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February 11, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Children's Welfare
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Biology of Sex
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Dating
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Children's Welfare
SEGMENT 1:
Sociologist John Hagedorn explains that the children's welfare
system is not the same thing as "welfare," and that it now
focuses almost exclusively on allegations of child abuse. He
tells Steve Paulson that social workers need to spend less time
in court and more helping families stay together. Hagedorn's
book is "Forsaking Our Children." Also, Children's Defense
Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman speaks passionately (with
Judith Strasser) about the ways in which American society is
failing children and why she turns to God for support.
Edelman's latest book is a collection of prayers and
meditations for children called "Guide My Feet."
SEGMENT 2:
Mary Dalton, an abused child who became an abusive parent,
tells Judith Strasser how she was able to reclaim her life and
create a loving home for her family. Dalton teaches child
development and psychology at Columbia College in Chicago and
is the author of "It's Not in the Genes." Also, Vice President
and Publisher for Children's Books at Houghton Mifflin, Anita
Silvey is the editor of a reference book called "Children's
Books and Their Creators." She tells Jim Fleming what lasts in
children's literature and what reading can do for children and
families.
SEGMENT 3:
Newton Minow (of "vast wasteland" fame) tells Steve Paulson
that television's mandate to serve the public interest must
include service for children. Minnow chaired the FCC under
President Kennedy and is the co-author (with Craig Lamay) of
"Abandoned in the Wasteland," a book about children, television
and the first amendment.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
02-11-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Biology of Sex
SEGMENT 1:
Peter Defur is a senior scientist with the Environmental
Defense Fund and teaches environmental studies at Virginia
Commonwealth University. He tells Steve Paulson that
researchers around the world are noticing dramatic decreases in
the quality and quantity of human sperm and attributes the
damage to our exposure to hormone-influencing chemicals. He
says the next generation may face serious fertility problems.
SEGMENT 2:
An anthropologist at Cornell University, Meredith Small is the
author of "What's Love Got to Do with It?: The Evolution of
Human Mating." Small tells Judith Strasser that despite all
the racy stuff in the tabloids and on television, many humans
are profoundly ignorant about sex.
SEGMENT 3:
Forget the birds and bees! Think big! Cynthia Moss, director
since 1972 of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya,
tells Steve Paulson about musth in bull elephants. It's a time
of heightened sexual activity when the bulls search out females
and warn off or confront other males. And the most successful
males are in their forties and fifties! Meanwhile, underwater
the whales are getting up to all sorts of things. President of
the Whale Conservation Institute, Roger Payne, talks with Steve
about the sexual behavior of right whales, and the (probably
sex-driven) songs of the humpbacks.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
02-11-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Dating
SEGMENT 1
Anthropologist Helen Fisher tells Steve Paulson that growing
equality between the sexes has been the hallmark of the
twentieth century but has been wreaking havoc with traditional
courtship rituals. Fisher is the author of "Anatomy of Love."
Also, writer Liesl Schillinger tells Jim Fleming about the
European Connection which arranges meetings between American
men and Russian women interested in marrying and emingrating to
America.
SEGMENT 2:
Michelle Lovric, author of "Love Letters - An Anthology of
Passion" and "How to Write Love Letters" talks with Steve
Paulson about - that's right - love letters! She says you have
to infuse your declarations of love with your own unique
personality.
SEGMENT 3:
Andrea Gabor is the author of "Einstein's Wife: Work and
Marriage in the Lives of Five Great Twentieth Century Women."
She tells Judith Strasser how these brilliant, ambitious women
juggled their marriages and careers.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
02-11-C.
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