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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: Salt Lake City District 4 Debate: Nate Salazar v. Derek Kitchen

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: September 30, 2015) – The Hinckley Institute hosted a debate between candidates for Salt Lake City’s 4th District – Nate Salazar and Derek Kitchen – on Monday September 28, 2015.  The debate was Co-sponsored by the ASUU Government Relations Board and the Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Vote Everywhere Project…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: 4th District Judge Lynn Davis

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: September 23, 2015) – Fourth District Court Judge Lynn Davis has served on the bench since 1992.  He serves Juab, Millard, Utah and Wasatch counties.  He spoke about his experiences as a judge and the modern relevance of the U.S. Constitution.

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: Susan Abulhawa, Dominant Western Narratives

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: September 23, 2015) – Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian-American writer and human rights activist.  She is the author of a bestselling novel Mornings in Jenin and the founder of a non-governmental organization called Playgrounds for Palestine.  Also her most recent book The Blue Between Sky and Water was…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: The Conservative Heart, Arthur Brooks of The American Enterprise Institute

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: September 16, 2015) – Arthur C. Brooks is President of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington D.C.-based think tank.   He recently published The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier and more Prosperous America.  Brooks says the conservative movement is in trouble.  Polls show a…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: The Case for a Carbon Tax

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: January 7, 2015) – Gasoline these days is cheap.  The same remains true for natural gas and coal.  Yet, our growing consumption of fossil fuels is recklessly disrupting the global climate.  And the low market prices of fossil fuels keeps cleaner alternative energy sources out of reach.  That’s…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: What Makes the Magna Carta Still Relevant Today?

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: June 3, 2015) – The 800-year old Magna Carta, in some form or another, is still with us today.  It’s echoed in the United States Declaration of Independence and in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Many of the ideas behind Habeus Corpus and the right to…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: Are We Getting North Korea Wrong?

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: May 20, 2015) – Kirk Larsen is a professor of History at Brigham Young University and a critic of U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea.  Larsen gave a talk recently at the University of Utah titled “Getting North Korea Wrong: Hackers, Defectors, and Making Sense of the DPRK”…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: Divestment from Fossil Fuels

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: May 13, 2015) – The idea of divestment as a tool to pressure fossil fuel companies to clean up their act is getting more attention. Currently administrators, faculty and students at the University of Utah are considering how a financial divestment from fossil fuel-related companies could help the…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: How Congress Really Works

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: May 6, 2015) – Much public dissatisfaction stems from a lack of understanding of how Congress Works.  For those looking to make change, understanding the system is crucial.  Those who want to get involved, should know what they’re getting involved in.  And for people to cast informed votes,…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour: The Gender Wage Gap

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: April 29, 2015) – Dr. Gunseli Berik, professor of Economics at the University of Utah, spoke recently about her research into the Gender Wage Gap. Specifically, Berik seeks to debunk some of the myths and misconceptions behind the discussion of why women on average make less money than…

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