Nuclear Option (15:37)

Joe Cannon is our Washington Insider. Joe served as an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1983-1985. He was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992 and served as the Chairman of the Utah Republican Party from 2002 to 2006. He was named editor of the Deseret Morning News on December 8, 2006. Joe currently is the CEO of Fuel Freedom Foundation.  Joe and Jeff Simpsons discuss the new baseball season and explain what the "Nuclear Option" is as the Senate begins the voting process on Justice Neil Gorsuch.

 

Comedians and Mental Health (1:04:33)

Dr. Gordon Claridge is Emeritus Professor of Abnormal Psychology at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College. Claridge is best known for his work in developing the theoretical construct of schizotypy. Schizotypy is the putative dimension, normally distributed throughout the population, whose defining characteristic is that of proneness to develop schizophrenia in particular and psychosis in general. Mental health is no laughing matter, but many comedians suffer from mental health challenges. Dr. Claridge studies the benefits that come from psychotic traits.

 

Makena Bauss - Earth Not a Planet? (1:30:46)

In August of 2006 Pluto was demoted from planet status because an international body of scientists decided that the small planet did not meet the standards the qualify as a planet. Now the same criteria are being shown to indicate that the Earth does not meet those same standards. Producer Makena Bauss explains.

  

How Important Is Eye Contact? (1:55:17)

Dr. Ilan Shrira, a social psychologist at Arkansas Tech University. Have you ever passed by someone and just felt their eyes on you from behind? How did you know they were staring at you if you can’t even see them? Is it a sixth sense? Is it paranoia? Or is it something we biologically come equipped with as humans? Ilan Shrira tells us more about the science behind the feeling when you know someone is watching you and what it means for your relationships and even your survival.