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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012 |
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6:00 AM
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Joy Cardin

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It's getting to be the most wonderful time of year, which means long trips, busy airports, and lots of holiday traffic. Joy Cardin gets holiday travel tips from a travel consultant, who will answer your questions about traveling for the holidays and for winter vacations.
Guest:
Barbara Kazmer, travel consultant at Capitol Travel in Madison
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7:00 AM
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Joy Cardin

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News of the affair involving CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer is raising questions over whether classified government data - including about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi - was compromised. Joy Cardin's guest discusses why he says Petraeus was right to resign and how this may affect U.S. security.
Guest: Dale Herspring, distinguished professor of political science, Kansas State University, and member, Council on Foreign Relations. Author of several books, including "Military Culture and Civil-Military Relations: The American, Canadian, German and Russian Cases."
Rumsfeld's Wars: The Arrogance of Power
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8:00 AM
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Joy Cardin

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It's another edition of On Your Money! Host Joy Cardin and financial planner Kevin McKinley discuss some FAQs regarding saving for retirement, options for health insurance, and the upsides and downsides of layaway. Plus, he'll have answers to your personal finance questions.
Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member, McKinley Money, LLC. www.onyourmoney.com
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9:00 AM
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Kathleen Dunn

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A coalition of rebel groups formed an umbrella group on Sunday, seeking international recognition. with the conflict in its 21st month and violence spreading to Syria's neighbors, is there a path to peace in Syria?
GUESTS:
9:06 - 9:35: Borzou Daragahi - Middle East and North Africa Bureau Chief for the Financial Times, based in Cairo
9:35 - 10: Stephen Zunes - Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco. He chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies.
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10:00 AM
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Kathleen Dunn

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Kathleen Dunn is joined by editor Dan Wakefield and Mark Vonnegut, son of the late Kurt Vonnegut. The writer's personal correspondences, ranging over sixty years, has just been published under the title, "Kurt Vonnegut: The Letters."
Guests:
- Mark Vonnegut, American pediatrician and memoirist. Son of Kurt Vonnegut.
- Dan Wakefield, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. Editor, "Kurt Vonnegut: The Letters."
Kurt Vonnegut: The Letters
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11:00 AM
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Larry Meiller

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Pets are an important part of our families. Larry Meiller finds out what we should have on hand if a pet eats something it shouldn't, how to prevent feline obesity, and whether flea traps work.
Guest: Dr. Sandi Sawchuk, UW School of Veterinary Medicine
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12:30 PM
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Chapter A Day

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Susan Sweeney reads from Ann Patchett's Novel "State of Wonder." A doctor travels to the Amazon and finds extraordinary things, opening opportunities for the future and reviving travails from the past.
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1:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation

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Since Ambassador Chris Stevens and three more Americans died in an attack on
the U-S consulate in Benghazi, questions have swirled about how it could have
happened, and whose job it is to ensure state department employees' safety.
Diplomatic security and what went wrong in Benghazi.
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2:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation

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When I say "hunter," what comes to mind? A burly guy in a blaze orange cap, or
a former New York city denizen in her mid twenties, who thanks her prey? How
about a former vegan looking for more protein? The changing face of hunters and why they're taking to it.
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3:00 PM
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At Issue with Ben Merens

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Medicare's open enrollment period is currently in effect, but navigating the program is complex and picking the right plan can be downright confusing. In this hour, Ben Merens' guest has tips to better understand the options available, takes your questions, and discusses the changes to Medicare under the Affordable Care Act.
Guest: Chris Abbott, regional vice president, United Healthcare Medicare & Retirement, Milwaukee.
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4:00 PM
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At Issue with Ben Merens

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Now that the elections are over, can the President and the lame-duck congress come together to pass a deal that would avert the "fiscal cliff" that faces the nation? Ben Merens and his guest discuss the possibility of a deal being struck, and what a deal might look like.
Guest: Donald Kettl, Dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
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5:00 PM
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Q

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Brent Bambury guest hosts Q! UK-based Syrian journalist Leen Zyiad and writer Malu Halasa, curators of an exhibition of alternative "resistance" art from Syria. Actress Sally Field on her career and her casting as Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's latest film. Then, writer Thomas King on his new book The Inconvenient Indian, on what it means to be 'Indian' in North America.
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6:00 PM
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On Point

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ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper on President Obama's
second term, the Petraeus shocker and getting out of Afghanistan.
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7:00 PM
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On Point

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham on lessons from the politics of
Thomas Jefferson and what we can learn now.
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8:00 PM
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As It Happens

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Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
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9:00 PM
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Joy Cardin

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It's another edition of On Your Money! Host Joy Cardin and financial planner Kevin McKinley discuss some FAQs regarding saving for retirement, options for health insurance, and the upsides and downsides of layaway. Plus, he'll have answers to your personal finance questions.
Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member, McKinley Money, LLC. www.onyourmoney.com
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10:00 PM
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Kathleen Dunn

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Kathleen Dunn is joined by editor Dan Wakefield and Mark Vonnegut, son of the late Kurt Vonnegut. The writer's personal correspondences, ranging over sixty years, has just been published under the title, "Kurt Vonnegut: The Letters."
Guests:
- Mark Vonnegut, American pediatrician and memoirist. Son of Kurt Vonnegut.
- Dan Wakefield, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. Editor, "Kurt Vonnegut: The Letters."
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11:00 PM
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Chapter A Day

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Susan Sweeney reads from Ann Patchett's Novel "State of Wonder." A doctor travels to the Amazon and finds extraordinary things, opening opportunities for the future and reviving travails from the past.
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11:30 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 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012 |
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