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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013
6:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/01A The first official day of spring is less than three weeks away, and Wisconsin is ready to celebrate! For those suffering with spring fever, Joy Cardin's guest travel expert has some recommendations for fun family events coming up in March. And for those clinging to winter, there are plenty of great activities in store for you too. Events calendar: http://wpr.org/r/?1048 Guest: Gary Knowles, Upper Great Lakes columnist to Journal & Topics Newspapers, based in DesPlaines (DezPlanes), Illinois, and a Contributing Travel Editor for the online publication, American BoomeR. He's our monthly contributor to our "Tell Joy Where to Go" programs.
7:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/01B Last week, the DNR announced a plan to transform the MacKenzie Environmental Education Center near Poynette into a hunting and fishing training center. The community is divided over the plan. This half-hour, Joy Cardin talks with the executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, which runs the MacKenzie Center, about what this means for the Center and visitors alike. Guest: George Meyer, executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, which runs the MacKenzie Environmental Education Center with the DNR.
7:30 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/01X This weekend is "Aldo Leopold Weekend." This half-hour, Joy Cardin's guest shares his thoughts on how to reignite Leopold's commitment to a harmonious, balanced system of land use. Guest: Rick Kyte, Director of the D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership; Professor of Philosophy at Viterbo University in La Crosse. He writes a regular column for the La Crosse Tribune titled, "The Ethical Life." He is a former president of the Coulee Region Chapter of Trout Unlimited and a member of the La Crosse County Conservation Alliance.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin  - 03/01C The sequestration deadline looms, Jack Lew and Chuck Hagel win Senate confirmation, and Republican state senators pass mining legislation. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing political perspectives discuss those issues and other top national and state news stories in the Week in Review. Guests: - Dan Kapanke, former Republican State Senator from La Crosse and owner of the La Crosse Loggers baseball team. - Tony Palmeri, Associate Professor of Communications at UW-Oshkosh and Media Columnist for the Fox Valley SCENE.
9:00 AM Veronica Rueckert  - 03/01D Back pain, migraines, cancer, fibromyalgia: one out of every two American adults suffers from at least one chronic condition. Veronica's guest passed through the dark tunnel of chronic illness herself until she embarked on a quest to find "The Last Best Cure." Guest: Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award-winning science journalist and author of the award-winning book "The Autoimmune Epidemic". Her new book is "The Last Best Cure." The Autoimmune Epidemic
10:00 AM Veronica Rueckert  - 03/01E Is there a tune that will send you storming out of a restaurant within 20 seconds? Or switch your mood from gloomy to cheery in just a few bars? Veronica Rueckert and her guest talk about the songs that flip our emotional switch; that can take us somewhere magical or make us plug our ears. We'd love to hear yours! Guest: Stephen Thompson is an editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he curates "Song of the Day," contributes to "All Songs Considered" and co-created the weekly NPR Music video series "Tiny Desk Concerts," in which musicians perform at his colleague's office desk.
11:00 AM Larry Meiller  - 03/01F There's plenty of work to do in the garden before the soil warms up. On Garden Talk, Larry Meiller finds out how, when, and how much to prune, plus how to identify lingering effects from the drought. Guest: Jeff Epping, Director of Horticulture, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Midnight Catch" by Norman Gilliland. In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Science Friday Join Ira Flatow on Science Friday for a chat about science funding with Congressman Lamar Smith, Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Guests: - Lamar Smith, Member, US House of Representatives (R-Texas); Chairman, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology San Antonio, Texas - Michael Lubell, Professor, Physics, City College of the City University of New York Director of Public Affairs, American Physical Society - Daniel N. Baker, Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado - Damian Hess aka MC Frontalot, Professional rapper, Brooklyn, New York - Flora Lichtman, Correspondent; Managing Editor, Video, NPR's Science Friday
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Science Friday Whole wheat.. multi-grain.. stone-ground wheat. What's really "whole grain"... and what isn't? And is "whole grain" any healthier? Guests: - Joanne Slavin, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota - David Ludwig, Professor, Pediatrics, Director, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital - Robert Langer, Institute Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00 PM At Issue  - 03/01K Many countries are now abandoning the US-backed drug war in favor of a more relaxed approach to cannabis and other drugs. Why is this taking place? John Munson and his guest explore the changing global attitude towards drug usage. Guest: David Case, senior editor, GlobalPost. The series, "World Wide Weed," is at http://wpr.org/r/?1047
4:00 PM At Issue  - 03/01K Chuck Hagel is finally confirmed for defense secretary. An unchanged mining bill passes the state budget committee. And there is no congressional deal in sight ahead of today's deadline to avert mandatory austerity. What news story touched you the most this week, and why? It's Your Views on the News this hour. Guest: Lilly Goren, Professor of Politics at Carroll University.
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Friday Live performance TBA. Rabbi Susan Silverman, older sister of comedian Sarah Silverman, on being detained by Israeli authorities after praying at the Western Wall in traditional Jewish garb usually worn by men. Q's Media Panel, with Toronto Star's John Cruickshank and others. New York Times reporter John Schwartz talks about his parenting memoir "Oddly Normal," which tracks his then-bullied teenage son's childhood struggles with his sexuality and his suicide attempt at the age of thirteen. Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame.
6:00 PM On Point Sequester: Day one. The pope, now emeritus. U.S. aid to Syrian rebels. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. Guests: - Nancy Cordes, congressional correspondent for CBS News - Robert Costa, Washington editor for the National Review - Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst
7:00 PM The Moth Radio Hour An author who treasures the art of letter-writing is spellbound by an inmate who becomes a pen pal; a man comes to terms with a personal tragedy caused by a gun; and a writer describes how Ernest Hemingway persuades him to risk his life by pretending to be a matador.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin  - 03/01C The sequestration deadline looms, Jack Lew and Chuck Hagel win Senate confirmation, and Republican state senators pass mining legislation. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing political perspectives discuss those issues and other top national and state news stories in the Week in Review. Guests: - Dan Kapanke, former Republican State Senator from La Crosse and owner of the La Crosse Loggers baseball team. - Tony Palmeri, Associate Professor of Communications at UW-Oshkosh and Media Columnist for the Fox Valley SCENE.
10:00 PM Veronica Rueckert  - 03/01E Is there a tune that will send you storming out of a restaurant within 20 seconds? Or switch your mood from gloomy to cheery in just a few bars? Veronica Rueckert and her guest talk about the songs that flip our emotional switch; that can take us somewhere magical or make us plug our ears. We'd love to hear yours! Guest: Stephen Thompson is an editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he curates "Song of the Day," contributes to "All Songs Considered" and co-created the weekly NPR Music video series "Tiny Desk Concerts," in which musicians perform at his colleague's office desk.
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads from "Midnight Catch" by Norman Gilliland. In the autumn of 1929 a young man stumbles across the aftermath of murder.
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013

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