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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

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Our hosts welcome Dr. Mark Hyman, author of The Blood Sugar Solution.


7:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Larry Meiller learns what we can do to get our lawns and gardens in the best condition possible before winter's arrival.
Guest: Melinda Myers, Milwaukee-based host of "Melinda's Garden Moments," author of more than twenty gardening books.



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Don't miss your appointment for fun this week on "Zorba Paster on Your Health".
The guys chat about sex ed for the elderly, and the darker side of the "Placebo Effect".
Plus, a listener recipe for Chuck's Garden Soup!



9:00 AM

Car Talk


Laugh along with Click and Clack, during another edition of Car Talk.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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A special fundraising episode of Whad'Ya Know?


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR. Today, the pressing issues being ignored by the presidential candidates. Plus, Leonard Nimoy answers questions about the other Dr. Spock. And Chef Rick Bayless answers questions about Dr. Seuss.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health


Don't miss your appointment for fun this week on "Zorba Paster on Your Health".
The guys chat about sex ed for the elderly, and the darker side of the "Placebo Effect".
Plus, a listener recipe for Chuck's Garden Soup!



2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Our hosts welcome Dr. Mark Hyman, author of The Blood Sugar Solution.


3:00 PM

RadioLab


Enjoy three encore favorite Radiolab pieces that highlight the unique programming available only on public radio.


4:00 PM

This American Life


Featuring recent stories, including a story about repeatedly meeting 80s pop star Taylor Dayne . . . an excerpt from the episode "What Happened At Dos Erres" about an investigation into a massacre in Guatemala . . . and an interview with Kurt Braunohler about taking a break from a long-term relationship.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


In a special "commercial radio" version of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor imagines what public radio would be like without the support of listener-members. It would be one lengthy barrage of commercials, one after another, just like the rest of the radio dial. Plus, his weekly News from Lake Wobegon.


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Space Patrol from 1952 brings you the story of The Space Shark. And The Great Gildersleeve goes to the circus in an outing from 1949.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Boston Blackie opens a case from 1946. Then Gangbusters encounter "The Appointment with Death."


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Escape from 1948 tells the story of "The Brute". Then, science fiction follows with Dimension-X and "Almost Human."


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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