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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin While the debate about the worth of a college education goes on, a new study shows that your chance of being unemployed increases without a college degree. Joy Cardin's guest will talk about how the recession is affecting college graduates differently than high school graduates-and how that shows that a college degree is worthwhile. Guest: Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce
6:30 AM Joy Cardin Is the large investment so many make in a college degree worth it? Joy Cardin's guest says she fears that it doesn't match the return. In a job market with no guarantees, taking on thousands of dollars of student debt might not be worthwhile, in her opinion. Guest: Megan McArdle, special correspondent for business, economics, and public policy at Newsweek. Here's a link to her piece on higher education: http://wpr.org/r/?838
7:00 AM Joy Cardin Public school teachers in Chicago continue to strike this week after negotiations between their union and school administrators failed to result in a new contract. Major sticking points reportedly include teacher evaluations, jobs for laid-off teachers, and benefits. Joy Cardin's guests discuss this week's Big Question: Do you support or oppose the Chicago teachers' decision to strike? Poll: www.wpr.org/joy Guests: - Steve Gunn, Communications Director, Education Action Group. www.eagnews.org - Kristen Crowell (KROHL), Executive Director, We Are Wisconsin. http://www.wearewisconsin.org/
8:00 AM Joy Cardin We can't live a full and happy life without experiencing vulnerability at some point. That's according to Joy Cardin's guest, who says that vulnerability isn't actually a weakness and that by embracing it, we can live better lives. Guest: Brene Brown, author of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead." She is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Her other books include "The Gifts of Imperfection" and "I Thought It Was Just Me." Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Tra...
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn This hour, Kathleen Dunn's guest takes an in-depth look at the history of Bain Capital. Guest: Eric Bates, Editor, Rolling Stone.
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn Kathleen Dunn's guest argues that many boys who show no interest in competitive sports face many social and emotional hurdles, from their peers, parents, and teachers. Guest: Janet Sasson Edgette, Child, Adolescent & Family Psychologist. Author, "The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood." The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sp...
11:00 AM Larry Meiller Insects are all around us, and can do a lot of important work, but a lot of damage as well. Larry Meiller finds out about the fruit fly infestation plaguing the state, as well as what butterfly has made its first appearance in our state. Guest: Phil Pellitteri, entomologist, director, UW Insect Diagnostic Lab
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Home for Sale" by Leo Litwak (Lit-walk). A young orphan makes his way in 1950s Detroit during a real estate boom and bust.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Teams Obama and Romney ride the bounce. Republicans pick a democrat in California. Akin nears another deadline to call it quits in Missouri. And a Maryland Democrat withdraws after charges that she voted in two states. Political strategists and the Political Junkie join Neal Conan.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation No topic was ever taboo for Christopher Hitchens. So when doctors diagnosed him with cancer two years ago, he wrote about being deported "across the stark frontier of the land of malady," about the everyday banality of his disease, and about his own mortality. Carol Blue on her husband Christopher Hitchens' life, death and final book, Mortality.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Throughout the world 31 countries have some form of mandatory voting. Is this something we should consider in America? Join Ben Merens and his guest as they discuss the concept of making voting mandatory. http://wpr.org/r/?839 Guest: William Galston is a senior fellow in the Brookings Institution's Governance Studies Program.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Four Americans, including an ambassador, were killed last night in an attack on the American consulate in Libya. Officials say killings were prompted over an American-made video mocking Islam. In this hour of At Issue, Ben and his guest discuss the attacks and how the two countries proceed from here. Guest: Omar Turbi, president and CEO of Orbit Systems, and an expert on U.S.-Libya relations. He's the founder of the Libyan Human Rights Commission, and he's an adviser to the National Transitional Council of Libya. www.omarturbi.com
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Activist Angela Davis, subject of the new documentary by Shola Lynch, Free Angela & All Political Prisoners. Director Deepa Mehta and novelist-screenwriter Salman Rushdie on their film collaboration based on his acclaimed novel about the transition of India from British colony to independent state, Midnight's Children. Then, a chat with rising classical pianist Nicholas McCarthy, who was born with only a left hand.
6:00 PM On Point Job numbers are bad. The Fed weighs juicing the American economy again. Should it do it now?
7:00 PM On Point Ben Folds Five. After a break-up and a decade of silence, the alt-piano-rock trio Ben Folds Five is back. Louder and prouder.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin We can't live a full and happy life without experiencing vulnerability at some point. That's according to Joy Cardin's guest, who says that vulnerability isn't actually a weakness and that by embracing it, we can live better lives. Guest: Brene Brown, author of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead." She is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Her other books include "The Gifts of Imperfection" and "I Thought It Was Just Me."
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn Kathleen Dunn's guest argues that many boys who show no interest in competitive sports face many social and emotional hurdles, from their peers, parents, and teachers. Guest: Janet Sasson Edgette, Child, Adolescent & Family Psychologist. Author, "The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood."
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Home for Sale" by Leo Litwak (Lit-walk). A young orphan makes his way in 1950s Detroit during a real estate boom and bust.
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, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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