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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? Joy Cardin's guest proposes a slightly different definition of optimism, saying that optimists are those who feel they have control over their lives. Guest: Elaine Fox, psychologist, neuroscientist, and author of "Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: How to Retrain Your Brain to Overcome Pessimism and Achieve a More Positive Outlook"
7:00 AM Joy Cardin President Obama is calling for a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year, and a tax hike for those making more than that. Joy Cardin's guests discuss this week's Big Question: Should the Bush-era tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans? Online poll: http://www.wpr.org/joy Guests: - Brad Bannon, President, Bannon Communications Research. Opinion: http://wpr.org/r/?750 - Ford O'Connell, Chairman, CivicForumPAC. Opinion: http://wpr.org/r/?751
8:00 AM Joy Cardin Do you find yourself making up colorful excuses to avoid eating Brussels sprouts? Does the thought of rice pudding make you want to gag? Joy Cardin and her guest discuss the science of picky eating, and how picky eaters can learn to broaden their palates. Guest: Stephanie Lucianovic (loo-see-AH-no-vick), author of "Suffering Succotash: A Picky Eater's Quest to Understand Why we Hate the Foods we Hate."
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn The US Department of Education plans to announce this week that Washington and Wisconsin will be relieved of some requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Law. This hour Kathleen Dunn speaks with a professor of education about what this means for schools across the state. Guest: Steve Correia (ko-REE-uh), Associate Professor of Teacher Education, St. Norbert College.
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn U.S. DEA agents have killed two suspected drug runners in separate incidents in Honduras, the first on June 23rd and the latest on July 3rd. This hour, we talk about the expanding U.S. police and military presence in Central America and why Honduras has become a focus of antidrug efforts. GUESTS: Adriana Beltran - Senior Associate for Citizen Security at Washington Office on Latin America, a D.C. think tank Rosemary Joyce - Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and an archeologist who has conducted fieldwork in Honduras since 1977
11:00 AM Larry Meiller Whether it's unusually high temperatures and dryness, or torrential rains, much of Wisconsin has seen extreme weather in the past month. Larry Meiller finds out what it means for our wildlife. Guest: Scott Craven, emeritus UW Extension Wildlife Ecologist
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming is reading excerpts from Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Though he died 150 years ago, Thoreau's work remains a classic both in literature and environmental thought.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Romney rakes it in. Both candidates tussle over jobs, tax cuts and tax returns. The GOP candidate addresses the NAACP, but the president passes. The house votes on a repeal of health care, again. Thad McCotter resigns, an ethics investigation trips up Shelley Berkley, and no recount for Charlie Rangel. The Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins host Neal Conan.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Beneath the headlines about famine and war, Africa is booming. Seven of the world's ten fastest growing economies are African. Teens snap up Converse shoes in shopping malls. WalMart, IBM and Google are moving in. And many carry a new sense of optimism. Discussing the economic rise of Africa. Plus, a look at the evolution of TV dads.
3:00 PM Gene Purcell in for Ben Merens Whether you are looking for workers or work, join the discussion today for the July Job Line. Gene Purcell will start the hour discussing an update on job numbers and end with job hunting tips from a career counselor. Jobs posted at: http://wpr.org/merens/jobline.cfm Guests: Marc Levine is Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development. Matthew Myers is a career counselor at the career services center at Marquette University.
4:00 PM Gene Purcell in for Ben Merens New poll numbers are out today in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race. Gene Purcell talks to pollster Charles Franklin about the latest numbers...and the issues shaping the election. Charles Franklin, Visiting Professor of Law and Public Policy at Marquette University, and Co-Developer and Contributor for www.PollsAndVotes.com. Marquette survey link (new number due out early this afternoon): https://law.marquette.edu/poll/
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi, Oscar-winning Canadian actor Christopher Plummer on his new one-man show, A Word or Two. It's a personal journey through his favourite books and his relationship with the written word. Plus, Japanese synthetic pop sensation AK48.
6:00 PM On Point James Carville and Stan Greenberg on Election 2012. Money. Power. And the battle over America's battered middle class.
7:00 PM On Point The 50 Shades of Grey trilogy. It's sold 20-million copies. On Point asks, what's up with the ladies?
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin Do you find yourself making up colorful excuses to avoid eating Brussels sprouts? Does the thought of rice pudding make you want to gag? Joy Cardin and her guest discuss the science of picky eating, and how picky eaters can learn to broaden their palates. Guest: Stephanie Lucianovic (loo-see-AH-no-vick), author of "Suffering Succotash: A Picky Eater's Quest to Understand Why we Hate the Foods we Hate."
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn U.S. DEA agents have killed two suspected drug runners in separate incidents in Honduras, the first on June 23rd and the second on July 3rd. This hour, we talk about the expanding U.S. police and military presence in Central America and why Honduras has become a focus of antidrug efforts. GUESTS: Adriana Beltran - Senior Associate for Citizen Security at Washington Office on Latin America, a D.C. think tank Rosemary Joyce - Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and an archeologist who has conducted fieldwork in Honduras since 1977
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming is reading excerpts from Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Though he died 150 years ago, Thoreau's work remains a classic both in literature and environmental thought.
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, JULY 11, 2012

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