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January 2002 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

1/6/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-01-06-A DO WRITERS STILL MATTER?
South African Literature - Andre Brink
Writing and Truth - Allan Gurganus
Voices of Poets - Dominique Raccah
Writing and Politics - V.S. Naipaul
Hour 2 00-08-13-A TOP MARX
Groucho Marx - Stefan Kanfer
Groucho Marx - Michael Feldman
Karl Marx - Francis Wheen
Play about Karl Marx - Brian Jones
Socialism's Failure - Seymour Martin Lipset

1/13/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-01-13-A CROSSING BORDERS
Mexican Immigrants - Ruben Martinez
Canadian Perspective - Bruce McCall
Cuban Exiles in America - Ana Menendez
Trieste - Jan Morris
Nomad Stories - Rita Golden Gelman
Hour 2 02-01-13-B LET'S FACE IT
Quest for Beauty - Barbara Robinette Moss
Men & Beauty Study - Hans Breiter
Forensic Artist - Jeanne Boylan
Mona Lisa - Donald Sassoon

1/20/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-01-20-A PATRIOTISM AND DISSENT
Crackdown on Dissent - John Nichols
Patriotism - Andrew Sullivan
Patriotic Songs - John Hasse
Sixties Radical - Bill Ayers
Hour 2 02-01-20-B THE SOUNDS OF MUSIC
Langley Schools Music Project - Hans Fenger
Theramin - Albert Glinsky
Gadfly Records - Mitch Cantor
Williams Syndrome & Music - Howard Lenhoff

1/28/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-01-27-A I'M SORRY
Apologies for Slavery - Cary Sudler
False Contrition in Childhood - Robert Karen
Sorry at Restaurant - Monty Python
Science of Tears - Dr. William Frey
Abortion in Japan - William LaFleur
Hour 1 00-09-24-A MARRIAGE, DIVORCE & CELIBACY
Children of Divorce - Judith Wallerstein
Infidelity - Jane Hamilton
19th Century Marriage - Hendrik Hartog
Celibacy - Elizabeth Abbot

January 2002 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

February 2002
2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24
February 2002 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin
2/3/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-02-03-A THE FAR NORTH
Seven Seasons in Greenland - Gretel Ehrlich
Guys on Ice - Michael Flanigan and Doug Mancheski
Looking for Alaska - Peter Jenkins
How to Be A Canadian - Ian Ferguson
Hour 2 02-02-03-B FACING THE FUTURE
Future of the Universe - Lawrence Krauss
Sci-Fi Music - Ron Sadoff
Futurology - Jonathan Margolis
Dictionary of the Future - Adam Hanft
Time Travel - Ronald Mallett

2/10/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-02-10-A COFFEE
The Perfect Cup - Timothy James Castle
Cultural History of Coffee - Mark Pendergrast
Starbucks and Flagstaff - Ann Hepperman
I hate Coffee - Emebet Vandervort/Urban Shocker
Science of Caffeine - Bennett Alan Weinberg
Coffee Divination - Barbara Moran
Hour 2 02-02-10-B THE FOOD OF LOVE
Romance Novels - Lisa Kleypas & Julia Quinn
Listeners' Stories of Love at First Sight
Chocolate - Chris Kilham
Chocolate Desserts - Alice Medrich

2/17/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 00-10-08-A CHILDREN LOST AND FOUND
Girl's Coming of Age - Mary Karr
Renaissance tips for Parents - Rudolph Bell
Children in the South Bronx - Jonathan Kozol
Children's Literature - Jack Zipes
Picture Book Author - Anthony Browne
Hour 2 01-02-18-A SWEET DREAMS, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Sleep & Memory - Bob Stickgold
Insomnia Poems - Lisa Russ Spaar
Sleep Deprivation - Eve Van Cauter
Healing Dreams - Marc Barasch
Night Cultures - Bryan Palmer

2/24/2002 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-02-24-A THE OLYMPICS
The Luge - Howard Berkes
Snowboarding - Bill Kerig
Cross Country Skiing - Nina Kemppel
Kyle Thornhill - Doug Gordon
Raising Adolescents - Laura Sessions Stepp
Hour 2 01-01-14-B LIVING FOR GRACE
Cult of Virgin Mary - Beverly Donofrio
Sacred Music - John Tavener
Faith and Art - Mark Salzman
Future of American Nuns - Lucy Kaylin
Critique of Organized Religion - Philip Pullman

February 2002 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin

March 2002
3/3 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31
March 2002 schedule for listeners in Wisconsin
3/03/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-03-03-A RACE AND REDEMPTION
The Word Nigger - Randall Kennedy
Strange Fruit - David Margolick
The Y-Forum - Philip Milano
Racism in Rhodesia - Alexandra Fuller
Hour 2 02-03-03-B BOXING
Women and Boxing - Kate Sekules
Professional Boxer - Eric Morel
Guilty Pleasure - Jack Newfield
Boxing Language - Leonard Zwilling

3/10/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-03-10-A CREATURE COMFORT
Animal Self-Medication - Cindy Engel
Veterinary Dilemmas - reporter Benson Gardner
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy - Linda Kohanov
Gorillas in Rwanda - Amy Vedder & Bill Weber
Rancher Becomes Writer - Judy Blunt
Hour 2 01-01-28-B GENIUS
Leonardo da Vinci - Sherwin Nuland
Genius & Age - Dean Simonton
Quiz Show Ace - Leszek Pawlowicz
Virginia Woolf - Nigel Nicolson

3/17/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1 02-03-17-A THE CULTURE OF CONTROL
Active Denial Technology - Colonel George Fenton
Culture of Surveillance - William Staples
Control and Your Dog - Patricia McConnell
Guarding Sing Sing - Ted Conover
View from Behind Bars - Chris Rodriguez
Hour 2 02-03-17-B PHILOSOPHY FROM SOCRATES TO SEINFELD
Seinfeld & The Simpsons - William Irwin
Wittgenstein vs. Popper - David Edmonds
Socrates Cafe - Christopher Phillips
Sexual Violence & Philosophy - Susan Brison
Consciousness - John Searle

3/24/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

02-03-24-A

THE GOOD WORD
Language Diversity - John McWhorter
Crossword Puzzle Tournament Report
Language Games - Mike Hammond
American History of Language - Jill Lepore
Hour 2

02-03-24-B

SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Heaven and Hell - Joe Jackson
In Defense of Sin - John Portmann
"Angry" Comedy - Lewis Black
The Devil's Garden - Steward Lee Allen

3/31/2002Program #TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

02-03-31-A

PAIN
Placebos - Dr. Ted Kaptchuk
Slapstick - Alan Dale
Sacred Pain - Ariel Glucklich
Aspirin Wars - Charles Mann
Behcet's Syndrom - Jimmy Palmieri
Hour 2

01-02-25-B

LIVING LARGE
Maria Callas - Angela Ianonne
Onassis/Callas Affair - Nicholas Gage
Caravaggio - Peter Robb
Fame and Father - Ben Cheever
Judy Garland - Gerald Clarke


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