Putin's PR Beats Trump's, Fact Checking the Fact Checkers, Obesity Gut Bacteria
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 856
- Jul 16, 2018 6:00 am
- 1:42:16 mins
How Putin Is Beating Trump at Public Relations Guest: Cynthia V. Hooper, PhD, Professor, Director, Russian and Eastern European Studies, College of the Holy Cross Coming out of President Trump's summit with Putin, the two leaders did not announce any specific agreements resulting from their private meeting, other than a commitment to work together on countering terrorism and nuclear proliferation. When pressed by several American journalists to acknowledge the conclusions of US intelligence agencies and directly criticize Russia for meddling in the 2016 election – or anything else, for that matter, Trump declined. Was the summit a win for Putin, or a loss for Trump? Slowing Down In An Accelerated, Technological Life Guest: Simon Gottschalk, PhD, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Author, "The Terminal Self: Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times" The pace of life and work has accelerated drastically in the past 70 years. Even in the last 10 years since phones got smart, things have sped up. What are the consequences of being connected and on-call all the time? Can anything be done to slow it all down? Breaking the Food Waste Cycle Guest: Dana Gunders, Author of "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook," Founder of Next Course I bet there’s something in your fridge right now that’s perfectly edible, but you’ll end up throwing out because it expires, or starts to discolor, or falls on the floor, or just doesn’t sound good anymore. The average American throws away over $35 each month in the form of uneaten food—is there a better way? Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers? Guest: Angie Holan, Editor, PolitiFact Fact checking has become so popular that major news outlets do it on Presidential speeches in real-time. Political campaigns fact-check their opponents’ claims. But how sure can we be that the people doing the fact checking are not biased? That they’re not looking more critically on one party than another? Parent Previews: Skyscraper, Hotel Transylvania 3 Guest: Rod Gustafson, Film Reviewer a