Domestic Terrorism, Police & Mental Health, Birdsong

Understanding the Domestic Terror Threat in America (0:32) Guest: Ryan Vogel, Director, Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley University Over the weekend, federal officials in Utah indicted nearly two dozen members of “white supremacist gangs” for drugs and weapons trafficking. The week prior, federal officials charged a dozen men affiliated with anti-government militia groups for plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor over her pandemic shutdown orders. Both are examples of “domestic terrorism,” which the Department of Homeland Security recently singled out as a “persistent and lethal” threat on the rise in the US. Women in the Workplace Report (19:17) Guest: Marianne Cooper, Sociologist, VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab, Affiliate at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University Working mothers have always battled a stigma that in the US. They’re more likely to be penalized for juggling home and work responsibilities or asking for flexibility to attend to their children’s needs. But the pandemic has amplified those disadvantages in a way that could derail careers and erase the significant gains employers have made in women’s representation. Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Among Police Officers (36:10) Guest: Beth Milliard, Sergeant, York Regional Police, Ontario, Canada In the United States, police officers are far more likely to die by suicide than they are to be killed in the line of duty. Federal officials and nonprofits that support police officers have all declared suicide a pressing health risk for people in law enforcement. What’s driving the problem and what might help?  Air Pollution Has Been Linked to Brain Disorders–But Why? (51:18) Guest: Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Professor of Environmental Medicine, Pediatrics, and Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Air pollution is obviously bad for the lungs. It’s become increasingly clear that air pollution hurts the brain, too. May even be linked to dementia, Alzheimer’s and autism. But why? Trea