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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 using the drop down lists below.

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PROGRAM NOTES FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009

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6:00 AM

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Joy Cardin  - 11/10A

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Whether you're training for a long-distance marathon, or just want to stay in shape, Joy Cardin's guest, after six, has tips for a Zen approach to running. Learn to run better, longer, faster... and happier.

Guest: Larry Shapiro, marathon runner, Ironman triathlete. Professor of Philosophy, UW-Madison.




7:00 AM

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Joy Cardin  - 11/10B

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After seven, Joy Cardin and her guest look at the latest in health care reform. The U.S. house has passed a bill, but it may face a rocky road in the Senate.

Guest: Donald Taylor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. His blog, www.donaldhtaylorjr.blogspot.com




8:00 AM

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Joy Cardin  - 11/10C

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After eight, Joy Cardin welcomes financial planner Kevin McKinley On Your Money. Kevin answers your personal finance questions and has tips on shopping and credit cards.

Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member of McKinley Money, LLC www.onyourmoney.com




9:00 AM


Kathleen Dunn  - 11/10D

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After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the social and mental stresses faced by returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Guests:
- Michelle Cornette, clinical psychologist and Suicide Prevention Team Leader, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine & Injury Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Tracey Smith, Program Manager, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Clinical Team, Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UW-Madison.




10:00 AM

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Kathleen Dunn  - 11/10E

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After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest describes a growing movement of educators, parents, and students that's transforming education to prepare students for future environmental challenges.

Guest: Lisa Bennett, communications director, Center for Ecoliteracy. Co-author, "Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability" (University of California Press) www.ecoliteracy.org




11:00 AM

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Larry Meiller  - 11/10F

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The new State of Wisconsin Blue Book has a feature article on the history of astronomy in Wisconsin. After eleven, Larry Meiller talks with the article's authors. They are Jim Lattis, Director of UW-Space Place, and graduate student Peter Susalla. www.spaceplace.wisc.edu



11:45 AM

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Larry Meiller  - 11/10G

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Learn about bargain airfare opportunities, after eleven-forty five, when Larry Meiller talks with Rick Seaney, C-E-O of FareCompare.com. www.farecompare.com



12:30 PM


Chapter A Day


On Chapter A Day, Karl Schmidt reads from "Exiles in the Garden" by Ward Just.



1:00 PM


Talk of the Nation


From one until three, on TALK OF THE NATION, hear live audio of the memorial service for the fallen victims at Fort Hood, and President Obama's speech. Neal Conan hosts special coverage from NPR News.



2:00 PM


Talk of the Nation


Continuing coverage of the memorial service for the fallen victims at Fort Hood, Texas.



3:00 PM


Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 11/10K

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the life and work of this year's winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Herta Müller... her story of a painful past under the dictatorship of formerly communist Romania.

Guests:
- Brigid Haines, Senior Lecturer in German, Head of Modern Languages and Director of GENCAS, the Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society, Swansea University.
- Andrei Codrescu, poet, novelist, essayist, teacher, and lecturer.




4:00 PM

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At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/10L

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Join At Issue host Ben Merens for an edition of "There Ought To Be A Law." Callers are encouraged to suggest laws that they would like to see on the books -- today after four on At Issue.



5:00 PM

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At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/10M

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After five, Ben Merens and his guest discuss strategies to get back in the job market, update one's skills, or transition to a new career.

Guest: Kathleen P. King is Professor of Education at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education and author, "Handbook of The Evolving Research of Transformative Learning." www.transformationed.com




6:00 PM


On Point


After six, On Point: Insider trading scandals on Wall Street.
Drawing back the curtain on the Galleon case, the role of hedge funds, and what it means for the rest of us.




7:00 PM


On Point


After seven, On Point: As the H1N1 virus spreads, a look at diseases that jump from animals to humans. How does that happen and what makes them dangerous? What's next?



8:00 PM


As It Happens


At eight, it's As It Happens from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.



9:00 PM


Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 11/10K

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the life and work of this year's winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Herta Müller... and her story of the painful past under the dictatorship of formerly communist Romania.

Guests:
- Brigid Haines, Senior Lecturer in German, Head of Modern Languages and Director of GENCAS, the Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society, Swansea University.
- Andrei Codrescu, poet, novelist, essayist, teacher, and lecturer.




10:00 PM

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Kathleen Dunn  - 11/10E

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After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest describes a growing movement of educators, parents, and students that's transforming education to prepare students for future environmental challenges.

Guest: Lisa Bennett, communications director, Center for Ecoliteracy. Co-author, "Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability" (University of California Press) www.ecoliteracy.org




11:00 PM


Chapter A Day


On Chapter A Day, Karl Schmidt reads from "Exiles in the Garden" by Ward Just.



11:30 PM


BBC World Service


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