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Last broadcast on Fri, 18 Nov 2011, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Presented by Jenni Murray. Talking turkey- Americans Ann Treneman and Diana Shaw Clark on celebrating the ex Pat Thanksgiving; Will high street sales of DNA kids blow the lid on paternity fraud? Public Health Director Professor Mark Bellis and medical ethics lecturer Dr Anna Smajdor look at the moral and social issues; Making the move from the public to the private sector - how easy is it for women to adjust? Ex head teacher Liz Marsden set up her own business and discusses the pros and cons with Jenni and Professor of Work Psychology Marilyn Davidson , plus hitting the high notes with the Salisbury Cathedral girl choristers celebrating 20 years of a choral education.
Expat Thanksgiving
It falls every fourth Thursday in November - the 24th of November this year - and for many Americans it is the red letter day in the year. Thanksgiving represents the most potent symbol of American hearth and home. Jenni is joined by sketchwriter for The Times, Ann Treneman, and by food writer Diana Shaw-Clark to discuss how Thanksgiving works for expats abroad.
Paternity Fraud
Will high street and cheap internet sales of DNA kits blow the lid on Paternity Fraud? Genetic testing used to be the preserve of the court system but now kits are freely available from as little as £160. More and more men are prepared to use them. So what are the moral and social implications as more men want to know the answer to the question : who’s the daddy? Jenni is joined by Prof Mark Bellis, Director of Public Health at Liverpool John Moores and by Dr Anna Smajdor, Lecturer in Medical Ethics, University of East Anglia to discuss the issues.
Women in Business: Public to Private Sector – how easy is it to switch?
With a mass strike by public sector workers set for the end of the month the cultural gap between public and private sector has rarely been so exposed. And with twice as many women as men employed by the state, it is female public sector employees who are most likely to end up unemployed because of government spending cuts. The government wants people to think laterally and start up businesses, but how easy is it to remarket yourself and move from working in the public to the private sector? Marilyn Davidson of Manchester Business School and Liz Marsden business founder of Early Excellence in Huddersfield join Jenni in Salford to debate.
Salisbury Choristers
Twenty years ago Salisbury Cathedral took what was at the time a radical decision: they set up a foundation for girls to train as choristers and to be educated at the same time. Some girls had sung in cathedral choirs prior to this, but none had had the opportunity to take full advantage of the choristers’ education. To mark the 20 years since their first evensong in October 1991 they recently held a reunion for girl choristers past and present. Our reporter Fiona Clampin went to meet some of the pioneers, now in their late 20s, and the people behind the decision to break with the men-only tradition.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Will high street and cheap internet sales of DNA kits, blow the lid on Paternity Fraud? Prof Mark Bellis. Liverpool John Moores University and Dr Anna Smajdor, University of East Anglia discuss.
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Chapter 2
How do Americans in the UK celebrate Thanksgiving, that most potent symbols of hearth and home? Jenni talks to The Times sketch writer Ann Treneman and food writer Diana Shaw Clark.
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Chapter 3
Twenty years ago Salisbury Cathedral took what was considered a radical decision. A foundation was set up for the training and education of choir girls. Fiona Clampin reports.
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Chapter 4
How easy is it to jump ship from the public sector and work in private businesses? Marilyn Davidson and Liz Marsden discuss.
Broadcast
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Fri 18 Nov 201110:00
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