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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 using the drop down lists below.

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PROGRAM NOTES FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010

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6:00 AM


On the Media


On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.



7:00 AM


Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


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



8:00 AM


Says You!


Stay tuned for the NPR word game, Says You!



9:00 AM


A Way With Words


Take an entertaining romp through the English language, on A Way With Words.



10:00 AM


A Prairie Home Companion


A Prairie Home Companion is a hot-off-the-presses show compiled from all of this week's live events onboard the cruise ship M-S Ryndam sailing around the Western Caribbean



12:00 PM


To the Best of Our Knowledge  - 03/21A

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For decades it remained the most famous unpublished book in the history of psychology. Carl Jung (YOUNG) refused to publish it during his lifetimes, and his heirs kept it locked up after he died. After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, why the just-published legendary “Red Book” by Carl Jung's (YOUNG) will change our thinking about Carl Jung.



1:00 PM


To the Best of Our Knowledge  - 03/21B

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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, how discoveries were made about the human brain long before science, as we explore the cultures of arts and science.



2:00 PM


This American Life


Enjoy another intriguing story from This American Life.



3:00 PM


On the Media


On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.



4:00 PM


University of the Air


He was a tough politician in dangerous times. What led to the rise and fall of Julius Caesar? Take a trip back to ancient Rome with us this afternoon at four during University of the air.



5:00 PM


Simply Folk


From five until eight, join Tom Martin-Erickson for music that's Simply Folk.



8:00 PM


Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/21A


Straight Arrow goes undercover to stop some White Comanches, at eight, on Old-Time Radio Drama. And you'll have a chance to win a prize in our "Name That Sound" contest. Then Henry Aldrich goes all out for his father’s birthday present in an outing from 1947.



9:00 PM


Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/21B


Your second chance to win a prize comes, after nine, on OTRD with the next of our "After the Fact Mysteries: The Listener Takes Legs." We'll also stop by Duffy's Tavern.



10:00 PM


Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/21C


Listen for Suspense, starring Tyrone Power in "The Guilty Always Run" after ten, on OTRD. And venture into the Weird Circle for "Strange Judgment."



11:00 PM


BBC World Service


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

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