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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin As Congress looks to cut the federal budget, Joy Cardin's guest says public broadcasting should face cuts...and it would be better off without federal funding. Guest: Trevor Burrus (BURR-us), legal associate at the Cato Institute
7:00 AM Joy Cardin People from all 50 states have digitally signed petitions on the White House's website calling for their state to secede from the country. While Joy Cardin's guest says secession isn't going to happen, he discusses the attitudes behind the idea and how we can mend the political fences. Guest: John Dinan (DIE-nin), professor of political science, Wake Forest University.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin How we cook things matters just as much, if not more, than what we cook. That's according to Joy Cardin's guest, who discusses the history of our kitchen technology and how it has shaped our society. Guest: Bee Wilson, author of "Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat." She's a food writer, historian, and author of a weekly food column for the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine. She's been named BBC Radio's Food Writer of the Year and is a three-time Guild of Food Writers' "Food Journalist" of the Year. Her other books include "Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud."
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn Last week's election most likely settled the fate of the Affordable Health Care Act. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how the provisions of the act will be implemented. Guest: Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-founder, The American Prospect. Author, "Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform."
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss a recent report that accessed study abroad programs around the world. The report ranked the University of Wisconsin in the top 10 of colleges that send students overseas to study. Guests: - Peggy Blumenthal, Senior Counselor, The Institute of International Education. - Susan Lochner, Assistant Director, International Academic Programs, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
11:00 AM Judith Siers-Poisson in for Larry Meiller There was a time when midwives were the primary health providers for expectant mothers. Judith Siers-Poisson talks with two practicing Wisconsin midwives about midwifery (mid-WHIFF-er-ee), the services midwives provide, and how to choose a midwife that is right for you. Guests: - Debbie Healy, Certified Nurse Midwife in Madison, WI, President, Wisconsin Guild of Midwives - Tehmina Islam ("te-MEEN-ah IZ-lahm"), Licensed Midwife in Madison, WI, Secretary, Wisconsin Guild of Midwives
11:45 AM Judith Siers-Poisson in for Larry Meiller Parents want to ensure that their children grow up with good self-esteem. Judith Siers-Poisson learns the best ways to do that, and whether it's possible to build them up too much. Guest: Katie Watermolen, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Lead Clinician, Integrated Development Services in Madison
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Susan Sweeney reads from Ann Patchett's Novel "State of Wonder." A doctor travels to the Amazon and finds extraordinary things, opening opportunities for the future and reviving travails from the past.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation On some days, the violence in Syria is as bad as Iraq at its worst. On some days, more than ten thousand people flee across the border. Now, a new opposition coalition gets an immediate vote of confidence from France, and maybe weapons as well. Syria's rebels, the refugees, and options for a re-elected President Obama.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation For some, the crowds in the stores during the holidays provide cover for shoplifting. And whether that's an act of desperation, an illicit thrill, or a profession, retailers try everything from sophisticated surveillance to tagging turkeys to catch the criminals. A look at what happens when you get busted for shoplifting.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Fifty years ago, a fictional British secret agent by the name of James Bond made his big-screen debut...and millions of fans have been fascinated by him ever since. From Sean Connery in "Dr. No" . . . to Daniel Craig in "Skyfall," the franchise's latest entry, Ben Merens and his guest look at the cultural impact agent 007's films have had on the world. Guest: James Chapman, professor of film studies at the University of Leicester (LESTER). He's also the author of "Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films."
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens The Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison received approval from the university's Student Services Finance committee for almost seventy thousand dollars in student fee funding. Other groups and administrators still must sign off. Still, the numbers of religiously unaffiliated Americans is on the rise. This hour, Ben Merens talks to the Executive Director of AHA of UW Madison, and then with an expert on unaffiliated Americans in civic life. GUESTS: 4:06 - 4:30pm: Chris Calvey - Executive Director of the Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 4:30 - 5pm: Daniel Cox - Research Director at the Public Religion Research Institute
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: British-born guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton on his new CB/DVD set FCA 35, which documents the best of his concerts that pay tribute to the 35th anniversary of his most famous album, Frampton Comes Alive!
6:00 PM On Point A soaring number of Americans are stuck with part-time jobs. It's keeping costs down for companies, but it's crippling the Middle Class. Examining America's part-time economy.
7:00 PM On Point Join On Point for a conversation with writer Andrew Solomon about children who are born different and the parents who love them.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin How we cook things matters just as much, if not more, than what we cook. That's according to Joy Cardin's guest, who discusses the history of our kitchen technology and how it has shaped our society. Guest: Bee Wilson, author of "Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat." She's a food writer, historian, and author of a weekly food column for the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine. She's been named BBC Radio's Food Writer of the Year and is a three-time Guild of Food Writers' "Food Journalist" of the Year. Her other books include "Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud."
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn Last week's election most likely settled the fate of the Affordable Health Care Act. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how the provisions of the act will be implemented. Guest: Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-founder, The American Prospect. Author, "Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform."
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Susan Sweeney reads from Ann Patchett's Novel "State of Wonder." A doctor travels to the Amazon and finds extraordinary things, opening opportunities for the future and reviving travails from the past.
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012

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