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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 01/23A

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With bitterly cold weather sweeping Wisconsin, many people are spending more time indoors trying to keep warm. Joy Cardin speaks to a guest about how we can warm ourselves from the inside out with soups, chilis, and stews!

Guest: Amy Hanten, author of "The Cooking Mom" cookbook, blogger, and host of the lifestyle/cooking show "Living with Amy" on Fox 11 in Green Bay. Her new cookbook is "The Cooking Mom Cooks Up Memories".



7:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 01/23B

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The lone hearing on the State Assembly's mining bill is scheduled for Wednesday morning in Madison. The Republican-backed legislation would streamline the permitting process, though opponents say it would weaken environmental standards. Joy Cardin's guests discuss this week's Big Question: Should the state's mining laws be reformed to make iron mining more efficient? Online poll: www.wpr.org/joy
Guests:

- Scott Manley, Vice President of Government Relations for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

- Spencer Black, former Democratic State Representative; member of the Sierra Club's national board and an adjunct professor of urban and regional planning at UW-Madison.



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 01/23C

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According to Joy Cardin's guest, young girls are trying too hard to live up to others' expectations of them. This hour, learn why this is a problem and how we will all benefit by letting go of the "myth of the perfect girl".
Guest: Ana Homayoun, founder and director of Green Ivy Educational Consulting and author of, "The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life"



9:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn  - 01/23D

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President Obama made history during his second inaugural address on Monday when he mentioned marriage equality for gays and lesbians. This hour, Veronica Rueckert's guest discusses those statements, and the upcoming gay marriage cases before the Supreme Court.
Guest: Katherine Franke, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia.



10:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn  - 01/23E

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Fear is an emotion that all living creatures feel. Veronica Rueckert speaks to a journalist and author who set out to better understand fear by speaking to leading neuroscientists and extreme athletes- and by overcoming a few of his own phobias.

Guest: Jaimal (jah-MALL) Yogis (YO-giss), journalist and author of "The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing...and Love."



11:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 01/23F

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One of the most popular wintertime activities in Wisconsin is cross-country skiing. Larry Meiller finds out how to choose and care for equipment and some great places to go.
Guest: Chad McGrath, Author of several cross-country skiing and hiking guide books, including "Great cross-country ski trails: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Ontario".



11:45 AM

Larry Meiller  - 01/23G

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With the cold snap we're having, the ice should be getting nice and thick on our lakes. Larry Meiller talks with his guest about ice fishing. They'll discuss how to choose the right gear and the best locations.
Guest: Gary Engberg, professional angler, guide, and outdoors writer



12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Jim Fleming reads from "The Bartender's Tale," a novel by Ivan Doig that takes us once again to Montana. It's a coming of age story and much more.


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


Ken Rudin joins Neal Conan for the Political Junkie on Talk of the Nation. They'll discuss the aggressive agenda in the second Obama administration and the retreat by the House Republicans to Willliamsburg as they punt the debt ceiling three months down the road. PLUS the out-going Secretary of State testifies on Benghazi while John Kerry's nomination as her successor goes before the Senate Committee he chairs.


2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


Newly public personnel files reveal another clergy abuse cover-up, this time in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles where, again, a bishop protected priests instead of the children they molested. With the church in crisis, On Point asks, "why
would a man join the priesthood?"



3:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens  - 01/23K

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How likely are you to give someone a second chance after they've wronged you? Do you feel any different when a celebrity, like Lance Armstrong, asks for your forgiveness versus a family member doing the same? Ben Merens and his guest discuss the role of forgiveness in society and why we do...or don't...grant second chances to the people in our lives.
Guest: Loren Toussaint (too-SAUNT), associate professor of psychology at Luther College, and associate director of the Sierra Leone Forgiveness Project.



4:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens  - 01/23L

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Mass shootings, hurricanes, politics, sports scandals...today's media is quick to jump from one story to the next, so how do we evaluate the coverage that is given to these subjects, and others? Ben Merens and his guest discuss the news coverage of today's biggest issues.
Guest: Chris Daly, associate professor of journalism at Boston University, and veteran journalist. He's the author of "Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism," and he blogs about media issues at http://journalismprofessor.com/



5:00 PM

Q with Jian Ghomeshi


On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Hungarian-born U.K. poet and translator George Szirtes on the ultra-nationalist cultural revolution sweeping his homeland, MILF debate: author Jessica Porter and blogger Danielle Smith debate the merits of the acronym, which refers to sex moms and Halifax musician Ben Caplan performs live from his latest album, "In the Time of the Great Remembering".


6:00 PM

On Point


It's a new presidential term. A new global time. Maybe time for a new American foreign policy. On Point explores.


7:00 PM

On Point


Could a Neanderthal clone be in our future? On Point looks at "synthetic biology" and how the past could live again.


8:00 PM

As It Happens


Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.


9:00 PM

Joy Cardin  - 01/23C

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According to Joy Cardin's guest, young girls are trying too hard to live up to others' expectations of them. This hour, learn why this is a problem and how we will all benefit by letting go of the "myth of the perfect girl."
Guest: Ana Homayoun, founder and director of Green Ivy Educational Consulting and author of, "The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life"



10:00 PM

Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn  - 01/23E

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Fear is an emotion that all living creatures feel. Veronica Rueckert speaks to a journalist and author who set out to better understand fear by speaking to leading neuroscientists and extreme athletes -- and by overcoming a few of his own phobias.

Guest: Jaimal (jah-MALL) Yogis (YO-giss), journalist and author of "The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing...and Love".



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Jim Fleming reads from "The Bartender's Tale," a novel by Ivan Doig that takes us once again to Montana. It's a coming of age story and much more.


11:30 PM

BBC World Service


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

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