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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 |
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6:00 AM
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On the Media

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

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8:00 AM
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Says You!

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It's the game of words and whimsy, bluff and bluster, "Says You!"

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9:00 AM
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A Way With Words

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Enjoy the call-in program all about language, A Way With Words.

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10:00 AM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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Coming to you this week from A-S-U in Tempe, Arizona, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, songwriter and cowboy poet Gail Steiger and old-time bluegrass outfit Run Boy Run.

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12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
- 01/20A

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A portrait of President Obama as he begins his second term. And Robert Caro on L-B-J. (President Lyndon Baines Johnson)

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1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
- 01/20B

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The life and work of Philip K. Dick, the man who's been described as "one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the twentieth century."

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2:00 PM
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This American Life

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A story of self-deception, a story about deceiving others, and a story about accidental deception. And how one type of deception can easily turn into another.

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3:00 PM
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On the Media

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

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4:00 PM
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University of the Air

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Professor of Philosophy Steven Nadler takes us through the life and career of the controversial but influential philosopher Spinoza.

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5:00 PM
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Simply Folk with Stephanie Elkins

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Stephanie welcomes The Whiskey Farm, an Americana band influenced by bluegrass and folk music. Plus, some songs in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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8:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 01/20A

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Matt and Chester pursue an escapee through a blizzard . . . knowing full well that the judge might let him off . . . in Gunsmoke from 1957. And a surprise party has everything but the guest of honor, in "Life with Luigi" from 1949.

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9:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 01/20B

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Quiz Kids come to grips with tough questions in a broadcast from 1943. And Philip Marlowe is drawn into the treachery of a wealthy family in a case from 1950.

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10:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 01/20C

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The Shadow encounters The Society of the Living Dead in a story from 1938. And Escape from 1948 takes you into a world of jazz and voodoo in the dark recesses of New Orleans.

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11:00 PM
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BBC World Service

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

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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 |
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