Life Inside North Korea, Worker's Cup, Preventing SuicideTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 831
Jun 11, 2018 • 1h 42m
Life Inside North Korea
Guests: Ji-Yeon Song and Doo-Hyeon Kim, Raised in North Korea, Currently Reside in Provo, Utah
As President Trump heads into an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Doo-Hyeon Kim and Ji-Yeon Song are watching with great interest. They were raised in North Korea, but managed to escape several years ago. The young couple now lives here in Provo, Utah and we invited them into our studio. Because they’re still working to master English, some of what Kim and Song shared with us came from written answers they’d prepared. What you’re about to hear is a rare bit of insight into life inside a country closed-off from the outside world and notorious for its treatment of civilians.
Poverty in Suburbia
Guests: Scott W. Allard, PhD, Professor of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington; Daniel J. Evans, Endowed Professor of Social Policy, University of Washington
America’s suburbs were born of America’s middle class growth after World War II. Poverty and crime came to be seen as mainly inner-city problems. But today, poor people are just as likely to be living in the suburbs as they are in urban centers.
Preventing Suicide
Guest: Michael Staley, Suicide Prevention Research Coordinator, Utah’s Medical Examiner’s Office
Over the last decade and a half, the suicide rate in America has risen 30 percent. Every state but Nevada saw an increase in its suicide rate, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The same week those numbers were reported, two celebrities died of suicide, driving home the urgent need for a better prevention strategy. How can we prevent suicide?
If you or someone you know need help, call the 24-Hour National Suicide Prevention Hotline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
The Worker’s Cup
Guest: Adam Sobel, Director, “The Workers Cup”
The World Cup gets underway in Russia this week, but for years now workers have already been at work in Qatar, building the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup. It’s exhausting work in the dust and heat,