The Taliban Takeover / Demise of the Dinosaurs

Segment 1: Guest: Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies, Middle East Institute, professor emeritus, political science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Hundreds of thousands of Afghan citizens have already fled the country, but how will everyday life change for those who remain? Weinbaum discusses the precarious situation and the reversal of modern freedoms and economic stability for millions of people in the region. https://womenforafghanwomen.org/afghanistan/. Segment 2:Guest: Michael Benton, professor, vertebrate paleontology, University of Bristol. Benton discusses whether dinosaurs would still be present on Earth today if the asteroid that wiped them out had missed the planet. https://tinyurl.com/29szjhs7