Iran, Digital Clothing, African Women Rising

Iran’s Catastrophic Downing of Ukrainian Airliner Creates a Surprising Turn of Fortune (0:32) Guest: Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment, Former US State Department Middle East Advisor and Negotiator Iranians are protesting in the streets again today, demanding accountability from their government. After three days of denial, the Iranian military admitted it fired the missiles that brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet last week, killing all 176 passengers. Most of the dead are Iranians. Iran’s foreign minister blamed the tragic mistake on “the crisis caused by US adventurism,” which refers to America’s killing of top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani ten days ago.  Is the World Safer with Soleimani Dead? (9:31) Guest: Max Abrahms, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, Author of “Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History” The Trump Administration spent the weekend defending its decision to kill Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani. President Trump told Fox News Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on four US embassies. But Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other top national security officials say they saw no evidence of those attacks. Still, they say Soleimani was a bad guy and thus, his killing was justified.  Fashion that is Always Digital, Never Physical (22:07) Guest: Kerry Murphy, founder and CEO of The Fabricant Your video-game-playing kids have probably begged you at some point to buy them “skins.” In virtual worlds like Fortnite, players take on a persona – a skin – and it’s a status symbol to have a particularly rare one. But even if you don’t play video games, most of us have a digital persona. What if you could buy an amazing digital outfit – say a designer suit or gown - to wear on Instagram? It’s just a digital file. You never actual wear it in real life. Would you pay for digital only clothing?  Bringing Religion and Spirituality Into Psychiatric Treatment (34:17) Guest: David Rosmarin, PhD, Directo