 Tuesday May 1, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
First Time Farmers
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
The earth’ rising food and water needs.
Gawain Kripke, Director of Policy and Research at Oxfam America, and Peter Lochery, Director of the Water Team at CARE. Some predict it is likely that our need for water will overcome our resources and parts of the world may soon be unfit to sustain people and food production. Imagining the world in 2050, we ask, how will we meet our rising food and water needs? How will we innovate and adapt to maintain the resources to sustain life on an ever more crowded planet?
Wednesday May 2, 2012
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Your Vote 2012 Deb Plowman - Republican for U.S. Senate
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Vaughn Walker, Retired Chief U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California. Walker delivered rulings on such controversial cases as the NSA warrantless wiretapping, the Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation copyright infringement case, and most recently the constitutional challenge of California’s Proposition 8.
Thursday May 3, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
"Do Your Divorce Right," by Andrew Horton and John David Kennedy
1:00 pm: Intelligence Squared
An oxford style debate on the following motion: When it Comes To Politics, The Internet is Closing Our Minds
Friday May 4, 2012
12:30 pm: Maine Watch
State Senator Bill Diamond has sponsored dozens of Maine laws regarding sex offenders and now he's written a book about what he's learned and specifically the challenges of investigating and prosecuting child sexual abuse cases. This week on Maine Watch, we'll discuss the issue of child sexual abuse with him as well as Elizabeth Ward Saxl from the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Captain Mark Waltz of the Brunswick Police Department.
1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations. The speaker is Sa'ad Ibrahim, Egyptian American sociologist, author and one of Egypt’s leading human rights and democracy activists.
Monday May 7, 2012
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Your Vote 2012 Rick Bennett - Republican for U.S. Senate
1:00 pm: Alternative Radio
Documentary Film Maker Michael Moore. The producer of “Bowling for Columbine”, “Sicko” and “Capitalism: A Love Story” discusses the Occupy movement and other issues.
Tuesday May 8, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Aquaculture
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Timothy Geithner, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Remarks on the U.S. and Global Economies Ahead of the 2012 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Wednesday May 9, 2012
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Your Vote 2012 Cynthia Dill - Democrat for U.S. Senate
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
Megan Greene, Head of European Economics at Roubini Global Economics, and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Senior Research Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Topic: The European Economic Situation. What has been the effect of the current austerity measures in stabilizing the European economies? What impact will the debt crisis have on European cohesion? What are the implications of a large-scale recession in Europe for the global economic landscape?
Thursday May 10, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Richard and Kate Russo "Interventions"
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
Rediscovering Titanic
Dr. Joe MacInnis' 2006 documentary about film-maker James Cameron's final visit to the bottom of the Atlantic. They explore the "ship of dreams" that they originally rediscovered together.
Friday May 11, 2012
12:30 pm: Maine Watch
More than ten percent of Maine citizens are veterans and many of those are coping with PTSD and other mental health issues. This week on Maine Watch, we'll learn about some of innovative new programs designed to help these vets. From Veterans Court to the VA and even law enforcement agencies there are more resources in Maine than even before. Also this week, the movement to provide joy and comfort for hospice patients through song.
1:00 pm: America Abroad
The Future of NATO
Ray Suarez looks at the history of NATO from its origin as a counterweight to Soviet military might up to its more recent history in the former Yugoslavia, Libya, and Afghanistan.
Monday May 14, 2012
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Your Vote 2012 Bruce Poliquin - Republican for U.S. Senate
1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
We'll be going next to the Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union for the annual Justice Louis Scolnik Awards, which recognizes Maine lawmakers committed to protecting civil liberties. This year honors Augusta attorney Walt McKee, principal attorney at McKee Law and chair of the Legislative Committee of Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. This program also features Laura Murphy, Director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office.
Tuesday May 15, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
The Future of Urban Centers in Maine and the U.S.
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
John Stossel: Fox News/Business Correspondent; and Author of “No They Can’t: Why Government Fails…but Individuals Succeed”
Wednesday May 16, 2012
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Your Vote 2012 William Schneider - Republican for U.S. Senate
1:00 pm: Alternative Radio
William Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, former litigation director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and senior deputy chief counsel of the Office of Thrift Supervision. Author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.
Thursday May 17, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Theater in Maine
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
Cairo: Her City, Our Revolution
Featuring: Best-selling Egyption author Ahdaf Soueif. She speaks about the 18 days in Cairo's Tahrir Square that defined the Arab Spring.
