JOSEPH CARSON
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A Collection of episodes I helped produce for BYUradio's Top of Mind. 

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  • 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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  • Reel
  • Full Stories
  • Writing Samples
  • Awards
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  • Bio/Contact Me