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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 02/27A This year's MetLife Survey of the American Teacher shows that teacher job satisfaction is at a 25-year low. One of the biggest challenges that these educators say they face comes from outside the classroom-mostly in the form of budget cuts. Joy Cardin speaks to an education expert about these findings and what they mean for the future of education. Guest: Michael Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at UW-Madison
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 02/27B After the Joint Finance Committee passed a bill this week to overhaul the state's mining regulations, the state Senate is poised to do the same on Wednesday and the Assembly, next week. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing perspectives discuss this week's Big Question: Should the legislature pass the mining bill? Guests: - Anne Sayers, Program Director for the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters. - Kelly Kline, Director of the Iron County Resource Development Association, Inc.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 02/27C Faced with the daunting task of helping police departments tackle inner-city crime and reduce gun violence, Joy Cardin's guest put forth an idea: Ask offenders to stop. This hour, we'll discuss how law enforcement agencies across the country are taking a new approach to reducing crime, and how local municipalities are putting these ideas to work in our own backyard. Guests: - David Kennedy, Director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He's the author of, "Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America" - Tom Woodmansee, Lieutenant of Investigative Support, head of the Special Investigations Unit and the Focused Deterrence Program for the Madison Police Department. Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the E...
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 02/27D Every year, the average American consumes thirty-three pounds of cheese and seventy pounds of sugar. We're also eating double the daily recommended amount of sodium every day. Kathleen Dunn speaks to an investigative reporter about his in-depth look at food giants and how they hooked us on salt, sugar, and fat. Guest: Michael Moss, reporter for the New York Times and author of "Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us." Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 02/27E Upton Sinclair's, "The Jungle," will be discussed this hour as our latest back-to-school book club selection. Guest: Russ Castronovo, Professor of English and American Studies, University of Wisconsin- Madison.
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 02/27F Insects are fascinating, and all around us. Larry Meiller learns what's new in the war against bed bugs, ongoing insect issues due to the drought, and what to do if you have ants in your home this winter. Guest: Phil Pellitteri, entomologist, director, UW Insect Diagnostic Lab
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Midnight Catch" by Norman Gilliland. In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation As Governors met in Washington, President Obama seized the moment to lobby them on the looming sequester, saying, "I hope that you speak with your congressional delegation and remind them in no uncertain terms exactly what is at stake." Ken Rudin our Political Junkie, on the March 1 deadline. Also, election results from Illinois...actual votes!
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made her own headlines when an internal memo leaked, that announced an end to the company's telecommuting policy. Working from home has long been seen as an employee benefit and a cost-saver for companies, but what does it mean for the people in charge? How bosses handle telecommuters.
3:00 PM At Issue  - 02/27K Student loan debt in America is now estimated to exceed one-trillion dollars, surpassing credit card debt . . . and the numbers keep rising. John Munson and his guest look deeper into the world of college debt, the often confusing world of financial aid, and the burden of all this debt on students and their families. Guest: Marian Wang, reporter, ProPublica. She covers education and college debt, and her work can be found at: http://www.propublica.org/series/college-debt
4:00 PM At Issue  - 02/27L The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case that could overturn a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 intended to protect minority voters. John Munson's guest says Section 5 is a provision that's still needed...but new voting rights protections should be enacted for everyone. Guest: Spencer Overton, professor of law at The George Washington University and senior fellow at Demos (DEE-mos). His SCOTUS blog entry on the Voting Rights Act is at http://wpr.org/r/?1045
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Canadian former professional tennis player Rebecca Marino.
6:00 PM On Point Yahoo CEO and new mom Marissa Mayer (MY-er) says no more working from home for her staff. But wait, wasn't that the future? On Point investigates.
7:00 PM On Point Forbes Magazine calls Detroit "America's Most Miserable City." What do you do with a city like that? On Point asks Detroiter Charlie LeDuff.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 02/27C Faced with the daunting task of helping police departments tackle inner-city crime and reduce gun violence, Joy Cardin's guest put forth an idea: Ask offenders to stop. This hour, we'll discuss how law enforcement agencies across the country are taking a new approach to reducing crime, and how local municipalities are putting these ideas to work in our own backyard. Guests: - David Kennedy, Director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He's the author of, "Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America" - Tom Woodmansee, Lieutenant of Investigative Support, head of the Special Investigations Unit and the Focused Deterrence Program for the Madison Police Department.
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn  - 02/27E Upton Sinclair's, "The Jungle," will be discussed this hour as our latest back-to-school book club selection. Guest: Russ Castronovo, Professor of English and American Studies, University of Wisconsin- Madison.
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Midnight Catch" by Norman Gilliland. In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013

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