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Asma Rahimyar Makes History At SCSU As The University's First Rhodes Scholar

SCSU student Asma Rahimyar stands on the university campus
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Asma Rahimyar

Asma Rahimyar was the first person in her family to be born in the U.S. after her parents left Afghanistan fleeing conflict. This hour, the 20 year old ϳԹ resident joins us to talk about another first. .

Later: President Trump still has nearly two months in the White House. We talk with a ProPublica reporter about “”, or last-minute changes to environmental protections, immigration rules and other policies that the Trump administration before January 20.

And many ϳԹ residents heat their homes with natural gas. But a . ϳԹ Radio’s Patrick Skahill tells us more about this lesser known greenhouse gas.

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  • Asma Rahimyar - Senior at Southern ϳԹ State University, who will graduate with bachelors degrees in both political science and philosophy as well as a minor in English. She is the university’s first ever Rhodes Scholar
  • Isaac Arnsdorf - Reporter for ProPublica
  • Patrick Skahill - Reporter at ϳԹ Radio, covering science and the environment

Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Lucy leads ϳԹ's strategies to deeply connect and build collaborations with community-focused organizations across the state.
Carmen Baskauf was a producer for ϳԹ Radio's news-talk show Where We Live, hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil from 2017-2021. She has also contributed to The Colin McEnroe Show.

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