Trump on Defense, Jonny Sun, 10 Years of iPhoneTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 623
Aug 23, 2017 • 1h 41m
Afghanistan, Trump’s Defense Dept, Navy Collisions
Guest: Eric Jensen, Associate Professor of Law, Brigham Young University
President Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan this week – a war that he says Americans have grown weary of waging without victory after 16 years. But instead of pulling out of Afghanistan, as he’d promised on the campaign trail, Trump says he now believes it’s better to give the US military and officials on the ground in Afghanistan the resources they need to win, decisively.
Humor and Connection in 140 Characters
Guest: Jonny Sun, Author, @jomnysun Twitter feed and “Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aleibn Too”
Twitter is not a place for feeling good. It’s a place for ranting and sarcasm and bad news. Even comedy has a bite on Twitter, which is maybe why @jonnysun has such a following there. Because he’s none of those things. His profile says he’s “an aliebn confuesed abot humamn lamgauge,” which is evident from his atrocious spelling. His tweets are silly, often punny, a little wistful, a little weird. But never mean. His half a million Twitter followers and ardent fans include Lin Manuel Miranda, Patton Oswalt and Joss Whedon. All three of them have written gushing reviews of a new illustrated book based on Jonny Sun’s Twitter feed.
Eclipse Stories
Guest: Sam Payne, Host of The Apple Seed, BYUradio
Sam Payne's own experience of totality during the total solar eclipse this week.
Your Brain on Movies
Guest: Moran Cerf, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Business, Kellogg School of Management, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Northwestern University
Are you a fan of all the trailers you have to watch before your movie starts at the theater? Even if you aren’t, the creators of trailers sure know how to tease. But is there a formula for an effective trailer? Does a good trailer translate into more ticket sales? Wouldn’t Hollywood like to know.
10 Years of the iPhone
Guest: Brian Merchant, Tech Journalist, Author of “The One Device, the Secret History of the iPho