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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 |
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6:00 AM
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On the Media

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On the Media casts an incisive eye on the marketplace of ideas.

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8:00 AM
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Says You!

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

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9:00 AM
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A Way With Words

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Take an entertaining romp through the English language, on A Way With Words.

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10:00 AM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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From The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a show celebrating all things Banjo. With special guests, five-string masters Noam Pikelny, Joe Newberry, and Bill Evans, singer Suzy Bogguss, and country music historian Bill C. Malone.

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2:00 PM
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This American Life

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Answering the big questions about Superpowers: Can superheroes be real people? (No). Can real people become superheroes? (Maybe). And which is better: flight or invisibility? (Depends who you ask).

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3:00 PM
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On the Media

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On the Media casts an incisive eye on the marketplace of ideas.

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4:00 PM
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University of the Air

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When none of the candidates for May Queen prove virtuous enough, a callow young man becomes the first May King. But how long can his innocence last? We'll go behind the scenes of the Milwaukee Florentine Opera Company production of Benjamin Britten's comic opera "Albert Herring" . . . with director William Florescu, and tenor Rodell Rosel.

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5:00 PM
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Simply Folk

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Milwaukee folk and blues performer John Stano (STAN-oh) won the 2012 Wisconsin Singer Songwriter contest and he's in for a live session. Stephanie also has a couple of cowboy songs, some Irish music, and vocal harmonies for you this evening.

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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 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 |
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