Election Results and a Year of Trump

Election Results and a Year of Trump

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 679 , Segment 1

Episode: Election Results, Youth Sports Hurt Kids, Alligators Eat Sharks

  • Nov 10, 2017
  • 16:48 mins

Guests: Chris Karpowitz, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University; Grant Madsen, PhD, Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University On the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, Democrats picked up some important state-level seats. The outcome has been described as a worrisome sign for Republicans that President Trump’s polarizing ways could make it hard for the part to keep its grip on Congress in next year’s mid-term elections.

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Youth Sports Are Hurting Kids

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Guest: Mark Hyman, Author, Assistant Teaching Professor of Management and Tourism Studies, George Washington University The way kids play sports across the country these days looks a lot more like professional sports than it does the recreational Little League or soccer you or your parents might have played. Today kids pay high fees to play on club teams that travel extensively, play and practice year round and vie for the most talented players. Often the most skilled youngsters end up in development academies affiliated with the pro sports teams their youth leagues now emulate. And all this professionalization has made stars out of young prodigies. But it’s also leading to high schoolers with the kinds of injuries we used to see only in pro athletes.

Guest: Mark Hyman, Author, Assistant Teaching Professor of Management and Tourism Studies, George Washington University The way kids play sports across the country these days looks a lot more like professional sports than it does the recreational Little League or soccer you or your parents might have played. Today kids pay high fees to play on club teams that travel extensively, play and practice year round and vie for the most talented players. Often the most skilled youngsters end up in development academies affiliated with the pro sports teams their youth leagues now emulate. And all this professionalization has made stars out of young prodigies. But it’s also leading to high schoolers with the kinds of injuries we used to see only in pro athletes.