The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Dec. 11, 2013) – Chris Burbank has served as chief of police for Salt Lake City since 2006. Before then he served with the police force for 15 years. Burbank has received national attention as a vocal opponent of any policies requiring police officers to act as immigration…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Dec. 4, 2013) – Allan Nairn is an investigative journalist, human rights activist, who has reported on various conflicts overseas, including in El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Indonesia. In 1991, Nairn witnessed an Indonesian government crackdown on East Timorese protesters during which he, along with Amy Goodman of…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Nov. 27, 2013) – The 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F Kennedy on November 22, 1963, has received much attention. Yet, the events of Kennedy’s life, and his legacy continue to shape our lives even now. Several Utah scholars gathered for a commemoration for the…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Nov. 20, 2013) – Sam Daley Harris founded the organization ‘RESULTS’, an international citizens’ lobby effort that significantly influenced policy actions that helped to reduce global hunger and poverty in the 1980’s and 1990’s by promoting micro-lending, working with UNICEF, and increased child vaccinations. Now more recently, Harris’s…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Nov. 13, 2013) – Malcolm Gladwell is author of several national and international best selling books, including The Tipping Point, published in 2000, Blink, in 2005, and the book Outliers, 2008. In his new book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Gladwell re-examines…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Nov. 6, 2013) –Bob Bennett served 3-terms as a Republican U.S. Senator from Utah for 18 years. In 2010 he lost his bid for reelection to Tea Party-Republican Candidate Mike Lee. Bennett grew up in Utah and was educated in political life by his father Wallace F. Bennett,…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Oct. 30, 2013) – Sim Gill was elected as Salt Lake County’s District Attorney in 2010. In recent years he has helped to create and implement alternative justice programs like the Salt Lake County Mental Health Court, the Salt Lake City Domestic Violence and Misdemeanor Drug Courts, and…
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