March 5-8

This Week on HearSay, March 5 -8, 2007

Monday, March 5
Segment A: From the Headlines-Field of Dreams?
Much is being written about 2008 having the most diverse presidential field in history. On today's HearSay, we'll discuss diversity on the campaign trail and why some race relations experts are approaching voter attitude with caution. Guests: Tarina Keene, Legislative Vice President of Virginia NOW; Sandra Brandt, State Chair of the Virginia Women's Political Caucus; Dr. Philip Klinkner, author of "The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America"; Tim O'Brien, President/CEO of The Personal Branding Group, Inc.; and Dr. Charles Dunn, Dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/
http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm
Virginian-Pilot Article

Segment B: Ira Glass
How do you transform a popular radio program into a television series? The show is "This American Life". Cathy talks with host Ira Glass about adapting the storytelling concept of the award-winning public-radio program for cable TV.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org
Showtime Web Site

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Tuesday, March 6
The Adoption Journey
Celebrities have brought renewed attention and scrutiny to the adoption process. With stars like Angelina Jolie, Meg Ryan, and-most controversially-Madonna adding to their families abroad, and in light of changing guidelines from China and other foreign countries, we'll explore the process of both international and domestic adoption. Virginia's First Lady Anne Holton joins us to talk about the foster care initiative "For Keeps". Also with us today, Adam Pertman, Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Pediatrician Dr. Douglas Mitchell from Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters.

www.forkeepsvirginia.org
www.dss.virginia.gov
www.travel.state.gov/family
www.adoptioninstitute.org

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Wednesday, March 7
Segment A: Governor Tim Kaine
It was a long time in coming, but a transportation
plan now sits on the Governor's desk. We'll get his thoughts on the proposed legislation on today's HearSay.

Link to Governor Kaine's "Fix The Bill" Form

Segment B: Economics of the Arts
Arts and culture is a billion dollar industry in the Commonwealth, from tourism spending to recreational opporutunities, business sales to employment. Yet many question the role government should play in funding arts organizations. We'll talk about the dollars and sense of financing arts organizations in our community on today's HearSay. Guests: Charles Gray, Economics Professor at the University of St. Thomas and co-author of "The Economics of Art and Culture", Rob Cross - Virginia Arts Festival; Carla Johnson, President and Executive Director - Virginia Symphony and Bill Hennessey, Executive Director of Chrysler Museum.

Segment C: Our Children's Children's War
Cathy talks to veteran broadcast journalist Ted Koppel, senior news analyst for NPR, about the new Discovery Channel documentary "Our Children's Children's War". Koppel explores the challenges the prolonged War on Terror presents and how America's military is trying to adapt.

Ted Koppel - NPR
Discovery Channel Web site
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

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Thursday, March 8
Segment A: Cokie Roberts
NPR political analyst Cokie Roberts explores the role of our nation's founding mothers in her new book, "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation". She talks to Cathy about recovering the opinions of the women of the American Revolution.

About the Book

Cokie Roberts at the Virginia Beach Forum
Thursday, March 8th 8:15 pm
Princess Anne High School
4400 Virginia Beach Boulevard
For more information, please contact
417.6570 http://www.vabeachforum.org/index.html

Segment B: Battle of the Ironclads
The course of the Civil War was transformed with the world's first combat between ironclads. Exactly 145 years after the historic battle fought in Hampton Roads between Confederate ironclad Virginia and the Union ironclad Monitor, the USS Monitor Center opens at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News. The center focuses on the 1860s and the events, experiences and lifestyles of the time. We'll get a look at history in the making today with our guests historian John Quarstein and Anna Holloway, the Curator of the USS Monitor Center.

http://www.monitorcenter.org/
http://www.mariner.org/
WHRO TV Presents: The Civil War in Hampton Roads

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