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Why Climate Change is a Greater Threat to the US than China or Russia
Top of Mind with Julie Rose- Nov 4, 2021 8:00 pm
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World leaders are at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow this week, trying to agree on how to slow the effects of climate change. It’s a global problem, so if the entire world can’t agree with using fewer fossil fuels, is there any point to individual countries like the United States trying to do so so aggressively? What if we stop using coal, but China doesn’t, so it just gets richer and more powerful—and thus even more of a threat to the US? Quincy Institute national security analyst and author of “Climate Change and the Nation State” Anatol Lieven says climate change is the threat the United States needs to worry about most.
Why Climate Change is a Greater Threat to the US than China or Russia
World leaders are at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow this week, trying to agree on how to slow the effects of climate change. It’s a global problem, so if the entire world can’t agree with using fewer fossil fuels, is there any point to individual countries like the United States trying to do so so aggressively? What if we stop using coal, but China doesn’t, so it just gets richer and more powerful—and thus even more of a threat to the US? Quincy Institute national security analyst and author of “Climate Change and the Nation State” Anatol Lieven says climate change is the threat the United States needs to worry about most.
World leaders are at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow this week, trying to agree on how to slow the effects of climate change. It’s a global problem, so if the entire world can’t agree with using fewer fossil fuels, is there any point to individual countries like the United States trying to do so so aggressively? What if we stop using coal, but China doesn’t, so it just gets richer and more powerful—and thus even more of a threat to the US? Quincy Institute national security analyst and author of “Climate Change and the Nation State” Anatol Lieven says climate change is the threat the United States needs to worry about most.
Helping Youth At-Risk for Violent Crime “Choose to Change”
2020 was an unusually violent year in America. According to official FBI statistics, murders jumped 30% over the previous year, and the problem wasn’t just concentrated in big cities like New York and LA. It was widespread. A partnership of nonprofits in Chicago has pioneered a program to stop the cycle of violence in neighborhoods where young people are particularly at-risk. It’s called “Choose to Change.” The group includes Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. and Children's Home & Aid, evaluated by the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab. A randomized controlled trial of the program found youth who participate are far less likely to be arrested for a violent crime. Christopher Sutton, director of Choose to Change, discusses. (Segment produced by Lynsey Mella)
2020 was an unusually violent year in America. According to official FBI statistics, murders jumped 30% over the previous year, and the problem wasn’t just concentrated in big cities like New York and LA. It was widespread. A partnership of nonprofits in Chicago has pioneered a program to stop the cycle of violence in neighborhoods where young people are particularly at-risk. It’s called “Choose to Change.” The group includes Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. and Children's Home & Aid, evaluated by the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab. A randomized controlled trial of the program found youth who participate are far less likely to be arrested for a violent crime. Christopher Sutton, director of Choose to Change, discusses. (Segment produced by Lynsey Mella)
Childcare Workers Exit Industry Searching for Livable Wages and Benefits
The pandemic has thrown the whole childcare industry into crisis—along with working parents that rely on it. More than 10,000 workers have left childcare jobs just since June. That’s a huge exodus. Marcy Whitebook, the emerita director of the Center for the Study of Childcare Employment at the University of California-Berkeley, talks about the mass departure of childcare workers and what it means for families.
The pandemic has thrown the whole childcare industry into crisis—along with working parents that rely on it. More than 10,000 workers have left childcare jobs just since June. That’s a huge exodus. Marcy Whitebook, the emerita director of the Center for the Study of Childcare Employment at the University of California-Berkeley, talks about the mass departure of childcare workers and what it means for families.
We’re Failing to Prevent Suicide Because We Misunderstand Why It Happens
Over the past two decades, the suicide rate in the United States has steadily increased, despite increasing efforts to reverse the trend. What are we getting wrong? Clinical psychologist and suicide researcher Craig Bryan has concluded that we’re failing to prevent suicide because we fundamentally misunderstand why suicide happens. We’re trained to think it’s the result of mental illness when most of the time it’s not. Bryan is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral health at The Ohio State University, and he has a new book called “Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails and How We Can Do Better.”
Over the past two decades, the suicide rate in the United States has steadily increased, despite increasing efforts to reverse the trend. What are we getting wrong? Clinical psychologist and suicide researcher Craig Bryan has concluded that we’re failing to prevent suicide because we fundamentally misunderstand why suicide happens. We’re trained to think it’s the result of mental illness when most of the time it’s not. Bryan is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral health at The Ohio State University, and he has a new book called “Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails and How We Can Do Better.”
Mosquito-Proof Fabrics
Mosquitoes are so good at finding a meal. They often manage to bite even through clothing. Sometimes the only thing that works is dousing one’s whole body in insect repellant. But what if there was a type of fabric that could prevent a mosquito from piercing through to the skin? Biomedical engineer Marian McCord developed mosquito-proof clothing while at North Carolina State University. Now a professor at the University of New Hampshire, she discusses how it works. (Originally aired September 2nd, 2021) (Photo: Matthew Bertone, NCSU)
Mosquitoes are so good at finding a meal. They often manage to bite even through clothing. Sometimes the only thing that works is dousing one’s whole body in insect repellant. But what if there was a type of fabric that could prevent a mosquito from piercing through to the skin? Biomedical engineer Marian McCord developed mosquito-proof clothing while at North Carolina State University. Now a professor at the University of New Hampshire, she discusses how it works. (Originally aired September 2nd, 2021) (Photo: Matthew Bertone, NCSU)