Earlier this month the Central Pennsylvania-based American Mental Health Wellness Association launched a website that could be described as a one-stop resource for mental wellness or mental illness. It includes information on mental illness symptoms, diagnosis and how and where to get help.

The AMWA has also joined with other organizations to promote and educate on mental wellness, including Please Live -- an organization that focuses on depression, anxiety and suicide prevention -- especially amongst young people.

Education and awareness of mental wellness is important today when the numbers are taken into account -- one in five adults experienced a mental health issue in 2014 and one in five young people live with a diagnosable mental health condition. But yet, mental illness still has a stigma attached to it and isn't discussed as often as physical illnesses.

We learn more on Tuesday's Smart Talk from Sharon Engdahl, the Executive Director of the American Mental Wellness Association and her assistant Alexa Moody, who also is the founder of Please Live.

Also, Franklin and Marshall College political analyst and pollster Dr. G. Terry Madonna speaks to us live from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Three police officers were shot and killed and three others wounded - one critically - in Baton Rouge, Louisiana yesterday. The shootings occurred less than two weeks after police shot and killed an African-American man -- Alton Stirling during a struggle. Five police officers were murdered in Dallas and another black man was killed by police in Minnesota - all in the last two weeks. Police identified the Baton Rouge shooter as 29 year old Gavin Eugene Long of Kansas City Missouri. Joining us to discuss the latest is Sue Lincoln, Capitol Access reporter at WRKF Public Radio in Baton Rouge.

Merit selection of statewide appellate court judges is an issue that has been debated for years in Pennsylvania but yet never seems to change.

Currently, Pennsylvania voters elect judges to the state Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts. There are several criticisms to electing judges. Critics say voters don't know the candidates so they'll choose a candidate based on their ballot position or area of the state they're from. They also contend too much money goes into judicial races -- much of it from law firms or organizations that may one day appear in the courtroom of a judge who they supported with contributions.

No changes have been made until this point because legislators are hesitant to take the responsibility away from voters and many say that a panel appointed to choose judges could also be too political.

Legislation is being considered in Harrisburg now that would change how judges are chosen. Widener University Commonwealth Law School Professor Emeritus John Gedid appears on Monday's Smart Talk to discuss it.

Also, the Republican National Convention opens Monday. We'll get a report from Cleveland with Franklin and Marshall College political analyst and pollster, Dr. G. Terry Madonna.

There was a time when the mention of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant made Central Pennsylvanians think back to the 1979 partial meltdown at the facility's Unit #2 reactor.

TMI doesn't seem to get the same reaction today, especially since Unit #1 has been generating electricity safely for the past 30 years. However, TMI is not making the kind of money it once did in the energy market and its future is being assessed by owner Exelon Corporation and that includes the possibility of shutting the plant down, even though it is currently licensed to operate until 2034.

Appearing on Friday's Smart Talk to discuss the speculation is Joe Dominguez, Exelon Executive Vice President of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy.

Also, on July 17, 1996, Trans World Airlines Flight 800 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 230 people on board. This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the third-deadliest accident in U.S. aviation history.

The tragedy disproportionately affected one Pennsylvania community more than any other. Twenty-one of the 230 victims came from Montoursville in Lycoming County. They were Montoursville High School students and their five chaperones traveling for a student exchange program in France.

Joining us Friday to discuss the impact of the tragedy on Montoursville over the last 20 years are Chris Miller, Penn State College of Technology Police Chief and Police Chief of Montoursville in 1996, and John Dorin, Mayor of Montoursville.

How well do you know your family history? Not just your parents, siblings, and children, but all the second cousins twice removed and great uncles too. And even your parents, where did they come from? What were their parents like and what did they do?

Thursday's Smart Talk examines genealogy. The study of a family's line of descent and a family's history first began in royal and wealthy families who had power and wealth to preserve. However, as time went on more and more families from every class and nationality developed an interest in where they came from.

Sometimes it can feel overwhelming to research one's genealogy because of the number of branching paths the family tree can take as well as the amount of records available. Everybody has a 1 in 4 chance of having a grandparent's surname and a 1 in 8 chance of having a great grandparent's making it even more complex.

Joining us on Smart Talk are Jonathan Stayer, the Supervisor of Reference Services for the Pennsylvania State Archives and Cara Curtis, Archives Library Manager with the

Cumberland County Historical Society.

They'll be able to tell you more about genealogy, specifically in Pennsylvania and what resources are good starting points for researching a family's past.

When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, most of his campaign focused on domestic issues. Tax cuts and "compassionate conservatism" were two terms heard most often. But just nine months into Bush's first term, there were the 9/11 terrorist attacks and then war with the Taliban in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq.

Even though the nation's economy tanked near the end of the 2008 presidential campaign, campaign promises that attracted voters to Barack Obama included his promises to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and bring American troops home. Eight years later, troops have been removed for the most part, but terrorists have gained strength.

The point is the foreign policy of a president can be influenced and maybe changed by events beyond his or her control.

So while much of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's campaign pronouncements have been on domestic issues, America's place in the world and foreign policy will make up much of their agendas.

What will a Trump or Clinton foreign policy look like?

That's the topic of conversation on Wednesday's Smart Talk with Dr. Christopher Dolan, Professor of Politics and Director of Global Studies at Lebanon Valley College and Dr. Nicholas Clark, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Susquehanna University.

