The Connection Between Big Chicken and Antibiotic Resistance

The Connection Between Big Chicken and Antibiotic Resistance

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 653 , Segment 7

Episode: NRA's Clout, Patents for Startups, Mass Trauma

  • Oct 4, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 21:59 mins

Guest: Maryn McKenna, Journalist, Author of “Big Chicken” The emergence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics has become a global health crisis. We’ve heard about the need to stop using antibacterial soaps and how harmful it is to take antibiotics unnecessarily. But did you know that what we eat is also part of the problem? In particular, the US chicken industry has played a part in the rise of drug-resistant bacteria. It’s a strange and fascinating story, which journalist Maryn McKenna explores in her new book, “Big Chicken.”

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How the NRA Shapes the Debate Over Guns After a Mass Shooting

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Guest: Kelly Patterson, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University  After each tragic mass shooting comes a spin cycles that’s now familiar: Gun control advocates press for restrictions on access to firearms and blame the NRA for blocking them. Meanwhile, the NRA goes silent. Up until Friday of last week, the NRA was posting multiple times daily on its Facebook and Twitter feeds. Since the shooting in Las Vegas, nothing. No public statements from the NRA in the press, either. And allies of the NRA in Congress say now is not the time to talk about gun laws, it’s the time for “thoughts and prayers.”  If the recent past is any indication, when the time to talk about gun laws does come, Congress is unlikely to make changes. How much credit can the NRA take for that?

Guest: Kelly Patterson, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University  After each tragic mass shooting comes a spin cycles that’s now familiar: Gun control advocates press for restrictions on access to firearms and blame the NRA for blocking them. Meanwhile, the NRA goes silent. Up until Friday of last week, the NRA was posting multiple times daily on its Facebook and Twitter feeds. Since the shooting in Las Vegas, nothing. No public statements from the NRA in the press, either. And allies of the NRA in Congress say now is not the time to talk about gun laws, it’s the time for “thoughts and prayers.”  If the recent past is any indication, when the time to talk about gun laws does come, Congress is unlikely to make changes. How much credit can the NRA take for that?