The Truth About Facts Guest: Ryan Christensen, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, BYU What is a fact? The dictionary says it’s something that is indisputably the case. But, we’ve seen top Trump Administration officials in the last week suggesting that facts are up for debate.  What’s the truth about facts? Can you have different facts than I have? If facts are always a matter of framing and perspective, then maybe the media obsession with fact checking and labeling things true or false is pointless.  The Making of El Chapo Guest: Don Winslow, author “The Power of the Dog,” and “The Cartel” The head of the Sinaloa drug cartel – Joaquin El Chapo Guzman – was extradited to the US last week and for charged a host of crimes including murder conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons violations. He’s being held in a maximum security prison in Manhattan, where chances are much slimmer that he could manage a dramatic escape like he did from a prison in Mexico during the summer of 2015.  Studying Culture Through Obituaries Guest: Janice Hume, PhD, Head of the Department of Journalism and Carter Chair in Journalism Excellence, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia If you still get a print newspaper on your doorstep each morning, what do you flip to first? At a certain age, lots of people can’t resist looking at the obituaries right away. It’s not a morbid thing. For friends and family, obituaries are a way of celebrating an individual’s life. For strangers, there’s a kind of community connection that comes from reading about someone who breathed the same air and traveled the same streets as you. Taken together, obituaries are an historical record of society and what it values.  Why People Don’t Flee Natural Disasters Guest: Jennifer Horney, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University Last weekend there were flash flood warnings in effect in parts of Georgia and officials warned residents to move to higher ground. Evacuation orders are a crucial component to keeping people safe in natural disasters. But late last fall, we saw people clinging to their rooftops after Hurricane Matthew in the southeast. At times like these, many of us sit comfortably at home and wonder, “Why didn’t those people leave when evacuation was ordered?”  That Song That’s Stuck in Your Head Guest: Kelly Jakubowski, PhD, Music Psychologist, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Durham University, UK How long has it been since you had a song stuck in your head? We recently spoke a music psychologist about this phenomenon.