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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2013 |
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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller
- 01/04F

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Winter is a great time to turn our attention to our houseplants. On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Larry Meiller talks with the author of "The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home." He gets recommendations for keeping holiday plants thriving, and much more!
Guest: Tovah ("TOE-va") Martin, author of a dozen gardening books, including "The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home, horticulture industry veteran and sought-after speaker and trainer.
The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices...
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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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The guys highlight the world's healthiest place to live . . . and address the dangers of daydreaming. Plus, an allergy-free recipe for Chicken Lettuce Cups with Hoisin Sauce.
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9:00 AM
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Car Talk

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Laugh along with Click and Clack, during another edition of Car Talk.
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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?
- 01/05A

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Michael talks with Jackson Landers, writer, hunter, and locavore (LOW-kah-vor). Plus, talk show legend Dick Cavett (KAV-ett), Thanks for the Memos, and the Whad'Ya Know? quiz.
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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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The guys highlight the world's healthiest place to live . . . and address the dangers of daydreaming. Plus, an allergy-free recipe for Chicken Lettuce Cups with Hoisin Sauce.
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3:00 PM
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RadioLab

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Who Are You? - We center on a chilling question: how well can you ever really know the people around you?
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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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How close can you get to a perfect world? In this hour, a perfectly normal guy gets rid of everything he owns, changes his name, says goodbye to his friends . . . and begins walking . . . in the name of peace. And Honduran government officials try to heal their corrupt country by starting a perfect city, from scratch.
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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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Coming to you live this week from the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guest, bluesman and jam-master Elvin Bishop.
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7:00 PM
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Tent Show Radio

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Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.
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9:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 01/05B

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The Great Gildersleeve throws a big New Year's costume ball in a broadcast from 1947. And, in a story from the same year, Mr. and Mrs. North stumble into crime.
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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 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2013 |
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