The Mathematics of Wound Healing

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Imagine: you’re riding your bike down the street when you hit a curb and come tumbling down. As you get back up you notice that your knee is bleeding. You race home to quickly wash it and apply a band aid. Over time your wound scabs over, and your skinned knee eventually heals- leaving only a scare of what was once a fresh wound. But what of the science behind the role your body places to heal wounds? On today’s Thinking Aloud Marcus Smith will speak with John Dallon, about the mathematics of wound healing. What goes on behind the realities of scraps and tears? Dallon explores the complexities and science behind this human miracle.

International Adoptions

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=4/18/2008

American citizens are seeking to adopt children in ever increasing numbers. Recently, the controversy in Eldorado, Texas has brought to light the question, who will nurture, foster, and rear our children? But far away from the media spotlight on the FLDS church, the so called "baby trade"-perhaps a cynical phrase perpetuated by the clever assonance of baby and trade-goes on day after day. On today's Thinking Aloud, we're talking to BYU Professor Jini Roby. Roby has been involved in key legislation in the area of adoptions, particularly international adoptions. The U.S. State Department reports that with the reduction in children available for adoption in the United States, more and more U.S. citizens are adopting children from other countries. We're discussing what's at stake, what's the impact and who's paying what price in the baby trade?

Beyond Words: Creative Journals

A Diary by A. Margaret Jefferies (1912-1992) This page: year 1951

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=3/5/2008
Have you ever read some old journals or diaries? Maybe the journal of a grandparent or perhaps one that belonged to an ancestor. After reading pages of words, you might have wished the writings were accompanied by illustrations to give you a different view or further insight into some of the events that were happening in the life of your long deceased relative. We're talking about creative journals and diaries with BYU Philosophy professor, Travis Anderson. We're discussing going beyond words to enhance your journals.

Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?

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What's the point in a science that doesn't solve problems? Economist Joseph Price has applied his science, with great adroitness by the way, to a question about birth order and the rearing of children. His findings are striking and may lead to some corrective measures, some problem solving in our own lives, our own homes, our own families. What one economist can tell you about parental care and nurturing beyond child number one. What's happening with the subsequent children? We're thinking aloud about birth order and parent-child quality time.

BYU Opera Singer Rachel Willis-Sorensen

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=2/15/2008

We're getting to know nouveau talent … a new talented voice on the scene. BYU Vocal Performance student Rachel Willis-Sorensen is headed to New York to audition in a highly competitive contest at The Metropolitan Opera House. She's talking about her journey to the world renowned Lincoln Center stage at the Met.

Sports and Religion

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Today's Thinking Aloud discusses the interface between sports and religion. Historian Richard Kimball of the BYU History Department, discusses how these two seemingly separate topics convene, and the importance it has in past and present societies.

Minerva Teichert Art Exhibit

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In its dimensions, public art can be grand and expansive. Westerner Minerva Teichert seems to have thrived on big plans. No matter how small the story told by her art, the story's enactment as painting or mural regularly called for a large stage or public space. Thinking big about Minerva Teichert, as expert Marian Wardle joins us on today's Thinking Aloud. ***NOTE: Minerva Teichert: Pageants in Paint on exhibit daily until May 26, 2008 at the BYU Museum of Art***

Utah Poet Laureate Katharine Coles

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In 1996, the Academy of American Poets named April National Poetry Month. Join us as we support poetry and all things poetic. We're talking with Utah's Poet Laureate Katharine Coles about poetry today, what live readings are all about, and her dogs.

Organist Mike Ohman Enlivens Silent Movies

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=3/20/2008 Mike Ohman, theater-organ wizard extraordinaire, is our guest today. Mike belongs to a vanishing breed of musical masters who know the art of accompanying a silent movie with all the aplomb afforded by theater organs. If you've watched Ben-Hur with Charlton Heston, you might remember the thundering of the Roman horse hoofs and the roaring of Roman chariot wheels … sound effects from the 1959 version. Thirty years earlier, Ben-Hur was a silent film. But the term silent movie is deceptive. Going to a movie theater before talkies was always a noisy, musical experience. Today's interview comes ahead of Classical 89's Silent Movie
Night.

Caught in Limbo

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Going to college means independence, making tough choices, pretty much doing whatever you want - and above all, living far away from your parents. You're finally an adult. However, some parents beg to differ. On today's Thinking Aloud, we're talking to BYU researchers about a study showing what parents really think about their college kids.

Teaching Children Financial Responsibility

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=4/25/2008 These days it seems we're all watching stock prices and interest rates rise and fall, and getting a little anxious about retirement funds. This year alone, the price of gas hit an all time high, the U.S. Labor Department reported employers slashing nearly 80,000 jobs on fears of a recession, and many Americans fell into the mortgage crisis. For the first time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently acknowledged that the country could be heading toward a recession. No wonder financial managers say you can't be too young to learn financial responsibility. On today's Thinking Aloud, we're talking to financial advisor and BYU faculty member Scott Marsh on how, and when, to teach children about money management.

The Growing Interest in the Arabic Language

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For the first time ever, the Arabic language has reached the Top Ten List of Most Studied Languages according to the Modern Language Association, with student enrollment jumping 127% from 2002 to 2006. On today's Thinking Aloud, Director of the National Middle East Language Resource Center, Kirk Belnap, discusses the rising national trends in learning Arabic and the details on the furious national debate over the best way to learn this difficult language.

