How to Resolve Personal Conflicts During Uncertain Re-Opening (0:31)

Guest: Emily DeSchweinitz Taylor, Mediator, Assistant Director of the Center for Peace & Conflict Resolution, BYU Law School, Author of "Raising Mediators: How Smart Parents Use Mediation to Transform Sibling Conflict and Empower Their Children"

This week we’re speaking with listeners about conflicts they’re working through in this uncertain re-opening period of pandemic life. We spoke to an HR manager wondering at what point her company will have to insist workers return to the office. We heard about a church congregation divided over whether it’s safe to sing and worship together again without wearing masks – and whether people who don’t come back just yet are showing less faith. We have more conversations coming this week, but today we’re getting some practical tips on how to work through these conflicts.

Is Video Game Addiction as Common as We Think? (18:45)

Guest: Sarah Coyne, Professor of Human Development, Brigham Young University

How do video games affect kids? This question has long been debated and a source of anxiety for parents, but we’re one step closer to an answer. A team of researchers just completed a six-year study on video game addiction – the longest ever done of its kind.

New York’s Massive Project to Turn a Notorious Landfill Into a Nature Park (33:53)

Guest: Eloise Hirsh, Administrator of Freshkills Park in New York

For 50 years, Staten Island was the dumping ground for New York City’s trash. Today, that garbage dump is a nature park in the making. It’s called Freshkills Park and when it’s finished in another 15 years, it’ll be nearly three times the size of Central Park. How exactly do you turn a landfill full of rotting trash into a place people want to visit?

The Future of Work in America Is On-Demand, Work-From-Anywhere, Always-On (52:50)

Guest: Jeff Wald, Founder of WorkMarket, Author of “The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations

When the pandemic is over, will businesses bring employees back to the office or just keep them working at home. Will they rehire all the workers they laid off or bring them on as freelancers to do the same work? There are a lot of advantages for a company in having people work remotely and on-demand, rather than as permanent, full-time, in-office employees.

Can We 3-D Print a Nuclear Reactor Core? (1:10:24)

Guest: Kurt Terrani, Senior Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

3-D printing is not just for hobbyists making plastic gadgets. It can be used to manufacture extremely durable, precisely designed parts of machines. At the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, researchers are using 3-D printing to create a more efficient nuclear reactor.  

Reading From the Coretta Scott King Book Awards List (1:31:20)

Guest: Rachel Wadham, Host, Worlds Awaiting on BYUradio, Education and Juvenile Collections Librarian, BYU