The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that are intended to preserve open access to the internet. Columbia Law School professor, Tim Wu, discusses whether the new rules go far enough in preserving open access online. Plus: Medicaid funding cut for transplants in Arizona; the future of St. Vincent’s Hospital and Park51; and a survey about what kids care about.
Moving Park51?
Chairperson of Community Board 1 Julie Menin weighs in on the rumored plan to move the much-maligned Park51 project to a site near the former St. Vincent's Hospital.
Compromise on Net Neutrality
Tim Wu, a policy advocate and professor at Columbia Law School, discusses yesterday's FCC compromise vote on net neutrality. His recent book The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires examines how new media revolutions are always proceeded by centralized corporate control over the new mediums.
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Open Phones: What Did I get Myself Into this Holiday Season?
A call-in to share your stories about what you got yourself into by spending the holidays with your significant others' family. Jeremy Stahl, Slate.com's social media editor, tells his story about going to Sweden to spend Christmas with his wife's family and finding that everyone watches a Donald Duck cartoon at 3pm on Christmas Eve.
Listeners: What's the most surprising, disturbing, or touching tradition you've found yourself participating in while spending the holidays with your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, or husband's family? Give us a call or comment here!
Arizona Cuts Transplant Medicaid Funding
Russell Pearce, President-elect of the Arizona State Senate, tells us why the state legislature decided to cut Medicaid funding for several types of transplants and why he thinks that such cuts are necessary to close the state's budget gap. Michael Abecassis, director of Northwestern University's comprehensive transplant center and president of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, takes the opposing view, arguing that the cuts are flawed and have no basis in medicine.
Kids These Days
Christine French Clark, editor in chief of Highlights and Highlights High Five magazines, discusses the 2010 State of the Kid Survey about what kids think about their future.
Open Phones: Are We There Yet?
A call-in for listeners who are going to great lengths to reach friends and family this Christmas.
Listeners: Tell us the lengths you're going to in order to get to family and friends this holiday season. Are you taking a super long flight or multiple forms of transportation? What are you putting yourself through to get to where you're going for Christmas? Give us a call or comment here!