TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
from Wisconsin Public Radio
December 8, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Rwanda
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Exceptional Children
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Rethinking The Sixties
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Rwanda
SEGMENT 1:
Alison desForges is a consultant for Human Rights Watch-
Africa and the author of "The Killing Machine: Genocide
in Rwanda." She tells Judith Strasser that the conflict
there is only apparently ethnic and has its real origins
in the social structures set up during the Belgian
colonial regime.
SEGMENT 2:
Ali Mazrui was born in Kenya and now directs the
Institute of Global Culture Studies at SUNY Binghamptom.
He tells Jim Fleming that Western aid is essential for
Africa -- but that doesn't mean that the West should
always rush in with troops. Also, writer Jamaica Kincaid
explores the lasting effects of colonialism on
individuals in her novel "The Autobiography of My
Mother," and in this conversation with Judith Strasser.
SEGMENT 3:
Loretta Ross directs the National Center for Human Rights
Education. She tells Steve Paulson that judged by the
standards of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the United States is guilty of numerous human
rights violations, especially in the area of economics.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
12-08-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Exceptional Children
SEGMENT 1:
Harold Koplewicz is a practicing and teaching
psychiatrist and the author of "It's Nobody's Fault: New
Hope and Health for Difficult Children and Their
Parents." He tells Steve Paulson that while drugs like
Ritalin are often inappropriately prescribed, they can
achieve miraculous results for some children, and gives
an example. Also, psychiatrist Peter Breggin, well-known
for his criticism of his profession's dependence on drug
therapy, tells Judith Strasser that relying on Ritalin
enables adults to avoid dealing with kids' real problems.
Breggin is the author of "Toxic Psychiatry" and "Talking
Back to Prozac."
SEGMENT 2:
Ellen Winner teaches psychology at Boston College and is
the author of "Gifted Children: Myths and Realities."
She tells Jim Fleming about a couple of baby geniuses,
why they have trouble inter-acting with other children,
and what the schools ought to do about it.
SEGMENT 3:
Michael Berube is the author of "Life As We Know It: A
Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child." He tells
Steve Paulson that his son has Down Syndrome but is more
like other children than he is unlike them, and that
everyone benefits when children like his son are included
in ordinary classrooms. Also, a selection from "Letters
for Our Children," a book compiled by U.S. News and World
Report editor Erica Goode from readers' letters to
children about the things that really matter.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
12-08-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Rethinking The Sixties
SEGMENT 1
Historian Tom Sugrue tells Steve Paulson that much of
what we believe about the 1960s is wrong. The real story
involves the emergence of modern conservatism. Sugrue
teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.
SEGMENT 2:
Journalist Paul Hendrickson researched the role of Robert
McNamara in the Vietnam War. He tells Steve Paulson that
McNamara continued selling the War to the American people
long after he had personally given up on it. Hendrickson
is a reporter for the Washington Post. His book on
McNamera is called "The Living and the Dead." Also,
Robben Fleming, one-time Chancellor of the University of
Wisconsin and later President of the University of
Michigan (and our own Jim Fleming's father) tells Judith
Strasser what it was like to try to manage schools that
were hotbeds of student activism. Robben Fleming's
memoir is called "Tempests into Rainbows: Managing
Turbulence."
SEGMENT 3:
In her book "Babel Tower," novelist A.S. Byatt chronicles
the passions of the 1960s and describes a utopian
community just after the French Revolution. She tells
Steve Paulson that the two eras have much in common.
Byatt's best-known book is the novel "Possession."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
12-08-C.
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