Internet Privacy, Swap Burger for Bugs, Refugee Story

Trump Rolls Back Internet Privacy Guest: Phil Windley, Enterprise Architect, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, BYU The week after Congress failed to repeal and replace Obamacare, it did manage to come up with the votes to repeal another set of rules put in place by President Obama at the end of his tenure. The rules would have prohibited internet service providers from selling information about your online behavior to advertisers without your consent. The rules hadn’t yet taken effect. Congress and President Trump have seen to it that they won’t.   Calculating More Efficient School Bus Routes Guest: Ali Haghani, PhD, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland A busy soccer mom will tell you that the key to keeping the afterschool carpool hours sane is efficiency: Drop off Joey on the way to pick up Jane, and pick up milk on your way back to get Joey. The same principles apply to getting the masses of elementary, middle, and high school students to school and back every day. In fact, even small efficiencies—or inefficiencies—can have a big impact on a school district’s bottom line, according to University of Maryland Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ali Haghani. He and his team have been working with the Howard County Public School System in Maryland to improve the efficiency of its bus routes. Swap Your Burger for Bugs? Guest: Mohammed Ashour, CEO and co-founder of Aspire Food Group Two billion people around world commonly consume insects as part of their diet. However, most of them live outside of the US. Although insects like crickets are far healthier than most traditional snack foods, most Americans can't get past their gag reflex. But a Texas food company has taken on the challenge. Their goal: to make insect-eating normal. To get your own crickets click here. Use the promo code BYU for a discount! Apple Seed Guest: Sam Payne, Host of BYUradio’s “The Apple Seed” Sam Payne joins us in the studio to share tales of tellers and stories. A Refugee’s