Patt Morrison for Friday, 9/18/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, September 18, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:39

The Calvary is Coming to College Students—But will it Save the Day?

Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act, with the promise of cutting out the middlemen of college lending and ostensibly reducing the burden both on beleaguered college students and tax payers.  Clearly college students, who are going into record levels of debt to finance their educations, need some kind of relief, but can this Act deliver when it makes the federal government the prime source for student loans?  We get both sides of a surprisingly contentious debate.

 

Guests:

Rep. Tim Bishop, D-NY’s 1^st District; member of the House Education & Labor Committee

 

Rep. John Kline, R-Minnesota’s 2^nd District; ranking Republican on the House Education & Labor Committee

 

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org & FastWeb.com

• Kantrowitz regularly compiles student aid policy analyses for FinAid and has testified before Congress about student aid on several occasions.

 

 

1:39 - 1:58:30

OPEN

 

 

2:06 – 2:30

Roundtable: Talking Telly

Cougars, Vampires, and a musical TV show—oh my! We preview the newest arrivals— Glee, Cougar Town, Modern Family, and catch up with the now golden oldies—30 Rock, The Office, and the revivals of 90210 and Melrose Place. Find out about the best new shows and this fall’s dreck and blech. What do you think?

 

Guests:

Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, where he is also a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture

 

Brian Lowry, TV Critic and columnist for Variety

 

Clips:

A dispute between Claire and Phil, one of the three families profiled in the single-camera comedy Modern Family, which premieres next Wednesday, September 23rd on ABC

ENCO # 42785 "Modern Family Clip"

IN: Mom, dad, Luke just shot me!

OUT: Yea, I guess that works for me.

TRT: 31 sec

 

 

[MUSIC BRIDGE]

 

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

L.A. Noir

Los Angeles history is anything but boring and two of our fair city’s most notable characters are the old chief of police William Parker and his rival, the notorious mobster Mickey Cohen. John Buntin, author of  “L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City” joins Patt to discuss these two men and the ever intriguing and mysterious history of Los Angeles.

 

Guests:

John Buntin, author of “L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City”

IN STUDIO

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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