JOSEPH CARSON
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of episodes I helped produce for BYUradio's Top of Mind.
Who Fact Checks the Fact Checkers?
The Mathematics of Knitting
How Women's Friendships Differ From Men's
When Birthmothers Regret The Adoption
From Cricket Player to Prime Minister of Pakistan
Online Retailers Now Pay Sales Tax Everywhere
BYU Prof Discovers New Fossil
How To Raise Funny Kids
Where No Radio Telescope Has Gone Before
Who Are The Oscars For?
Is Marijuana the Next Big Tobacco?
The Legacy of Aretha Franklin
When It Feels Good To Give
How Did America Fall for Sushi – and Is It Really Sushi?
Investigative Journalism
The Corn Ethanol Maze
Even Light Physical Activity Can Have a Big Payoff
Are My Devices Spying On Me?
Using I Instead of We
This is Your Brain on Audiobooks
Sleep Paralysis: Waking Nightmares
Excelsior! Remembering Stan Lee
Jury Nullification and Democracy
Law enforcement tool or legal theft?
Traumatic Loss and the Brain
The Rise of Sriracha
What’s Up with Huawei?
A Breakthrough on Getting Brain Scans on Children with Autism
The Broiler Chicken: A Symbol of Our Time
The Cocktail Party Problem
What Do Superhero Movies Need a Science Advisor For?
Superheroes and Supermarkets
Calming Teen Panic Attacks
Paid to play with LEGO
Tunisia’s Democracy Shows the Power of Islamic Political Movements
Making A True-Crime Podcast
Making up Lost Sleep Won’t Make You any Healthier
Living The Tiny Life
Avalanche Safety
Capturing the Courtroom Drama on Paper, in a Hurry
Human Looking Robots May Not Be Ideal
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter
Protests and Telescopes on Mauna Kea
An Astronomer’s View on Mauna Kea
Fighting Human Trafficking After Natural Disasters
America’s Newest Sport Is High-Speed Drone Racing, and Yes, It Is as Cool as It Sounds
World Chase Tag is your favorite childhood game, taken to the next level
Walt Disney’s Shaping of American Ideals
Why is Britain’s Parliament so Unruly? (18:22)
Should Elite Colleges Select Applicants by Lottery?
Don’t Worry; Be Stoic
Getting Ready for Flu Season
Looking at Planes with a Bird’s Eye View
Beware of Lawnmower Attacks
Nebraska: Honestly, It’s Not for Everyone
After the Disaster Clean Up Crews Are Gone
Designing Crisis-Proof Buildings
A Revolutionary Tool to Monitor Cancer
When Women Lie
Sweden’s Child of Light
Make-A-Wish and Children’s Health
Cooking with Legumes
The Fluoridated Water Controversy
How can we get more Tigers, but Fewer Accidents?
When Businesses Get Political
Chinese New Year
Does an Unstable China Poses Risks to America?
Cute Robots Ferrying Food
Ask A Philosopher
The Bill Murray Stories
The Real Paleo Diet . . . Doesn't Exist
Award-Winning Short Film Explores Abandoned Dreams
Not All Students Deserve Their Spots at an Elite College. They Never Have
That Houseplant isn’t Making Your Air any Cleaner
The Hunt for the USS Wasp
How Change Happens
We Forgot How to Design Houses to Be Cool in Summer
Rock-eating Shipworms
Staying Compassionate in the Face of Mass Suffering
Faking Out the Deep Fake Detectors
The Effort to Bring Bison Back to the West
Positive Childhood Experiences Can Counteract Childhood Trauma
How to Fight Dirty Money
A New Way of Diagnosing Back Pain (1:25:27)
Harriet Tubman, Abolition Super Hero (17:00)
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