Egypt, Epic Solitude, Leap Second

Hosni Mubarak’s Legacy in Modern Egypt (0:30) Guest: Quinn Mecham, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University Modern Egypt’s longest-serving leader Hosni Mubarak died last week at age 91. For 30 years he ran Egypt, growing the economy, establishing strong ties with the US and keeping peace with Israel. But his people came to see him as a dictator and ousted him during the Arab Uprising in 2011. Mubarak’s complicated legacy is important in understanding Egypt’s role in the Middle East and US foreign policy.  Archaeologists and Native Americans Collaborate to Understand and Protect Historic Sites (19:09) Guest: Matthew Liebmann, Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University Archaeologists have developed a reputation over the centuries of being pretty disrespectful of indigenous cultures, doing things like excavating sacred Native American burial grounds and taking bones and artifacts away to be studied and displayed in museums without any input from the tribe. Harvard University archaeologist Matthew Liebmann has spent his career trying to not do that. Epic Solitude (33:50) Guest: Katherine Keith, Author, “Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North” Katherine Keith had the dream life – she lived in a log cabin in the Alaskan backcountry, miles from any road, with her husband and infant daughter. That may not sound idyllic for most people, but it was to her. But then her husband died suddenly, and she was left alone with her infant daughter. That’s when Keith turned to the Iditarod trail for solace and healing – that’s dog sled race that travels across 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness. Desperate for More International Help, Colombia Struggles to Meet Needs of Venezuelan Refugees (50:38) Guest: Patrick Ammerman, Master’s Student in Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Grant Recipient, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Venezuela is on the verge of outpacing Syria as the largest refugee crisis in the world. More than four million Venezuelan