Venezuela, School Suspension, Weight, India v Pakistan

Venezuelan Crisis Escalates Guest: Laura Gamboa, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Utah State University Embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is digging in against efforts to oust him. Over the weekend, Maduro supporters blocked a convoy of humanitarian aid from entering Venezuela and two people were killed in violence at the border. Why would Maduro prevent much-needed food and medicine from getting to his people? Because he denies a humanitarian crisis exists. Do School Suspensions Reduce School Violence? Guest: Charles Bell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Illinois State University Millions of kids get suspended from public schools around the US every year. Suspension is a way to punish a student for seriously bad behavior, alert the parents that the school means business and keep the other students at the school safe. But kicking a kid out of school for a few days or weeks may not do any of those things. One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America Guest: Tommy Tomlinson, Author “The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America” More than half of Americans are overweight, and everything is getting bigger to make room for us -seats, clothes, beds. But Tommy Tomlinson doesn’t want the world to expand for him. He wants to make himself fit. "I've spent a lifetime telling other people's stories," writes Tomlinson in his new memoir. "My weight is the biggest story of my life, but I haven't told it - because I was embarrassed, because I was afraid, because I knew I didn't understand myself. It's time to tell it." Apple Seed Guest: Sam Payne Sam Payne reports from the Weber State University Storytelling Festival in Ogden, Utah. Could India and Pakistan Come to Nuclear Blows?   Guest: Michael Kugelman, Asia Program Deputy Director and Senior Associate for South Asia, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars There are only nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. The presidents of two of them –North Korea and the US –are meeting this week for nuclear negotiations. But two others are right now exchanging air strikes that experts worry could escalate very quickly. India and Pakistan are neighbors and long-time rivals. Pakistan today says it shot down two Indian planes that had crossed into Pakistani territory and claims to have captured an Indian Air Force pilot. Lie Detectors Don’t Work, But America is Still Obsessed With Them Guest: Ken Alder, Professor of History, Northwestern University, Author of “The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession” They’re a staple in TV crime dramas and they always seem to come up when a public figure is accused of some misdeed. But they’re so unreliable they’re usually not admissible in court. We’re talking about lie detector tests. I’ve never taken one. Have you?