Gus Kenworthy is one of
the most decorated freeskiers in the world, he has collected four straight AFP (Association Of Freeskiing Professionals) overall titles and an Olympic silver medal in slopestyle. As a member of the inaugural U.S. Olympic
slopestyle team, Gus crushed the Russian slopestyle course and toke home
the silver medal in Sochi. Gus and his fellow teammates would go on to sweep
the podium for the USA which was only the third U.S. podium sweep in Winter
Olympic Games history. While in Sochi, Gus also made headlines by adopting
a family of stray dogs he met on the streets of the Olympic town and now once
again has created a buzz by coming out as the first openly gay athlete in the
world of action sports! Gus joins me in
studio today to talk all about his decision to come out and the importance of
living your life openly. You can also follow Gus on twitter & Instagram.
Erin Murphy is
a professor at the NYU School of Law and a nationally recognized expert in
forensic DNA typing whose work has been cited multiple times by the Supreme
Court. However, in her new book Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA she exposes the dark side of forensic DNA testing, and
details among other things, how little oversight there is for crime labs across
the country which can lead to inconsistent results that can make all the
difference in a trail. Erin joins me
today in studio to talk all about the problems associated with our criminal
justice system’s overreliance on forensic DNA. You can also follow Erin on twitter.
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