Upcoming shows
For a map of Prairie Public's radio stations in
North Dakota
or a link to the online stream, click
here. WHY? is broadcast on the second
Sunday of every month at 5 p.m. central.
Please note, Clay Jenkinson's
March 14th appearance has been rescheduled as a live performance in Minot on
June 3. We apologize for the inconvenience.
March 14,
5 p.m. central:
"The Humanities in America: The Case for Public Funding"
Guest: Brenna Daugherty
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What
are the humanities and why are they important? How can the National Endowment
for the Humanities claim that their activities are “critical to our common civic
life as a nation?” And most controversially, should the U.S. government fund
such cultural endeavors? In this episode of Why? we examine the
philosophical issues related to what has come to be called the public
humanities: the effort of both private and governmental organizations to create
and supports events that disseminate philosophy, history, literature, and other
arts to the general public.
A North Dakota native, Brenna Daugherty is
currently the executive director of the North Dakota Humanities Council, the
state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She received a
master's degree in Theological Studies from the Harvard Divinity School in June
2005. Brenna has been awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Award Bronze
medal, a STAND Leader Americorp Education Award, and the Concordia College
Servant Leadership Award for her work with early intervention for college
attendance. At Concordia, her undergraduate alma mater, she was a
founding member of TOCAR, a tri-college anti-racism initiative, and while at
Harvard she was a founding member of Equitas, a social justice think tank.
Why?'s host
Jack Russell Weinstein says, "I can think of no single person who is more
intrinsic to the dissemination of the humanities in North Dakota. It is exciting
to get the chance to talk theory with Brenna. Why should the community
support what she does? Why are the humanities key to the development of
citizenship? This discussion is going to be more controversial than one might
otherwise think.”
Have a question you want to ask Brenna in
advance, or don’t want your voice on the air? Send it to us at:
askwhy@und.edu
April 11,
5 p.m. central:
"The Profession of Philosophy"
Guest: Brian Leiter.
Brian
Leiter founded the University of Chicago Law School's Center for Law,
Philosophy, and Human Values when he joined their faculty in July 2008. His
teaching and research interests are in general jurisprudence (including its
intersection with issues in metaphysics and epistemology), moral and political
philosophy (in both Anglophone and Continental traditions), and the law of
evidence. Most influentially, though, he is the gatekeeper to philosophy's
official unofficial rankings, maintaining "The Philosophical Gourmet" an
annually updated list of the most prestigious graduate programs. He maintains
multiple blogs including "The Leiter Reoprt" a compendium of professional
news, issues in the profession, and new clippings related to philosophy as a
discipline and as a career. His scholarly books include Objectivity in Law and
Morals, Nietzsche on Morality, The Future for Philosophy, Naturalizing
Jurisprudence: Essays on American Legal Realism and Naturalism in Legal
Philosophy, and The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy. Leiter holds an
AB from Princeton University, and a JD and PhD in philosophy from University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
May 9,
5 p.m. central:
"Empathy, the Constitution, and Sexual Orientation"
Guest: Martha Nussbaum.
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Martha
Nussbaum is one of the most distinguished and important philosophers living
today. She received her BA from NYU and her MA and PhD from Harvard. She has
taught at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford Universities. Martha is the Ernst Freund
Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Philosophy
Department, Law School and Divinity School. She is an Associate in the Classics
Department and the Political Science Department, a Member of the Committee on
Southern Asian Studies, and a Board Member of the Human Rights Program. She is
the founder and Coordinator of the Center for Comparative Constitutionalism.
Her publications include Aristotle's De Motu Animalium (1978),
The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
(1986, updated edition 2000), Love's Knowledge (1990), The Therapy
of Desire (1994), Poetic Justice (1996), For Love of Country
(1996), Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal
Education (1997), Sex and Social Justice (1998), Women and
Human Development (2000), Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of
Emotions (2001), Hiding From Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law
(2004), Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership
(2006), The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future
(2007), and Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America’s Tradition of
Religious Equality (2008). From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual
Orientation and Constitutional Law will be published in February 2010. She
has also edited thirteen books. Her Supreme Court Foreword, “Constitutions and
Capabilities,” appeared in 2007 and will ultimately become a book to be
published by Harvard. Her current work in progress includes: Not For
Profit: Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship (Princeton); The
Cosmopolitan Tradition (Harvard); Creating Capabilities: The Human
Development Approach (Harvard); and Compassion and Capabilities
(Cambridge).
