Fitbit Data and Your Health Insurance (15:16)

Dr. Andy Boyd, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Our Producer Palakiko just got a new Fitbit Charge smartwatch.  He loves it.  It tracks his resting heart rate, how many calories he burns each day, and even grades his quality of sleep.   But should his Fitbit data be used to deny him healthcare? Andy Boyd explains how fitness trackers come with many issues involving personal data

How Poverty Changes the Brain (1:03:12)

Elisabeth Babcock, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), a national charitable organization dedicated to creating new pathways to economic independence for low-income women and their families. Beth’s role as CEO is to lead EMPath in its strategy to be a research and innovations powerhouse consistently delivering new approaches that expedite pathways out of poverty. A new study by EMPath examines how poverty really affects the brain. People in poverty tend to get stuck in vicious cycles where stress leads to bad decision-making, compounding other problems and reinforcing the idea that they can’t improve their own lives. Elizabeth Babcock explains the research.

Poor No More (1:51:53)

Peter Cove is a nationally-acclaimed advocate for private solutions to welfare dependency, and author of the new book, POOR NO MORE: Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty. Peter Cove is the founder of America Works, the first for-profit, welfare-to-work company. He has created more than 1 million jobs for welfare recipients through America Works and other private sector endeavors. In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty.  All initiatives on the War Against Poverty have since failed.  All except one, the welfare reform in 1996.  What made this reform different from all the others?  Peter Cover, the author of Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty and the founder of America Works shares his ideas on how jobs can fix poverty.

Fitbit Data and Your Health Insurance (15:16)

Dr. Andy Boyd, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Our Producer Palakiko just got a new Fitbit Charge smartwatch.  He loves it.  It tracks his resting heart rate, how many calories he burns each day, and even grades his quality of sleep.   But should his Fitbit data be used to deny him healthcare? Andy Boyd explains how fitness trackers come with many issues involving personal data

 

How Poverty Changes the Brain (1:03:12)

Elisabeth Babcock, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), a national charitable organization dedicated to creating new pathways to economic independence for low-income women and their families. Beth’s role as CEO is to lead EMPath in its strategy to be a research and innovations powerhouse consistently delivering new approaches that expedite pathways out of poverty. A new study by EMPath examines how poverty really affects the brain. People in poverty tend to get stuck in vicious cycles where stress leads to bad decision-making, compounding other problems and reinforcing the idea that they can’t improve their own lives. Elizabeth Babcock explains the research.

 

Poor No More (1:51:53)

Peter Cove is a nationally-acclaimed advocate for private solutions to welfare dependency, and author of the new book, POOR NO MORE: Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty. Peter Cove is the founder of America Works, the first for-profit, welfare-to-work company. He has created more than 1 million jobs for welfare recipients through America Works and other private sector endeavors. In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty.  All initiatives on the War Against Poverty have since failed.  All except one, the welfare reform in 1996.  What made this reform different from all the others?  Peter Cover, the author of Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty and the founder of America Works shares his ideas on how jobs can fix poverty.

Can we talk about free speech on campus? (15:59)

Neal Hutchens earned a Ph.D. in education policy with a specialization in higher education from the University of Maryland. He is currently a faculty member in the Higher Education Program specializing in legal issues in higher education at the University of Mississippi. Freedom of speech on college campuses has been a topic since conservative speaker Ann Coulter has a speech canceled on the campus of the University of California Berkley. Neal Hutchens discusses the challenges and importance of free speech on college campuses.

Tips for Solving Relationship Conflicts (1:02:21)

Gwendolyn Seidman, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Albright College. She received her doctorate in social-personality psychology from New York University in 2006. She studies self-expression and self-presentation on the Internet, cognition in close relationships, and social support.  As anyone who has been in a romantic relationship knows, disagreements and fights are inevitable. When two people spend a lot of time together and start to share a life they are bound to disagree from time to time. These disagreements can be big or small, ranging from failing to complete a chore to what our financial situation is. Fighting isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it can actually be healthy for a relationship but we need to use it the right way. Gwendolyn Seidman shares tips for solving relationship conflicts.

Jeff Simpson - Screen Cleaning (1:34:25)

Jeff Simpson offers family friendly entertainment options and discusses the intersection of pop culture and everyday life.

Can we talk about free speech on campus? (15:59)

Neal Hutchens earned a Ph.D. in education policy with a specialization in higher education from the University of Maryland. He is currently a faculty member in the Higher Education Program specializing in legal issues in higher education at the University of Mississippi. Freedom of speech on college campuses has been a topic since conservative speaker Ann Coulter has a speech canceled on the campus of the University of California Berkley. Neal Hutchens discusses the challenges and importance of free speech on college campuses.

