UFOs and Trump's National Security Strategy, Bail Project, Couch SurgeonTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 707
Dec 19, 2017 • 1h 42m
Pentagon’s UFO Program and Trump’s National Security Strategy
Guest: Eric Jensen, JD, Associate Professor of Law, Brigham Young University
President Trump has unveiled his national security strategy – something all Presidents are required to do. Also a front page story in the New York Times over the weekend revealed the existence of something called the “Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program," which is on the lookout for aliens and UFOs.
The Bail Project
Guest: Ezra Ritchin, National Director of Operations, The Bail Project
In America, you’re innocent until proven guilty. But there are hundreds of thousands of people – not yet proven guilty - who spent last night in jails across the country. They just couldn’t afford the bail set by a judge to avoid jail time, so they must wait behind bars – often for months, if not years – for their case to be resolved. As the months drag on, a large percentage of them will plead guilty – even if they’re innocent – just so they can go home. A national effort called The Bail Project is getting underway to prevent people from being forced to plead guilty because they can’t cover a bail of $2,000 or less.
The Downside of "Clean" Food
Guest: Ruth MacDonald, PhD, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Interim Senior Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University
Healthy food bloggers and authors like Michael Pollan encourage us to steer clear of food that contains ingredients we can’t pronounce. Aim for "clean and simple foods" is the mantra. So, something that contains glutamic acid, histidine, methionine, phytosterols and 2-hydroxy-3-methylethl would be a definite no-go right? Except the food I’m describing is a banana. And not even a genetically modified one.
Iowa State University food science and human nutrition expert Ruth MacDonald says it’s not just short-sighted, it’s dangerous, to get too carried away with the whole “no chemicals, no preservatives” thing.
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