Hispanic Homeowners, Church Conversion, Childhood Trauma

Hispanic Homeowner Foreclosures Helped Trump Win the White House in 2016 Guest: Jacob Rugh, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, BYU President Donald Trump has so far focused a fair amount of his re-election effort on Florida. It’s where he kicked off the campaign over the summer and where he spends a lot of his time away from the White House. Florida was key to the Trump Campaign’s victory in 2016 –Florida went Republican that year after two election cycles of supporting Democrat Barack Obama. BYU sociologist Jake Rugh has discovered that foreclosures among Latino homeowners in Florida helped turn the state red for Trump in 2016. The findings offer some insight for2020 President candidates. When a Church Changes Religions Guest: Ashima Krishna, Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo When a church’s people abandon the building, what happens to it? In some instances, it gets sold to the highest bidder to be converted into office space and apartments. But in the poor parts of town where business isn’t doing well, boarded up churches sit deserted, neglected, and eventually fall into ruin or get demolished. Yet, architect and historic preservation planner Ashima Krishna recently noticed a trend in Buffalo, New York that could save these old buildings. Positive Childhood Experiences Can Counteract Childhood Trauma Guest: Ali Crandall, Assistant Professor of Public Health in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University Traumatic childhood experiences, such as abuse or losing a parent, puts a kid at a higher risk of having poor health as an adult. But research at Brigham Young University shows that positive childhood experiences can counteract the negative ones in a more powerful way than previously thought. World Chase Tag is your favorite childhood game, taken to the next level Guest: Damien Devaux, Co-Creator of World Chase Tag The last time I played a really serious game of tag I was 14. All the kids in the neighborhood, inside and outside