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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 11/29A Santa will be on the minds of many children and parents over the next month. Joy Cardin's guest psychologist has suggestions on how to talk to kids about Santa, and when to give them new information. Guest: Bruce Henderson, Professor of Psychology at Western Carolina University
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 11/29B Gov. Scott Walker says his top budget priorities include creating jobs, developing the workforce, overhauling education, reforming government and investing in infrastructure. Joy Cardin's guest discusses the significance of these approaches and invites you to weigh in with your budgetary requests for Wisconsin. Guests: Mordecai Lee, Professor of Governmental Affairs, UW-Milwaukee.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 11/29C Joy Cardin's guest says that the fossil-fuel industry is Public Enemy Number One to the survival of our planet. He'll discuss the math of global warming and why we need to take a hard look at the world's oil industries. Guest: Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, and activist. In 1988, he wrote "The End of Nature", the first book for a common audience about global warming. He is the co-founder and Chairman of 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world.
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 11/29D According to a new Government report, of the 50,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. each year, more than one in four affect people ages 13 to 24, more than half of whom don't know they're infected. This hour Kathleen Dunn discusses the continuing epidemic, education, and the upcoming World AIDS Day. Guests: - Mike Gifford, Executive Director, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. www.arcw.org - Gary Hollander, Executive Director, Diverse & Resilient. www.diverseandresilient.org
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 11/29E 2012 marks the 125th anniversary of the Columbia Records. This hour: a look at the history of that label, which reflects the history of America. Guest: Sean Wilentz - Professor of History at Princeton University and author of 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story.
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 11/29F Holiday gatherings and activities can get overwhelming for people and pets alike. Larry Meiller finds out how we can keep our pets safe and calm during the holiday season. Plus, an animal behaviorist's take on the use of dogs to hunt wolves. Guest: Patricia McConnell, PhD, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, author, trainer, and speaker
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 The newly re-elected President Obama faces an immediate crisis in Syria, a looming confrontation with Iran, and a strategic challenge from China. Revisiting the President's foreign policy.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Fifty years ago, in the Cuban Missile crisis, the U-S and the Soviet Union narrowly avoided nuclear war, in part because Washington and Moscow controlled the triggers. Now, with nuclear buttons in Beijing, New Delhi, Islamabad, Pyongyang and Jerusalem, what lessons can we learn from history? Avoiding the next cold war, plus Jane Harmon, on a world lead by women.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/29K Knowing how exercise affects your body can help you achieve your fitness goals. Join Ben Merens and his guest as they discuss using scientific discoveries to gain the most out of any workout to train smarter and live longer. Guest: Gretchen Reynolds is the author of "The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter and Live Longer." She also writes the "Phys Ed" column for the New York Times each week.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/29L According to a recent study, Wisconsin can become a safer state...and save money...by expanding alternatives to prison. Ben's guests say that increasing funding for "Treatment Alternative Diversion" programs, like drug and drunk-driving courts, will save the state millions annually. Guests: - David Liners, state director of WISDOM, a statewide organization seeking justice and common good in Wisconsin. http://www.wisdomwi.org/ - Reverend Jerry Hancock, director of the Prison Ministry Project at the First Congressional United Church of Christ in Madison. He's also a former assistant district attorney and former assistant attorney general. http://wpr.org/r/?947
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: A career interview with country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton on her new book "Dream More." Plus, the big reveal of the five Canada Reads jurors and the books they're championing.
6:00 PM On Point Your tax breaks may be on the chopping block at the fiscal cliff. Home mortgage interest, state income tax and charitable deductions. On Point adds it all up.
7:00 PM On Point A.I. . . . artificial intelligence . . . is on the move again. Deep learning. Big strides. It may change the world around you.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 11/29C Joy Cardin's guest says that the fossil-fuel industry is Public Enemy Number One to the survival of our planet. He'll discuss the math of global warming and why we need to take a hard look at the world's oil industries. Guest: Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, and activist. In 1988, he wrote "The End of Nature", the first book for a common audience about global warming. He is the co-founder and Chairman of 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world.
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn  - 11/29E 2012 marks the 125th anniversary of the Columbia Records. This hour: a look at the history of that label, which reflects the history of America. Guest: Sean Wilentz - Professor of History at Princeton University and author of 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story.
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 29, 2012

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