Adoption Discrimination, Penicillin Allergies, Potential Shooter
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 987
- Jan 17, 2019 7:00 am
- 1:43:30 mins
Children Caught in the Culture War of Adoption Guest: Robin Fretwell Wilson, Professor of Law, University of Illinois College, Author of “The Contested Place of Religion in Family Law.” Can an adoption agency, that’s run by a church and receives government money to assist with foster care and adoption placement, be forced to serve a same-sex couple? Some states have laws saying these agencies must serve LGBT couples. Other states have laws protecting a religious adoption agency that turns away a same-sex couple. Two major lawsuits over this issue are now moving through the federal courts. And as we’ve seen in similar conflicts before, there’s no middle ground –either religious freedom wins and LGBT rights lose or vice versa. Banksy’s Self-Destructing Painting (Originally aired October 23, 2018) Guest: Elizabeth Legge, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Toronto Walking down a street in London or New York, you might see tourists snapping photos of a surreal stencil spray-painted on a public wall. The anonymous street artist Banksy’s work has become so sought-after, some of his pieces have sold for more than $1 million at auction. Did you hear about the Banksy original that self-destructed as soon as the bidding was finished a few months ago? So You Think You’re Allergic to Penicillin? You’re Probably Not (Originally aired August 30, 2018) Guest: Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard, Antibiotic Allergy Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital Did you know that 90% of people who think they are allergic to penicillin, actually aren't? And that misunderstanding places them at much higher risk for serious, drug-resistant infections. If penicillin is one of the most effective antibiotics available, why are so many people avoiding it unnecessarily? Mother of a Potential Shooter (Originally aired June 5, 2018) Guest: Liza Long, Freelance Writer, Mental Health Activist, and Author of “The Price of Silence: A Mom’s Perspective on Mental Illness”; Eri