The Amtrak Primaries

The Amtrak Primaries

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 1, Episode 864 , Segment 1

Episode: Amtrak Primaries, Phone Blue Light, Social Science and Parenting

  • Apr 27, 2016 4:00 pm
  • 45:56 mins

Joe Cannon is our Washington Insider. Joe served as an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1983-1985. Was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992. He served as the Chairman of the Utah Republican Party from 2002 to 2006. He was named editor of the Deseret Morning News on December 8, 2006. Joe currently is the CEO of Fuel Freedom Foundation. Joe recaps the primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland.

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Social Science and Parenting

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Dr. Brian Boutwell is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at St. Louis University. His research focuses on the genetic and environmental underpinnings of human violence and aggression, as well as the intersection of general intelligence with behavioral outcomes. Additionally, his work also focuses on the biological evolution of various human traits. Nature vs. Nurture ... a debate that has been raging for decades. Science has been searching for answers as to how humans develop from children into adults. What has the greatest effect on us:  the style of parenting or the environment we grew up in? Social Science has attempted to answer the question but Dr. Brian Boutwell points out some possible flaws in their research methods.

Dr. Brian Boutwell is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at St. Louis University. His research focuses on the genetic and environmental underpinnings of human violence and aggression, as well as the intersection of general intelligence with behavioral outcomes. Additionally, his work also focuses on the biological evolution of various human traits. Nature vs. Nurture ... a debate that has been raging for decades. Science has been searching for answers as to how humans develop from children into adults. What has the greatest effect on us:  the style of parenting or the environment we grew up in? Social Science has attempted to answer the question but Dr. Brian Boutwell points out some possible flaws in their research methods.