Patt Morrison Mon, 10/27

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, October 27, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:40

OPEN

 

 

 

1:40 – 2:00

Europe Faces Bleak Financial Future

Encroaching recession is already starting to impact a number of countries in Europe with rising unemployment, auto-industry closures, the collapse of banks, and whole countries threatened with bankruptcy.  NPR foreign correspondent has the story of financial crises across the pond.

 

Guest:

Rob Gifford, NPR foreign correspondent based in London

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Forward promote Rob’s piece on this same topic this afternoon on ATC

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 2:30

Proposition 6

Proposition 6, known as the “Safe Neighborhoods Act” to those who favor the plan, asks voters to approve an extra $365 million from the state’s general fund for police and jails to enforce tougher crime penalties for crimes like like gang violence. Independent analysts say the price tag may actually be higher: $500 million a year. Prop. 6’s proponents say that increased gang crime calls for tougher enforcement. Those who oppose Prop. 6 see an overly bureaucratic structure and high cost (for which the measure defines no source of funding) among reasons to vote it down.

 

Guests:

Cyn (KYNE) Yamashiro, Professor at Loyola Law School and Spokesman for No on 6 campaign.

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Mike Reynolds, Co-author of Prop. 6 and spokesman for Yes on 6 campaign

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2:30 – 2:40

Beckham Bends It to AC Milan

After all of the hype and all of the money (a 5-year, $250 million contract to be exact) David Beckham may ultimately have listed a little over one year in Los Angeles.  The L.A. Galaxy midfielder is all but certain to be “loaned” to Italian premiere league team AC Milan for the winter, once the Galaxy concludes its underachieving ’08 season.  While a loan would be temporary, there is widespread belief in Europe that the arrangement could turn into an outright trade, meaning Beckham’s days in L.A. are numbered.  It’s been a disappointing season-and-a-half with the Galaxy—if even a great superstar like David Beckham can’t make soccer popular in the U.S., can anyone?

 

Guests:

Phil McNulty, chief football writer for BBC Sport

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2:40 – 3:00

The American Resting Place

America’s burial grounds reveal more than just whose loved one lies where.  Take a closer look and you can see the history of immigration, religious practices and even technology. Author Marilyn Yalom in her new book, The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds, chronicles changes in ethnic and religious rituals in cemeteries across the country, and asks what it says about us.

 

Guests:

Marilyn Yalom, author of The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.

IN STUDIO