The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: June 18, 2014) – Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, have appeared on the digital landscape promising to make education more efficient, convenient, and cheaper. Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offer free education through MOOCs, although they still struggle to find an effective business model. Needless…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: June 11, 2014) – In recent years different speakers at the Hinckley Institute have contributed to a discourse on current U.S. national security, the justification or morality of the U.S. drone policy, and the long-term consequences of American security actions. This program highlights some of the complex moral…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: June 4, 2014) – Eileen Appelbaum is a Senior Research Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington D.C., and Visiting Professor in the Management Department, University of Leicester, UK. This past March she co-authored Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street. Appelbaum’s…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: May 21, 2014) – For the University of Utah’s “Law Day”, a panel of Utah lawmakers discussed the importance of civic involvement, and what makes a good citizen. The panelists include Republican Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham, Democratic State Rep. Brian King who…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: May 14, 2014) – Recently a debate has surfaced among the University of Utah community over whether to change some of the lyrics of the 110-year old fight song “I Am a Utah Man”. An emotional statewide debate ensued after the Associated Students of the University of Utah…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: May 7, 2014) – Professor Amos Guiora, a law professor at the University of Utah spoke recently about the Nazi death marches that occurred at the end of WWII. Both of his parents are Holocaust survivors, and his father managed to survive one of the forced marches during…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Apr. 30, 2014) – Each semester the Hinckley Institute of Politics offers a political forums series class that exposes University of Utah students to diverse perspectives on current events and political and social issues. These students attend many of the talks featured on this program, recorded in the…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Apr. 23, 2014) – Sean Reyes was appointed Attorney General on December 30th by Gov. Herbert. His appointment followed months of legal investigations of unethical and widespread abuse of public trust in the office by former Attorney Gen. John Swallow. Reyes is now running to keep his seat…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Apr. 16, 2014) – Thomas Drake is a former executive for the National Security Agency who was charged with illegally keeping classified documents in his home, lying to Federal investigators and obstructing justice. A conviction could have sent him to prison for 35 years. Instead, Federal prosecutors dropped…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Apr. 9, 2014) – A panel of of local doctors and health care reform advocates discuss overtreatment and waste in our healthcare system, and how it not only makes healthcare more expensive, but can also harm patients. This panel was organized by the Choosing Wisely Campaign, an initiative…
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