George Takei, Emoji Law, Overlooked

Actor George Takei’s Firsthand Account of His Childhood in an Internment Camp for Japanese Americans (0:32) Guest: George Takei, Actor/Activist/Author of “They Called Us Enemy”  George Takei shot to fame aboard the Starship Enterprise – even taking the captain’s chair on occasion. Before Takei was Star Trek’s Sulu, he was a child, imprisoned with his family because of their Japanese heritage. By the time Takei left the World War II internment camps, he was 9 years old and had spent nearly half his life behind barbed-wire. Takei’s story was the basis of a hit Broadway musical in which he co-starred with Lea Salonga called Allegiance. Now Takei has written a memoir about his childhood in the “relocation camps.” It’s a graphic novel titled “They Called Us Enemy.” (Originally aired 7/16/19) How Emojis Are Impacting the Law (20:23) Guest: Eric Goldman Is a Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute Now that we’re all using emojis as a regular part of communication, they’re starting to pop up lawsuits. A judge or jury might have to decide if somebody’s thumbs-up emoji at the end of a text exchange was a firm commitment or just a way to end the conversation. If you give a thumbs up emoji is that the same as signing your name to a document? (Originally aired 11/4/2019) Proprioception: Our Sixth Sense (32:31) Guest: Alexander Chesler, Principal Investigator at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH Try this: Close your eyes and touch your finger to your nose. Pretty easy, right? You just engaged your sixth sense. It’s called proprioception and it’s what makes it possible for professional ice skaters to do triple axels, helps basketball players dunk a ball, and helps us all maintain that six-foot distance between each other right now. Surprisingly, researchers have only recently started to understand how it works. (Originally aired 1/16/20 at 2:40 PM) Speedgate: New Sport Created by AI (50:43) Guest: Whitney Jenkins, Creative Director,