Patt Morrison for Tuesday, February 14, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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 – 1:30 - OPEN

 

1:30 – 1:58:30

Patenting plants and Monsanto’s genetically modified food industry

Biotechnology and agricultural giant Monsanto is responsible for a large percentage of all seeds sold in the U.S., but organic farms have long complained about the agri-giant’s monopolistic approach to farming. The U.S. Patent office ruled that plants were able to be patented in 1982, clearing the way for Monsanto to create proprietary seeds that need to be purchased every growing season. After years of fighting the multinational corporation’s growing control over farming in America, the a Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association’s (OSGATA) filed a law suit in 2011 challenging Monsanto’s right to patent seeds. OGSATA also believes that pollen from Monsanto’s genetically modified seed stock is contaminating organic farms and threatening the entire organic farming industry. Has Monsanto become too powerful in the agricultural industry? Should one company be allowed to patent the majority of seeds grown on American farms? Do humans have the right to choose whether or not they consume genetically modified food?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

2:06 – 2:30

Does reporting about a candidate make them a more viable candidate?
How’s this for a love letter? “Dear Newt,” wrote Washington Post political columnist Dana Milbank in his column a few weeks ago.  “You’re the only thing saving us [journalists, that is] from a long spring of despair, the only person who can, by extending the presidential race, drive up our audience and bring us the revenues we so desperately need.” Milbank spends the column poking as much fun at journalists as he does Gingrich’s candidacy itself, in the process raising questions about the ethics of (potentially) reporting on stories where stories don’t exist. Is politics really a horse race for reporters, and does the reporting influence the outcome? For instance, if Romney is really going to win, as many in the media believe he will, why bother to create such a sense of drama and conflict in his relationship with his contenders?  Is Gingrich right – are the media the problem? 

Guests:

NOT CONFIRMED:

Brooke Gladstone, co host and editor, On the Media

Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight blog at NYTimes.com

Dana Milbank, political reporter, The Washington Post

 

 

2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

StoryCorps love stories

Love – you can’t buy it, or, for that matter, control its timing. It might appear in your life out of the blue, like it did for Ruben P. and Rachel P. Salazar in 2007, when an email that was supposed to go to Rachel (in Thailand) went astray and wound up in Ruben’s inbox (in Texas). Ruben and Rachel’s story is one of many recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit that works in partnership with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to help Americans of all backgrounds preserve and share their lives.  Just in time for Valentine’s Day, StoryCorps has released a book of love stories called “All There Is”, and today StoryCorp founder and President Dave Isay joins Patt to share some of the highlights. Do you have a story to share about the love of your life?  Or a favorite you’ve overheard from someone else and been inspired by?

 

Guest:

Dave Isay, founder and president, StoryCorps and editor of All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps, a collection of personal anecdotes culled from over 40,000 interviews.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

Patt Morrison for Monday, February 13, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, February 13, 2012

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 – 1:30: OPEN

 

1:30 – 1:58:30

Let the 2013 budget rancor begin!

President Obama unveiled his 2013 federal budget proposal today [MONDAY], and most federal agencies are preparing for significant spending cuts. It's an election year, so the budget is as much a political symbol as it is a fiscal reality, but with some of the big budget decisions already made and many of the president’s proposals already previewed by the deficit reduction supercommittee, will it be as rancorous as the last few? What’s in it for you, and what’s not in it for you? And will the Republican-led congress say the President’s budget is D.O.A.?

 

Guests:

NOT CONFIRMED:

Ed O’Keefe, author of the Federal Eye blog at Washintonpost.com and Federal Government Reporter for the paper

TBD, Congressional Budget Office

 

2:00 –2:20 - OPEN

 

2:21:30 – 2:30

Westminster: The dog-eat-dog world of “conformation,” a.k.a. dog shows

What does it take for a dog to succeed in show business, by which we mean “dog show” business? Lots of training, love, support, and finances – plus breeding, of course. Even a dog with great talent won’t succeed without the right set of looks. Journalist Josh Dean joins Patt to preview the Westminster Dog Show and talk ‘conformation,’ the official name for dog showing. Do you show your dog?  Do you watch dog shows? Do you believe that “Best In Show” was an accurate portrayal of the community?”

 

Guest:

Josh Dean, author, “Show Dog: The charmed life and trying times of a near-perfect purebred,” for which he spent a year alongside rising start Jack, a champion Australian shepherd. He joins us live from the Westminster Dog Show  *Westminster starts today, Monday, February 13^th

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

Caught in the social net: Is this the end of privacy?

