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6:00 AM

Rob Ferrett in for Joy Cardin

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Autumn is a beautiful season, so why not capture it on film to enjoy all year long? Rob Ferrett speaks with a Wisconsin photographer about how we should take fall photographs and asks you to share your favorite fall photography spots!

Guest:

Spyros(SPEAR-ohs) Heniadis (hen-ee-AH-dis), blogger, photographer, and photography teacher



7:00 AM

Rob Ferrett in for Joy Cardin

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Rob Ferrett speaks to a political science professor about the second U.S. Senate debate in Wisconsin. He'll discuss the performances of former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin and get your take on the debate.

Guests:

--Charley Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Norbert College

--7:15-Brian Schimming, Vice Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin

--7:30-Tammy Baldwin, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin



8:00 AM

Rob Ferrett in for Joy Cardin

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It's been a big week for debates, both in the presidential race and Wisconsin's US Senate campaign. In this edition of the Week in Review, Rob Ferrett and his guests will talk about the impact of the debates, and other top state and national news.
Guests:

Ruth Conniff, Political Editor of The Progressive magazine

Margaret Farrow, former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin



9:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert

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Veronica Rueckert's guest argues that our evolving social structure is going to allow us to find new solutions to old problems.
Guest: Steven Johnson, author, "Future Perfect: A Case For Progress in a Networked Age."

Future Perfect: A Case For Progress in a Networked A...

10:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert

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With our economy in the doldrums, the frenetic onslaught of the election season, and the unending demands of home and work life, it seems difficult to remain true to ourselves. Veronica asks Parker Palmer how we can retain our integrity in a fragmented world.
Guest: Parker Palmer, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal. Author of many books, including The Courage To Teach, Leading From Within and A Hidden Wholeness.

The Courage To Teach

11:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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It's time for Garden Talk, and today, Larry Meiller learns how to address drought damage to our lawns and woody ornamentals. Plus, upcoming educational opportunities for gardeners.
Guest: Lisa Johnson, UW Extension horticulture educator for Dane County



12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Jim Fleming reads from The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca. Baseball's unwritten rules as clearly understood by those who play the game are revealed in fascinating examples from the sport's history.


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation Science Friday


Can statistics predict the next president? Join guest host Flora Lichtman on
Science Friday for a look at how to decipher the polls and why not all votes
are created equal. Plus, hear what space sounds like and how the Moon was
born.



2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation Science Friday


Will the next human pandemic come from an animal? Guest host Flora
Lichtman talks with writer David Quammen about his new book, 'Spillover.'
Plus, a look at the government's new program to spur solar energy development.
And Marc Abrahams tells us what we can learn by studying what annoys us.



3:00 PM

John Munson in for Ben Merens

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From Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford, to Jay Pharoah's Barack Obama, the comedians of Saturday Night Live have been parodying our leaders for nearly 40 years. John Munson and his guest discuss whether or not satire has had an impact on our elections.
Guest: William Horner, professor of political science at the University of Missouri.



4:00 PM

John Munson in for Ben Merens

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Your views about the week's most significant story are welcome today after four on At Issue - It's Your Views on the News. What story has touched you the most and why? We'll also check in with WPR's Maureen McCollum and Lindsey Moon, who have spent the week interviewing voters across Wisconsin.
Guest: Dennis Riley, Professor of Political Science, UW-Stevens Point. He is author of Bureaucracy and Policy Process: Keeping the Promises.
4:35 - 4:45
Maureen McCollum - Wisconsin Public Radio reporter based in La Crosse

Lindsey Moon - Lee Ester News fellow at Wisconsin Public Radio

Bureaucracy and Policy Process: Keeping the Promises

5:00 PM

Q with Jian Ghomeshi


On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Singer-songwriter Wanting from her debut piano-pop album, Everything in the World. Author J.K. Rowling on her first novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy." Plus, Torquil Campbell's Rant or Rave and Elivra Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame.


6:00 PM

On Point


An in-your-face debate, a bomb plot at the Fed, and Lance Armstrong steps aside. The weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.


7:00 PM

The Moth Radio Hour


Christian McBride, a jazz bassist, is put to the test by his idol, Freddie Hubbard; a down and out comic considers ending it all until the universe sends him an unlikely sign; and New York writer Adam Gopnik details his daughter's cosmopolitan imaginary friend. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.


8:00 PM

As It Happens


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


9:00 PM

Rob Ferrett in for Joy Cardin

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It's been a big week for debates, both in the presidential race and Wisconsin's US Senate campaign. In this edition of the Week in Review, Rob Ferrett and his guests will talk about the impact of the debates, and other top state and national news.
Guests:

Ruth Conniff, Political Editor of The Progressive magazine

Margaret Farrow, former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin



10:00 PM

Veronica Rueckert

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With our economy in the doldrums, the frenetic onslaught of the election season, and the unending demands of home and work life, it seems difficult to remain true to ourselves. Veronica asks Parker Palmer how we can retain our integrity in a fragmented world.
Guest: Parker Palmer, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal. Author of many books, including The Courage To Teach, Leading From Within and A Hidden Wholeness.



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Jim Fleming reads from The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca. Baseball's unwritten rules as clearly understood by those who play the game are revealed in fascinating examples from the sport's history.


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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