News and Politics, Dance, Social Media and Body Image

News and Politics, Dance, Social Media and Body Image

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 71

  • Apr 13, 2015 1:00 pm
  • 2:17:43 mins

Joe Cannon: News & Politics (12:22) Joe Cannon, CEO of Fuel Freedom Foundation, former Chairman of the Utah Republican Party, past assistant administrator in the US EPA, and editor of the Deseret News. Joe talks current political news including Hillary Clinton declaring for her presidential run and who could challenge her. Why We Think We Can't Dance (58:51) Lan Chaplin is an associate professor of marketing at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration.  Dr. Chaplin earned a PhD in Marketing, from the University of Minnesota and a BA in Biological Basis of Behavior University of Pennsylvania. One of her recent publications includes a study entitled: “Why We Think We Can’t Dance: Theory of Mind and Children’s Desire to Perform” Impact of Social Media on Body Image (1:44:33) Dr. Karen L. Steinberg, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Approximately a half million teens struggle with eating disorders or disordered eating. Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating can cause serious physical problems and, at their most severe, can even be life-threatening. Dr. Steinberg joins the show to talk about the impact of social media on body image.

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