Imagine spending extra time in prison because you happened to wear the wrong color clothes in a photo posted on Facebook. It may sound far-fetched, but some teens have actually been given harsher sentences because they allegedly wore gang colors in pictures found online. Jobs have been lost, relationships have been torn apart, and reputations have been ruined by way of social media. According to law professor and author Lori Andrews, social network users risk damaging their personal lives and surrender basic rights every time they log on.  In Andrews’s book, “I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy,” the author specifies the legal, professional, and personal risks associated with social networking and calls for the creation of a constitutional bill of rights to protect users of networks like Facebook. What invasive experiences have you witnessed or suffered as a result of using social networks? Should certain personal information be considered off-limits even if it’s accessible to anyone with an internet browser? Who should be responsible for determining any rights or regulations of social media?

 

Guests:

Lori Anders, law professor and director, Institute for Science, Law, and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology and author of “I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networking and the Death of Privacy.”

Via ISDN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

Patt Morrison for Friday, February 10, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, February 10, 2012

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

 

1:06-1:30: OPEN

 

1:30 – 1:50
Green light for first new U.S. nuclear reactors in 34 years
For almost 35 years, there have been no new nukes – and now the first new nuclear plant since Three Mile Island has gotten the go-ahead. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission have approved the construction of two new nuclear reactors. The pair will be built at the Vogtle site south of Augusta, Georgia and will be managed by Atlanta-based Southern Co.  Critics say that the NRC is exhibiting a sort of selective memory in the shadow of disasters like Chernobyl and the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility in Japan, but the NRC believes that a series of recommendations made in the aftermath of the nuclear crisis in Japan following 2011’s earthquake and tsunami will improve safety at new and existing American facilities. The new reactors are estimated to cost $14 billion - with $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees offered by the Obama administration, which believes that nuclear power can reduce America’s reliance on fossil fuels and the necessity of dealing with volatile political actors. Is nuclear power the answer to the world’s increasing energy demands? Can technology find a way to mitigate the danger of producing nuclear power and dealing with nuclear waste? 

Guest:

NOT CONFIRMED:

Albert Carnesale, UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and Professor and Professor of Public Policy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

1:50:00-1:58:30

How do you get on the FBI’s watch list?

We’ve just seen what’s in Steve Jobs’ FBI file –including past drug use and interviews with people who say he had a penchant to "distort reality." How do you find out whether you’ve got a file with the FBI, too, and if so, what’s in it? We get to the bottom of your top secret self.

 

Guests:

TBD

 

2:06 – 2:30

James Fallows on President Obama and the value of compromise

Aloof. Inexperienced. A compromiser. President Obama has been called all of these things. And now, as he contends for a second term in office, how are the political winds blowing? Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary? Or is he politically clumsy and out of his depth, at the mercy of the Republicans? Those are the two competing narratives longtime presidential analyst James Fallow sees in Obama’s legacy and he joins Patt to explain which he thinks will prevail and how the outcome rests on the way in which President Obama is able to frame the value of compromise. Republicans are eager to capitalize on his perceived waffling, most recently on the issue of forcing Catholic institutions to cover birth control in their healthcare plans, but will Obama “fold,” or can he do more to control his image?

 

Guest:

James Fallows, national correspondent, “The Atlantic;” his most recent article is “Obama, Explained”

Via ISDN

 

2:30 – 2:39

Westminster: The dog-eat-dog world of “conformation,” a.k.a. dog shows

What does it take for a dog to succeed in show business, by which we mean “dog show” business? Lots of training, love, support, and finances – plus breeding, of course. Even a dog with great talent won’t succeed without the right set of looks. Journalist Josh Dean joins Patt to preview the Westminster Dog Show and talk ‘conformation,’ the official name for dog showing.   *Westminster starts Monday, February 13^th

 

Guest:

Josh Dean, author, “Show Dog: The charmed life and trying times of a near-perfect purebread,” for which he spent a year alongside rising start Jack, a champion Australian shepherd

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Buffy, Books and Inspector Bucket: The 45^th California International Antiquarian Book Fair and Charles Dickens turns 200

What do the Los Angeles Times’ Kenneth Turan, “The Sting”-producer Tony Bill, and the-actress-formerly-known-as-Buffy, a.k.a. Sarah Michelle Gellar, all have in common? No, it’s not the Hollywood connection. All three are avid book fiends whose collections will be featured – either on-site or via panel discussions – at the 45^th California International Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend.  Join Patt as she previews the book fair and learn what makes a book valuable (it isn’t always just your emotional attachment). 

