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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 12/25A 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 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. (Rebroadcast from 11/15/12 C)
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 12/25B In the latest industry poll of the best movies of all time, Citizen Kane was knocked from the number-one spot for the first time in fifty years-by Vertigo. Joy Cardin talks to a film expert about why these are the greatest movies of all time-and asks you what movies you'd add to the list. Guest: Dana Polan, professor of cinema studies at New York University. He voted in the last Sight & Sound Magazine Greatest Films of All Time poll, in 2002. (Rebroadcast from 8/16/12 C)
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 12/25C A 21-year-old filmmaker from California says he was born "profoundly deaf" and "never understood music." That changed when he tried a new set of hearing aids and truly heard music for the first time. Now he's seeking advice on which songs to listen to next. Joy Cardin's guest offers his suggestions and invites you to weigh in with yours. Guest: Jon Pollack, History Instructor and Pop Culture Expert, Madison Area Technical College. (Rebroadcast from 8/13/12 C)
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 12/25D This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, historian Douglas Brinkley on the life of Walter Cronkite. During his heyday, the longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News was known as "the most trusted man in America." Guest: Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History, Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. He is the author of several books, most recently, "Cronkite."
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 12/25E This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, the biography of the sun: from its stellar birth to its spectacular future death. Guest: Bob Berman, "Strange Universe" columnist for Astronomy magazine, author of "The Sun's Heartbeat: And Other Stories From the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet"
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 12/25F One of the wonderful parts of Wisconsin's tourism history is the classic, old-time family resorts up north. Larry Meiller hears about those that are still around, and how to enjoy them. (Rebroadcast from August 7, 2012) Guest: Mary Bergin, travel author, columnist, "Roads Traveled"
11:45 AM Larry Meiller  - 12/25G Many people know that Taliesin was Frank Lloyd Wright's home and work space for architecture students. But what is less well-known is that the current building is the third incarnation, and the first ended in personal and professional tragedy. Larry Meiller hears the whole story. (Rebroadcast from August 7, 2012) Guest: Ron McCrea ("mc-CRAY"), author, "Building Taliesin: Frank Lloyd Wright's Home of Love and Loss"
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads from "The Complete Shorter Fiction of Anthony Trollope." The extraordinary novelist unveils English society in four short tales: "Christmas at Thompson Hall," "Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage," "An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids," and "Father Giles of Ballymoy."
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation The holidays are a traditional time for reunions - getting together with family you haven't seen in a long time, or even family you never knew you had. Some members of our armed forces get to come home, and college kids return for winter break. Reunions, over the holidays and over the years. Plus, a Jewish guide to Christmas specials.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Looking for fun facts to share at the holiday table? NPR's longest-serving librarian can help. Say, what did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leave behind on the moon? The answer: A gold olive branch, a patch from the Apollo 1 flight, and two medals from the Soviet Union. Learn Something New Every Day with Kee Malesky.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens  - 12/25K This hour, Ben Merens and his guest talk about great song covers: why they work when they work, why musicians continue to record them, and why we love to hear them. (Rebroadcast from November 9, 2012) Guest: Kallao [kuh-LAY-oh] - DJ at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee. Every Friday at 5pm he plays the 5 O'Clock Shadow: an original and a cover back-to-back.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens  - 12/25L Many of us use various forms of technology every day, and while it seems to make our lives easier, just what is it doing to our brains? Ben's guest discusses why many of us are suffering from an "iDisorder" and what we can do to prevent digital burnout. (Rebroadcast from July 17, 2012) Guest: Larry Rosen, professor and past chair of the psychology department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. His new book is "iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us." www.drlarryrosen.com
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: TED Conference curator Chris Anderson on why the way we use email is a modern day "tragedy of the commons." A conversation with writer, actor, comedian, musician and rapper, Donald Glover, perhaps best known as the star of TV's "Community." Plus, music from the Colorado husband-and-wife duo, Tennis.
6:00 PM On Point From Wikipedia to Kickstarter, On Point looks at the growing power of collaboration as a source of hope and progress with Steven Johnson, author of "Future Perfect."
7:00 PM On Point The documentary "Rejoice and Shout" explores gospel music from roots to right now. On Point listens.
8:00 PM A Laurie Brown Christmas On this Christmas night, host Laurie Brown brings us some of the most popular Christmas music of all time, from Bing Crosby to Diana Krall.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 12/25C A 21-year-old filmmaker from California says he was born "profoundly deaf" and "never understood music." That changed when he tried a new set of hearing aids and truly heard music for the first time. Now he's seeking advice on which songs to listen to next. Joy Cardin's guest offers his suggestions and invites you to weigh in with yours. Guest: Jon Pollack, History Instructor and Pop Culture Expert, Madison Area Technical College. (Rebroadcast from 8/13/12 C)
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn  - 12/25E This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, the biography of the sun: from its stellar birth to its spectacular future death. Guest: Bob Berman, "Strange Universe" columnist for Astronomy magazine, author of "The Sun's Heartbeat: And Other Stories From the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet"
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads from "The Complete Shorter Fiction of Anthony Trollope." The extraordinary novelist unveils English society in four short tales: "Christmas at Thompson Hall," "Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage," "An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids," and "Father Giles of Ballymoy."
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2012

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