Patt Morrison for Friday, 3/25/10

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, March 26, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 - 1:58:30

NPR’s Deborah Amos on the “Eclipse of the Sunnis”

After the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the mood in Iraq markedly changed—the public seemed less afraid to speak with journalists, so NPR correspondent Deborah Amos began spending more of her time talking to Iraqi civilians and recording their stories.  But by 2005, sectarian violence born out of religious strife between the majority Shiite and minority Sunni populations made communication with Iraqi citizens nearly impossible.  To continue her reporting, Amos followed Iraqis as they migrated by the millions to neighboring Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.  She writes about the forced migration of the Sunnis in her new book, “Eclipse of the Sunnis,” which illuminates what the Sunnis’ departure and resentment mean for the future of Iraq.

 

Guest:

Deborah Amos covers Iraq for NPR News. She is the recipient of an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a Breakthru Award for her reporting; she is also the author of Eclipse of the Sunnis

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2:06 – 2:39

The Naked Chef vs. American girth: Jamie Oliver takes on childhood obesity

More than two-thirds of American adults are considered obese, but for many the weight problem started much earlier in life:  one out of every three U.S. children is overweight and policy makers are only just starting to realize and grapple with the problem.  Perhaps it will take an Englishman to push the eating and lifestyle habits of American children in the right direction—renowned chef Jamie Oliver has made it his personal mission to reverse the trends of childhood obesity, diabetes and heart disease, and his new show on ABC has him traveling to some of the heaviest towns in America to change the way people eat.  It will take more than the intervention of a celebrity chef, as legislators and doctors try to formulate the right mix of incentives and legislative muscle (like requiring calorie counts on all menus) to encourage healthier living.  Can American children slim down?

 

Guests:

Jamie Oliver, award winning chef, host of the long-running “The Naked Chef” TV show on Food Network; host & executive producer of the new ABC show “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”

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Linda Tigner-Weekes, Chief Medical Officer, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center

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2:41 – 2:58:30

Little Bee

The only thing missing in the brief synopsis on the back of Chris Cleave’s novel might just be a non-disclosure agreement.  “We don’t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it…Once you read it, you’ll want to tell your friends about it, please don’t tell them what happens.”  Who wouldn’t be intrigued?  Little Bee combines humor with pathos in this tale of friendship, national identity, responsibility, grief and redemption; a formula that has garnered it international praise.  This thought provoking novel touches on many real world issues, plight of refugees, the quiet violence of selfishness, the last vestiges of hope in a deteriorating world, and most importantly the dilemma of being human...Just don't tell anyone about it.

 

Guest:

Chris Cleave, columnist for The Guardian in London, Author of the award winning novel Incendiary

ON TAPE

 

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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