 Monday July 2, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
Long, hot summer days suggest trips to the beach, days in the hammock, and solar panels on the roof to capture all that sunshine. Despite all the free energy that lights up the earth every day, few households in the United States have actually installed home photovoltaics. Yet there have never been more tax incentives and rebates, and it’s never been more affordable.
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Joseph Stiglitz - Nobel Memorial Prize Winner for Economics; Professor, Columbia University; and Author of “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future” Critics are charging that our current economic system has made America the most unequal advanced industrial country, with crippled growth and undermined democracy. With the top 1 percent of Americans controlling an estimated 40 percent of the country’s wealth, Stiglitz makes a forceful argument against our divided society and vicious circle of inequality.
Tuesday July 3, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Maine's thriving brewery businesses
1:00 pm: Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home (Hosted by Scott Simon)
Current stories of American democracy at the local level, in communities across the U.S., where local residents struggle with big issues.
Wednesday July 4, 2012
12:30 pm: Humankind
The need for an informed citizenry to preserve our democracy was keenly understood by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and other American revolutionaries. We'll hear quotes from the founders and insights by Pulitzer-winning historians Gordon Wood, Annette Gordon-Reid and others.
1:00 pm: Capitol Steps Independence Day Special
Also can be heard this evening at 7pm
Thursday July 5, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Food Coma TV
Food Coma TV, based on Joe Ricchio’s popular blog Portland Food Coma, is a series of short films that will report on the oft-overlooked food culture of Maine that exists outside of Portland’s city limits.
1:00 pm: Alternative Radio
Chris Williams, Professor of physics and chemistry at Pace University and chair of the science department at Packer Collegiate Institute. He is the author of “Ecology and Socialism.
Friday July 6, 2012
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
We'll welcome Jim Dill, an entomologist at UMaine, who will discuss a fruit fly which may endanger Maine's blueberry crop.
1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Portland for a talk about rising ocean toxicity. Susan Shaw is a marine toxicologist and founder/director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) in Blue Hill.
Monday July 9, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
Federal regulators want to levy fines of nearly four billion from the company that spilled over a million gallons of tar sands crude into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River watershed. It's the most costly pipeline rupture in U.S. history, and tough to clean up because this crude is thick as peanut butter. Also, weatherizing your home is the easiest way to cut energy costs but there can be unexpected hurdles.
1:00 pm: America Abroad
The Global Water Challenge
The world's population is growing, and with it, so is the demand for water. America Abroad examines global issues related to water
Tuesday July 10, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Family Business in Maine
1:00 pm: City Arts and Lectures
Journalist and Author Robert Louv. Louv is a recipient of the Audobon Medal, and author of eight books about the connections between family, nature and community. His newest book is The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder and offers a new vision of the future, in which our lives are as immersed in nature as they are in technology.
Wednesday July 11, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Maine Tourism
The must-sees and over-looked sights of Maine
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
What’s Wrong with Multiculturalism?
Ideas asks how should European societies respond to the influx of peoples with different traditions, backgrounds and beliefs? A look at multiculturalism policies in Europe, at the ways in which different countries have approached immigration and diversity and at the reasons for the current dissatisfaction.
Thursday July 12, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Charitable Giving in Maine
The state of charitable giving in Maine
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
Ambassador Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. Bokova will discuss the organization's efforts around the world today, including UNESCO's disaster response and rebuilding efforts in Haiti, Iraq, and Libya.
Friday July 13, 2012
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
Earlier this summer the state signed an historic mandate aimed at coming to terms with Maine's bleak record concerning Native American children. Many were forcibly removed from their homes and communities, and sent to boarding schools or foster homes. This week on Maine Watch we'll focus on the new document and process called the "Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission" and what it hopes to accomplish.
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
Michael Moran, Editor in Chief at Renaissance Capital, and geopolitical and economic forecaster. Though the U.S. is experiencing positive economic change and has an unemployment rate at a three year low, the world is beginning to consider the real consequences of an ongoing U.S. economic downturn. MORAN talks about how the U.S. and its allies can successfully navigate out of the recession and meet the economic, political and diplomatic challenges that lie ahead.
Monday July 16, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
Reducing emissions from the automobile fleet is crucial to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and California has taken the lead in that effort. The state's ambitious standards require 15 percent of the fleet to be near-zero emission vehicles by 2025, and automobile makers are on board with the goal. Also, Arctic exploration was treacherous in the age of discovery four hundred years ago, and it still is today. . .but hardy scientists keep heading north.