Learning How to Look: Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered one of the greatest thinkers of the mid-19th Century. Dr. Carl Sederholm joins us to examine Emerson's major writings and then trace out his influence on selected writers, poets, and painters of the late 19th Century. Sederholm addresses two primary questions: (1) How does Emerson teach us to interpret literature, nature, art, and the world? (2) How were Emerson's writings transformed into artistic expression?

Cartoonist Ric Estrada (Part II)

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On today's Thinking Aloud, part two of our conversation with cartoonist Ric Estrada. In part one, Estrada recounted some main threads of his life story that led from his native Cuba by way of New York City to Europe. The conversation in part two moves toward a discussion of issues, values, and trends in the world of animation, cartooning, and illustrating. Ryan Woodward of the BYU Visual Arts Department rejoins us for this conversation.

Cartoonist Ric Estrada (Part I)

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Ernest Hemingway encouraged him to pursue an art career. He left his native Cuba for New York to study drawing, color, and design. His unremitting passion through life has been drawing, drawing, and more drawing … a passion that eventually made him one of the most prolific and admired cartoonists and animators. Today and tomorrow, we bring you a two-part interview with Utah resident Ric Estrada, recipient of the Inkpot Award for Lifetime Achievement in comics. Ryan Woodward of the BYU Department of Visual Arts also joins us for this conversation.

Dismantling Geneva Steel

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Admittedly, the Geneva Steel Mills in Utah County were not as ancient as the Parthenon of Athens or the Roman coliseum. But the plant took up more space and certainly seemed a permanent neighbor. Chris Dunker's photographic study of the Geneva Steel Works offers a unique and intriguing view of the last phase of the life of this massive production facility located west of Orem across the interstate in Vineyard, Utah. Today, we're Thinking Aloud with photographer Chris Dunker and Museum Curator Diana Turnbow about a mighty absence in our community, asking the question: what's left of Geneva Steel? For more information visit BYU Museum of Art

Physicist Dr. Brian Greene

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Accessing ideas from cutting-edge scientific theory and discovery can be daunting for us lay folk. But when a spokesperson for science such as Brian Greene enters the conversation, more of us willingly take up the challenge. Greene's public reputation among the scientifically uninitiated has grown out of his very popular book titled The Elegant Universe , which became the basis for a PBS documentary by the same name. Physicist Brian Greene delivered a forum address at BYU on Tuesday, March 25th.

Shakespeare with Brandie Siegfried

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We're discussing Shakespeare with BYU English professor Brandie Siegfried. Siegfried investigates not only our own views, but also historic perspectives about the locus of an experience we call Shakespeare.

Ol' Blue Eyes - Frank Sinatra

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Frank Sinatra began his singing career around 1940 and quickly became a teen idol known as "the voice." His ability to sell a song made him an enduring star for over 50-years. The U.S. Postal Service packed all that fame into a commemorative stamp, issued on May 13, 2008 to mark the tenth anniversary of Sinatra's death. Hear BYU Faculty members Ray Smith and Mark Purves, Thinking Aloud with Wes Sims about Frank Sinatra - the man and his music.

Orality and Literacy

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Socrates once worried that writing would become a "burden to society." Over 2,000 years later, we're assessing his worry in the age of email, texting, and media. As the technological march brazenly continues forward, we'll stop to consider what we might be leaving behind.

German Latter-day Saints in WWII

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BYU professor Roger Minert explores the untold stories of Latter-Day Saint soldiers and civilians in his forthcoming book, German Latter-Day Saints in WWII . Join us as we discuss the harrowing experience of Nazi Germany from the perspective of a small religious minority. For more information on this subject visit German LDS in WWII

Joseph Smith Rough Stone Rolling

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Thinking Aloud brings back Richard Bushman in an interview that first aired on the bicentenary of Joseph Smith's birth. Bushman's biography of Joseph Smith has now taken its rightful place as a respected and hugely important scholarly work about the man who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Victorian Art

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Every summer in the latter half of the 19th century, the city of London hosted art lovers in the hundreds of thousands. Spectators experienced decadence and beauty, traditional values and romance - all in art form. In an age of prosperity, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert publicly promoted art and patronage. We're discussing the John H. Schaeffer collection of Victorian paintings now on exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art.

The Power to Change Anything

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In a time booming with behavioral studies and a new self-help book every other month or so, New York Times bestselling co-author Kerry Patterson discusses his book Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. We'll take a look at how to simplify the copious advice offered in the self-help aisle as we look at simple suggestions that have created some impressive results.

Houses of Birth and Houses of Death

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It may be hard to believe today, but there was a time when young doctors walked straight from their research in the morgue to the delivery room. Childbed fever killed more than a million women in nineteenth century Europe. Modern medicine, and most people born today, owe much to the pioneering work of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis. We're talking with K. Codell Carter about his book Childbed Fever: A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis.

The Fall of Constantinople

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=5/29/2008
On May 29, exactly 555 years ago, Mehmet the Conqueror marched into Constantinople. We're talking with Professor Glen Cooper about how the Byzantine Empire influenced the modern world. If it weren't for Muslim scholars, it's likely we wouldn't be discussing people like Plato, Herodotus, or Homer today. From the ancient world to the modern, we'll discuss this particular flow of ideas and how the fall of Constantinople helped bridge the gap.