Patt Morrison for Tuesday, 10/13/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:19

OPEN

 

 

1:21 – 1:39

The living's not cheap on the streets of L.A.

Four people living on the streets of Los Angeles for two years cost $187,288 in public services, according to a report released today by United Way and USC.  Those same four people, living in permanent supportive housing, cost $107,032.  And after living in that supportive housing, only one trip to the emergency room was required by the four, compared to 19 when living on the streets.  We examine the financial implications of being homeless without a roof. 

 

Guests:

Elise Buik, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles:  

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Mollie Lowery, Program Director – Home First, Housing Works:

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1:41 – 1:58:30

Manhood for Amateurs

Novelist Michael Chabon sits down with Patt to discuss childhood, adulthood, husbandhood, fatherhood and his foray into non-fiction, “Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband father and Son.”

 

Guests:

Michael Chabon, author of “Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son”

IN STUDIO

 

2:06 – 2:30

Obama’s War

Frontline is calling Afghanistan Obama’s War. The PBS documentary series kicks off the new season by playing out the wartime scenarios and the diplomatic frustrations in a war that has three fronts – the battlefield, the afghan leadership, and the Pakistani government.

 

Guests:

Martin Smith, Frontline correspondent & producer

 

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

Your organs could earn you a handsome profit

It is estimated by the World Health Organization that one in every ten kidney transplants in the world is done illegally—meaning that the donated kidney came from the black market.  A UN & Joint Council of Europe report that comes out tomorrow is seeking to establish international guidelines for organ transplantation that authorities hope will squash the illegal trafficking of organs.  One recommendation is to prohibit any for-profit model in organ donations, something that some doctors and economists have encouraged.  Is selling an organ for transplant an unethical thing to do?

 

Guests:

Art Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Bioethics; professor of medical ethics at Penn

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• Caplan is one of the authors of the UN report titled “Trafficking in organs, tissues and cells and trafficking in human beings for the purpose of the removal of organs.”

 

Guests:

Dr. Sally Satel, practicing psychiatrist & lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine; resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

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• Dr. Satel herself was the recipient of a donated kidney in 2006.
• She believes in a heavily regulated, government-sponsored incentives program for organ donation:  healthy donors can give up organs in exchange for things like tax credits or free healthcare.
• She is the editor of the just released book “When Altruism Isn’t Enough:  the Case for Compensating Kidney Donors.”

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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