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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin Oxford American Dictionaries says the word of 2012 is "gif," Dictionary.com says the word of the year is "bluster"...what do you think? Joy Cardin speaks with a language expert about the best words of 2012. Guest: Grant Barrett, co-host of A Way With Words, which airs Sundays from 9 to 10 a.m. on the Ideas Network. He's also involved with the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year Vote (which happens in the first week of January). He's just submitted a list of top words of 2012 for The New York Times (this is his 9th year doing this for NYT).
7:00 AM Joy Cardin President Obama recently said he expects action on comprehensive immigration reform shortly after his inauguration. Meanwhile, two U.S. Senators from opposing sides of the aisle are pushing for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country. Joy Cardin's guests discuss this week's Big Question: Should immigration reform include a pathway to citizenship? Online poll: www.wpr.org/joy Guests: - Bob Dane, Communications Director, Federation for American Immigration Reform. http://www.fairus.org/ - Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director, Voces de la Frontera. http://www.vdlf.org/
8:00 AM Joy Cardin This hour, Joy Cardin and her guest grapple with a collection of classic and modern ethical dilemmas. From ethical impasses to matters of crime and punishment, discover what our response to today's tough questions say about our general approach to morality. Guest: Jeremy Stangroom, an elected Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion; co-founder and New Media editor of The Philosophers' Magazine; author of, "Would You Eat Your Cat? Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You About Yourself."
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the 1881 assassination attempt on President James A. Garfield, and the dreadfully misguided medical efforts to save his life. (Rebroadcast from September 29, 2011) Guest: Candice Millard, former writer and editor, National Geographic magazine. Author, "River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey", "Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President"
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn When humorist Joel Stein learned he was fathering a baby boy he set out to explore what being a man meant. He joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his quest to define masculinity. (Rebroadcast from June 26, 2012) Guest: Joel Stein, Staff Writer, TIME. Author, "Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity."
11:00 AM Larry Meiller Wisconsin has seen two new varieties of fruit flies this year. Larry Meiller finds out what impact they're having, plus where insects go in the winter. Guest: Phil Pellitteri, director, UW Insect Diagnostic Lab
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 Allen West's concession completes the electoral scorecard, Congress celebrates turkey-day a drumstick away from the fiscal cliff, and Ron Paul embraces the deeply American principle of secession. Political Junkie Ken Rudin, plus an exit interview with outgoing Ohio Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation By now, post traumatic stress is well-established as a psychological diagnosis of war, but some specialists say it doesn't go far enough. When members of the armed forces do, or see things on the battle field that violate fundamental beliefs about right and wrong, that, too, can damage the psyche. Moral injury, on the next Talk of the Nation.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens As Thanksgiving draws closer, many of us are reflecting on what we're grateful for in our lives. This hour, Ben Merens wants to know...what are you thankful for?
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Ben Merens and his guest discuss the holiday outlook for the petroleum market. Just where will Wisconsin gas prices go in the next month, and what effect has Hurricane Sandy had on the market? Guest: Erin Roth, Executive Director, Wisconsin Petroleum Council
5:00 PM Q Terry O'Reilly guest hosts Q! As the last installment of the Twilight series hits theatres, author Matt Kaplan explains why the supernatural creatures it contains are ideal for our times.
6:00 PM On Point Family politics at Thanksgiving. On Point talks with red and blue sitting down together, and asks how that conversation goes.
7:00 PM On Point Abe Lincoln loved him. Listen to the deep Americana of Civil War era composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk (LEW-ee moar-OH GAWTS-chauk).
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin This hour, Joy Cardin and her guest grapple with a collection of classic and modern ethical dilemmas. From ethical impasses to matters of crime and punishment, discover what our response to today's tough questions say about our general approach to morality. Guest: Jeremy Stangroom, an elected Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion; co-founder and New Media editor of The Philosophers' Magazine; author of, "Would You Eat Your Cat? Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You About Yourself."
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn When humorist Joel Stein learned he was fathering a baby boy he set out to explore what being a man meant. He joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his quest to define masculinity. (Rebroadcast from June 26, 2012) Guest: Joel Stein, Staff Writer, TIME. Author, "Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity."
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 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

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