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PROGRAM NOTES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009
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	6:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/04A	Listen
		An alleged gang-rape in California is raising questions about the role of the bystander, and why they do or don't intervene or call police. After six, Joy Cardin's guests talk about the role of the bystander in preventing sexual assault, and how to get involved. Guest: Sharyn Potter, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New Hampshire. Guest: Vicki Banyard (BAN-yard), Associate Professor of Psychology, University of New Hampshire. They are co-directors of Prevention Innovations and the Bringing in the Bystander program.
	7:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/04B	Listen
		A bill that would effectively end abstinence-only sex education in the State is making its way through the legislature, and it's this week’s Big Question with Joy Cardin, after seven. Join Joy and her guests for two perspectives on the proposed law. Guest: Sally Ladky, Executive Director, Wisconsin Abstinence Coalition. Guest: Nicole Safar (suh-FAR), Public Policy Analyst, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.
	8:00 AM CJ	Joy Cardin  - 11/04C	Listen
		Many Americans regard globalization as a threat to our workforce and way-of-life. Not so, says Joy Cardin's guest, after eight. She discusses the positive impact foreign companies have on our economy and society. Guest: Micheline Maynard, Senior Business Correspondent for The New York Times. Author, "The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies are Remaking the American Dream" (Broadway Books)
	9:00 AM RS	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/04D	Listen
		FOX News…MSNBC…CNN. After nine, Kathleen’s guest discusses the pros and cons of America’s cable news networks. GUEST: Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism.
	10:00 AM RS	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/04E	Listen
		Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called for changes in the way universities train future teachers. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says if America really wants great schools, we must create a critical mass of great teachers. Guest: Susan Engel, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of the Program in Teaching, Williams College. Read her op-ed: http://wpr.org/r/?89
	11:00 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 11/04F	Listen
		Hiking and hunting are popular pastimes this time of year. After eleven, Larry Meiller talks about being in the Wisconsin outdoors in Autumn with UW-Madison Professor of Wildlife Ecology Scott Craven. srcraven@wisc.edu
	12:30 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," a novel by Jamie Ford.
	1:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		After one, on TALK OF THE NATION, Political Junkie Ken Rudin analyzes the off-year election results. And, Mike Huckabee talks about his candidacy and looks ahead to 2012.
	2:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		Tall, thin models dominate fashion runways and magazines but with more campaigns featuring so-called "real women", is thin no longer in? After two, on TALK OF THE NATION, sizing up in the fashion world.
	3:00 PM	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 11/04K	Listen
		How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, "The Story of Poker". Guest: James McManus, Author, "Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker".
	4:00 PM mn	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/04L	Listen
		After four, Ben Merens and his guests examine the environmental and economic pros and cons of nuclear power. Guest:, Christine Todd Whitman, former Director, Environmental Protection Agency; Co-Chair, Clean and Safe Energy Coalition; and former Governor, New Jersey. Guest: Peter Bradford, former member, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Adjunct Professor, Vermont Law School.
	5:00 PM KM	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/04M	Listen
		Whether you are looking for workers or for work, join “At Issue” host Ben Merens, after five, for the November Job Line. Guest: Ernie Goss, Chair and Professor of Economics, Creighton University. Guest: Jason Pruitt, Associate Director of Career Services, Carthage University.
	6:00 PM	On Point
		After six, On Point: Post-Election and the G-O-P. Conservative grassroots purists are shaking up the Republican Party. A look at the fight within the GOP as it looks ahead to 2010.
	7:00 PM	On Point
		After seven, On Point: Towering anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who profoundly challenged our understanding of human culture, has died at 100. A look back at his work and its meaning.
	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  - 11/04K	Listen
		How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, "The Story of Poker". Guest: James McManus, Author, "Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker".
	10:00 PM RS	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/04E	Listen
		Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called for changes in the way universities train future teachers. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says if America really wants great schools, we must create a critical mass of great teachers. Guest: Susan Engel, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of the Program in Teaching, Williams College. Read her op-ed: http://wpr.org/r/?89
	11:00 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," a novel by Jamie Ford.
	11:30 PM	BBC World Service
		World news and features are heard overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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