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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin What do winners do that keeps them on top? How can you get out of a losing streak? Joy Cardin's guest discusses the advantages winners have, the common mistakes losers make, and how to apply this information to your everyday life. Guest: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School and author of "Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End." Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks B...
7:00 AM Joy Cardin It appears that Mitt Romney's list of potential running mates is getting shorter, considering the new list of names scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention this month. Joy Cardin's guest discusses the importance of the vice presidential candidate and the strengths and weaknesses of possible selections. Plus, weigh in on this week's Big Question: Who do you think Mitt Romney will choose as his running mate? Guest: Tim Hagle, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa. Faculty adviser, University of Iowa College Republicans and the Iowa Federation of College Republicans.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin NASA's Curiosity planetary rover landed on Mars Sunday night and has started transmitting images and video back to Earth. Joy Cardin speaks to a scientist at the heart of the Mars mission about its purpose, what the rover might find, and the future of humans on Mars. Guest: Aileen Yingst, adjunct assistant professor and Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium at UW-Green Bay. She's at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, right now and is the deputy principal investigator for one camera on the mission.
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn Join Kathleen Dunn and her guests for a look at the life, music, and Wisconsin connection of the late composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch. Guests: Tom Strini - Senior Editor of Third Coast Digest Darcy Hamlin - Third horn for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and founder of the Milwaukee Brass Quintet
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans almost seven years ago, and the city lost a significant percentage of its population between 2000 and 2010. Still, many of the city's residents immediately began to rebuild their homes. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to writer Daniel Wolff about the efforts to bring New Orleans back. Guest Daniel Wolff - author of The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came ...
11:00 AM Larry Meiller Fish and fishing are a wonderful part of Wisconsin culture. Larry Meiller welcomes guests to talk both about the management of Wisconsin fisheries, and about the healthiest choices for fish consumption from our state's waters. Guests: - Justine Hasz, Supervisor, Fisheries Management, Division of Water, WI Department of Natural Resources - Candy Schrank, Fish Contaminant and Toxicology Program Coordinator, WI Department of Natural Resources
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads "The Tie That Binds" by Kent Haruf. It's the story of 80 year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by an unreliable neighbor.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Harry Reid demands Mitt Romney's tax returns, but won't release his own. The campaigns trade jabs on welfare reform and tax plans. And in Missouri, Claire McCaskil's re-election campaign's in real trouble. Political Junkie Ken Rudin's back. Plus, where we get our facts.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Talk of the Nation tackles the issues and the stories that you want to know more about. To hear analysis, perspective, and to find out what the country is talking about, tune into TALK OF THE NATION.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens On Monday and Tuesday, you heard from the candidates themselves. Today after three, Ben and his guest review the candidates for U.S. Senate, discuss the issues and policies they're running on, and look at the latest poll numbers in the race. Guest: Charles Franklin, Visiting Professor of Law and Public Policy at Marquette University, and Co-Developer and Contributor for www.PollsAndVotes.com. The latest Marquette poll can be found at: https://law.marquette.edu/poll/
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens A Quinnipiac/Times/CBS Poll of Wisconsin voters released today says 48% want Wisconsin's gun laws to stay the same and 43% want tougher laws. Some voters were polled as news spread about the shooting in Oak Creek on Sunday. Join Ben Merens and his guests for two viewpoints about this new poll. GUESTS: Jim Fendry is Director of the Wisconsin Pro-Gun Movement. Jeri Bonavia is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE).
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi, Terry O'Reilly guest hosts! British actor Daniel Radcliffe on his latest movie, The Woman in Black, and his transition to adult roles of all varieties. Producer/director Martin Gero on The L.A. Complex, a TV drama that centres around Canadians trying to make it big in Hollywood.
6:00 PM On Point Grassroots or Big Money? Tea Party candidates are making inroads in big Congressional races. But who's driving them into office? The Tea Party? Or billionaire donors?
7:00 PM On Point Chain Medicine. New Yorker writer and surgeon Atul Gawande on why a chain restraint the Cheesecake Factory - might be the new model for healthcare.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin NASA's Curiosity planetary rover landed on Mars Sunday night and has started transmitting images and video back to Earth. Joy Cardin speaks to a scientist at the heart of the Mars mission about its purpose, what the rover might find, and the future of humans on Mars. Guest: Aileen Yingst, adjunct assistant professor and Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium at UW-Green Bay. She's at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, right now and is the deputy principal investigator for one camera on the mission.
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans almost seven years ago, and the city lost a significant percentage of its population between 2000 and 2010. Still, many of the city's residents immediately began to rebuild their homes. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to writer Daniel Wolff about the efforts to bring New Orleans back. Guest Daniel Wolff - author of The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads "The Tie That Binds" by Kent Haruf. It's the story of 80 year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by an unreliable neighbor.
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, AUGUST 8, 2012

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