European Drama, Manhattanhenge, Polio Curing Cancer

Guest: Eric Jensen, JD, Professor of International Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University In eight months, Britain is supposed to leave the European Union, but negotiations over the exit have hit more trouble. Two of the key figures shaping Brexit suddenly resigned over the weekend, leaving British Prime Minister Theresa May in trouble. She’s been hoping for what she calls a “soft exit” from the European Union, but the hard-core Brexiters in her government are not on board. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said in his resignation letter that the Brexit “dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt.” President Trump is in Brussels for a NATO summit with European countries and then he’ll make his first official visit to Britain before going on to Helsinki for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Guest: Julia Penny Clark, Attorney of Employment and Labor Law, Bredhoff and Kaiser Law Firm In the last decade, arbitration agreements have become really common. Cell companies typically require their customers to sign them. So do doctors and hospitals. The upshot is that you sign away your right to sue if something goes wrong; you have to resolve the dispute through arbitration instead. The US Supreme Court recently ruled that companies can require their employees to sign arbitration agreements preventing them from suing - or even banding together - to tackle complaints over things like wage discrimination or overtime policies.  Large companies say arbitration is cheaper, faster and at least as fair as resolving disputes in court. Employees say it puts them at a major disadvantage.

Guest: Jackie Faherty, PhD, Senior Scientist and Senior Education Manager, Department of Astrophysics and the Department of Education, American Museum of Natural History in New York City When you imagine the best places to watch a sunset, you might think about a beach or a mountaintop. But right now one of the most striking places to see the sun dip below the horizon is New York City. This is the season of “Manhattanhenge” when, for a brief window, the sunset aligns perfectly with the East-West street grid of Manhattan. In those moments, traffic stops, people fill the streets and Instagram is flooded with really cool pics of #manhattanhenge.

Guest: Darell Bigner, MD, PhD, Emeritus Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University Nearly a year ago Sen. John McCain announced he had been diagnosed with glioblastoma—a particularly lethal form of brain cancer. The same disease claimed the life of former senator Edward Kennedy, and that of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau.  In a poetic twist, it now seems that this deadly disease might be successfully attacked by another devastating one: the poliovirus.

Guest: Rachel Wadham, Host, Worlds Awaiting, BYUradio