Friday marked the two years since President Barack Obama signed the heath care reform law. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will be reviewing the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Join us on this hour of “All Sides,” as we discuss health care reform. We will then continue the conversation about health care reform in an open forum.

Guest

• Stephen Presser (Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law)

Last month President Obama said the US-South Korean free trade agreement will create jobs in the U.S. and benefit American workers. The trade deal passed Congress, but faces surprising opposition in South Korea.  Today on “All Sides,” South Korea’s Ambassador to the U.S. discusses what the pact means for Ohio’s economy.

Guest

• Han Duk-soo (South Korean Ambassador to the United States)

10:20

One in seven people in the world goes to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn’t enough food, but because they don’t have access to resources like fertile land and water. On this segment of “All Sides,” we talk about meeting the challenges of global food security.

Guest

• Gawain Kripke (Director of Policy and Research, Oxfam America)

Event

Thurs., Nov. 17, 2011, Gawain is in town for a Columbus Council on World Affairs Signature Luncheon on global food security. It will be held from 12 - 1 p.m. at WOSU at COSI. For more information visit the Columbus Council on World Affairs.

Growing up as a girl isn’t easy. There’s a lot to worry about, such as being liked.. having the right “look…” and being accepted.

Now, there’s a group for girls that serves as an accepting support network, to reassure them it’s fine to be themselves and “discover their true beauty” on their own. It’s called Debbie’s Club, and we’ll talk about that and more next, on All Sides with Ann Fisher on 89-seven, NPR News.

Guests:

• Debra Penzone

11:30…

Listeners set the agenda, during this open forum on local, national, and global issues.

Ohio voters will decide whether Ohio can opt out of the national health care overhaul; as Secretary of State, Jon Husted, said Tuesday that opponents of the federal law have enough signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot.

So what are the pros and cons if voters do choose to opt out of the health care overhaul, and what does this mean for health care in Ohio? We’ll talk with Statehouse News Reporter, Bill Cohen, as well as Maurice Thompson representing the Ohio Liberty Council from the Center for Constitutional Law and Cathy Levine from UHCAN Ohio.

Guests:

• Cathy Levine (Executive Director of UHCAN Ohio)
• Maurice Thompson (Director 1851 Center for Constitutional Law)

What is the debt limit, why does it matter and who has prescribed what? This hour, we’ll hear from proponents and opponents of the president’s plan, and also from a national reporter covering the issue.

Guests:

• Lisa Mascaro (Reporter, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau)
• Tom Zawistowski (Executive Director, Portage County Ohio Tea Party)
• Michael Ettlinger (Vice President for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress)

Yet, at this point in the game, Bachmann herself appears to be the new unstoppable Republican force, riding the wave of Tea Party approval. There’s plenty to talk about Bachmann, her opponents in the GOP presidential primary. Add to that national debt ceiling negotiations, the retirement of Robert Gates,  the reverbs from Ohio abortion legislation, Libya, Afghanistan and MORE, and we need a show with Ken Rudin, NPR’s Political Junkie.

Join All Sides to talk politics today with Ken.

Guest:

• Ken Rudin (NPR Political Junkie)

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Governor Kasich and Penn National have come to terms on an agreement that gives the casino in Columbus a “go-ahead” to start development. What’s next in the construction and impact of this structure?

10:40…

We’ll discuss the reactions to President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan. What will his comments mean for the nation and how will they affect his run for reelection?

Guests: 

• Joe Vardon (Reporter , Columbus Dispatch)
• Rob Walgate (Vice President, Ohio Roundtable)
• Richard McGowan (author/Economics Professor, Boston College)

• Peter Mansoor (retired Army Colonel/Military History Professor, Ohio State University)