EASY Viewpoints

From Businesswoman to Chef / Online sports Betting

Segment 1: Guest: Joanne Chang, pastry chef, owner, Flour Bakery, Myers and Chang. A young Joanne Chang envisioned a prominent career in business. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in applied mathematics and economics and went into consulting in her twenties. Despite career success, she decided to switch gears and become a chef. We hear about her culinary career journey and the advice she has for others who may be in a similar boat. https://www.instagram.com/joannebchang/?hl=en. Segment 2: Guests: Dr. Lia Nower, professor, School of Social Work, Rutgers University, director, Center for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University; Dr. Timothy Fong, clinical professor, psychiatry, University of California-Los Angeles, co-director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program. : Online sports betting is a multi-billion-dollar industry and is only increasing in size year over year. We cover this burgeoning sector, the lack of overhead regulation in the U.S. and the risks this pervasive form of gambling has on a younger population. https://www.gamtalk.org/

Early Women of the West / Disintegrating Framework

Segment 1: Guest: Winifred Gallagher, historian, author, New Women in the Old West. Contrary to the stereotype of cowboys and shootouts, for thousands of women, living out West meant greater independence, and an opportunity to start anew. Historian and author Winifred Gallagher joins us this week to share how the women of the Old West paved the way for women across the U.S. https://tinyurl.com/2p8ybvbp Segment 2:Guests: Laurie Garrow, professor, co-director of the Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael McCormick, assistant professor, air traffic management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We speak with two aviation experts about the recent outage in the air traffic control system that caused the grounding of all flights, and what it means for all technology-reliant industries. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-notam-statement

How to Deal With Stress / Vulnerability to U.S. Power Grids

Segment 1: Guest: Guest: Dr. Elissa Epel, health psychologist, professor, vice chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California – San Francisco, author, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease.A new year bring new stressors. We speak with University of California – San Francisco professor and health psychologist Dr. Elissa Epel about how to better manage stress by employing certain lifestyle habits. https://www.elissaepel.com/. Segment 2: Guest: Adrienne Lotto, senior vice president, Grid Security, Technical, and Operations at the American Public Power Association.In recent years, power attacks on electric power stations in the U.S. have become more common. We discuss what’s driving this uptick, how power companies and government organizations are responding and what you should know as a consumer. https://www.publicpower.org/

Falling Asleep in Space / A Pathway to Exoneration

Segment 1: Guests: . Guests: Dr. Fred Turek, professor, biology, Northwestern University, director, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University; Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta, chief medical officer, Translational Research Institute for Space Health, assistant professor, Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. Not getting good rest can take a big toll on how you feel both physically and mentally. We explore the science and study of how humans sleep in space and its effects on the body. https://tinyurl.com/52hh58ut Segment 2: Guests: Isaac Wright Jr., practicing attorney, author, Marked for Life: One Man’s Fight for Justice From the Inside; Samuel Gross, Thomas and Mabel Long Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, founder, senior editor, The National Registry of Exonerations. Experts estimate that between 4-6 percent of prisoners behind bars are innocent. We explore what factors feed into these wrongful convictions and how advocates are fighting for justice. https://tinyurl.com/mjru3ym9

Fallout from Industry Monopolies / Who is Gen-Z?

Segment 1: Guests: Diana Moss, president, American Antitrust Institute; Krista Brown, senior policy analyst, American Economic Liberty Project. Discussing how Ticketmaster's platform failure with Taylor Swift concert on-sale has stirred a larger conversation about the consequences & long-term effects of monopolies. https://tinyurl.com/3p478ktt. Segment 2: Guest: John Schlimm, researcher, professor, author, What Would Gen-Z Do? Everything You Don’t Know About Gen-Z But Should. There are more than 68 million young people in the U.S. who makeup Generation Z – anyone born between 1997 and 2012. Research shows this group is the most racially and ethnically diverse of any previous generation and they are progressive in their mindsets. Culture expert John Schlimm helps us understand who Gen Z and what impact they’ll have on the future world. https://tinyurl.com/4twhr26b