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April 2001
4/1 4/08 4/15 4/22 4/29
April 2001 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

4/1/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-04-1-A PUSHING THE LIMITS
Cross Country Skier - Bill McKibben
God at the Edge - Niles Goldstein
Mountain Climber - Rick Ridgeway
Science of Survival - Frances Ashcroft
South Pole Survival - Jerri Nielsen
Hour 2 01-04-01-B THE BIOGRAPHY BOOM
Biographer and Subject - A.S. Byatt
Reagan Bio-Memoir - Edmund Morris
Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire - Amanda Foreman
Biography Craft - Judith Thurman
Saul Bellow - James Atlas
On-Line Diaries - Julian Dibbell

4/8/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-04-08-A LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
Living Long - Steven Austad
No Cure for Aging - Jay Olshansky
Finding Spirituality in Middle Age - Scott Russell Sanders
Longevity Code - Zorba Paster
Cremation in America - Stephen Prothero
Hour 2 01-04-08-B GROWING GREEN
Gardening for Kids - Sharon Lovejoy
The Great American Lawn - Michael Pollan
Frederick Law Olmstead & The Fens - Anne Whiston Spirn
Her Garden - Jamaica Kincaid

4/15/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-04-15-A MARRIAGE AND MEANING
Marriage Sabbatical - Cheryl Jarvis
Lost Meaning of Marriage - Daniel Cere
"The Rules" for Marriage - Carina Chocano
Adultery Novel - Nuala O'Faolain
Gertrude & Alice
- Lola Pashalinski & Linda Chapman
Hour 2 99-10-24-B FOOD IN THE MODERN KITCHEN
Future Kitchen Project - Michael Hawley
History of Tupperware - Alison Clarke
History of Trash - Susan Strasser
Shel Silverstein Poem
Edible Schoolyard Project - Alice Waters
Singing Food Safety - Carl Winter

4/22/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-04-22-A CHINA AND KOREA
U.S.-China Relations - Ed Friedman
American in China - Peter Hessler
Madame Mao - Anchee Min
North Korea - Han S. Park
South Korean Cinema
- Tony Rayns, Hong Sang-Soo, Kim Jee-Woon
Hour 2 01-04-22-B IMMACULATE DECEPTIONS
Hoaxer - Joey Skaggs
Internet Scambusters - Audri Lanford
Tabloid Insider - Bill Sloan
Plagiarism Victim - Neal Bowers

4/29/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-04-29-A WHEEL LIFE
Hybrid-Electric Cars - Matt Wald
Flying Cars - Paul Moller
Bike Messengers - Travis Hugh Culley
Road Movies - Jack Sargeant
Motorcycling in Cuba - Christopher Baker
Hour 2 01-04-29-B COMING OF AGE
Wild Daughter - Martha Tod Dudman
Millennial Generation - William Strauss
Young Adult Writer - Joan Bauer
Rites of Passage - Ronald Grimes
Playing Hamlet - Simon Russell Beale

April 2001 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

May 2001
5/6 5/13 5/20 5/27
May 2001 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

5/6/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-05-06-A SEDUCED BY VIOLENCE
Excitement of War - Anthony Loyd
Cartoon Violence (skit) - Doug Gordon
Children's Violent Play - Jane Katch
Violent Movies - Jake Horsley
Grief - Dennis McFarland
Hour 2 01-05-06-B PAINTING
Dutch Still Lifes - Mark Doty
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Terry Tempest Williams
Vermeer's Model - Tracy Chevalier
Inventing Mauve - Simon Garfield
Creative Passion - Michelle Cassou

5/13/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-05-13-A WANNA BET?
Most Profitable Casino - Kim Isaac Eisler
Making of Las Vegas - Sally Denton & Roger Morris
CSI and Las Vegas - Anthony Zuiker
The Jockey Club - Carole Case
Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
Hour 2 01-05-13-B THE UNIVERSE AND BEYOND
Early Space Program - Chris Kraft
Shape of the Universe - Martin Rees
Starry Night Poetry - David Levy
Much ado about Nothing - K.C. Cole
Einstein & Picasso - Arthur Miller

5/20/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-05-20-A MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS & DAUGHTERS
Prize Winning Mom - Terry Ryan
Man and Boy - Tony Parsons
Son of a Grifter - Kent Walker
Amy's Mom - Amy Borkowsky
Hour 2 01-05-20-B THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Future Fashion - Scott Lafee
Gucci Murder Story - Sara Gay Forden
Diana Vreeland - Angela Ianonne
Men's Fashion Commentary - David Brooks
Men and Self-Image - Lynne Luciano

5/27/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 99-11-07-A STRANGE BELIEFS
Saints & Madmen - Russell Shorto
Commentary - Jean Feraca
Rise of Irrationalism - Wendy Kaminer
Psychic Power of Animals - Rupert Sheldrake
Commentary - Mary Lou Finnegan
Yeats & Automatic Writing - Brenda Maddox
Hour 2 01-05-27-B THE PLEASURE OF WORDS
Song Lyrics - Robert Gottlieb & Robert Kimball
Literary Sleuth - Don Foster
Shakespeare's Language - Frank Kermode
The Reduced Shakespeare Company

May 2001 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

June 2001
6/3 6/10 6/17 6/24
June 2001 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

6/3/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-06-03-A THE LATIN LIFE
Latino Style - Betty Cortina
Spanglish - Ilan Stavans
Salsa - Aaron Sanchez
Latino Radio - Ramiro Burr
Children's Novel - Julia Alvarez
Hour 2 01-06-03-B NATURAL HISTORIES
Evolution Explosion - Stephen Palumbi
Ecological History - Tim Flannery
Natural History Museums - Stephen Asma
Aromatic History - Frank Knight
Galapagos Islands - Edward Larson

6/10/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 01-06-10-A TRUTH, LIES & HISTORY
Crimes of History - Michael Ignatieff
Holocaust Friendship - Bernie Rosner & Fritz Tubach
Historical Movies - Natalie Zemon Davis
Adams & Jefferson - David McCullough
Hour 2 01-06-10-B CHILD'S PLAY
End of Homework - Etta Kralovec
Long Sweet Days (Commentary) - David Maraniss
Natural Playgrounds - Rusty Keeler
Playful Parenting - Lawrence Cohen
"Kid Crusher" (Commentary) - Daniel Wallace

6/17/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 99-12-19-A FINDING RELIGION
Jesus - Thomas Cahill
Spiritual Autobiography - Dan Wakefield
Readings from Thomas Merton's Journals
Zen Rabbi - Alan Lew
Cyber Rosary - Loretta Skeddle
Death of God - A.N. Wilson
Hour 2 99-10-17-B THE MUSIC WITHIN
Improvisation Lesson - Joan Wildman
Amateur Cellist - Wayne Booth
Playing Like Chopin - Russell Sherman
Writing About Music - Vikram Seth
Life of Mozart - Peter Gay

6/24/2001Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 00-03-05-A GLOBAL TRAVEL
Tour of Tokyo - Donald Richie
Travel Essay - Judith Strasser
Extreme Sports Travel - Steven Kotler
Biking to Everest - Goran Kropp
Icebound in the Arctic - Alvah & Dianna Simon
Hour 2 00-05-07-B EVERYBODY'S POETRY
Mass Appeal of Poetry - Bill Moyers
Homeless Poetry - Robert Wolf
Poet as Social Activist - Adrienne Rich
Multi-Cultural Poetry - Naomi Shihab Nye
Remembering Miles - Quincy Troupe


June 2001 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin


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