 

Guests:

Steve Gertz, chapter president, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America; spokesman for the Book Fair

IN STUDIO

 

Happy belated birthday, Charles Dickens

A rare first edition of “David Copperfield” will be on display at the Antiquarian Book Fair; help us celebrate Dickens’ 200^th anniversary by talking with author and scholar Jonathan Grossman, whose new book on Dickens investigates the writer’s relationship with one of the first “social networks”…the public transportation system.

 

Guest:

Jonathan Grossman, associate professor of English at UCLA; long-standing member of the Dickens Universe, an international consortium of Dickens authorities

IN STUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

Patt Morrison for Thursday, February 9, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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

 

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30
Is a shorter NBA season a better NBA season?
The last time the National Basketball Association faced a lockout the resulting shortened 50-game ’98-’99 season led to a ratings slump that took the league years to bounce back from. Basketball experts were expecting a similar situation when this year’s season finally began on Christmas Day after another protracted labor dispute. But instead, the popularity of professional basketball is up significantly in the current compressed 66-game season, which is already nearly halfway to the playoffs. Hoops pundits have noted that stats are down - with loose cannon commentator Charles Barkley going so far as to say that the league should apologize for lackluster action on the court. But the ratings don’t lie; pro basketball viewership is up between 12 and 66 percent depending on the network. It seems that more games plus a shorter season equals happy fans and increased revenues in 2012. But it’s not all highlights on the hardwood – another result is a grueling schedule that finds elite athletes pushing their bodies harder… and a season that may favor younger teams with ample numbers of youthful players while teams built on older and more experienced players are facing injuries and losses. Certainly, the prospects for L.A.’s other white-hot basketball team, The Clippers, are looking uncertain after their veteran guard Chauncey Billups went down with a season-ending torn Achilles tendon on Monday night. Is a shorter but more physically taxing NBA season worth the bump in ratings? How can athletes compete at this strenuous level? Which team will best manage the onslaught and bring home a championship in June?

Guest: TBA

 

2:06 – 2:30

‘We the (won’t) People’: Study says the U.S. Constitution losing appeal worldwide

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.” So begins the preamble to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1787, as the bedrock of American democracy and the oldest written national constitution still in use in the world. However, according to a new study, “The Declining Influence of the United States Constitution,” to be published in the New York University Law Review this June, the U.S. Constitution’s appeal as a model for constitutional drafters among the world’s democracies is dramatically declining. Co-authors David S. Law and Mila Versteeg, both law professors, analyzed 729 constitutions adopted by 188 countries from 1946 to 2006, considering more than 230 variables. They found that other countries, especially in the past decade, have become unlikely to model their own constitutions, including human rights provisions, on the U.S. Constitution, opposed to in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The study says the U.S. Constitution is becoming distant from the global mainstream in terms of not protecting entitlement to food, education and health care. According to the study, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has been gaining more influence in constitution-making worldwide. Do you think the U.S. Constitution is out of step as a model for other constitutions? What does this study imply, or not, about broader political perceptions of the U.S.?

 

Guests:

David S. Law, professor of law and political science at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and co-author of the study “The Declining Influence of the United States Constitution,” published in the New York University Law Review this June

 

Eugene Volokh (VAH-luhk), professor and constitutional law expert at the UCLA School of Law

 

 

2:30 – 2:58:30
Wireless service providers lose $$$ on iPhones, is it time ditch the contracts?
Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable handheld device on the market, right? Wrong, at least for mobile service providers. The iPhone is unquestionably profitable for Apple, but the top three wireless carriers, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint, are all taking notable earnings hits because of high subsidy fees they pay Apple to carry the white-hot device. For instance, Sprint, the latest service provider to offer the iPhone, sells the device to customers for $99 or $199, but it pays Apple up to $600 per unit. All smartphones are subsidized, but the iPhone fee is the highest in the industry. Is it time to untangle phones from service contracts? It would give consumers the freedom to roam without being locked into a two-year contact and the wireless service providers the opportunity to charge market value for the phones they sell. Are you ready to buy your next iPhone without a pesky contract, but at a higher price?