 

Tips for Solving Relationship Conflicts (1:02:21)

Gwendolyn Seidman, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Albright College. She received her doctorate in social-personality psychology from New York University in 2006. She studies self-expression and self-presentation on the Internet, cognition in close relationships, and social support.  As anyone who has been in a romantic relationship knows, disagreements and fights are inevitable. When two people spend a lot of time together and start to share a life they are bound to disagree from time to time. These disagreements can be big or small, ranging from failing to complete a chore to what our financial situation is. Fighting isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it can actually be healthy for a relationship but we need to use it the right way. Gwendolyn Seidman shares tips for solving relationship conflicts.

 

Jeff Simpson - Screen Cleaning (1:34:25)

Jeff Simpson offers family friendly entertainment options and discusses the intersection of pop culture and everyday life.

19th-century Fake News (15:55)

Petra McGillen, Ph.D., is an assistant prof. of German Studies and media historian at Dartmouth. Although we didn’t hear about it much until recently, “fake news” is not a new concept. Petra McGillens discusses her research on fake news dating all the way back to the 19th-century. 

Deeper Personalize Learning (1:03:28)

Kathleen McClaskey is CEO and Co-founder of Personalize Learning, LLC and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning: A Practical Guide for Getting Started and Going Deeper. She is an innovative leader, education technologist, keynoter, professional developer, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant with over 30 years experience in creating learner-centered environments. For students to become more proactive in their learning, they need to understand how they learn so they can develop skills to support their own learning. Personalization, or what is more commonly known as personalized learning, offers a great opportunity for students to take ownership of their learning and acquire skills to direct and advocate for their own educations. Still, there is a great deal of confusion about what personalization is and what it means for teaching and learning. Kathleen McClaskey shares with us how exactly we can personalize learning for an entire class.

Helping Veterans Find Career Opportunities (1:49:28)

Eileen Trauth, Ph.D., is a Professor of Information Sciences & Technology, and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She conducts research on the information technology profession, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups based on gender, disability, veteran’s status, race, ethnicity and socio-economic status. Did you know military veterans have a higher unemployment rate than nonveterans?  Eileen Trauth discusses her research on jobs for vets, and how the Information Technology field is a better fit for them than they might originally think.

19th-century Fake News (15:55)

Petra McGillen, Ph.D., is an assistant prof. of German Studies and media historian at Dartmouth. Although we didn’t hear about it much until recently, “fake news” is not a new concept. Petra McGillens discusses her research on fake news dating all the way back to the 19th-century. 

 

Deeper Personalize Learning (1:03:28)

Kathleen McClaskey is CEO and Co-founder of Personalize Learning, LLC and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning: A Practical Guide for Getting Started and Going Deeper. She is an innovative leader, education technologist, keynoter, professional developer, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant with over 30 years experience in creating learner-centered environments. For students to become more proactive in their learning, they need to understand how they learn so they can develop skills to support their own learning. Personalization, or what is more commonly known as personalized learning, offers a great opportunity for students to take ownership of their learning and acquire skills to direct and advocate for their own educations. Still, there is a great deal of confusion about what personalization is and what it means for teaching and learning. Kathleen McClaskey shares with us how exactly we can personalize learning for an entire class.

 

Helping Veterans Find Career Opportunities (1:49:28)

Eileen Trauth, Ph.D., is a Professor of Information Sciences & Technology, and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She conducts research on the information technology profession, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups based on gender, disability, veteran’s status, race, ethnicity and socio-economic status. Did you know military veterans have a higher unemployment rate than nonveterans?  Eileen Trauth discusses her research on jobs for vets, and how the Information Technology field is a better fit for them than they might originally think.

Poor No More (15:39)

Peter Cove is a nationally-acclaimed advocate for private solutions to welfare dependency, and author of the new book, POOR NO MORE: Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty. Peter Cove is the founder of America Works, the first for-profit, welfare-to-work company. He has created more than 1 million jobs for welfare recipients through America Works and other private sector endeavors. In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty.  All initiatives on the War Against Poverty have since failed.  All except one, the welfare reform in 1996.  What made this reform different from all the others?  Peter Cover, the author of Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty and the founder of America Works shares his ideas on how jobs can fix poverty.

Steps to Decrease Anxiety in Parenting (1:00:32)

Shaunna Reynolds is a behavioral and family therapist, as well as a leadership consultant. For the past seven years, she has had the opportunity to work in the education community. She’s enjoyed coaching administrations, teachers, students and parents in a variety of different venues. Her emphasis is prevention, focused specifically in leadership and skill training. We live in a world that craves the immediate.  We want it now and have very little patience with ourselves and others when things do not happen automatically. In fact, if a process takes time it’s often viewed as a waste of time, this included parenting.  Parenting a child is a long-term process and a huge investment of time, energy and money. Parenting isn’t easy and there is not an instruction manual, everyone parents differently. Shaunna Reynolds shares a few tips to help take some of the anxiety out of parenting.

