Water, Balancing Fatherhood and Work, Sports Recap

Water, Balancing Fatherhood and Work, Sports Recap

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 139

  • Jul 1, 2015 1:00 pm
  • 2:12:35 mins

Tony Arnold - Are We Running Out of Water? (10:54) Tony Arnold is a Professor of Law at University of Louisville, Affiliated Professor of Urban Planning, Boehl Chair in Property & Land Use, and Chair of the Center for Land Use & Environmental Responsibility. Today he talks about the drought in the West and how public policy decisions play a role in the current crisis. Josh Levs - Balancing Fatherhood and Work (55:20) Josh Levs is an investigative journalist, expert on modern fatherhood and parent of three whose new book “All in: How our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—and How We Can Fix It Together”. He has spent years reporting for CNN on air and online and serving as the network’s “dad columnist”. Prior to CNN he was a report for NPR. He is the winner of 6 Peabody Awards, two Edward R. Murrow awards and a designation as a Journalist of the Year from the Atlanta Press Club. Today he talks about the importance of fathers in the development of a child and need for parental leave. Dr. Susan Newman - Family Dinners (1:40:39) Dr. Susan Newman, a social psychologist who specializes in issues affecting family life, suggests that “eating dinner together as a family is good for the health, brain, and spirit of all family members.” Dr. Newman is a former professor from Rutgers University in New Jersey and is the author of 15 books, most in the parenting and family relationships fields. She is here today to help us understand just how vital family dinner really is.