US Quits Iran Nuclear DealTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 807, Segment 1
May 8, 2018 • 18m
Guest: Lawrence Wilkerson, Retired US Army Colonel, Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colonel Powell, Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy, College of William and Mary This afternoon, President Donald Trump did what he’s been promising to do since he took office – pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement, which he called “defective at its core.” In pulling out of the agreement, President Trump says the US will “impose the highest level of economic sanctions” on Iran. The nuclear deal signed in 2015 restricted Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for lifting sanctions that had crippled its economy.

Implicit BiasMay 8, 201817mGuest: Calvin Lai, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis On Tuesday, May 29, all the standalone Starbucks stores in the country will close for a few hours in the afternoon “for a mandatory training around unconscious bias.” That announcement came from Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson a few days after a manager in a Philadelphia Starbucks called police on two black men who were waiting for a friend but hadn’t ordered anything. Video of the men being arrested by police went viral, prompting national outrage and an apology from Starbucks. But what’s this “unconscious bias” training the company’s baristas will now be required to take? And what difference might it make?
Guest: Calvin Lai, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis On Tuesday, May 29, all the standalone Starbucks stores in the country will close for a few hours in the afternoon “for a mandatory training around unconscious bias.” That announcement came from Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson a few days after a manager in a Philadelphia Starbucks called police on two black men who were waiting for a friend but hadn’t ordered anything. Video of the men being arrested by police went viral, prompting national outrage and an apology from Starbucks. But what’s this “unconscious bias” training the company’s baristas will now be required to take? And what difference might it make?