Patt Morrison for Tuesday, 1/5/10

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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 – 1:39

OPEN

 

 

1:41 – 1:58:30

The Deeeeeeep Web

So, you think that when you push the "search" button, Google is finding everything that's out there on your topic of choice?  Think again… the search engines you and I use daily are searching only about one percent of the total information that's online. Burrowing into the Deep Web, the invisible Web - that's the challenge.

 

David Kushner, author and contributing editor of Wired and Rolling Stone.  He is also the digital culture commentator for NPR Weekend Edition Sunday.

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2:06 – 2:30

Medicare reform - will Americans accept significant change? 

Medicare reform is on the table as the House and Senate prepare to negotiate a final health care plan, but what changes do the American people really want to see?  A new study shows common ground in some key areas, including giving Medicare the ability to negotiate prices for prescription drugs, encourage hospice care instead of heroic end-of-life measures, emphasize preventive care and personal responsibility, and more.  Do you agree, and what else would you change in Medicare?  

 

Guests: 

Robert Bixby, Executive Director of the Concord Coalition, a nationwide, non-partisan, grassroots organization advocating responsible fiscal policy.

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• Can put this into budget context.

 

Steven Rosell, President of Viewpoint Learning, the group that conducted the study. 

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• Expert on the public opinion research itself.

 

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

The only thing to fear is… everything?

It could be said that America has transformed itself from the land of the free… to the land of the fear. 9/11, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the financial collapse, H1N1, terrorism around every corner --  our day to day lives are defined by fear. Three out of four Americans say that they are more fearful now than they were 20 years ago. How dangerous is it? Barry Glassner sits down with Patt to discuss if our fear is justified, or have we been manipulated into being paralyzed, by fear itself…

 

Guest:

Barry Glassner, author "The Culture of Fear"

IN STUDIO

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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