
Drone Defense, Food Deserts, Art Forger
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1449
- Oct 16, 2020 6:00 am
- 104:37
Drone Defense Ethics (0:34) Guest: Ryan Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University, Director of Ethics and Policy, WhiteFox Defense Technologies A New Jersey man was arrested this week on charges of trying to smuggle contraband into a prison using a drone. These aircrafts can cause all sorts of problems in the wrong hands: at times, they’ve made fire-fighting more difficult, interfered with law enforcement, invaded privacy. While the government is still figuring out the best way to regulate drones, new companies are cropping up with technology to defend against the aircrafts. (Originally aired Feb 25, 2019). Why Grocery Stores Don’t Help Communities in Food Deserts to Stay Healthy (19:16) Guest: Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen, PhD Candidate, University at Buffalo, Graduate Research Assistant, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Many low-income communities don’t have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. That can cause all kinds of health problems, and the seemingly obvious solution is to build grocery stores in those areas. That does make fruits and vegetables available to these people, only problem is that most still don’t buy them. (Originally aired Nov 5, 2019). 2,995 Days of Disney (33:01) Guest: Jeff Reitz Disneyland officials say they’reready to open back up–whenever the governor of California will let them. And the latest from Governor Newsom is that there is no plan to allow theme parks to reopen anytime soon. The pandemic shut down Disneyland in March, and with it, a pretty remarkable run for Jeff Reitz. He’d been to Disneyland every single day for eight years. The night the park closed was Reitz’s 2,995th consecutive day at Disneyland. Can you even imagine? (Originally aired Mar 25, 2020). Turning Complicated Contracts into Comic Books (52:55) Guest: Camilla Baasch Andersen, Professor, University of Western Australia Law School With all the terms and conditions, agreements, and contracts I’ve mindlessly accepted or signed, I may have given away