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March 3, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Personal Economics
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Ethics of Genetics" (Repeat of 950507B)
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Talk Shows
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Personal Economics
SEGMENT 1:
Economist Dean Baker tells Steve Paulson that while overall the
economy is doing well, only the wealthy are sharing in the new
prosperity; and that given the way our political campaign
system works, that's unlikely to change. Baker is with the
Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
SEGMENT 2:
Alan Zuckerman, Director of the National Youth Employment
Coalition in Washington, D.C., tells Judith Strasser that young
people are having more and more trouble finding jobs that put
them on track for long-term, stable careers. And he shares a
success story. Zuckerman and Strasser spoke in a San Francisco
hotel room during a onference on "The Education of the New
California Workforce." Also, journalist and former stockbroker
Ted Fishman tells Judith Strasser why he (and millions of other
people) invest in the stock market in the hope of amassing
enough wealth to be able to retire.
SEGMENT 3:
Merchant banker turned best-selling novelist Linda Davies talks
with Jim Fleming about the thrilling world of intrigue and big
money. Davies books are "Nest of Vipers" and the new one,
"Wilderness of Mirrors."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
03-03-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Ethics of Genetics
SEGMENT 1:
Genetic medicine could change our lives, and make a lot of
money for bio-tech companies. Allen Buchanan, a medical
ethicist at the University of Wisconsin, tells Jim Fleming that
commercializing the genetic revolution may not serve the public
interest. Also, Nobel laureate James Watson talks with Judith
Strasser about the spectacular advances that have followed from
his discovery (with Francis Crick) of the double helix
structure of DNA.
SEGMENT 2:
Doctor and biomedical researcher Robert Cook-Degan was an early
advisor to the Human Genome Project - the effort to map all the
genes in the human body. He talks with Steve Paulson about the
science involved. Cook-Degan is a senior program officer at
the National Academy of Sciences and the author of "The Gene
Wars: Science, Politics and the Human Genome."
SEGMENT 3:
How will genetic testing affect the insurance business? Don
Chambers (an M.D. and Chief Medical Director of Lincoln
National Corporation in Fort Wayne, Indiana) tells Steve
Paulson that insurers will want to know something about our
genetic make-up, but we shouldn't worry about it. On the other
hand, Stanford University's Paul Billings tells Margaret
Andreasen that when the insurance industry starts using genetic
testing, the results could be disastrous.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
03-03-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Talk Shows
SEGMENT 1
Matt James of the Kaiser Family Foundation tells Steve Paulson
about the content analysis of the top rated TV talk shows
recently completed by researchers at Michigan State University.
They found the hot topics to be sexuality and family
disfunction. Also, Howard Kurtz, media reporter for the
Washington Post, talks with Jim Fleming about how the various
TV talk shows position themselves and how they operate behind
the scenes. Kurtz is the author of "Hot Air: All Talk, All
the Time."
SEGMENT 2:
James Fishkin chairs the government department at the
University of Texas and organized the recent National Issues
Convention. He tells Steve Paulson how the project worked and
that it is a modern manifestation of the democracy of the
ancient Greeks. Fishkin is the author of "The Voice of the
People: Public Opinion and Democracy."
SEGMENT 3:
Tom Schachtman tells Judith Strasser that mass media and
popular culture are robbing Americans of the ability to
communicate effectively. His book is "The Inarticulate
Society: Eloquence and Culture in America."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
03-03-C.
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