New Rules on Housing Segregation

Guest: Dr. Jeff Tomberlin, Texas A&M entomologist  Mosquitos sometimes make the decision to sit outside and enjoy the summer a painful one. What makes mosquitos like us so much? Entomologist Jeff Tomberlin has recently found evidence that the bacteria on our skin have a way of sending a message to mosquitos that's pretty much like ringing a dinner bell. But now for the good news- Dr. Tomberlin and his colleagues think they might be able to mute that message so mosquitos steer clear.

Guest: Sam Payne, host and storyteller of The Apple Seed  Sam Payne, host of BYU Radio's "The Apple Seed" joins us to tell a story by his friend who wrote a full story every day for 40 days. This one is called "All the Pleasures"

Guest: Dr. Mary Bercaw Edwards, University of Connecticut English  Many of you are familiar with Captain Ahab, who searched for “the white whale” in “Moby Dick”. His ship – the Pequod – is a central character in the book, and a career-long obsession for University of Connecticut English professor Mary Bercaw Edwards. She’s an experienced sailor – even circumnavigated the world with her family at the age of 16. Last year, Bercaw Edwards set sail on the closest thing possible to Melville’s fantastical Pequod: She joined the crew of the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship in the world and the final vestige of a once vast fleet of ships on which Herman Melville himself spent time as a seaman.

Guest: James Hill, Pulitzer Prize winner  There are certain photographs that have become iconic and our culture and history: New York’s Twin Towers in flames, the lone protester staring down a tank in Tiananmen Square, a 9-year old Vietnamese napalm-victim fleeing naked. Powerful photographs certainly impact those who look at them. What impact do these images, particularly those that document violence, have on the person behind the lens?  The stories behind the photographs are part of what makes award-winning photojournalist James Hill’s new book so fascinating. Somewhere Between War and Peace is a retrospective of his 20 plus years documenting war and politics in the world’s most dangerous places.  Link to the photos from Somewhere Between War and Peace. Viewer discretion advised.