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You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Heart-Healthy Choices: How a Mediterranean diet can dramatically reduce your chances of dying from a heart attack.


7:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 03/01F

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There's plenty of work to do in the garden before the soil warms up. On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Larry Meiller finds out when, how, and how much to prune, plus how to identify lingering effects from the drought.
Guest: Jeff Epping, Director of Horticulture, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Are there any pros to the Polar Bear Plunge? And, a shocking study reveals why a noisy night could harm your heart. Plus, a delicious whole-grain recipe for Mushroom Quinoa Risotto (KEY-no-wah rih-ZOE-toe). Even Tom approves.


9:00 AM

Car Talk


Laugh along with Click and Clack, during another edition of Car Talk.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?  - 03/02A

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Live from Monona Terrace, it's Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? This week, Michael chats with filmmaker Kyle Patrick Alvarez about adapting a David Sedaris' short story into a critically acclaimed film and then journalist James Card takes the Terrace stage to talk competitive ice fishing!


10:00 AM

A Prairie Home Companion  - 03/02A


Live from Monona Terrace, it's Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? This week, Michael finds out about adapting a David Sedaris' story with acclaimed filmmaker Kyle Patrick Alvarez and then outdoor journalist James Card steps onto the Terrace stage to talk competitive ice fishing!


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Are there any pros to the Polar Bear Plunge? And, a shocking study reveals why a noisy night could harm your heart. Plus, a delicious whole-grain recipe for Mushroom Quinoa Risotto (KEY-no-wah rih-ZOE-toe). Even Tom approves.


2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Heart-Healthy Choices: How a Mediterranean diet can dramatically reduce your chances of dying from a heart attack.


3:00 PM

RadioLab


Inheritance - Once a kid is born, their genetic fate is pretty much sealed. Or is it?


4:00 PM

This American Life


Five months at Harper High School in Chicago, where last year alone 29 current and recent students were shot . . . 29. A look at what it means to live in the midst of all this gun violence, how teens and adults navigate a world of funerals and Homecoming dances. We found so many incredible and surprising stories, this show is a two-parter." (Part 2 will air next week)


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, vocalist Heather Masse and pianist Jed Wilson, and singing sisters Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele.


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/02A

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride on an Outlaw Manhunt in western action from 1940. And, in a broadcast from 1946, Mel Blanc uses a few of his 400 voices in The Mel Blanc Show, with guest Spike Jones.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/02B

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Suspense brings you the gripping tale "My Own Murderer" from 1945. And, from 1951, Nero Wolfe opens the case of The Disappearing Diamonds.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/02C

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The Mercury Theater from 1938 presents Orson Welles in one of the great radio dramas . . . Dracula.


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


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

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