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Ideas Network Program Notes

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


Managing Allergies & Asthma: Allergy season means suffering for millions of Americans. Are there different culprits in Spring, Summer and Fall? How can you determine the cause of sneezing or wheezing reactions? And then what should be done to alleviate the misery?


7:00 AM

Judith Siers-Poisson in for Larry Meiller  - 05/24F

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Native plants and grasses came through last year's drought better than many garden plants. On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Judith Siers-Poisson finds out how to incorporate them into our landscape, and how the slow spring has bought us some planting time.

Guest: Neil Diboll, ("da-BOWL"), Prairie Nursery, Westfield, WI



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Fill your prescription for fun with Zorba Paster On Your Health. Do men crave cuddling as much as women? And can they recognize the cry of their own baby? The guys will discuss . . . and share a delicious AM treat: Breakfast Tortillas.


9:00 AM

Car Talk with Click and Clack


Linda's husband proudly told her he'd "fixed" her Volvo . . . by cutting off the roof and turning it into something resembling a convertible. Is her car still safe to drive . . . without a football helmet? Also, Barbara hopes Click and Clack can help convince her husband that "burping" their car at the gas pump is a bad idea.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?  - 05/25A

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From the archives, Michael Perry explains redneck grace from his book "Visiting Tom"...and Cathy Bryant explains bad writing. Plus, a food truck Hotline, a picture perfect batch of Memos and our Town Of The Week.


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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Fill your prescription for fun with Zorba Paster On Your Health. Do men crave cuddling as much as women? And can they recognize the cry of their own baby? The guys will discuss . . . and share a delicious AM treat: Breakfast Tortillas.


2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Managing Allergies & Asthma: Allergy season means suffering for millions of Americans. Are there different culprits in Spring, Summer and Fall? How can you determine the cause of sneezing or wheezing reactions? And then what should be done to alleviate the misery?


3:00 PM

RadioLab


The "mind" and "self" were formerly the domain of philosophers and priests. But this hour, neurologists lead the charge.


4:00 PM

This American Life


Plan-B: There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing. Most of us start off our lives with some Plan-A which we abandon...switching to a Plan- B, which becomes our life.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


It's a live broadcast performance from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. With special guests, harmonizing duo The Milk Carton Kids, and singers Aoife O'Donovan and Heather Masse.


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


A good Runyon story about a big-time gambler, his moll, and his downfall because of his tight shoes. Starring Lucille Ball in "The Tight Shoes." Originally aired 04/12/42.


8:30 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland


A radio rendition of "Rip van Winkle," the story of a man who slept through the American Revolutionary War. Originally aired 05/13/48.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland


A young sailor is looking for Nora Young, the woman he married before he went off to war in "The Traveling Bride." Originally aired 11/09/51.


9:30 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland


The Scarlet Queen sets sail out of San Fransisco after "The Death of David Malone," the first mate. Ship Master, Philip Carney describes the ship, and his thrill in sailing her. His memories roll back to a conversation he had with a homicide detective about David Malone. Originally aired 02/02/47.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland


A soldier returns to Earth after five years of fighting in the Martian wars, to find his wife and son waiting in "A Veteran Comes Home." Originally aired in 1950.


10:30 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland


A short story by Ambrose Bierce about the haunting of the Manton House by a murdered young woman in "Middle Toe of the Right Foot." Originally aired 12/10/47.


10:30 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland


Duke Ellington plays "Caravan." Originally aired 05/01/45.


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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