Patt Morrison Tues 1/13 - SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE DUE TO CLINTON HEARINGS

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

1-3 p.m.

  

 

1:00 - 1:20

Analysis of Hillary Hearings

 

Guests:

TBD 

 

1:20 - 1:40

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The College Diploma’s Waning Immunity Against Unemployment

When compared to their none-degree-holding colleagues in the work force, college-educated workers shouldn’t be complaining:  in December college grads posted a 3.7% unemployment rate compared to a whopping 10.9% rate for those workers without a high school diploma.  However, this recession should bring the ranks of unemployed college grads well north of 4% sometime this year, making it the highest rate since 1983.  It could suggest that the power of a college degree has been somewhat diluted, or that this recession is broader than anything we’ve recently experienced.  Has your degree lost some of its prestige?

 

Guests:

TBD

  

1:40 - 2:00

Comfort Creatures

It used to be just dogs, but now monkeys, parrots, iguanas, and even ducks are appearing as “service animals” in supermarkets, coffee shops, and work places across the country. The disabilities these animals assist their owners with are also changing, and now range from quadriplegia to anxiety. Should the law recognize all of them as legitimately needed?

 

Guest:

Rebecca Skloot, author of the New York Times Magazine article “Creature Comforts;” she teaches nonfiction writing at the University of Memphis

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Professor Lex Frieden, professor of health-information science at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; former director of the National Council on Disability

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2:00 - 2:30

OPEN

 

 

2:30 –  3:00 

E-Books:  Love 'em or Hate 'em?

Amazon’s wireless Kindle, which is slim, the size of a trade paperback, and retails for $359, is at the forefront of the e-book resurgence. Oprah praised it, and then Amazon sold out, with none available until February. No one knows how consumer habits will shift as people get used to the new devices, which include the Sony Reader and downloads to the IPhone, but those who already use one either love it or hate it. Patt surveys the e-book frontier and takes your calls.  

 

Guests:

David Carnoy (CAR-noy), CNET.com’s Executive Editor

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Motoko Rich, reporter for the New York Times

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 Lucia [loo-SEE-uh] Silva, book buyer for Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City.

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