Protests in Hong Kong and Sudan

Guest: Quinn Mecham, professor of political science, BYU

Large protests are underway in Hong Kong over a proposed law that would allow people to be sent to China for trial.

 

The Standards by which Educational Disabilities Are Judged Can Vary Between Schools

Guest: Dara Shifrer, Sociology, Portland State University

The likelihood that a student in a US public school will be diagnosed with a learning disability and enrolled in special ed depends a lot on the school that kids attends. Wait, why would the school matter? Shouldn’t a student’s needs be the same, regardless of where he’s enrolled? 

 

Trials of Teens with Cancer Go Beyond Health

Guest: Amanda Garbatini, Adolescent/Young Adult Program Coordinator for Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital

Being a teenager is tough enough without having to deal with a cancer diagnosis. Treatment wreaks havoc on a changing body. Frequent hospital visits make it tough to maintain a social life. Plus, at that age, they’re too old for the cartoon characters and stuffed animals of the children’s hospital, but not quite comfortable in the adult oncology wing, either. Amanda Garbatini knows all about that. She’s had numerous bouts of cancer starting at age 11. Now, 20 years later she’s heading up a new center for teens with cancer at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

 

Communities Benefit from Local News, but Journalism Is on a Decline

Guest: John Temple, Associate Adjunct Professor and Director of the Investigative Reporting Program, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

The Great Recession ten years ago accelerated a trend that the internet had set in motion a decade earlier –the decline of local newspapers. Those that made their money off classifieds withered thanks to Craigslist. Then advertisers shifted to the web. There are more than a thousand communities around the country that have lost all local media coverage during this shift, but the majority Americans –according to a Pew Research survey –think local media is doing just fine.

 

Have You Heard the Hum? Several Theories Try to Explain this Mysterious Noise

Guest: Glen MacPherson, Director of the World Hum Map and Database Project

All around the world, people claim to hear a persistent low humming noise that’s sometimes known as the World Hum. Not everyone can hear it. Just some people. The noise usually follows them wherever they go. Often it’s worse at night. Glen Macpherson built a steel box to see if he could block out the humming. But even inside of it, the noise was there.

 

Worlds Awaiting: College Readiness

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