Refugees, World's Largest Telescope, Facebook, Marxism

Refugees (1:04) Guests: Annette Harris, Social Service Program Supervisor for the Refugee and Immigrant Center at the Asian Association of Utah; Lina Sarah Wembi, Advocate for refugee resettlement and a former refugee herself, now a proud citizen of the United States Since the attacks in Paris, more than 30 state governors in the US have said they will not welcome any of the 10,000 Syrian refugees President Obama has committed to take by the end of next year. The Governors are concerned some of the refugees might be terrorists in disguise, yet the UN says almost half of all Syrians fleeing violence are children. Since January, about two thousand Syrians have been admitted to the United States and the State Department says 67 percent of them are women and young children. While state and federal leaders debate the fate of asylum seekers, let’s pause to consider a few questions: What happens once they do get here? Where do they live? How do they establish new lives? World’s Largest Telescope (26:11) Guest: Taft Armandroff, PhD, Giant Magellan Telescope Board Chair and Director of the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin A gigantic telescope that will produce images ten-times sharper than the Hubble, is under construction in a remote desert of Chile. Astronomers say it could help unlock the secrets of how the universe formed and whether life exists on planets hundreds of light years away. Facebook Social Support (37:07) Guest: Brianna L. Lane, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at New Mexico State University We write-off the whole Facebook Friend thing as shallow and empty. But there’s research to suggest it’s not. American Heritage: Marxism (51:42) Guest: Grant Madsen, PhD, BYU History Professor On this week’s American Heritage segment, we hear about the impact that Karl Marx had on economic theory. Joan of Arc Movie (1:15:01) Guest: Russell Holt, Writer, Director and Co-producer the new BYUtv film “Joan of Arc,” which premieres at 8 p.m. EST on