Patt Morrison for Wednesday, May 11, 2011

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

1-3 p.m.

 

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DAVID LAZARUS SUBSTITUTES FOR PATT MORRISON

 

1:06 – 1:39

OPEN

 

 

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

The Super Bowl of volunteering is here: give of yourself on Big Sunday

We all want to give to a worthy cause, we all talk about volunteering for that worthy cause and giving our time to help those in need.  The reality of modern life is that everyone’s personal responsibilities reign supreme and taking time out of your schedule to volunteer is easier said than done.  There is one day out of the year where giving your time and contributing toward a good cause has been made so easy it’s hard to pass it up:  Big Sunday is the largest regional community service event in America and it’s happening this weekend.  You have an opportunity to volunteer your time this weekend to lend a hand at more than 500 different projects from San Diego to Solvang.  If you’ve wanted to dedicate yourself to a worthy cause but never had the time, now’s your chance.

 

Guest:

David Levinson, executive director of Big Sunday

IN STUDIO

 

 

 

2:06 – 2:30

What ever happened to Iran’s green revolution?

The Arab Spring of 2011 actually has its roots in Persia—the democracy movement that has swept across the Middle East actually got its start, no matter how fleeting and ultimately unsuccessful, with the massive protests in Iran after that country’s suspect 2009 presidential election.  Hundreds, and possibly thousands, died in the popular uprising against the likely fraudulent victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that seemed to genuinely threaten the ruling Islamic clerics.  Iran’s revolt died out after a crushing government response and since then not much has been heard from the country’s reformers.  As democratic revolutions swept across Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and more, Iran has remained quiet.  There has been a quiet power struggle that has developed between President Ahmadinejad and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini but the anger in the Iranian streets is all but gone.  Is there still hope for reform and change in Iran?

 

Guests:

Nader Hashemi, assistant professor of the Middle East & Islamic affairs at Denver University & co-editor of the book “The People Reloaded:  the Green Movement and the struggle for Iran’s Future”

IN STUDIO

 

Reza Aslan, author of “No god but God: the origins, evolution & future of Islam” and an associate professor at UC Riverside

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2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us

For just about everyone, there is something out there that is annoying. How is it that the littlest things, such as your coworker tapping her foot or your husband picking at his teeth, can just about drive us crazy? NPR science correspondent Joe Palca and Science Friday’s Flora Lichtman must have been really annoyed at something—because they set out to write a book just to answer this question. In their book Annoying, they even spell out, step-by-step, how to annoy like you’ve never annoyed before (the key is to make the annoyance “unpredictable, unpleasant, and of uncertain duration”). Are you annoyed at not knowing why you’re annoyed? Will understanding the science of annoyance help you overcome that which irks you?  Patt sits down with Joe Palca to see about debugging that which bugs.

 

Guest:

Joe Palca, author of Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us

IN STUDIO

 

 

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