June 13,
5 p.m. central:
"Eric Sevareid and the Philosophy of Journalism"
Guest: Clay Jenkinson
Pre-recorded live in Minot, ND. Join us
for the live show on June 3 at the Taube Museum.
Born
in Velva, North Dakota, Eric Sevareid was one of America’s most influential
broadcast journalists. One of “Murrow’s Boys” – named as such because of his
extensive work with the legendary Edward R. Murrow – his reports on World War II
captivated America. On this episode of Why?, Clay Jenkinson returns to
examine Sevareid’s legacy and the ways in which journalism has changed since his
first broadcasts. Discussing his current documentary project on the legendary
reporter and Sevareid’s autobiography Not So Wild A Dream, Jenkinson will
explore the impact journalism has on the world around us and ways in which
autobiography reveals how one person, at least, crafted and pursued his personal
mission.
A cultural commentator who has devoted most of his professional career to
public humanities programs, Clay Jenkinson is the host of public radio's The
Thomas Jefferson Hour. He has been honored by two United States presidents
for his work. On November 6, 1989, he received one of the first five Charles
Frankel Prizes, the National Endowment for the Humanities' highest award (now
called the National Humanities Medal), at the nomination of the NEH Chair, Lynne
Cheney. Since his first work with the North Dakota Humanities Council in the
late 1970s, including a pioneering first-person interpretation of Meriwether
Lewis, Clay Jenkinson has made thousands of presentations throughout the United
States and its territories, including Guam and the Northern Marianas. He is also
the author of numerous books.
Why?'s host Jack Russell Weinstein says, "Sevareid is a romantic
figure who builds his sense of self on an idealized North Dakota childhood.
These days, Clay Jenkinson is probably America’s most recognized North Dakota
romantic. I can therefore think of no better person to channel Seavreid and no
more appropriate mind to explore these issues with. I’m thrilled for Clay’s
return to the show and for the opportunity to once again examine how the lives
of North Dakotans reveal the larger human experience.”
Have a question you want to ask Clay in advance, or don’t want your voice on
the air? Send it to us at:
askwhy@und.edu
July 11,
5 p.m. central:
TBA
August 8,
5 p.m. central:
"Domestic Violence and the Law: China vs. the U.S.A"
Guest: Robin Runge.
In
March of 2010, Robin Runge traveled to Beijing to train Chinese judges to better
deal with issues of domestic violence in the law; this was her second such
visit. In comparing the Chinese and American systems, she has able to see those
areas in which American law better responds to the needs of the community and
those areas in which the Chinese system does. In this episode of Why? we
will discuss her experiences and address central questions in the philosophy of
law. What counts as evidence? How ought the court deal with a he said/she said
situation? In what ways can judges work with the police to promote better
investigations? How do cultural differences affect legal frameworks, and to what
extent is domestic violence a violation of human rights?
Robin R. Runge is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North
Dakota School of Law where she teaches in the Employment and Housing Law
Clinic. Professor Runge taught public interest lawyering and domestic violence
law at The George Washington University Law School, and domestic violence law at
The American University Washington College of Law. From 2003 to 2009, Professor
Runge was Director of the Commission on Domestic Violence at the American Bar
Association where she managed all aspects of Commission programming including
developing training curricula for attorneys, writing articles and speaking
domestically and internationally on various aspects of domestic violence and the
legal response to domestic violence including the employment rights of domestic
violence victims. Previously, Professor Runge was Deputy Director and
Coordinator of the Program on Women’s Employment Rights (POWER) at the D.C.
Employment Justice Center and the Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and
Employment Project at the Employment Law Center, Legal Aid Society of San
Francisco.
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