Finding Silence in National Parks

Finding Silence in National Parks

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 588 , Segment 2

Episode: Indian American Motel Owners, Finding Silence, Digital Walden

  • Jul 5, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 12:11 mins

Guest: Kurt Repanshek, Founder and Editor of NationalParksTraveler.org More than 300 million people will visit a national park this year, which means the sounds of nature will be increasingly hard to hear. Rather than the sound of birds chirping through an almost tangible silence, there will be cars rushing and manmade sounds polluting the ambient serenity. Kurt Repanshek has reported on noise pollution in national parks for the nonprofit news site NationalParksTraveler.org, which he founded. Visit NationalParksTraveler.org to see more reports.

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SCOTUS Rulings on Travel Ban and Religious School Funding

25 MINS

Guest: Frederick Gedicks, JD, Professor of Constitution Law and Religious Freedom, BYU A new poll out today from Politico and Morning Consult found more than half of Americans support the limited travel ban put in place by the Trump Administration last week. The US Supreme Court cleared the way for the restrictions to take effect banning visitors from six majority-Muslim countries, unless the travelers can prove they have a bona fide relationship with a person or entity already in the US. The limited ban is intended to stay in place until the Supreme Court hears the full case in October. Last week, the court also issued a major religious freedom ruling in favor of a church-run preschool seeking government funds to resurface its playground.

Guest: Frederick Gedicks, JD, Professor of Constitution Law and Religious Freedom, BYU A new poll out today from Politico and Morning Consult found more than half of Americans support the limited travel ban put in place by the Trump Administration last week. The US Supreme Court cleared the way for the restrictions to take effect banning visitors from six majority-Muslim countries, unless the travelers can prove they have a bona fide relationship with a person or entity already in the US. The limited ban is intended to stay in place until the Supreme Court hears the full case in October. Last week, the court also issued a major religious freedom ruling in favor of a church-run preschool seeking government funds to resurface its playground.