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You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date using the drop down lists below.
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007
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6:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
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Joy Cardin's guest talks about "Mr. Wrong," the man it seems every woman has encountered at least once... or perhaps too many times.
Guest: Harriet Brown, a frequent contributor to The New York Times and other publications. Author, "Mr. Wrong: Real Life Stories About the Men We Used to Love" (Ballantine)
www.harrietbrown.com
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7:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
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Joy Cardin’s guest is a former CIA chief who reveals how American intelligence about the war on terror was compromised.
Guest: Tyler Drumheller, 25-year veteran of the CIA. Former intelligence agency chief of European operations. Author, “On the Brink: An Insider’s Account of How the White House Compromised American Intelligence.”
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8:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
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Americans will elect a new President next year. What issues will help you make your decision? A candidate’s position on the Iraq War, or their stand on social issues? Joy Cardin and her guest talk about the key factors in the upcoming presidential primary race.
Guest: David Redlawsk, associate professor of political science, University of Iowa. Author, “How Voters Decide: Information Processing During an Election Campaign.”
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9:00 AM
RF
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Kathleen Dunn
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Is Iran supplying bombs that kill American troops in Iraq? Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss Iran’s involvement in the Iraq war.
Guests:
9:00 - Augustus Richard Norton, professor of anthropology and International Relations, Boston University.
9:30 - TBA
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10:00 AM
RF
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Kathleen Dunn
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Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the world of biomass energy.
Guest: Timothy M. Maker, executive director, Biomass Center. www.biomasscenter.org
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11:00 AM
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Larry Meiller
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How do you divest accumulated personal property when the time comes? Larry Meiller talks with two experts about getting rid of "stuff." They are Larry Larmer and Sue Duncan of Madison. aardvark@chorus.net
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11:45 AM
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Larry Meiller
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Larry Meiller's focus is on cardiovascular heart disease. His guest is Dr. Leslie Cho, director of Women's Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She introduces a new lifestyle guide and cookbook called "Healthy Heart." www.clevelandclinic.org/heart www.broadwaybooks.com
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12:30 PM
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Chapter A Day
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On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from, "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog," by John Grogan.
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1:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation
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For a lawyer it doesn't get much better... a big win in front of the Supreme Court. But, when the Navy lawyer representing a Guantanamo Bay detainee beat his secretary of defense in court, his career stalled. On Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan and his guest discuss one Navy lawyer's efforts in defending Guantanamo Bay detainees. Plus, Amy Dickinson lays down the law on emotional affairs. Is it cheating?
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2:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation
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Forget relationships or dating, what many teens and twenty-somethings do is hook up. No commitment, no entanglement. But in her new book, Laura Sessions Stepp warns of a heavy emotional cost. On Talk of the Nation, unhooked... how young women pursue sex, delay love, and lose at both. Plus, Oscar nominee Guillermo del Toro, on his movie, "Pan's Labyrinth."
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3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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Today on Here on Earth, we discuss Australian Prime Minister John Howard's criticism of Senator Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan.
Guest: John Nichols
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4:00 PM
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At Issue with Ben Merens
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At yesterday’s press conference President Bush was questioned about the intelligence linking Iran to Iraq, and about the anti-troop surge resolution that will pass the House tomorrow. Ben Merens and his guest discuss politics, war, and the latest from Washington.
Guest: James M. McCormick, professor and chair, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University
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5:00 PM
CJ
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At Issue with Ben Merens
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Ben Merens' guest, former security analyst and military code-breaker David Holtzman, contends that through technology, the privacy of ordinary citizens has vastly deteriorated and will soon disappear.
Guest: David Holtzman, author of "Privacy Lost: How Technology is Endangering Your Privacy" (Jossey-Bass)
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6:00 PM
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On Point
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On Point: Oil and the Bush administration.
Some energy experts are saying the President from oil country has blown U.S. oil policy.
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7:00 PM
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On Point
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On Point: Carl Sagan's Footprints on Space.
Ten years after the death of the "people's astronaut," Carl Sagan, a look
at what we knew... then and now... about the cosmos.
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8:00 PM
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As It Happens
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At eight, it's As It Happens from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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Today on Here on Earth we discuss Australian Prime Minister John Howard's criticism of Senator Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan.
Guest: John Nichols
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10:00 PM
RF
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Kathleen Dunn
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Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the world of biomass energy.
Guest: Timothy M. Maker, executive director, Biomass Center. www.biomasscenter.org
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11:00 PM
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Chapter A Day
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On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from, "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog," by John Grogan.
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