Mentoring, Oil Prices, Uffington Horse

Mentoring, Oil Prices, Uffington Horse

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

  • Aug 21, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 1:40:36 mins

How Mentorship Can Close the Skills Gap in America Guest: Patty Alper, President of the Alper Portfolio Group, Author of “Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America” Students are heading back to school and there is a gap in the education system. A survey conducted last year by the data company PayScale found only half of hiring managers think young people are actually prepared to hit the ground running. Companies say recent grads seem to be missing a set of skills that’s not easy to teach in a classroom setting. You can find more information here.  Villages of Tiny Houses for Homeless Guest: Sergio Palleroni, Professor of Architecture, Portland State University, Director of Center for Public Interest Design Across the country, cities struggle to find places to build homeless shelters and affordable housing, because established neighborhoods don’t want them in their backyards. Over the last decade, through a combination of desperation and creativity, we’ve started to see villages of tiny houses built for – and often by – homeless people popping up as a solution. Usually residents live alone or as a couple in small one-room huts – maybe even a shipping container converted into housing - with communal kitchen and bathroom facilities. Portland is home to the very first of these, called Dignity Village, which started in 2001 in an industrial part of the city where nobody would complain about having it as a neighbor. Dignity Village today is now thriving with some 60 people, its far flung location remains a challenge for residents. Why Are Gas Prices so Volatile? Guest: Gideon Bornstein, Doctoral Student of Economics, Northwestern University We all remember several years ago when gas was over $4 a gallon. Now, it's holding steady around $2.30. Why do gas prices go up and down so much? According to a study out of Northwestern, it is not just because of OPEC. Customer demand plays a large a role.  3,000 Year-Old Uffington White Horse Guest: Andrew Foley, Ranger, National Trust in England Three thousand years ago, the image of a giant white horse was cut into the rolling hillside of Uffington, which is about 20 miles southwest of Oxford, England. It’s a sleek and minimalist stallion, as long as a football field, leaping across the landscape, bright white against the green turf.  It’s made of chalk, and you have to wonder how it has survived the forces of erosion over three millennia. Parent Previews - Logan Lucky Guest: Rod Gustafson, ParentPreviews.com The director behind the Oceans 11, 12 and 13 films has a new take on his band-of-quirky-criminals-pull-off-an-unlikely-heist formula. “Logan Lucky” centers on two perpetually unlucky brothers by the name of Logan and their plan to rob Charlotte Motor Speedway on the day of a major NASCAR race. Tech Transfer Guests: Nathan Powers, PhD, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, BYU; Spencer Rogers, BYU Technology Transfer Office For our weekly highlight of innovation taking place at BYU, physics professor Nathan Powers describes the hands-on learning lab he designed to teach students the basics of electricity, specifically, "electric potential."

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