Patt Morrison for Monday, 10/26/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, October 26, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

1:06 – 1:41

OPEN

 

1:41 – 1:58:30

Matthew Shepard’s mother on gay rights, expansion of “Hate Crimes”

Soon after his brutal murder in Laramie, Wyoming in October of 1998, Matthew Shepard became a national symbol in the fight for gay rights. More than ten years after his passing a historic hate crimes bill expansion bearing his name sits awaiting the signature of the President. Matthew’s mother joins Patt to share her story about her son's life, his death, and her dedication to the fight for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

 

Judy Shepard, cofounder of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, dedicated to social justice, diversity awareness education, and equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people; she is also the author most recently of “The Meaning of Matthew”

 

 

2:06 – 2:30

Pew poll shows fewer Americans believe in global warming

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press shows that across partisan lines, fewer and fewer Americans believe there is solid evidence of global warming. What has happened in the last year that has caused the public to grow increasingly skeptical? If less people believe in global warming then why is there more support than opposition to setting limits on carbon emissions?

 

Guests:

Carroll Doherty, Associate Director at the Pew Research Center

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2:30 – 2:58:30

Whole Earth Discipline

As the Green Movement becomes more mainstream is it leaning further and further away from science? Why are anti-nuclear environmentalists beginning to support nuclear power? Can real progress be made at the upcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen? Eminent environmentalist, self proclaimed Ecopragmatist and founder of the “Whole Earth Catalog,” Stewart Brand is here to answer those questions and yours, and discuss his latest book, “Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.”

 

Guests:

Stewart Brand, author of “Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto”

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Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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