Trump's Cabinet, Communicate Science, New Year Resolution

Trumps Cabinet (17:17) Joe Cannon is our Washington Insider. Joe served as an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1983-1985. Was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992. He served as the Chairman of the Utah Republican Party from 2002 to 2006. He was named editor of the Deseret Morning News on December 8, 2006. Joe currently is the CEO of Fuel Freedom Foundation.  Joe and Dr. Townsend discuss the confirmation process of President-elect Trumps cabinet. The Crook Closet (1:03:00) A new sponser. A costume store that caters to the specific needs of the criminal hoping to dress for any occasion. Effectively Communicate About Science? (1:05:39) Dr. Dietram A. Scheufele is a professor in Science Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in the Morgridge Institute for Research. Scheufele’s research deals with the public and political interfaces of emerging science. Whether it’s GMO’s, Climate Change, or Vaccines. You’ve probably heard a friend or family member rant about the science behind it. How does false information get spread? What can scientists do to provide useful information to create positive public discourse? Dietram Scheufele is the John E Ross Professor in Science Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Scheufele is on the forefront of the science of communicating science.  New Year’s Resolutions Are Bad for You (1:56:01) Jessica Lamb-Shapiro is an author of many fiction and nonfiction pieces which have been shown in many publications including The Believer, McSweeney’s, Open City, and Index magazine. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and is a graduate of Brown (BA) and Columbia (MFA). You can read more of her work by finding her new book, Promise Land: My Journey Through America’s Self-Help Culture. Jessica Lamb Shapiro shares why New Year's Resolutions may be bad for goal setting.