 

Guests:

David Lazarus, business columnists at the Los Angeles Times

 

UNCONFIRMED

Representative from CTIA-The Wireless Association®

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

RE: Patt Morrison for Wednesday, February 8, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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 –1:58:30 OPEN

 

2:06 – 2:39

Ask the Chief
LAPD has faced criticism for their policies surrounding the impounding of unlicensed drivers’ vehicles. Immigration rights groups say police polices regarding the impounding of vehicles is merely a way to generate revenue, while other critics feel that the law isn’t stringent enough. As for their own fleet of automobiles, LAPD is looking into ways to reduce the number of traffic accidents from its current figure of 1,250 crashes over the last three years. An average of one crash a day is endangering city residents and running up significant repair and legal bills. LAPD is also facing criticism for running what critics feel is a case of entrapment involving a police sting in the San Fernando Valley involving a stake out and the use of a “bait car” to entice criminals to steal. LAPD’s sexually exploited child unit is conducting an investigation of a music magnet teacher at Hamilton High School. The suspect is facing allegations that he showered with several students at a local gym. Children face threats from other sexual predators as well - authorities are also looking into accusations that a former entertainment industry worker was using his position in the business to victimize children with aspirations in the television and movie industries. Chief Beck will provide an update in the grisly investigation into the discovery of body parts in Bronson Canyon last month. The LAPD is also embroiled in a murder of their own - for the first time ever, a LAPD officer stands accused of murder in a 1986 case involving Stephanie Lazarus, a 26-year veteran of the LAPD who was arrested in 2009 and charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriend’s wife. The Chief joins us for our regular Q&A on these issues and more. What would you like to ask Los Angeles’ top cop?

Guest:

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Internet freedom: Who should govern the net?
The information super-highway, with a few exceptions, is virtually unregulated, but this relatively new frontier may soon be restricted and manipulated by powerful governments and corporations. As a result, a global struggle for control of the World Wide Web is currently underway, according to author and self-proclaimed Internet freedom activist Rebecca MacKinnon. “It is time,” MacKinnon says, to “address the more fundamental and urgent question of how technology should be structured and governed to support the rights and liberties of all the world’s Internet users.” In her book “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom,” the former CNN journalist provides a framework for concerned citizens – or “netizens as she calls them – to understand the complex and often hidden dynamics that impact cyberspace. MacKinnon explains that a convergence of unchecked government actions and company practices threatens the future of democracy and human rights around the world. How are governments and corporations controlling or attempting to control the Web? How could manipulation of the Internet impact personal liberty and freedom? If necessary, what can be done to protect the rights of Internet users?

Guests:

Rebecca MacKinnon, author of “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patt Morrison for Tuesday, February 7, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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 – 1:30

[BLURB WILL BE UPDATED PENDING DECISION]

U.S. Court of Appeals issues ruling on Prop 8, constitutionality of gay marriage

Supporters of gay marriage have been eagerly waiting for an appeals court ruling made public this morning regarding the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that prohibited same-sex marriage in California. A panel of three judges from the U.S. 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals announced their decision at approximately 10 a.m. this morning. During oral arguments, the judges appeared to be leaning toward striking down the marriage ban. The decision is a pivotal moment in the fight over gay marriage, but probably doesn’t mark the end of the battle since it’s expected that today’s judgment will be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could decide next year whether gays and lesbians nationwide have the right to marry. ProtectMarriage, the sponsors of Proposition 8, escalated the case to the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals after former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled in 2010 that the proposition violated the U.S. Constitution. Within the guidelines of the U.S. Constitution, how fair is Proposition 8? How might the nationwide legalization of gay marriage impact society?

 

Guests:

Vikram Amar, associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law

 

NOT CONFIRMED, but looking good:

Theodore B. Olson, general counsel for the plaintiffs

 

NOT CONFIRMED:

Andrew Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, which defended Prop 8

 

1:30 – 1:58:30: OPEN

 

2:06 – 2:30

Un-Fair Campaign to combat racism focuses on white privilege

The billboards are striking – splashed across Duluth, Minn. – they read “It’s hard to see racism when you’re white,” a tag line written over a woman and man’s blue-eyed and brown-eyed white faces. Named the “Un-Fair Campaign,” the anti-racism initiative calling attention to white privilege and launched publicly by community organizations in the Midwestern city in late January has drawn both raves reviews and criticism. In 2010, a survey found that residents viewed Duluth, mainly white, as not open to racial and ethnic minorities. A committee of the Youth Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Duluth, working with a Duluth-area advertising agency, developed the visuals for the campaign over the course of a year, partnering with other organizations and the City of Duluth before the January public launch involving billboards, bus signs, posters and radio and television public service announcements. However, a backlash has included the launch of a Facebook page called STOP Racist Unfair Campaign, claiming that specifically directing the initiative to white people is in itself racist. Do you find the edgy campaign effective, bringing attention to advantages white people enjoy that they may not be aware of when it comes to racism? Or do you find the campaign one-sided?

