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Ideas Network Program Notes

You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

On the Media


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


7:00 AM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.


8:00 AM

Says You!


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


9:00 AM

A Way With Words


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


10:00 AM

A Prairie Home Companion


The Fall run at The Fitzgerald Theater wraps-up with the 2012 Prairie Home Duet Singing Contest. Hear six duos competing for the grand prize, and the coveted Silver Water Tower trophy.


12:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge

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What we know about cities, and how to live well in them.


1:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge

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Giving It Away. When someone gives you a gift, does it leave you feeling: grateful? Uncomfortable? Indebted?


2:00 PM

This American Life


To misbehave and not get caught . . . that is the mission. Hear stories from people about breaking the rules and getting away with it.


3:00 PM

On the Media


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


4:00 PM

University of the Air

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Florentine Opera General Director William Florescu and stage director Dean Anthony will take us behind the scenes of their production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen."


5:00 PM

Simply Folk with Stephanie Elkins


Join Stephanie Elkins for conversation and music with the duo of Jenn Rawling & Basho Parks. Rawling was born and raised in Wisconsin, but she's been living and performing out on the West Coast. She's back with a new album and a tour, along with her partner Parks, a great fiddle player. Plus, new releases . . . and harvest songs.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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The former suitor of a bride-to-be returns to Dodge, spelling danger for Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke from 1952. Then Jack Benny and the gang take the Train to L.A. in an adventure from 1941.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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An Indian Head penny leads to a threat to national security in This Is Your FBI. And Information Please asks the tricky questions with guest panelist Red Barber in a broadcast from 1943.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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She knows The Shadow's secret and she's out to destroy him in "The Temple Bells of Neban" from 1937, starring Orson Welles. Then, Journey Into Space from 1953 ventures to a strange planet . . . Earth . . . but what year?


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


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

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