MediaTracks - Guests

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Date	Program #	Guests
12/27	09-52
Segment 1		Real health reform may mean a nurse shortage: Dr. Diane Vines, Assoc. Prof. of Nursing, Univ. of Portland; Dr. Diana Mason, Ruden Prof. and Director, Center for Health, Media and Policy, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City Univ. of New York
Segment 2		The "Mother's Act": Dr. Michael Petriella, Vice Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hackensack Univ. Medical Center; Susan Dowd Stone, social worker and Chair, President's Advisory Council, Postpartum Support International; Celeste Andriot-Wood, Asst. Commissioner, Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Dept. Of Health and Senior Services
Date	Program #	Guests
12/20	09-51
Segment 1		Adoption health records: Janet Sutherland, adopted person, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. Jeri Jenista, pediatrician, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan and adoptive parent of five; Susan Vernon, Program Director of Family Services, The Cradle, Evanston, Illinois; Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Founder and CEO, The Center for Family Connections, Boston
Segment 2		Music and the brain: Dr. Daniel Levitin, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Music, McGill Univ., and author, This Is Your Brain On Music
Date	Program #	Guests
12/13	09-50
Segment 1		Cancer clinical trial participation: Dr. Richard Schilsky, Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Section of Hemotology-Oncology, and Director of the Cancer Research Center, University of Chicago, and past president, American Society of Clinical Oncology; Dr. Jean-Luc Neptune, co-founder, Healogica.com; Gwen Darien, Director, Survivor and Patient Advocacy, American Association for Cancer Research and Editor in Chief, CR Magazine.
Segment 2		The gift of premonitions: Dr. Larry Dossey, author, The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives
Date	Program #	Guests
12/06	09-49
Segment 1		The recession and family size: Dr. Laura Lindberg, Senior Research Associate, Guttmacher Institute; Jenifer Vick, Director of Development and Communications, Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa; Elizabeth Battaligno Cahill, Executive Director, Healthy Women
Segment 2		Finding trustworthy medical information: Dr. Scott Litin, Professor of Medicine, May Clinic and Editor in Chief, Mayo Clinic Family Health Book; Dr. Robert Porter, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Thos. Jefferson University and Editor in Chief, Merck Manual Home Health Handbook
Viewpoints
Date	Program #	Guests
12/27	09-52
Segment 1		Men and Women: How friendships differ: Dr. Linda Sapadin, psychologist in private practice, founder of www.psychwisdom.com; Susan Shapiro Barash, teaches gender studies at Marymount Manhattan College, author of “Toxic Friends: The antidote for women stuck in complicated friendships,” (www.susanshapirobarash.com).
Segment 2		Orson Welles: A daughter remembers: Chris Welles Feder, author of “In My Father’s Shadow: A daughter remembers Orson Welles,” (www.amazon.com).
Date	Program #	Guests
12/20	09-51
Segment 1		General Sherman’s Christmas: Stanley Weintraub, Professor Emeritus of the Arts & Humanities, Penn State University, author of “General Sherman’s Christmas: Savannah, 1864,” (www.amazon.com)
Segment 2		A Green Holiday: Planning now for this year and next: Anna Getty, chef, decorator, eco-educator and author of “I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Gifts, decorations and recipes that use less and mean more,” (www.purestyleliving.com).
Date	Program #	Guests
12/13	09-50
Segment 1		Hospice Dogs: Comforting the seriously ill: Jon Katz, author of “Izzy and Lenore: Two dogs, an unexpected journey and me,” (www.bedlamfarm.com); Warren Cardwell, patient; Keith Mann, Coordinator of Volunteers, Washington County Hospice and Palliative Care Program in Upstate New York (www.hospiceinfo.org).
Segment 2		Holiday Movies: They’re not “White Christmas” anymore! Dann Gire, film critic for the Chicago Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/entertainment/movies)
Date	Program #	Guests
12/06	09-49
Segment 1		Holiday Shopping: What do the stores have in store? Thomas Harpointner, CEO of AIS Media, Inc. (www.aismedia.com); Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor, author of “Why She Buys: The new strategy for reaching the world’s most powerful consumer,” (www.femalefactorcorp.com).
Segment 2		Shyness and the Holidays: Navigating social situations: Jonathan Cheek, Professor of Psychology specializing in shyness at Wellesley College, MA, (http://www.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Cheek/jcheek.html); Jill Spiegel, speaker and entrepreneur, author of “Jill Spiegel’s How to Talk to Anyone About Anything: The secrets to connecting,” (www.jillspiegel.com).