America: A Less Christian Nation

America: A Less Christian Nation

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 65 , Segment 1

Episode: Christianity, China's Agricultural Imports, FoodKeeper

  • May 18, 2015 9:00 pm
  • 22:06 mins

Guest: John Greene, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, and he served as a senior adviser on the Pew Center Religious Landscaper Studies America is rapidly becoming a less Christian nation, according to a comprehensive new study by the Pew Research Center. It found the number of people identifying as Christian dropped by nearly 8 percent in just 7 years. And where are those people turning? The Pew study tracks a comparably increase in people who identify as “atheist,” “agnostic” or “nothing in particular.”

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FoodKeeper

12 MINS

Guest: Christopher Bernstein, with the USDA’s Food Safety Education Staff Think about what’s in your fridge right now. Anything questionable? That spaghetti from last week—still okay to eat? Yogurt that’s passed the sell-by date? The USDA estimates that billions of pounds of good food goes to waste because home cooks aren’t sure if it’s safe to eat. The problem is exponentially larger when you include restaurants and manufacturers, so reducing food waste is a major initiative of the USDA. And yet, who really wants to roll the dice on that old stroganoff in the fridge? “When in doubt, throw it out” seems like a smart way to go. A new smartphone app could help keep us safe and prevent us from wasting unnecessarily.

Guest: Christopher Bernstein, with the USDA’s Food Safety Education Staff Think about what’s in your fridge right now. Anything questionable? That spaghetti from last week—still okay to eat? Yogurt that’s passed the sell-by date? The USDA estimates that billions of pounds of good food goes to waste because home cooks aren’t sure if it’s safe to eat. The problem is exponentially larger when you include restaurants and manufacturers, so reducing food waste is a major initiative of the USDA. And yet, who really wants to roll the dice on that old stroganoff in the fridge? “When in doubt, throw it out” seems like a smart way to go. A new smartphone app could help keep us safe and prevent us from wasting unnecessarily.