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PROGRAM NOTES FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2005
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	6:00 AM sg	Joy Cardin
		On this, the first official day of winter, Joy Cardin and her guest talk about all of the wonderful ways to enjoy the season in Wisconsin. Call in with yours, after six. Guest: Jim Holperin (HOLE-pur-in), secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism www.travelwisconsin.com
	7:00 AM sg	Joy Cardin
		Can sexy women climb the corporate ladder? Not according to Joy Cardin’s guest psychologist. Find out why, after seven. Guest: Peter Glick, professor of psychology at Lawrence University. He was the lead author of the study “Evaluations of sexy women in low and high status jobs”, which appears in the current edition of Psychology of Women Quarterly.
	8:00 AM ld	Joy Cardin
		After eight, Joy Cardin’s guest says Wisconsin has the second-dirtiest tap water in the country, and she’ll have more details from her study on water quality. Guest: Jane Houlihan (HOOL-uh-han), vice president for research at the Environmental Working Group.
	9:00 AM KB	Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
		Psychological research supports the theory that human beings are born predisposed to believe in the supernatural... but this may be a cognitive dysfunction. After nine, Kathleen Dunn's guest asks the question, "is God an accident?" Guest: Paul Bloom, professor of psychology and linguistics at Yale University. Author, “Descartes’ Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human.” and “How Children Learn the Meanings of Words.” Author, “Is God an Accident?” (The Atlantic, December issue) www.theatlantic.com
	10:00 AM KB	Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
		After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with the author of “Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers and How You Can Too.” Guest: Jane Kim, co-author of “Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers and How You Can Too.”
	11:00 AM jp	Larry Meiller
		The Wisconsin Legislature is considering a massive shift in energy policy in 2006. After eleven, Larry Meiller talks about a greater emphasis on renewable sources of electricity with State Senator Robert Cowles, a Republican from Green Bay, WI.
	11:45 AM jp	Larry Meiller
		After eleven-forty five, hear about pixels and point-and-shoot. Larry Meiller's guest is Brian Carless of the Camera Company in Madison, who has answers for your questions about photography equipment.
	12:30 PM	Chapter A Day
		Jim Fleming reads from "The Christmas Quilt" by Jennifer Chiaverini (SHA-ver-ini). It's the latest in the best-selling series of Elm Creek Quilt novels by the Madison author.
	1:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		From one until three, join in the Talk of the Nation from NPR News.
	2:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
	3:00 PM pd	At Issue with Ben Merens
		The great American experiment in democracy was nurtured in popular novels by the likes of Mark Twain and James Fenimore Cooper. But no more. Ben Merens’ guest, after three, is concerned about the current “separation of literature and state.” Guest: Sean Wilentz (will-ENTZ), professor of history, Princeton University. Author, “The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln”
	4:00 PM sg	At Issue with Ben Merens
		After four, Ben Merens gets reaction to yesterday’s court ruling that Intelligent Design cannot be taught in the classroom. Guest: (4:00-4:30) Jim Miller, senior program associate for the Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion of The American Association for the Advancement of Science Guest: (4:30-5:00) John Calvert, co-managing director of the Intelligent Design Network. www.aaas.org www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org
	5:00 PM bhm	At Issue with Ben Merens
		Employees are not without power in the workplace but often feel they are. After five, Ben Merens and his guest talk about how you can take more control at work... and be happier for it. GUEST: Colleen Hickmann, president, InUnison (workplace consultant) www.getinunison.com
	6:00 PM	On Point
		After six, On Point: Decision in the Dover Case. A look at the decision in the intelligent design case in Dover, Pennsylvania, and what it means for science education and evolution in America's public schools.
	7:00 PM	On Point
		After seven, On Point: Holiday Revels. Marking the winter solstice with six centuries of song from cultures around the world. We'll light up the dark with Christmas and more with the Revels.
	8:00 PM jf	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
		When the tsunami hit a year ago on December 26, the whole world was galvanized around the disaster. After eight, on Here on Earth, hear the latest on relief efforts for the Asian tsunami that struck one year ago, as Jean Feraca talks with a Radio Netherlands reporter and an American humanitarian relief worker who have just returned from Sri Lanka.
	9:00 PM KB	Kathleen Dunn
		Psychological research supports the theory that human beings are born predisposed to believe in the supernatural... but this may be a cognitive dysfunction. After nine, Kathleen Dunn's guest asks the question, "is God an accident?" Guest: Paul Bloom, professor of psychology and linguistics at Yale University. Author, “Descartes’ Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human.” and “How Children Learn the Meanings of Words.” Author, “Is God an Accident?” (The Atlantic, December issue) www.theatlantic.com
	10:00 PM KB	Kathleen Dunn
		After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with the author of “Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers and How You Can Too.” Guest: Jane Kim, co-author of “Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers and How You Can Too.”
	11:00 PM	Chapter A Day
		Jim Fleming reads from "The Christmas Quilt" by Jennifer Chiaverini (SHA-ver-ini). It's the latest in the best-selling series of Elm Creek Quilt novels by the Madison author.
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