The Working Class Poor (10:34)

Dr. Scott Sanders, Assistant Professor of Sociology at BYU, co-authored the study “Work and Occupations.” According to the Agriculture Department around 46.5 Million people received food stamps last year. According to a new study by sociologists at BYU, Cornell and LSU, the majority of the United States poor aren’t jobless. They are working at low-paying jobs, struggling to support their families and themselves.

Airline Safety (54:25)

Captain Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger is a retired airline captain, aviation safety expert and accident investigator, best-selling author, speaker and consultant. He was hailed as a national hero when he successfully executed an emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of Canada geese during its initial climb out of LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009. All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived. Mr. Sullenberger speaks on airline safety, his experience as an airline pilot, and about the recent Germanwings plane accident in France.

Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity? (1:40:50)

Dr. Charles Courtemanche is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. He is a health economist and applied micro-economist with particular research interests in the economics of obesity, public policies to expand insurance coverage, and big box retailers. His research has been published in a variety of journals including the Economic Journal and Journal of Public Economics. Dr. Courtemanche talks with Dr Townsend about his research entitled “Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity?"