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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin 24 million Americans plan on traveling by air during the holiday season, according to one group's estimate. Joy Cardin's guest says our flying experience can be much improved by getting rid of hidden fees, ending TSA "tyranny," and more. Plus, he invites you to share your recent airline experiences, good or bad. Guest: Brandon Macsata, Executive Director, Association for Airline Passenger Rights. www.flyfriendlyskies.com
7:00 AM Joy Cardin Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he wants to do away with same-day voter registration in the state, but that it's not a top priority. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing perspectives discuss this week's Big Question: Should Wisconsin keep or kill same-day voter registration? Online poll: www.wpr.org/joy Guests: - Andrea Kaminski, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. Opinion: http://wpr.org/r/?940 - Kevin Binversie (bin-VER-see), political commentator for "The Wisconsin Reporter"; he used to work at the Heritage Foundation, served in the George W. Bush administration and worked on numerous state Republican campaigns. Column: http://wpr.org/r/?941
8:00 AM Joy Cardin Joy Cardin's guest says we've become obsessed with instant gratification - and we have to change that, for the good of ourselves, our communities, and our country. Guest: Rich Harwood, Founder and President of The Harwood Institute; his newest book is "The Work of Hope: how Individuals and Organizations Can Authentically Do Good" www.theharwoodinstitute.com The Work of Hope: how Individuals and Organizations ...
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the ongoing issue with prescription drug shortages. Guest: Amy Peak, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice, and Director of Drug Information Services & Academic Advising, Butler University.
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn November's edition of the Back-to-School Book Club looks at Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. Born in 1818, Douglass learned to read as a slave in his native Maryland, which prepared him for a lifetime of self-education. He escaped to the North at age twenty, and joined the abolitionist movement in the 1840s. This memoir, released in 1845, both exemplified and expanded the genre of slave narrative. Guests: Russ Castronovo - Professor of English and American Studies at UW-Madison Ivy Wilson - Associate Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Northwestern Unviersity LISTENERS: The text is in the public domain, so you can go to http://bit.ly/fJ9EUm to get a copy
11:00 AM Larry Meiller Larry Meiller continues a series of programs commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the Endangered Species Act with a look at landowner incentive programs, and how they help endangered species. Guests: - Darcy Kind, Prairie and Savanna Biologist, Landowner Incentive Program, Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Steve Swenson, Ecologist, Aldo Leopold Foundation, directs the Science and Stewardship Program at the Leopold Family Shack and Farm
11:45 AM Larry Meiller Larry Meiller with staffers from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) to find out what we can learn from bioenergy crop trials in the field. Guests: -John Greenler, Director of Education and Outreach, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) - Gregg Sanford, PhD Scientist with GLBRC and manager of the bioenergy crop trials at the UW Arlington Research Station
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 Chris Christie files papers for a second term in Jersey. Grover Norquist warns that voters will hold republicans to the anti-tax pledge and Jesse Jackson Junior resigns. The Political Junkie Ken Rudin returns. Plus, the once and future Minnesota congressman Rick Nolan and Ralph Reed argues that social conservatives can't be blamed for Romney's loss.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Geneva Hunter's mom, Ida, has Alzheimer's. She's doing well, but that won't always be the case. And as the world's aging population grows, dementia could become a health-care disaster. The building tide of dementia on the next Talk of the Nation.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Conflict is a natural part of life which presents us with opportunities for creative solutions. Join Ben Merens and his guests as they discuss approaching conflict openly and with curiosity, which can actually motivate us to change and deepen our relationships with others. http://wpr.org/r/?943 Guests: - Kathy Germann, (GURR-man) facilitator/consultant. - Denise Jess, facilitator/consultant.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Governor Walker has laid out his five priorities for the next state budget, including job creation, workforce development, education transformation, reforming government waste and transportation. Ben Merens talks with representatives from both political parties about these priorities, and what else they'd like to see in the upcoming budget. Guests: - John Nygren, Republican State Assembly Representative, Marinette, co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee - Chris Larson, Senate Minority Leader, democratic state senator from Milwaukee
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Are kids' playgrounds too safe? A Q debate. The short moving images known as GIFS are everywhere these days, from website jokes to the cover of the New York Times. We talk to the curator of a GIF festival and competition at Miami Art Week called Moving the Still.
6:00 PM On Point Rebels are on the move in Congo. On Point speaks with NPR's John Burnett about Africa's endless war.
7:00 PM On Point Superstar Dolly Parton joins On Point to talk music and where she's found meaning in life.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin Joy Cardin's guest says we've become obsessed with instant gratification - and we have to change that, for the good of ourselves, our communities, and our country. Guest: Rich Harwood, Founder and President of The Harwood Institute; his newest book is "The Work of Hope: how Individuals and Organizations Can Authentically Do Good" www.theharwoodinstitute.com
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn November's edition of the Back-to-School Book Club looks at Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. Born in 1818, Douglass learned to read as a slave in his native Maryland, which prepared him for a lifetime of self-education. He escaped to the North at age twenty, and joined the abolitionist movement in the 1840s. This memoir, released in 1845, both exemplified and expanded the genre of slave narrative. GUESTS: Russ Castronovo - Professor of English and American Studies at UW-Madison Ivy Wilson - Associate Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Northwestern Unviersity LISTENERS: The text is in the public domain, so you can go to http://bit.ly/fJ9EUm to get a copy
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 28, 2012

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