Greece Update

Greece Update

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 108 , Segment 1

Episode: Greece, Underground Coal Fire, Silver Lining, Tanning

  • Jul 22, 2015 9:00 pm
  • 19:58 mins

Guest: Wade Jacoby, Ph.D., Political Science Professor at BYU Greece is Top of Mind today. The nation’s parliament is slated to take another important vote on reforms necessary to get bailout funds from the European Central Bank. The reforms include tax increases and spending cuts that Greece’s European creditors demanded in exchange for keeping the country in the Eurozone and out of bankruptcy. The deal was cut at the 11th hour and has since allowed Greece’s banks to reopen for the first time in three weeks.

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Underground Coal Fire

19 MINS

Guest: Glenn Stracher, Ph.D., Professor at East Georgia State College   When visiting the site of Centralia, Pennsylvania, it’s hard to believe that there used to be a bustling coal-town of nearly 1,000 residents that once resided there. The streets that were once filled with passing cars and busy people are now cracked and overgrown, and the buildings that line them are boarded up and rotting away. An unnerving layer of smoke and smog rises from the ground, much like a scene in a horror film. Centralia—in a sense—is a ghost town, caused by the very substance that kept the town thriving—coal. Underneath Centralia is a massive coal fire that’s been burning for over half a century and doesn’t seem to die out any time soon.

Guest: Glenn Stracher, Ph.D., Professor at East Georgia State College   When visiting the site of Centralia, Pennsylvania, it’s hard to believe that there used to be a bustling coal-town of nearly 1,000 residents that once resided there. The streets that were once filled with passing cars and busy people are now cracked and overgrown, and the buildings that line them are boarded up and rotting away. An unnerving layer of smoke and smog rises from the ground, much like a scene in a horror film. Centralia—in a sense—is a ghost town, caused by the very substance that kept the town thriving—coal. Underneath Centralia is a massive coal fire that’s been burning for over half a century and doesn’t seem to die out any time soon.