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Ideas Network Program Notes

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 below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Joe and Terry share ideas from their book, "The People's Pharmacy Quick & Handy Home Remedies."


7:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 02/22F

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It's time for an encore edition of Garden Talk with Larry Meiller. Learn how to successfully start vegetables and herbs from seed. Plus, advice on how to get the most out of your garden this year.
Guest: Barbara Ellis, author, "Starting Seeds: How to Grow Healthy, Productive Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers from Seed"

Starting Seeds: How to Grow Healthy, Productive Vege...

8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Get your weekly dose of laughter with Zorba Paster On Your Health. Hear caller questions on lifestyle and health issues, plus a special pledge week recipe for Double Chocolate Sorbet Sandwiches.
(**Download edition: Could being bereft be better for your health? And the new low-down on living longer: Why it's not all it's cracked up to be, and what we can do to change that. Plus, a healthy recipe for Red Onion Greens with Turkey Bacon. )



9:00 AM

Car Talk


Click and Clack answer callers' questions, while urging listeners to support public radio.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?


Michael welcomes Wisconsin author Michael Perry, musician Marcia Ball, and hosts the Whad'Ya Know? quiz.


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR. We listen back to selected moments with singer Elvis Costello, actress Brooke Shields, and Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville. Plus, panelist Paula Poundstone tackles scientific studies like only she can.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Get your weekly dose of laughter with Zorba Paster On Your Health. Hear caller questions on lifestyle and health issues, plus a special pledge week recipe for Double Chocolate Sorbet Sandwiches.
(**Download edition: Could being bereft be better for your health? And the new low-down on living longer: Why it's not all it's cracked up to be, and what we can do to change that. Plus, a healthy recipe for Red Onion Greens with Turkey Bacon. )



2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Joe and Terry share ideas from their book, "The People's Pharmacy Quick & Handy Home Remedies."


3:00 PM

RadioLab


Radiolab's Jad Abumrad and Brooke Gladstone, host of On the Media, share favorites from public radio shows, including Radiolab, On the Media, and All Things Considered.


4:00 PM

This American Life


Ira Glass shares selected stories from the This American Life archives during this special pledge week edition of the show.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


A special "commercial radio" version of the show, featuring favorite "commercials" in the Prairie Home style. Plus, host Garrison Keillor's News from Lake Wobegon.


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 02/23A

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Ride with The Lone Ranger in adventure from 1941. Then, check in with the latter day Lone Ranger . . . The Green Hornet . . . in a story of big city crime from 1942.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 02/23B

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A bad habit brings comedy with Our Miss Brooks from 1950. Then, it's Escape from 1949.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 02/23C

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X-Minus One ventures into the remote past with Project Mastodon from 1956. And venturing into The Weird Circle from 1943 reveals The Vendetta.


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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