What are the basic things you need to lead a happy, healthy, productive life? Water, food, clothing, and shelter: the age old list of necessities any human needs. But is it missing something? The UN would say so, stipulating in 2011 that a person's access to the Internet should be classified as a human right.

Just looking around, the world certainly has come to understand the convenience and necessity of the web. And it isn't just reserved for entertainment and distraction. Countless jobs now can only be applied to through online portals, numerous newspapers and print publications are failing, falling to the might of paperless publishing, making access to the happenings of the world continually more restricted to online spaces.

So, how is a person supposed to thrive if their Internet connection is too slow to be functional? Or, what if they don't even have access to the internet? A 2013 survey found that 28% of Pennsylvania households didn't have Internet access.

Joining us Tuesday to discuss the expansion of fast, stable, and reliable web access to a corridor through southeastern PA is Bernadette Reineberg, Director of Community Outreach and Special Projects for United Fiber and Data. Also on the show is Kelly Lewis, President and CEO of Lewis Strategic and Jonelle Darr, Executive Director of the Cumberland County Library System. Libraries serve as points of access to the Internet and countless other digital resources for the numerous Pennsylvanians without an Internet connection in their home.

Last week had the feel of late 1960s America when the nation was torn apart -- often violently -- by racial strife, assassinations and the Vietnam War. The country was in the midst of great upheaval and change.

Almost 50 years later, one has to wonder has much has changed.

The shootings of two black men -- one in Louisiana and another in Minnesota -- by police were the latest in a string of violent confrontations between police and African-American men over the past two years. With each one, the mistrust between the black community and law enforcement seems to get wider.

Then last Thursday night, a sniper shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others in Dallas -- just blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 -- another reminder of the volatile 1960s.

A sense of sadness, anger and fear has spread over the country and left many asking when does it all end, how do we stop the violence and bridge the gap between the races and especially blacks and police.

We'll investigate those questions on Monday's Smart Talk.

Our panel includes:

Ophelia Chambliss, First Vice President of the York NAACP

Rev. Nathaniel Gadsden, Community Impact Manager for the United Way of the Capital Region

Dr. Jonathan Lee, an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Harrisburg

Rob Martin, Director of Public Safety for Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County

Dr. Rita Shah, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Elizabethtown College.

Death, like life, is one of the few things universally shared among humanity. Whether by natural causes, disaster, accident, or the will of others, it's something that everyone will have to face eventually. However, not all deaths are alike. Sometimes, the cause of a person's death is a mystery. Sometimes, the cause of someone's death can help solve a mystery.

That's the premise behind an upcoming Investigation Discovery miniseries. The eight-part show, "The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead," premieres Monday, July 18, and it reconstructs eight different cases of forensic science from the files of one coroner: Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick.

Hetrick has been Dauphin County's Coroner for 25 years, as well as a grief counselor, adjunct professor, and Funeral Director. Hetrick joins us not only to discuss his upcoming show, but also other cases he's been involved in in the past and forensic science in general.

Also, terrifying deaths struck the waterways of New Jersey a century ago. From July 1 until July 12 in 1916, five shark attacks occurred in the communities of Beach Haven, Spring Lake, and Matawan resulting in four fatalities. The attacks shocked the country and the world, flipping long held notions that sharks didn't exist in Northern waters and would surely never attack.

So indelible were these "12 Days of Terror" that they led to the entrance of sharks in popular culture, inspiring films like Jaws and events like Discovery's annual Shark Week.

Speaking with us Friday about the events of a century ago and the commemorations of this tragedy going on this summer is Jim Vogel, Executive Director of the Museum of New Jersey Maritime History.

Say the word rabies and what image conjures itself in your mind? Perhaps it's the iconic image of a dog who is frothing at the mouth. But is this the reality of what rabies actually is? That may be an important thing to know since Pennsylvania is second in the country for overall number of rabies cases. And it's in the Midstate where the highest numbers of those cases appear.

While rabies is far more common amongst wild animals, and Pennsylvania ranks third in terms of wild animals with rabies, the virus can easily be passed on to domestic pets. Pennsylvania leads in reported cases of rabies among cats That's significant because cats are almost four times as likely to be infected as dogs are, contrary to the widespread idea of rabies.

The first step you can take as a pet owner to keep your animals safe is to get them vaccinated against rabies.

What are the realities of rabies, and how can you spot it to keep you and your pets safe? We'll discuss all that and more on Thursday's Smart Talk with guests Amy Kaunas, Executive Director of the Humane Society of the Harrisburg Area, and Dr. Elizabeth Santini, Veterinarian for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Smart Talk finishes the week Friday with a show that will be a lot of fun.

Describe it as Antiques Roadshow on radio. David Cordier, President and CEO of Cordier Auctions and Appraisals, appears on Friday's show to discuss antiques, collecting, and value.

The program may be the most interactive one we've ever had. That's because we're encouraging you to either call the show at 800-729-7532 to describe an antique item that you have or send a description and photograph to [email protected]. Mr. Cordier will try to provide a rough estimate of its value, based on what he sees and hears.

Do you have a family heirloom that has been handed down or maybe something you've picked up along the way? Perhaps an old letter or postcard -- something with a famous person's signature on it?

Tune in to Friday's Smart Talk at 9 a.m. to hear more