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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 12/06A NASA is planning on exploring Mars for a long time to come with its announcement this week that it will send a new rover to the red planet in 2020. Joy Cardin's guest explains why he says it's important to learn as much as we can about Mars and to make those discoveries sooner than later. Guest: Chris Janssen (JAHN-sin), Planetarium Director, Wausau School District. http://wpr.org/r/?955
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 12/06B A Racine County judge has ordered a man behind on child support payments to not father any more children until he can prove he can provide for them. Joy Cardin's guest discusses the problems of negligent and delinquent parents, and whether sentences targeting reproductive rights are effective solutions. Guest: David Pate, Associate Professor in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, UW-Milwaukee.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 12/06C In the "nature versus nurture" debate, nurture wins, according to Joy Cardin's guest this hour. He'll describe how our experiences continually shape our personality over a lifetime. Guest: Jesse Prinz, distinguished professor of Philosophy and director of the Committee for Interdisciplinary Science Studies at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. He's the author of Beyond Human Nature: How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Brain.
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 12/06D This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the President of the Southern Poverty Law Center about the SPLC's efforts to raise awareness of hate crimes, including the Sikh Temple shooting in Oak Creek in August. Guest: Richard Cohen - President of the Southern Poverty Law Center
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 12/06E Dave Brubeck, the jazz pianist, composer and bandleader behind the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet, died Wednesday at age 91. This hour Kathleen Dunn explores the legendary musician's career and influence on jazz today. Guest: Mark Davis, jazz pianist. Chair of Jazz Studies at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and he serves as an instructor at Cardinal Stritch University, Wisconsin Lutheran College and Alverno College.
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 12/06F Many of us wear prescription eyeglasses. Larry Meiller learns how to care for our glasses, and the right way to wear them. Guest: Jim La Luzerne, former CEO of optical-related companies. Former President of the largest manufacturer of prescription eyeglasses in the world. Inductee, Optical Hall of Fame
11:45 AM Larry Meiller  - 12/06G We're in the heart of the holiday season, and there are a lot of temptations all around us. Larry Meiller finds out how we can enjoy ourselves while still eating in a healthy way. Guest: Susan Nitzke (NITS-key"), Professor Emerita of Nutritional Sciences, UW-Madison
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Michele Good reads from "Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicky Myron. The staff of the Spencer Library in a small Iowa community saved the kitten. The cat saved the community.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation The cover of the New York Post shows a man on the tracks moments before an oncoming train ends his life. Now, the photographer and the editors who ran the image are at the center of a controversy over media and morals. It's a look at photojournalism and ethics. Plus, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the fiscal cliff.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation When temperatures drop, shelters provide a hot meal and a warm place to sleep. But it can be tough to convince people used to living on the streets to come indoors. How can we help the homeless find shelter from the cold?
3:00 PM John Munson in for Ben Merens  - 12/06K One month later, many in the GOP are still seeking answers to why Mitt Romney lost. This hour, we talk about where Romney lost his way and how the GOP must evolve to win back American voters. Guests: 3:00 - 3:30pm: David Frum is the author of Why Romney Lost (And What the GOP Can Do About It). He is the editor of www.FrumForum.com and is a CNN contributor. He served as a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001-2002. 3:30pm - 4pm: Ed Miller, Professor of Political Science at UW-Stevens Point
4:00 PM John Munson in for Ben Merens  - 12/06L In the coming weeks, President Obama is expected to make several important changes to his cabinet. John Munson and his guest discuss the positions up for grabs, the viability of the possible candidates, and how the changes will influence policy for the next four years. Guest: Shirley Anne Warshaw, professor of political science at Gettysburg College, author of ten books on the presidency, including "Powersharing: White House-Cabinet Relations in the Modern Presidency." She also served on the 2000 and 2008 Pew Transition Projects for structuring White House staff.
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi Hear in depth talk about the daily arts, culture, and entertainment on Q with Jian Ghomeshi.
6:00 PM On Point 2012 has seen drought, wildfire, ice-melt, Sandy, and 70-degree temps in Chicago in December. What are we going to do about climate change?
7:00 PM On Point From the origins of the universe, to the Tudor age, to an Indian reservation in North Dakota, On Point looks at the best books of the year.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 12/06C In the "nature versus nurture" debate, nurture wins, according to Joy Cardin's guest this hour. He'll describe how our experiences continually shape our personality over a lifetime. Guest: Jesse Prinz, distinguished professor of Philosophy and director of the Committee for Interdisciplinary Science Studies at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. He's the author of Beyond Human Nature: How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Brain.
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn  - 12/06E Dave Brubeck, the jazz pianist, composer and bandleader behind the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet, died Wednesday at age 91. This hour Kathleen Dunn explores the legendary musician's career and influence on jazz today. Guest: Mark Davis, jazz pianist. Chair of Jazz Studies at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and he serves as an instructor at Cardinal Stritch University, Wisconsin Lutheran College and Alverno College.
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Michele Good reads from "Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicky Myron. The staff of the Spencer Library in a small Iowa community saved the kitten. The cat saved the community.
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, DECEMBER 6, 2012

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