The Apple-Orchard Sleuth

Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 611, Segment 3

Aug 7, 2017 • 13m

Guest: David Benscoter, Retired Investigator for the FBI and United States Treasury David Benscoter retired from the FBI and turned his sleuthing skills to . . . apples. There used to be 17,000 varieties of apples in North America, but now you can find only about a dozen at your local grocer. David Benscoter combs abandoned orchards to find lost apple varieties and then works with Washington State University horticulturists to bring them back.

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Analysis of GOP Immigration ProposalAug 7, 201721mGuest: Charles Kuck, Atlanta-based Immigration Attorney, Former President of the National American Immigration Lawyers Association

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Guest: Jamie Horrocks, PhD, Assistant Professor of English, Brigham Young University As part of our regular series “From the Vaults,” let’s explore some fantastical illustrations in BYU’s Special Collections archive. They’re from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Did you know that surrealist painter Salvador Dalí illustrated a copy? Special Collections has his version—which makes the strange tale even “curiouser and curiouser.” The BYU holdings also include an 1886 edition with the original illustrations by John Tenniel.

Reading Your Customers' EmotionsAug 7, 201721mGuest: Elliot Hedman, PhD, Founder and Chief Experience Designer of mPath If retailers knew what we’re feeling when we walk into a store - what displays interest us, what annoys us - they could probably get us to buy more stuff. If teachers had the same ability, they could be more effective at helping kids learn. A start-up called mPath, born out of MIT’s Media Lab has a system that gets close to doing just that. They can’t read your mind, but they can read your basic emotions with a sensor that you wear on your hand and a camera mounted on a pair of glasses to show where you’re looking.

Guest: Elliot Hedman, PhD, Founder and Chief Experience Designer of mPath If retailers knew what we’re feeling when we walk into a store - what displays interest us, what annoys us - they could probably get us to buy more stuff. If teachers had the same ability, they could be more effective at helping kids learn. A start-up called mPath, born out of MIT’s Media Lab has a system that gets close to doing just that. They can’t read your mind, but they can read your basic emotions with a sensor that you wear on your hand and a camera mounted on a pair of glasses to show where you’re looking.

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Better Way to Make Star VocalistsAug 7, 201722mGuests: Diane Reich, DM, Associate Professor of Vocal Performance, BYU; Michael Johnson, Technology Consultant, BYU’s Center for Teaching and Learning; Dave Brown, BYU Technology Transfer Office Rebecca Pedersen is the latest BYU singer to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The road to winning an award like that includes a lot of practice and a lot of singing in front of juries who rate your performance and offer feedback. Several years ago, some BYU vocal performance professors wondered if there might be a better way to manage those auditions and track their students' progress better. At the time, they were doing what most vocal programs do – tracking it all on paper, even in 2017.

Guests: Diane Reich, DM, Associate Professor of Vocal Performance, BYU; Michael Johnson, Technology Consultant, BYU’s Center for Teaching and Learning; Dave Brown, BYU Technology Transfer Office Rebecca Pedersen is the latest BYU singer to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The road to winning an award like that includes a lot of practice and a lot of singing in front of juries who rate your performance and offer feedback. Several years ago, some BYU vocal performance professors wondered if there might be a better way to manage those auditions and track their students' progress better. At the time, they were doing what most vocal programs do – tracking it all on paper, even in 2017.

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