after the statement, North Korea did make another threat, saying it had making plans to attack Guam, where the US has a key Air Force base.

Guest: Bryan W. Van Norden, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Vassar College, Author of the forthcoming book "Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto" Apart from the occasional saying in a fortune cookie, or the Yin and Yang symbol common in pop culture, Americans don't know much about Chinese Philosophy. Even in academic circles, Bryan W. Van Norden argues that Westerners are woefully ignoant of the major school of thought that underpin Chinese society. Meanwhile, China's growing political, economic and military clout makes our ignorance a liability.

Guest: Angela Bahns, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wellesly College What do you notice about the people you meet? How attractive their faces are? Whether they’re in shape or not? If they wear expensive shoes? We might focus on any, or all, of those things, depending on whether we’re looking for a friend or hoping for much more.

Guests: Warren Petersen and Steven Petersen, Storm Chasers Most parents call their kids inside when a storm hits. Not in the Petersen household. Ever since he was seven, Steven Petersen has joined his dad, Warren, in heading outside to chase a brewing storm. Tornados are their specialty. The Petersens – who live in Colorado - regularly provide their tornado footage to TV and print outlets.

Guest: Kristen Ulmer, Former Extreme Skier, Author of “The Air of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead”