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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 03/14A

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Today is 3/14, or as some people refer to it, Pi Day! Thanks to pi, we can calculate the circumference of our favorite pie! This hour, get baking tips and share your favorite pie recipes with Joy Cardin and her guests.

Guests:
- 6:00-6:20 -- Ashley Williams, Bakery Manager for Hubbard Ave. Diner
- 6:20-6:30 -- Cindee Borton-Parker, Regional Manager for Norske Nook Restaurants and Bakery
- 6:30 -- Jennifer Klemke, Vice President of sales and marketing at the Lake Geneva Pie Company



7:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 03/14B

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A new report says binge drinking costs the state nearly $7 billion in the form of lost worker productivity, premature death, health care costs and more. Joy Cardin's guest lawmakers discuss the policy changes they say need to be implemented to fix Wisconsin's alcohol culture.

Then, the Catholic Church has a new leader! Joy talks with a sociology professor about Pope Francis and what this Argentinian pick says about the direction of the church.

Guests:
- Jim Ott, Republican State Representative from Mequon and author of several bills to strengthen Wisconsin's drunk driving laws.
- Tim Carpenter, Democratic State Senator from Milwaukee; he supports sobriety checkpoints to crack down on drunk driving.
- Dean Kaufert, Republican State Representative from Neenah; he opposes sobriety checkpoints.
- Wayne Thompson, Associate Professor of Sociology at Carthage College in Kenosha; he served on the research staff of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese in New York.



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 03/14C

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Positive thinking can be bad for you, testosterone is not linked to aggression, and team-building can hamper success. These are just a few of the fascinating tidbits that Joy Cardin's guest explores in her new book on the science of competition.

Guest: Ashley Merryman, journalist and co-author of "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing." She's also the co-author of "Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children."

Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn  - 03/14D

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The bipartisan group of senators working on immigration reform reportedly reached an agreement on a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants this week. This news comes on the heels of Jeb Bush's comments arguing against citizenship for those who came into the country illegally. Kathleen Dunn gets two takes on immigration reform.

Guests:
-Alex Nowrasteh (no-RAS-tuh), Immigration Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute
-Angela Maria Kelley, Vice President, Immigration Policy, Center for American Progress



10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn  - 03/14E

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Kathleen Dunn's guest this hour spent a year immersed in three New Orleans Schools. Education journalist, Sarah Carr, joins the program to discuss the future of urban education in America.

Guest: Sarah Carr, education journalist. Author, "Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children."

Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the ...

11:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 03/14F

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With a beautiful old home, you want to preserve historical details and features. Larry Meiller finds out how to do that, while also updating and improving older homes to improve comfort, energy efficiency and durability.

Guests:
- Chad Speight ("SPATE"), Chad's Carpentry, Madison
- Sam Breidenbach ("BREYE-den-bahk"), TDS Custom Construction



12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Susan Sweeney reads from "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef".


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


The defense argued that a former New York cop only fantasized about cooking and eating women. A federal jury disagreed. They convicted the so called Cannibal Cop of conspiracy to kidnap and other charges. Talk of the Nation asks -- where's the line between thought and deed?

Guests: TBA



2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


United airlines spends millions on marketing to build trust and fill seats -- a single viral video called United Breaks Guitars -- knocked the wind from beneath their wings. Companies no longer control their own reputations and Bob Garfield, of On The Media fame, says that's good for us. Can't buy me Like on Talk of the Nation.

Guests: TBA



3:00 PM

At Issue  - 03/14K

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Join John Munson and his guest as they discuss how the millennial generation is shaping our world. John's guest says millennials have reinvented the American Dream and no longer aspire to the old definition of success and prosperity. www.davidburstein.com

Guest: David D. Burstein is the author of "Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World." He is a writer, filmmaker and founder and executive director of Generation18, a nonpartisan young voter engagement organization.



4:00 PM

At Issue  - 03/14L

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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica yesterday as Pope Francis, the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. John Munson and his guest discuss who the new pope is, the significance of his Jesuit background, and how he might lead the church going forward.

Guest: Eileen Burke-Sullivan, associate professor of theology at Creighton University, who studies modern Catholicism



4:30 PM

At Issue  - 03/14X

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Many Americans are celebrating the selection of a new pope...but at the same time, a new survey shows that one in five Americans report no religious affiliation, an all-time high. John Munson and his guest discuss this reasons behind the shift, and what the election of a new pope might mean to the "nones."

Guests: Kevin Dougherty, associate professor of sociology at Baylor University



5:00 PM

Q with Jian Ghomeshi


On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Oxford ethicist Brian Earp on his research into the therapeutic use of anti-love and love drugs. Creative writing teacher James Lasdun, author of the memoir "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked", about his experience of having a former student become obsessed with him, and then turn against him, attacking his professional and personal reputation. The secret menus of popular restaurant chains revealed. PLUS Torquil Campbell's Rant or Rave column.


6:00 PM

On Point


Barack Obama was a controversial pathbreaker in putting big private money in campaign politics. Now he's doing it in the White House. On Point investigates.

Guests:
- Philip Rucker, White House correspondent for the Washington Post
- Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of Democracy 21, which advocates for transparency in government and campaign finance reform
- Tad Devine, Democratic Strategist. President of Devine Mulvey, a Democratic media consulting firm. He was a senior adviser in Al Gore's 2000 and John Kerry's 2004 Presidential campaigns



7:00 PM

On Point


On Point's discussing America's first feminist -- the 19th Century journalist, critic, transcendentalist, adventurer, Margaret Fuller.

Guest: Megan Marshall, author of "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life"



8:00 PM

As It Happens


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9:00 PM

Joy Cardin  - 03/14C

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Positive thinking can be bad for you, testosterone is not linked to aggression, and team-building can hamper success. These are just a few of the fascinating tidbits that Joy Cardin's guest explores in her new book on the science of competition.

Guest: Ashley Merryman, journalist and co-author of "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing." She's also the co-author of "Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children."



10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn  - 03/14E

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Kathleen Dunn's guest this hour spent a year immersed in three New Orleans Schools. Education journalist, Sarah Carr, joins the program to discuss the future of urban education in America.

Guest: Sarah Carr, education journalist. Author, "Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children."



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Susan Sweeney reads from "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef".


11:30 PM

BBC World Service


Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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