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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin Wisconsin lawmakers approved hunting in state parks, and the DNR is holding hearings on how that will work. After six, Joy Cardin talks to Wisconsin's state parks director about the hearings and the rules that are in the works. Guest: Dan Schuller, Wisconsin State Parks Director
7:00 AM Joy Cardin Gay marriage supporters won votes in multiple states on Election Day. Joy Cardin's guest says the nation is at a tipping point, and more states are likely to follow. Guest: Brian Powell, Professor of Sociology at Indiana University and author of "Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family"
7:30 AM Joy Cardin With President Obama winning a second term and control of Congress remaining split, Joy Cardin's guest weighs in on whether we should expect more gridlock ahead. Plus, he discusses the major issues facing the House and Senate and how they may get sorted out. Guest: Steven Smith, Professor of Political Science and Director, Weidenbaum (WEE-den-baum) Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy, Washington University, St. Louis.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin Can atheists and people of faith work together to better our world? Joy Cardin's guest says that they can, and that atheists should engage religious people respectfully instead of treating them with disdain. Guest: Chris Stedman, author of "Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious." He's the Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, the emeritus managing director of State of Formation at the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, and the founder of the first blog dedicated to exploring atheist-interfaith engagement, "NonProphet Status."
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn Latinos, African Americans, young voters and women are all demographic groups that contributed to President Obama's winning 2012 coalition. But how did the results break down community type? This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to Patchwork Nation founder Dante Chinni. GUEST: Dante Chinni - journalist and creator of the multimedia project PATCHWORK NATION
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn In his victory speech Tuesday night, President Obama said "We want our children to live in an America...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet." But climate change was not a major issue in the Presidential campaign. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests talk about the potential political will to confront this issue post-Sandy and post-election. GUESTS: Elizabeth Kolbert - Staff writer for the New Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Paul Robbins - Geographer and the Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Political Ecology.
11:00 AM Larry Meiller Larry Meiller talks about home repair and improvement, with a special focus on choosing and installing the right windows for your needs. Guests: - Chad Speight ("SPATE"), Chad's Carpentry, Madison - Chas ("CHAZ") Vaughn, Project Manager, Window Design Center, 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 The political ads have, mercifully, stopped and dinnertime can now pass peacefully without robo-call interruption. But that doesn't mean the party machines have ground to a halt. What we learned from election 2012, and how Democrats and Republicans are turning it into strategy for 2014 and 2016.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Even with the cold war decades behind us, we can't ignore the ever changing threat of nuclear war. So says Paul Bracken in his new book, The Second Nuclear Age. The new rules and politics of nuclear weapons in the 21st century, and how the US should respond.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Nothing can disrupt a workplace as much as a "control freak" boss. That's according to Ben's guest, and he'll discuss ways to cope as a beleaguered employee. Guest: Philip Chard (SHARD) is a psychotherapist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist and author of Nature's Ways: Experiencing the Sacred in the Nature World. www.philipchard.com
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens In addition to Tuesday's presidential race, there were also many elections across the nation for the Senate and the House, including a very competitive senate race here in Wisconsin. In this hour of At Issue, Ben Merens and his guest discuss the results of those elections, and look ahead to what awaits the 113th Congress. Guest: David Canon, Professor of Political Science, UW-Madison
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Culture critic Camille Paglia on her new book, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars. Plus, Torquil Campbell's Rant or Rave column.
6:00 PM On Point Four more years. Obama-Biden and a divided Congress. On Point looks at their first challenge of the fiscal cliff, and what it will say about the road ahead.
7:00 PM On Point In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New York examines the use of sea walls. On Point asks if this is the answer to the threat of future storms?
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin Can atheists and people of faith work together to better our world? Joy Cardin's guest says that they can, and that atheists should engage religious people respectfully instead of treating them with disdain. Guest: Chris Stedman, author of "Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious." He's the Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, the emeritus managing director of State of Formation at the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, and the founder of the first blog dedicated to exploring atheist-interfaith engagement, "NonProphet Status."
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn In his victory speech Tuesday night, President Obama said "We want our children to live in an America...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet" But climate change was not a major issue in the Presidential campaign. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests talk about the potential political will to confront this issue post-Sandy and post-election. GUESTS: Elizabeth Kolbert - Staff writer for the Nee Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Paul Robbins - Geographer and the Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Political Ecology.
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 8, 2012

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