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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/20A Find out which counties in Wisconsin are the healthiest and which ones are the least healthy, according to a new report. Joy Cardin's guest public health expert discusses the findings of the annual County Health Rankings, how areas are improving wellness for their residents, and national trends. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ Guest: Karen Timberlake, Director of the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute, which is releasing its 10th annual County Health Rankings; she's also the former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/20B The spring general elections are now less than two weeks away! Joy Cardin holds a straw poll for the two statewide races in this week's Big Question: If the election were held today, which candidate would get your vote for state Supreme Court justice and for state superintendent? Online poll: www.wpr.org/joy
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/20C Did you know traditional Mexican cooking includes many types of salads-and NOT taco salad? Joy Cardin's guest says that Americans misunderstand a lot of things about traditional Mexican cooking, and clears them up in her new cookbook. Guest: Pati Jinich (HIN-itch), author of "Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking." She's the official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C. She's also the star of the public television series, "Pati's Mexican Table." She blogs at www.patismexicantable.com. Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Ho...
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 03/20D This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the Stuebenville rape case, and examines if there is a possible bond between jock culture and rape culture, how the media talks about violence against women, and how our society raises young boys. Guests: - Jarrod Chin, Director for Training and Curriculum, Sport in Society, Northeastern University Center. - Sarah McMahon, Assistant Professor from the Center on Violence Against Women & Children at the Rutgers School of Social Work.
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn  - 03/20E Kathleen Dunn speaks with with a historian about the changing meaning behind obtaining 'the American Dream.' Guest: Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University. Faculty Co-Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, and the former President of the Organization of American Historians. His recent article, "Before Greed: Americans Didn't Always Yearn for Riches" ran in the Boston Review.
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 03/20F It's a big time for crane migrations. Larry Meiller finds out what the status is of the cranes that spend time in Wisconsin each year, and how you can get involved in the Midwest Crane Count. Guests: - Anne Lacy, Long Term Crane Research Coordinator, International Crane Foundation - Kate Fitzwilliams, Volunteer Coordinator, International Crane Foundation
11:45 AM Larry Meiller  - 03/20G Wisconsin's endangered and threatened species list provides important protections and oversight for species in our state. Larry Meiller finds out what proposals are under consideration to add and remove species from the list. Guests: - Terrell Hyde, Natural Heritage Inventory Assistant Zoologist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Rori Paloski ("pa-LAH-ski"), conservation biologist, Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Susan Sweeney reads from "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef".
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation The President takes a break from the deficit battles and heads to the Middle East. The GOP works to rebrand itself after C-PAC. Hillary Clinton and Rob Portman both back same sex marriage. Stephen Colbert's sister faces a primary vote in South Carolina. Guests: - Ken Rudin, Writes Political Junkie column for NPR - Al Cardenas, Chairman of the American Conservative Union
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation The Steubenville rape case ended in convictions for two football players. Now, the Ohio attorney general has called a grand jury to determine if anyone else must be held accountable -- for not reporting the crime, for sharing photos of the attack, or not doing more to stop it. Who's accountable? Guests: TBA
3:00 PM At Issue  - 03/20K Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled, compared to almost 90% of metals, because of the complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Join John Munson and his guest as they discuss the innovative approach he has developed to recycle any kind of plastic. Guest: Michael Biddle is the president and founder of MBA Polymers, Inc., a recycler of plastics from complex waste streams such as end-of-life durable goods (electronics, computers, appliances, automobiles, etc.).
4:00 PM At Issue  - 03/20L It's now estimated that one in fifty school-age children in the United States have autism. John Munson and his guest take a deeper look at what autism is, how it affects individuals and their families, and the treatment options currently available. Guest: Maureen Durkin, epidemiologist and Professor of Population Health Sciences and Pediatrics at UW-Madison. She's also the Principal Investigator at the Wisconsin Surveillance of Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities System, and a Waisman Center investigator at the UW
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: In a rare interview, a year after his controversial Kony2012 viral video, Jason Russell speaks out about the effect of the media frenzy on the work of the US charity Invisible Children and the profound effect it had on him personally. Celebrity fitness trainer Harley Pasternak on the damage done by celebrity diet fads.
6:00 PM On Point Drones on top of drones. New, commercial drones take off. Some say our skies will be dark with privately-owned drones. Then what? On Point explores. Guests: - Chris Anderson, CEO of 3DRobotics and creator of DIYDrones.com. Former editor-in-chief of Wired - Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the ACLU - Tom K. Kenville, chairman of the North Dakota chapter of the trade association, Unmanned Applications Institute, International a non-profit that supports the development of unmanned aircraft
7:00 PM On Point The kill-off of elephants is getting worse. Humans are wiping them off the face of the earth, and scientists say the elephants know it. On Point looks at the rise in African elephant slaughter. Guests: - Samantha Strindberg, biostatistician for the Wildlife Conservation Society and one of the co-authors of the newly-released study "Devastating Decline of Forest Elephants in Central Africa" in the online peer-reviewed journal PLOS One - Bryan Christy, contributing writer for National Geographic. He spent more than two years investigating the international ivory trade and the surge in poaching, and his story "Blood Ivory" appeared in the October issue of National Geographic - Richard Ruggiero, chief of the Near East, South Asia, and Africa Branch in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of International Conservation
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 03/20C Did you know traditional Mexican cooking includes many types of salads-and NOT taco salad? Joy Cardin's guest says that Americans misunderstand a lot of things about traditional Mexican cooking, and clears them up in her new cookbook. Guest: Pati Jinich (HIN-itch), author of "Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking." She's the official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C. She's also the star of the public television series, "Pati's Mexican Table." She blogs at www.patismexicantable.com.
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn  - 03/20E Kathleen Dunn speaks with with a historian about the changing meaning behind obtaining 'the American Dream.' Guest: Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University. Faculty Co-Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, and the former President of the Organization of American Historians. His recent article, "Before Greed: Americans Didn't Always Yearn for Riches" ran in the Boston Review.
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Susan Sweeney reads from "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef".
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013

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