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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 |
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6:00 AM
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The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon

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How Safe Are Sweeteners? We assume that sugar substitutes will save us from the obesity epidemic. But do we know that's true? Find out what we know about artificial sweeteners . . . and what we still need to learn.
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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller

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On an encore edition of Garden Talk with Larry Meiller, trees can be a wonderful focal point in a landscape, but what special care do they need, and how can you recognize pest and disease problems? Larry Meiller finds out what impact the drought had, too.
Guest: Bruce Allison, Adjunct Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology,
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, UW-Madison. Certified arborist
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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Don't miss your appointment for fun with Zorba Paster on Your Health. This week: Could black licorice be lethal? And why women can increase the gap between pap smears. Plus, a recipe for Venison with Cranberry Wine Sauce. Perfect for Thanksgiving and deer-hunting season.
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9:00 AM
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Car Talk

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Click and Clack share some car care advice, and plenty of laughs, on Car Talk.
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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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This week, Whad'Ya Know celebrates the end of election season with special guest Frank Rich - New York Magazine columnist and executive director of the hit HBO comedy, Veep! Plus, Michael's hilarious spin on the news with All the News that Isn't, another batch of Thanks for the Memos, a pair of Whad'Ya Know? quizzes and our town of the week, Eloy, AZ!
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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Don't miss your appointment for fun with Zorba Paster on Your Health. This week: Could black licorice be lethal? And why women can increase the gap between pap smears. Plus, a recipe for Venison with Cranberry Wine Sauce. Perfect for Thanksgiving and deer-hunting season.
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2:00 PM
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The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon

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How Safe Are Sweeteners? We assume that sugar substitutes will save us from the obesity epidemic. But do we know that's true? Find out what we know about artificial sweeteners . . . and what we still need to learn.
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3:00 PM
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RadioLab

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In the 60's, space exploration was an American obsession. On this hour of Radiolab, charting the path to Space: from romance . . . to increasing cynicism.
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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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This week, at the suggestion of a 14-year-old listener, stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school.
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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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Coming to you this week from the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Grammy Award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn, author and public radio quizmaster Peter Sagal, and sultry Southern chanteuse Lera Lynn.
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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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8:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride into a ghost town in an adventure from 1941. Captain Midnight follows with a story from 1940. And, Abbott and Costello host the creepy with Peter Lorre in a broadcast from 1943.
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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, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 |
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