First, we explore tariff policy in the US and its global implications, and the ongoing trade war between the US and China. With guest host Professor Doug Becker. [ dur: 43 mins. ]

* Iva Bozovic is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the School of International Relations. She is the author of the book chapter “Social Capital and Performance in Transition” in Democracy, Trust and Transition: Social Capital in a Changing World.

* Lui Hebron is a Training and Development Specialist for the Executive Management Program at Transcendent Solutions. He was previously an Associate Dean for Graduate Programs at Hult International Business School. He is the co-author of Globalization: Debunking the Myths. He is also co-editor of Understanding New Security Threats.

Then, hormones change our brain according to neuroscientists. What might these changes be? What does this mean for women taking birth control pills over the course of their child bearing years? [ dur: 14 mins. ]

* Belinda Pletzer is a researcher at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Salzburg, Austria. She is the co-author of many publications including, Sex and menstrual cycle influences on three aspects of attention, 50 years of hormonal contraception. Time to find out what it does to our brain and Subcortical structural changes along the menstrual cycle: beyond the hippocampus.

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This program is produced with contributions from the following volunteers: Ankine Aghassian, Melissa Chiprin, Anaïs Amin, Tim Page, Mike Hurst and Sudd Dongre.