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April 7, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Progressives
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Animal Morality
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Reinterpreting the Sacred
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Progressives
SEGMENT 1:
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne talks about his new book
"They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next
Political Era" with Steve Paulson. He says social and
political conditions today mirror those at the end of the
nineteenth century when Progressivism first became popular in
America. Also, Jeff Isaak tells Steve Paulson that he thinks
Dionne's book reads like a Liberal's wish list, not a realistic
prediction. Isaak teaches political science at Indiana
University.
SEGMENT 2:
Michael Sandel tells Judith Strasser that understanding the
similarities and the differences between today and the first
Progressive Era may help Americans find solutions to our
current social and political needs. Sandel teaches government
at Harvard and is the author of "Democracy's Discontent:
America in Search of a Public Philosophy."
SEGMENT 3:
David Newby, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO tells Jim
Fleming that the Labor movement is not dead; that economic
issues are important to today's workers; and that they find
they have power when they organize in unions.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
04-07-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Animal Morality
SEGMENT 1:
In his book "Dark Nature: A Natural History of Evil," biologist
Lyall Watson redefines good and evil in genetic terms. He
tells Steve Paulson that animals are programmed to be greedy,
duplicitous and violent. On the other hand, primatologist
Franz De Waal thinks animals have moral codes and even a sense
of justice. He tells Jim Fleming some stories from his work
with monkeys that prove his point.
SEGMENT 2:
On the other hand, primatologist Franz De Waal thinks animals
have moral codes and even a sense of justice. He tells Jim
Fleming some stories from his work with monkeys that prove his
point.
SEGMENT 3:
Ecologist Paul Shepard tells Steve Paulson that animals and the
natural world teach humans how to co-exist with "the Other" and
by extension, with each other. Shepard is the author of "The
Others: How Animals Made Us Human." And, Natalie Angier, a
science writer with the New York Times, tells Judith Strasser
how she learned to love some of the other-est creatures of all,
including the roaches in her apartment. Angier is the author
of "The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views of the Nature of
Life."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
04-07-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Reinterpreting the Sacred
SEGMENT 1
Talmudic scholar Daniel Boyarin of the University of California
at Berkeley tells Steve Paulson that the Apostle Paul is the
real source of universalism in Western thought and is best
understood as a Jew with a particular vision of what Judaism
should be. Boyarin is the author of "A Radical Jew: Paul and
the Politics of Identity."
SEGMENT 2:
Chana Bloch talks with Steve Paulson about her new translation
of the Song of Songs -- she thinks it's the most beautiful love
poem ever written. Also, Marianne Wiggins talks with Judith
Strasser about "Eveless Eden" - the first book in a trilogy of
re-tellings of Bible stories. "Eveless Eden" is the story of
Paradise, though it's set in the world of contemporary
photojournalism.
SEGMENT 3:
Sue Bender, author of the hugely successful "Plain and Simple"
- an account of time spent with an Amish family - continues her
spiritual journey in a book called "Everyday Sacred." Sue
Bender tells Jim Fleming how the new book came about and gives
examples of people who appreciate the beautiful, the sacred, in
everyday life.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
04-07-C.
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