1:00 pm: Intelligence Squared
An Oxford style debate on the following motion: No fracking way: The natural gas boom is doing more harm than good
Tuesday July 17, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Opera in Maine
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Gail Collins Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; and Author of “As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda”
Wednesday July 18, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
State of the Oceans
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
Future Energy Needs for the US
Energy needs are still rising in the US and rising much faster in many parts of the world. It seems clear that we will continue to rely heavily on conventional resources. But, will innovation and breakthroughs in technology allow us to capture significant amounts of affordable energy from other sources, and allow us to become more efficient in our use of energy globally?
Speakers Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Shanghai Bureau Chief and China Business Editor for The Economist, and Rhonda Zygogki, Executive Vice President for Policy and Planning at Chevron Corporation offer their views.
Thursday July 19, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
MPBN President & C.E.O. Mark Vogelzang
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Abraham Sofaer, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution discusses “Effective Policy Toward Iran” Sofaer discusses legal options that the U.S. can pursue with Iran and how the U.S. can successfully use negotiation to convince Iran to give up any intention to develop nuclear weapons.
Friday July 20, 2012
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
1:00 pm: TED Radio Hour
This is a new program, a new collaboration between NPR and the “TED talks” where the world's most fascinating thinkers - convention-breaking mavericks, icons, and geniuses - give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less about the best ideas in various areas.
Today’s theme: “Building A Better Classroom”
Getting a good education is important, but does the current model nurture real learning?
A look at powerful ideas on how to change education: flipping classrooms, rethinking lesson plans and re-imagining the role of teacher and student.
If you listen to this program, please let us know what you think of it on the MPBN Facebook page. Would you like to hear more of these included among the programs we hear at 1 oclock each afternoon?
Monday July 23, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
Hundreds of thousands of miles of high pressure gas pipelines snake across the country. Sometimes they fail catastrophically, causing huge explosions. Yet increasing demand for natural gas means more will be built despite the risk. Also, putting every single tree in New York's Central Park on the map, literally.
1:00 pm: Alternative Radio
David Cobb – the Green Party presidential candidate in 2004, lawyer and activist involved with the movement to amend the Constitution to repeal corporate rights.
A concerted grassroots effort, Move to Amend, is being made to pass a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, the January 2010 Supreme Court decision which allow corporations to fund political messaging.
Tuesday July 24, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Maine Outdoors
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
A panel discussion about the question of nuclear power revival in the United States.
Wednesday July 25, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Middle East Update
1:00 pm: America Abroad
Religious Minorities in the Mideast
In the wake of the Arab Spring, new governments are forming and the rights of Christians, Jews, and minority Muslim groups hang in the balance.
Thursday July 26, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Mars Landing
1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations. The speaker is Josh Landis Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma. His topic is the current situation in Syria. Landis writes “Syria Comment,” a daily newsletter on Syrian politics, consults with the State Department and other government agencies, and appears on the PBS News Hour, Charlie Rose, CNN, Fox News, and is heard on NPR and the BBC.
Friday July 27, 2012
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
1:00 pm: BackStory
Gettin’ Hitched: Marriage in America
President Obama recently became the first American president to publicly support same-sex marriage. And other Americans’ views of what makes a marriage are changing, too. The public today is just about evenly divided between supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage—a huge shift from fifteen years ago. BackStory digs into how Americans have defined marriage in the past—and how those definitions have changed. Who’s allowed to marry, and what’s at stake when couples break the rules?
Monday July 30, 2012
12:30 pm: Living on Earth Extra
The changing climate and growing deserts are driving as many as fifteen million Africans each year from the parched countryside to cities, where they often struggle to feed their families. This trend is giving rise to enterprising backyard farmers, who grow vegetables in the slums using recycled washing water and old grain sacks. Also, turning the pages of one of the biggest books ever published, one that revolutionized natural history illustration, Audubon's Birds of America.
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
Our Fractured Story
Digital culture has transformed the way society understands itself. Information comes to us unfiltered, without mediation. Digital memory is forever. All versions of a story are equal. Ideas explores what happens to knowledge in a digital age.
Tuesday July 31, 2012
12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
What Does It Mean to be a Liberal?
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
A panel discussion on “Your Brain on Computers: Neuroscience and Tech’s Devices of Distraction”
With tablets and laptops in every bag and iPhones ever at our sides, our gray matter must meet the new challenges of the digital world. We understand that technology has dramatically altered our behaviors: the way that we work, play and interact with one another. But does constant use of devices impact our physical neurology? Can the endless deluge of digital data affect our memory, perception and attention spans? |