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SECOND QUARTER PROGRAMS

April, May, June 2006

To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio

April 2006
04/02 04/09 04/16 04/23 04/30

04/02/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-04-02-A

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LAUGHING AT DEATH
Being Dead is No Excuse - Charlotte Hays
The Dead Beat - Marilyn Johnson
The Worlds of Herman Kahn - Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi
Losing Mom - Jim Fleming
Death Row Chef - Brian Price

Hour 2

 

06-04-02-B
(was 05-02-06-A)

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CLASS LESSONS
Working Class - Michael Zweig
Homeless - Michelle Kennedy
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Michael Streissguth
Fiction on social status - Tom Wolfe

04/09/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-04-09-A

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WAYS OF SEEING
Losing Sight, Gaining Vision - Susan Krieger
Fiction About Artists - Susan Vreeland
American Art - John Updike
Black & White Movies - Roger Ebert
Eadweard Muybridge - Rebecca Solnit

Hour 2

 

06-04-09-B

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TECHNO CUISINE
Adventure Eating - Stefan Gates
Moto Restaurant - Homaro Cantu
Iranian Food Novel - Marsha Mehran
Chemistry of Food - Harold McGee
Competitive Eating - Ryan Nerz

04/16/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-04-16-A

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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
Yes Man - Danny Wallace
World Changing - Nicole-Anne Boyer
Pronoia - Rob Brezny
Happiness, a History - Darrin McMahon
Spiritual Pop - Bill Friskics-Warren

Hour 2

 

06-04-16-B

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THE BOOK BUSINESS
What Makes a Best-Seller - Sara Nelson
Writing Best Sellers - Steve Berry
Writing Now - Kevin Smokler
Selling Your Own Book - Larry Baker
Forster & Wallace - Zadie Smith

04/23/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-04-23-A

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GENDER BENDER
Life as a Man - Norah Vincent
Being Transgendered - Jenny Finney Boylan
Metrosexual Sportscaster - Mike Greenberg
Pickup Artist - Neil Strauss

Hour 2

 

06-04-23-B
(was 05-02-27-B)

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SURF, SEA AND SAND
Surf Culture - Drew Kampion
Surfing Rabbi - Nachum Shifren
Surf Rock - Los Straitjackets
Sailing South - Ann Vanderhoof
Trawling the Atlantic - Redmond O'Hanlon

04/30/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-04-30-A

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RESPONDING TO WAR
Reporters in Iraq - George Packer
War Movies - Martha Bayles
Vietnam War Trauma - Danielle Trussoni
Cambodian Poetry - U Sam Oeur & Ken McCullough

Hour 2

 

06-04-30-B

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AMERICAN CLASSIC
The American Dream - Jeanette Walls
American Gothic - Steven Biel
Alt Country Band Freakwater - Catherine Irwin & Janet Beverdige Bean
Apple Pie - John T. Edge

May 2006
05/07 05/14 05/21 05/28

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Hour 1

 

06-05-07-A
(was 05-02-27-A)

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EUROPE RISES AGAIN
European Power - T.R. Reid
Muslims in Europe - Jorgen Nielsen & Sam Cherribi
American in Paris - Adam Gopnik
American in England - Joe Queenan
Turkish Writer - Orhan Pamuk

Hour 2

 

06-05-07-B
(was 05-03-06-A)

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ADOLESCENCE
Freaks and Geeks - Paul Feig
In Touch With Teachers - Chelsea Vargas
Odd Friends - John McNally
Carefree Childhood (not) - Steven Mintz
The Organization Kid - Curtis Sittenfeld

05/14/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-05-14-A
(was 05-03-13-B)

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TO THE STARS AND BEYOND
Frontiers of Physics -
Michio Kaku

Physics Conversation - Brian Greene
The Big Bang - Simon Singh
History of Jet Propulsion Lab - M.G. Lord

Hour 2

 

06-05-14-B
(was 05-01-16-B)

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THE SOUL OF INDIA
Exploring India's Spirituality - Sarah MacDonald
Yoga & The Wizard of Oz - Hardeep Dhaliwal
Buddha's Biography - Karen Armstrong
Yoga vs. Meditation -
Deborah Willoughby & Brother Satyananda

05/21/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-05-21-A
(was 05-03-20-A)

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LIVING WITH CANCER
Cancer Patient - Katie Paul
New Cancer Research - Mark Clanton
Patient Advocate - Meg Gaines
Cancer Patient - Pete Daly
Cancer Counselor - Rachel Naomi Remen
Anthropologist - Paul Stoller

Hour 2

 

06-05-21-B
(was 05-04-10-A)

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GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
Radio, News & Community - Bill Siemering
How to Say It - Douglas Maynard
Legless Mountain Climber - Warren MacDonald
News in 18th Century Paris - Robert Darnton

05/28/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-05-28-A

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KID-POWERED MEDIA
Radio Rookies - Kaari Pitkin & Jaimita Haskell
Andy Milonakis Show - Charles Monroe Kane
Lemony Snicket - Daniel Handler
Kid Media - Mrs. Mincberg's 4th Graders
Story Sources - Maurice Sendak

Hour 2

 

06-05-28-B

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CHESS
Greatest Chess Player Ever - Gary Kasparov
Chess Bitch - Jennifer Shahade
Chess v. Poker - David John
MVP of the NFL - Shaun Alexander
Chess & Film - Roger Ebert
Chess Boxing - Andreas Dilschneider
Bobby Fischer Goes to War - David Edmonds

June 2006
06/04 06/11 06/18 06/25

06/04/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-06-04-A

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BABY BRAINIACS
Spelling Bees - James Maguire

Maternal Ambivalence - Ayelet Waldman
Indigo Children - John Leland
Geography Bee Winner - Andrew Wojtanik

Hour 2

 

06-06-04-B

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T.V. OR NOT T.V.
Smart TV - Steven Johnson
Writing TV & Novels - Joe Keenan
Does TV Make Novels Obsolete - Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Kids in the Hall - Dave Foley

06/11/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-06-11-A

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IS RELIGION DANGEROUS?
Religion IS Dangerous - Sam Harris
Defending Religion - Karen Armstrong
Muslim Comic - Azhar Usman
Carthusian Monks - Nancy Klein Maguire

Hour 2

 

06-06-11-B

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BEFRIENDING YOUR BRAIN
Parenting Autism - Marti Leimbach
Autism from the Inside - Kamran Nazeer
Communicating with the Autistic - Dave King
Relearning Music - Claude Coleman
Living with Prozac - John Sedgwick

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06-06-18-A

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue
Widdershins - Charles & MaryAnn de Lint
The Other People - Eddie Lenihan
Spiderwick - Holly Black & Tony di Terlizzi

Hour 2

 

06-06-18-B
(was 05-11-20-A)

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THE MEANING OF LIFE: IN THE BEGINNING
Creation Stories - Stephen Mitchell
Multiverse Theory - Michio Kaku
Memories of Previous Lives - Jim Tucker
Midwifery - Ina May Gaskin

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06-06-25-A
(was 05-09-11-A)

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AMERICAN LIVES, AMERICAN PROMISE
Thomas Paine - Harvey Kaye
American Dream - Neko Case
Mark Twain - Ron Powers
Power of Music - Studs Terkel

Hour 2

 

06-06-25-B
(was 05-11-27-A)

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THE MEANING OF LIFE: WHY BOTHER?
Sartre and Peanuts - Nathan Radke
Three Questions - Karen Michel
What Makes Life Worth Living? - Parker Palmer
Finding a Spiritual Path - Karen Armstrong
Cinema Nirvana - Dean Sluyter

 

     


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