Friday May 18, 2012
12:30 pm: Humankind
With the majority of wartime casualties inflicted on civilians not involved in combat, we consider ways to serve and heal a population that has become victims, through no fault of their own.
1:00 pm: MPBN’s Your Vote 2012 Primary Debate
The Republican Candidates for Maine’s 2nd District Congressional Seat
A re-broadcast of last light’s live debate. This can also be seen again on MPBN Television this evening at 9pm.
Monday May 21, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
Clean Up Green Up! A pilot project in Los Angeles will create neighborhood zones to clean up pollution and give businesses greenbacks to go green. Also, scientists find a way to alter the development of a tadpole face by changing the flow of electrical ions. The hope is to use this technique to repair malformed human faces in the future.
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
Feeding Ten Billion
The world now has seven billion citizens, and the population explosion shows no signs of stopping. Writer and activist Raj Patel argues that the only way to feed everyone is to completely rethink agriculture.
Tuesday May 22, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Family Businesses in Maine
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Steve Coll: President of the New America Foundation; Former Managing Editor of the Washington Post; and author of “Private Empire”. His topic: ExxonMobil and American Power
Wednesday May 23, 2012
12:00 Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Food Coma TV
1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine heads to Bath for an address from Captain Paul Watson, a Canadian environmental and animal rights activist. Capt. Watson is the founder and president of the Sea Shepard Conservation Society, the group featured on Animal Planet’s "Whale Wars". As a former Sierra Club member and founding member of Greenpeace, Capt. Watson will discuss his controversial tactics of nonviolence and direct action to stop whaling across the globe.
Thursday May 24, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Civility in Politics
1:00 pm: Intelligence Squared US
An Oxford style debate on the following motion: Should we ban college football?
Corruption and a growing concern for head injury have put college football in the spotlight. Are football programs’ millions in profits exploitation? Or are they still a celebration of amateur sport? Does football’s inherent danger and violence have any place in institutions of higher learning? Or does it provide young men with educational opportunities they would not otherwise have?
Friday May 25, 2012
12:30 pm: Cambridge Forum
The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program
UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small looks at exactly what Alzheimer’s disease is and reviews the research on preventing its onset. Small challenges the widely held notion that Alzheimer's is not preventable and discusses a variety of ways to keep the brain healthy there’s more to it than a crossword puzzle a day!
1:00 pm: MPBN’s Your Vote 2012 Primary Debate
First Congressional District Republican Primary Debate
Patrick Calder and Jonathan Courtney, candidates in the Republican Party's Primary Election for the First Congressional District will participate in a debate prior to the June 12 Primary election.
Monday May 28, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
The massive die-off of honeybees in what’s called Colony Collapse Disorder is still unexplained, but some beekeepers think new pesticides used to treat seeds play a role. The company that makes the chemical disagrees; Living on Earth investigates. Also, the top ten newly discovered species of the year include a spongy fungus called Squarepants, and a devilish worm.
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
A Question of Optimism
Research seems to indicate that we're genetically inclined to optimism. But what if we're too optimistic to deal with social problems? A forum discussion from the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary.
Tuesday May 29, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Maine International Trade Center
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic and Author of “China Airborne: The Dream of Aviation in Emerging China” In 2011, China announced its five-year plan to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jumpstart the next phase of its aerospace industry. The country currently has many airports under construction, a growing workforce of engineers and assembly workers, and recently acquired two American companies specializing in small propeller planes. What do China’s ambitious plans mean for the United States and for the rest of the world?
Wednesday May 30, 2012
12:00 Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Girl Power
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former New York Times Foreign Correspondent David Shipler discusses "The Erosion of Civil Liberties in the US" Long before the attacks of September 11, 2001 the rights and civil liberties guaranteed by the US Constitution have been challenged by legal compromises made in the name of national security. Shipler explains how our rights to privacy and justice have been undermined, what we have lost in the process and how much we stand to regain by protesting the recent departures from the Bill of Rights.
Thursday May 31, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Cancer Support Groups
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
Eleven Thousand Meters Under the Sea
James Cameron talks about his recent expedition to Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench - the deepest place in the world's oceans. Shortly after he returned to the surface, he recorded this conversation on board the Mermaid Sapphire. |