The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: The Art & Power of Polling

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: December 27~30, 2017) – No one knows political polling more than Dan Jones. He’s the founder of the market research and public opinion firm Dan Jones and Associates. Last week Prof. Dan Jones and Jason Perry, Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, discussed the ins and outs of public…

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The Bottom Line: Ed-Tech Series: Peter Glenn, Crowd School

Startup Spotlight – (Re-air Date: December 26, 2017) Recently a cohort of talented and aspiring entrepreneurs completed Boom Startup’s 2015 Ed-Tech accelerator program.  Peter Glenn is the co-founder and CEO of Crowd School a software designed to help teachers create and share ideas and plan lessons for project-based learning.

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Perceptions and Misperceptions of China

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original air date: January 13, 2016/Revised air date: December 20-23, 2017) — In the past month President-Elect Donald Trump has sent provocative signals to Chinese leadership that he may challenge the long-held “One China” policy regarding Taiwan.  Trump has also threatened to create trade tariffs and trigger a trade war, to which…

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The Bottom Line: Ed-Tech Series: Ross Jones, Emotuit

Startup Spotlight – (Re-air Date: December 19, 2017) Recently a cohort of talented and aspiring entrepreneurs completed Boom Startup’s 2015 Ed-Tech accelerator program.  Ross Jones is the CEO of Emotuit, a software that uses facial expression recognition to understand when a student is, or isn’t engaged with certain content online content.  His company hopes to provide…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: Born Normal, Born Diseased: the Construction and Regulation of Immutable Sexual Types

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Re-Air date December 13 ~ 16, 2017) – As part of the events commemorating the Holocaust one discussion focused on whether the notion that sex types are immutable, or fixed from birth.  The title of the discussion is “Born Normal, Born Diseased: the Construction and Regulation of Immutable Sexual Types” The panelists…

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The Bottom Line: Enhancing the Vacation Rental Space — Julian Castelli, CEO of Leisure Link

The Bottom Line – (Re-Air date: December 12, 2017) Julian Castelli is the CEO of Leisure Link, a national leader in the vacation rental space, one of the most challenging and fast changing industries in the country.  Leisure Link’s platform helps vacation rental property managers operate more effectively.  In this interview with Doug Wells, Castelli…

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Balancing the Economy and the Environment

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: December 6 ~ 9, 2017) — Concerns for the environment are seemingly in constant conflict with the economy in American public discourse and policy-making these days. But must they be? Where can the balance be found? What can both sides learn from listening to one another? The College…

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The Bottom Line: The Art of Influencing Consumer Choices — Tom Stockham of Experticity

The Bottom Line – (Re-air date: December 5, 2017) Consumers seem to pay less and less attention to traditional marketing. Instead, people buy products that come recommended by authentic people they can trust. That’s the reason, Stockham says, so-called “influencer marketing” is now hotter than ever. Stockham is CEO of Experticity, a Salt Lake City-based…

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Making Robots Plow, Protect, Dig, and Clean – Mel Torrie, President and CEO of Autonomous Solutions

The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: November 28, 2017) – The dawning age of driver-less cars are much-discussed as of late. But what’s overlooked is also the rise of autonomous tractors, mining vehicles, and robots for cleaning and security. That is the industrial future that Mel Torrie, President and CEO of Autonomous Solutions Inc. (ASI), believes…

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