 

CONFIRMED

Guests:

Ellen O'Neill (O-NEEL), executive director of the Duluth, Minnesota YWCA, which spearheaded the new Un-Fair Campaign initiative

 

UNCONFIRMED

Emails, calls and a Facebook message to Phil Pierson, creator of the Facebook page STOP Racist Unfair Campaign https://www.facebook.com/groups/Stopunfaircampaign/

https://www.facebook.com/PhilPierson

 

2:30 – 2:39: OPEN

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Elizabeth Taylor – an “accidental feminist?”

Elizabeth Taylor was many things: a child actress, an object of desire, an international superstar, and an anti-AIDS activist. Over the course of nearly sixty years, Taylor played women of all stripes, from haughty to naughty, even in her personal life – Taylor famously asked “Can I sue the Pope?” in response to the Vatican’s accusations of erotic vagrancy on the part of Taylor and Richard Burton, who started an affair while both were married to others.  All of these things, plus roles in “National Velvet,” as a young woman (Velvet Brown) who dresses as a male to succeed; “A Place in the Sun,” which some have called an abortion-rights film; and “Butterfield 8,” about a woman who sleeps with whomever she chooses, have led author and journalist M.G. Lord to dub Taylor “The Accidental Feminist.” Join Patt today to hear Lord discuss the idea that Taylor was a feminist all along, hiding in plain sight.

 

Do you agree with Lord’s analysis of the roles Taylor played? What does feminism mean to you? What does it look like?

 

Guests:

M.G. Lord (she goes by “M.G.”), author of “The Accidental Feminist”

IN-STUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

Patt Morrison for Monday, February 6, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, February 6, 2012

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 – 1:30: OPEN

 

1:30 – 1:58:30

Ask an ethicist

Think of the ethical dilemmas that pop up every day – do you rat out a colleague cheating on an expense account? Do you give a reference to a relative you don’t like? More than likely, you find yourself located between two sides of an issue as often as you have a clear sense of what’s “right” and what’s “wrong,” which it turns out is pretty normal when it comes to the field of ethics.  For those of you who truly grapple with the rightness and the wrongness (or the lack of a clear choice), we’ve got a new segment for you: “Ask an ethicist.” Join Patt and her guest Michael Josephson, the founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and its CHARACTER COUNTS! Project, as they attempt to untangle some ethical quandaries in the news and in your everyday life.

 

Guests:

Michael Josephson, founder and president of the nonprofit Josephson Institute of Ethics

 

2:06 – 2:30

Adult education heads to LAUSD’s chopping block

The latest budget proposal presented to the LAUSD board last month afforded a budget of $0 for the $120-million Division of Adult and Career Education (DACE) for 2012-2013. Adult education programs account for high school completion programs, ESL and career classes for about 350,000 students in Los Angeles. DACE is not alone, or being singled out – preschool programs, elementary art, summer school and thousands of administrators, teachers, nurses, custodians and cafeteria workers could all face cuts, for a total of $540 million in reductions. But adult education might be an easier target due to some shifting political winds in Sacramento, which three years ago released adult education from its earmarked funding pools, giving districts more power to decide how to allocate funds previously designated for specific services. That raises a difficult dilemma for districts as the spending plan goes to the school board for public review this month: what do you prioritize? Can arguments be made for funding the aspirations of hardworking adults over the needs of children trying to learn to read and write?

 

Guests – NONE CONFIRMED:

John Deasy, LAUSD Superintendent

 

Candace Lee, principal, Metropolitan Skills Center, Los Angeles

 

TBD, Evans Community Adult School

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

What separates wellness from illness?

When David Agus was a young and ambitious new doctor, his mentors found his choice to join the oncology field mystifying. Cancer is prevalent in our society – it accounted for over 570,000 estimated deaths in the U.S. in 2011 alone. But it was precisely those harrowing numbers that inspired Agus to take a new approach to battling the disease. His cancer research led him to cast aside common practices and assumptions about illness in general - and the way our medical industry treats it. Agus found that too often we tend to think of illness as being about one body part or another – lung cancer, or heart disease, or an ear infection. But they’re all parts of the whole, and so are the means of treating and preventing them. That’s how you bring about, as his new book title says, the end of illness. In his book, Dr. Agus posits that the human body is a set of complex systems that should be treated together as a whole. Using examples from his research, practice of medicine, and innovative storytelling, Agus attempts to shatter myths about healthy and unhealthy living and offers a path to wellness based on simple and inexpensive lifestyle changes. What is wellness? Could there be radically different path to living a healthier life?

Guest: Dr. David B. Agus, MD, author of “The End of Illness” and founder of www.oncology.com; co-founder of Applied Proteometics and Navigenics, two health-care technology and wellness companies
IN-STUDIO

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison