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Ideas Network Program Notes

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6:00 AM

On the Media


On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.


7:00 AM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


This pledge edition of the show features guests Alan Alda, Leonard Nimoy . . . and the "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" panelists at their best.


8:00 AM

Says You!


It's the game of words and whimsy, bluff and bluster, "Says You!"


9:00 AM

A Way With Words


It's all about the "Benjamins" during this special pledge edition of the show, plus NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz's game of monetary classic movie quotes, and the real-life Downton Abbey.


10:00 AM

A Prairie Home Companion


Host Garrison Keillor presents a compilation of favorite songs, skits, and poems. Plus, the best of Guy Noir, and The News from Lake Wobegon. It's an all-new pledge special.


12:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge  - 02/17A

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The science of mindfulness . . . brain disorders . . . and unleashing your inner creativity.

(**Download edition: A return visit to the whole question of human consciousness.)


1:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge  - 02/17B

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Creative rituals to remember and heal. And, how writing can be a means of practicing joy . . . even in the face a cancer diagnosis.

(**Download edition: A collection of stories about transformation.)


2:00 PM

This American Life


Ira Glass plays a favorite recent story from a live May 2012 show, "Tig Notaro's story." Plus, other clips from This American Life's latest DVD.


3:00 PM

On the Media


On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.


4:00 PM

University of the Air

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Is there such a thing as a miracle or, looked at logically, do miracles turn into mirages? Our guest, philosopher Larry Shapiro, shares some insights.


5:00 PM

Simply Folk with Stephanie Elkins





8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 02/17A

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We'll get some insight into Paladin's love life when Have Gun Will Travel from 1959 brings you "The Return of Dr. Thackeray". Then, Father Knows Best from 1951 follows a Valentine's Day that gets out of hand.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 02/17B

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After Father Knows Best, it's a case for Boston Blackie from 1948.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 02/17C

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X-Minus One brings you science fiction with "Field Study" from 1957. And The Whistler from 1945 opens a gateway to danger.


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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