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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2012 |
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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller
- 12/21F

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On this encore edition of Garden Talk with Larry Meiller, find out how to take care of your holiday plants. Plus, some wonderful indoor fruit trees that make great gifts.
Guest: Patti Nagai ("nah-GEYE"), UW Extension horticulture educator, Racine County
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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Get your dose of laughter with Zorba Paster on Your Health.
This week, some surprising news about your heart and heat, and a bit of advice for coping with the Connecticut tragedy.
Plus, a shockingly low-calorie holiday recipe for Pumpkin-Ricotta Cheesecake.
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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?
- 12/22A

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It's the annual Whad'Ya Know? Holiday Office Party! Calvin Trillin offers up some festive fun and verse and Steve Meisner offers up some Polka! Plus, staff karaoke, a listener potluck and two seasonal rounds of the Whad'Ya Know? quiz!
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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Get your dose of laughter with Zorba Paster on Your Health.
This week, some surprising news about your heart and heat, and a bit of advice for coping with the Connecticut tragedy.
Plus, a shockingly low-calorie holiday recipe for Pumpkin-Ricotta Cheesecake.
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3:00 PM
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RadioLab

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Profound? Confusing? Abstract or concrete? The nature of Numbers. Stories of how they confuse us, connect us, and even reveal secrets about us.
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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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For the holiday season, a show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families. Including tales of Luna the guinea pig, Bambi the reindeer, and Jeko the super-powerful (and somewhat-scary) Christmas elf.
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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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Coming to you this week live from The Town Hall in New York City, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Broadway leading lady Kelli O'Hara, Bensonhurst harmonizers The DiGiallonardo Sisters, pianist and conductor Rob Fisher, and cellist Anneke Schaul-Yoder.
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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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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, DECEMBER 22, 2012 |
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