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PROGRAM NOTES FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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	6:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 02/09A	Listen
		The best of jobs... the worst of jobs... they're all ranked in a new national survey. After six, join Joy Cardin to find out if your line of work is nearer the top of the list... or the bottom, and make your case if you think your job is the best... or the worst... Guest: Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com 2010 Jobs Rated Report. www.careercast.com/jobs/jobsRated
	7:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 02/09B	Listen
		President Obama says he wants to meet with Republican leaders to come up with a health care compromise. After seven, join Joy Cardin and her guest for a look at the latest in the politics of health care. Guest: Charles Franklin, Professor of Political Science, UW-Madison. Co-developer and contributor, www.pollster.com.
	8:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 02/09C	Listen
		After eight, join Joy Cardin and financial planner Kevin McKinley for this week's edition of On Your Money. This week, Kevin has advice on the Alternative Minimum Tax, money-saving tips for enjoying snowy weather, and as always, answers to your personal finance questions. Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member of McKinley Money, LLC www.onyourmoney.com
	9:00 AM RF	Kathleen Dunn  - 02/09D
		After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine a proposal by Afghan president Hamid Karzai known as “reconciliation and reintegration.” The policy would involve pay-offs to help recruit Taliban foot-soldiers who are not allied with Al Qaeda. Guest: C. Christine Fair, Assistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
	10:00 AM EJ/RF	Kathleen Dunn  - 02/09E
		Author Garry Wills joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his new book that says it was the dawn of the Atomic Age that fundamentally changed our institutions of republican government. Guest: Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize winning author, historian, journalist. Professor of History, Northwestern University. Author, “Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America,” “What Jesus Meant,” “Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State.”
	11:00 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 02/09F
		The talk turns to alternative fuels and vehicles, after eleven. Larry Meiller's guest is UW-Madison Engineering Department Senior Scientist Glenn Bower. grbower@wisc.edu
	11:45 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 02/09G
		After eleven-forty five, Larry Meiller gets tips on collecting autographed historical documents. His guest is Dan Rowe, owner of The Written Word Autographs. www.thewrittenwordautographs.com
	12:30 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting" by Michael Perry. The author of "Truck" returns to tell the story of his new life in the country.
	1:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		After one, on TALK OF THE NATION, surprising voices, interesting conversations on the topics you're talking about.
	2:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		Slippery surfaces... sharp blades... airborne somersaults... After two, on TALK OF THE NATION, a Winter Olympics Preview.
	3:00 PM CY	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 02/09K
		After three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest look at the history of the idea of "perfection..." why it's good for us, and how it can be bad. Guest: Michael Hyde, Professor of Communication, Wake Forest University. Author, "Perfection: Coming to Terms With Being Human."
	4:00 PM KM	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 02/09L
		Forbes magazine has ranked Milwaukee the 4th worst winter-weather city today, just southern Wisconsin is experiencing another snow storm. After four, join Ben Merens and his guest as they discuss the extreme winter weather this year in Wisconsin and around the country. GUEST: Jonathan Martin is Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics: A First Course.
	5:00 PM KM	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 02/09M
		World “Read Aloud Day” is coming up on Wednesday, March 3. After five, join Ben Merens and his guest as they discuss how to motivate children, teens and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, and especially those words that are shared from one person to another. GUEST: Pam Allyn is the author of What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child – and All the Best Times to Read Them. She is the Executive Director of LitLife and the founding Director of LitWorld. She also launched and leads Books for Boys, a literacy initiative for foster care children.
	6:00 PM	On Point
		After six, On Point: Checking in on New Orleans. A Super Bowl victory... and a brand new mayor. But how's the city really doing? On Point checks in.
	7:00 PM	On Point
		After seven, On Point: Google and Cyber Attacks. Google and the National Security Agency are teaming up to fight cyber attacks. It's gotten that bad. On Point asks what's going on.
	8:00 PM	As It Happens
		At eight, it's As It Happens from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
	9:00 PM CY	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 02/09K
		After nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest look at the history of the idea of "perfection..." why it's good for us, and how it can be bad. Guest: Michael Hyde, Professor of Communication, Wake Forest University. Author, "Perfection: Coming to Terms With Being Human."
	10:00 PM EJ/RF	Kathleen Dunn  - 02/09E
		Author Garry Wills joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his new book that says it was the dawn of the Atomic Age that fundamentally changed our institutions of republican government. Guest: Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize winning author, historian, journalist. Professor of History, Northwestern University. Author, “Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America,” “What Jesus Meant,” “Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State.”
	11:00 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting" by Michael Perry. The author of "Truck" returns to tell the story of his new life in the country.
	11:30 PM	BBC World Service
		World news and features are heard overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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