Caitlin Thomas - Best of Moments (1:29:54)

Caitlin Thomas has been with us here on the Matt Townsend Show since March of 2015. She has recently graduated and is now looking for a full-time job. Today is our final segment with her and so today we are going to talk about some of her favorite memories on this show. 

Why Some Peopl

Poor No More (15:39)

Peter Cove is a nationally-acclaimed advocate for private solutions to welfare dependency, and author of the new book, POOR NO MORE: Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty. Peter Cove is the founder of America Works, the first for-profit, welfare-to-work company. He has created more than 1 million jobs for welfare recipients through America Works and other private sector endeavors. In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty.  All initiatives on the War Against Poverty have since failed.  All except one, the welfare reform in 1996.  What made this reform different from all the others?  Peter Cover, the author of Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty and the founder of America Works shares his ideas on how jobs can fix poverty.

 

Steps to Decrease Anxiety in Parenting (1:00:32)

Shaunna Reynolds is a behavioral and family therapist, as well as a leadership consultant. For the past seven years, she has had the opportunity to work in the education community. She’s enjoyed coaching administrations, teachers, students and parents in a variety of different venues. Her emphasis is prevention, focused specifically in leadership and skill training. We live in a world that craves the immediate.  We want it now and have very little patience with ourselves and others when things do not happen automatically. In fact, if a process takes time it’s often viewed as a waste of time, this included parenting.  Parenting a child is a long-term process and a huge investment of time, energy and money. Parenting isn’t easy and there is not an instruction manual, everyone parents differently. Shaunna Reynolds shares a few tips to help take some of the anxiety out of parenting.

 

Caitlin Thomas - Best of Moments (1:29:54)

Caitlin Thomas has been with us here on the Matt Townsend Show since March of 2015. She has recently graduated and is now looking for a full-time job. Today is our final segment with her and so today we are going to talk about some of her favorite memories on this show. 

 

Why Some People Are Jerks (1:48:24)

Adam Bear is a Ph.D. student in the psychology department at Yale University. His research combines approaches from cognitive psychology, philosophy, and evolutionary game theory to study the relationship between conscious and unconscious processes in the mind. Adam Bear shares his research into what makes a person a Jerk and what lead to kindness.

Fitbit Data and Your Health Insurance (15:17)

Dr. Andy Boyd, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Our Producer Palakiko just got a new Fitbit charge smartwatch.  He loves it.  It tracks his resting heart rate, how many calories he burns each day, and even grades his quality of sleep.   But should his Fitbit data be used to deny him healthcare? Andy Boyd explains how fitness trackers come with many issues involving personal data

How Poverty Changes the Brain (1:03:12)

Elisabeth Babcock, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), a national charitable organization dedicated to creating new pathways to economic independence for low-income women and their families. Beth’s role as CEO is to lead EMPath in its strategy to be a research and innovations powerhouse consistently delivering new approaches that expedite pathways out of poverty. A new study by EMPath examines how poverty really affects the brain. People in poverty tend to get stuck in vicious cycles where stress leads to bad decision-making, compounding other problems and reinforcing the idea that they can’t improve their own lives. Elizabeth Babcock explains the research.

Fad Diets (1:51:47)

Ron Hager, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Exercise Sciences in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. One of his areas of interest is Chronic Disease Prevention. Ron Hager talks about the Bacon Diet and explains the pros and cons of fad diets.

Fitbit Data and Your Health Insurance (15:17)

Dr. Andy Boyd, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Our Producer Palakiko just got a new Fitbit charge smartwatch.  He loves it.  It tracks his resting heart rate, how many calories he burns each day, and even grades his quality of sleep.   But should his Fitbit data be used to deny him healthcare? Andy Boyd explains how fitness trackers come with many issues involving personal data

 

How Poverty Changes the Brain (1:03:12)

Elisabeth Babcock, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), a national charitable organization dedicated to creating new pathways to economic independence for low-income women and their families. Beth’s role as CEO is to lead EMPath in its strategy to be a research and innovations powerhouse consistently delivering new approaches that expedite pathways out of poverty. A new study by EMPath examines how poverty really affects the brain. People in poverty tend to get stuck in vicious cycles where stress leads to bad decision-making, compounding other problems and reinforcing the idea that they can’t improve their own lives. Elizabeth Babcock explains the research.

 

Fad Diets (1:51:47)

Ron Hager, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Exercise Sciences in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. One of his areas of interest is Chronic Disease Prevention. Ron Hager talks about the Bacon Diet and explains the pros and cons of fad diets.