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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 02/21A Governor Scott Walker has laid out his budget priorities for the next two years, which include expanding voucher schools, increasing funding for public education, and cutting income taxes. Joy Cardin talks with a political scientist about Walker's budget address and gets reaction from lawmakers on the state's Joint Finance Committee, which will take up the budget next. Guests: - Arnold Shober, Associate Professor of Government at Lawrence University. - Jennifer Shilling, Democratic State Senator from La Crosse and a member of the Joint Committee on Finance. - Dan LeMahieu (LEM-uh-hyoo), Republican State Representative from Cascade and a member of the Joint Committee on Finance.
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 02/21B Now that Governor Scott Walker has formally released his next two-year budget for Wisconsin, let the debate begin! Joy Cardin welcomes two guests of opposing political perspectives to discuss education, transportation and other spending priorities. Guests: - Chris Lato (LAH-toe), former Communications Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, and a Republican campaign consultant. - Kathleen Falk, former Dane County Executive; she served as a delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 02/21C We spice things up with a conversation about... spices! Joy Cardin talks with a couple of spice merchants about how to add some pizzazz to your meals, experiment with exotic flavors, and answer your spice-related questions. Guests: Tom and Patty Erd, Owners of The Spice House. www.thespicehouse.com
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 02/21D Kathleen Dunn chats with a presidential historian about our nation's leaders are viewed through the lens of history. Guest: Lewis Gould, Professor Emeritus in the History Department, University of Texas. Author of several books including, "Theodore Roosevelt," "The Modern American Presidency," and "Grand Old Party: A History of the Republicans". Theodore Roosevelt
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 02/21E The amazing story behind Rodriguez, the missing-then-found star of the hit documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man," will be the topic this hour. Joining Kathleen Dunn is of the co-producers of the Rodriguez album, "Cold Fact". Guests: - Dennis Coffey, musician, session guitarist for Motown records, former member of the Funk Brothers. Author, "Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars". Coffey was a co-producer on the 1970 album, "Cold Fact," by Rodriguez. - Richard Pithouse, professor of Political Science at Rhodes University in South Africa. Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 02/21F You don't have to be a master carpenter to take on a variety of D-I-Y tasks at home. Larry Meiller learns how we can all become more self-sufficient homeowners. Guest: Betsy Matheson Symanietz ("seye-MAYN-ee-ets"), author, "DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner: 25 Ways to Build a Self-Reliant Lifestyle" DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner: 25 W...
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Midnight Catch" by Norman Gilliland. In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation There's heated debate over exempting birth control from health coverage. The issue may even reach the Supreme Court. But this is hardly the only such exemption that's been hammered out in the U.S. From vaccines, to school attendance, to photo IDs; who gets a religious exemption? And why? Guest: John Witty Jr., Law Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and Author of "From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition"
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation The Defense Department is expanding benefits for same-sex military couples. By October, partners will be able to shop at the commissary, use child care, and get counseling. But housing on base and burial at Arlington are still under review. What's changed for gay couples in the military -- and what hasn't, on TALK OF THE NATION. Guest: Ashley Broadway, Director of Family Affairs, The American Military Partner Association. Ashley's Partner of 13 years is Army Lt. Col. Heather Mack, recently named Military Spouse of the Year for Fort Bragg in an online competition, sponsored by Military Spouse Magazine
3:00 PM At Issue  - 02/21K What foods help control blood pressure? Which is the best variety of nut to eat and why? Join John Munson and his guest as they take the guesswork out of eating a balanced diet. www.davidgrotto.com Guest: David Grotto is the author of "The Best Things You Can Eat - For Everything from Aches to Zzzz, the Definitive Guide to the Nutrition-Packed Foods that Energize, Heal, and Help You Look Great". He was formally the national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Best Things You Can Eat - For Everything from Ac...
4:00 PM At Issue  - 02/21L Governor Walker laid out his vision for education in last night's budget address. John Munson and his guests discuss the governor's remarks on education funding, and an expansion of school choice in Wisconsin. Guests: - Shawn Johnson, WPR's state government reporter - Tom Beebe, project director of Opportunity to Learn-Wisconsin - Jim Bender, president, School Choice Wisconsin
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams is behind a new documentary called "God Loves Uganda", examining the influence that American evangelical groups have on the hate-filled climate for gay people in Uganda. Long-running folk rock duo The Indigo Girls perform live from their latest album, "Beauty Queen Sister". Laura Anderson Barbata, a Mexican-American artist who fought for the recent dignified burial of the remains of Julia Pastrana, the 19th century circus performer known as the "ugliest woman in the world."
6:00 PM On Point "The Feminine Mystique" at 50. On Point talks with women about the book and with Betty Friedan on what's changed, what hasn't, and women now. Guests: - Noreen Malone, Staff writer at the New Republic. - Sandy Banks, Columnist at the Los Angeles Times. - Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Boston Globe and Washington Post, and author of 'Turning Point' (1979), which is about effect of the changing role of women on the family. Mother of two, grandmother of two.
7:00 PM On Point Abraham Lincoln and the evolution of American morality. What would Lincoln do, say, today? Guests: John Burt, Professor of English, Brandeis University and author of "Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict".
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 02/21C We spice things up with a conversation about... spices! Joy Cardin talks with a couple of spice merchants about how to add some pizzazz to your meals, experiment with exotic flavors, and answer your spice-related questions. Guests: Tom and Patty Erd, Owners of The Spice House. www.thespicehouse.com
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn  - 02/21E The amazing story behind Rodriguez, the missing-then-found star of the hit documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man," will be the topic this hour. Joining Kathleen Dunn is of the co-producers of the Rodriguez album, "Cold Fact". Guests: - Dennis Coffey, musician, session guitarist for Motown records, former member of the Funk Brothers. Author, "Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars". Coffey was a co-producer on the 1970 album, "Cold Fact," by Rodriguez. - Richard Pithouse, professor of Political Science at Rhodes University in South Africa.
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Midnight Catch" by Norman Gilliland. In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
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, FEBRUARY 21, 2013

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