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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 |
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6:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
- 03/13A

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What programs do you want to hear on The Joy Cardin Show? What issues do you think we should discuss? Joy Cardin asks listeners for their topic and guest suggestions during our Open Line.
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7:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
- 03/13B

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A New York state judge has struck down Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on the sale of supersized "sugary beverages," saying among other reasons, that the Mayor overreached his authority. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing perspectives discuss this week's Big Question: Was the judge right to overturn the city's soda ban? Online poll: www.wpr.org/joy
Guests:
- Dr. Lisa Young, a nationally-recognized nutritionist in New York City and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She's also author of "The Portion Teller Plan." Opinion: http://wpr.org/r/?1061
- Michelle Minton, Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; one of the issues she manages is beverage industry regulation. Opinion: http://wpr.org/r/?1062
The Portion Teller Plan
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8:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
- 03/13C

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The American education system inhibits creativity and actually stifles learning. That's according to Joy Cardin's guest, who says that giving kids the freedom to explore, create, and play is crucial to their development as lifelong learners.
Guest: Peter Gray, research professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston College; author of, "Free To Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life"
Free To Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play W...
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9:00 AM
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Kathleen Dunn
- 03/13D

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North Korea has continued their threats to the international community by conducting nuclear tests, and announcing that it was nullifying the 1953 armistice with South Korea. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how South Korea and the Obama administration will respond.
Guests:
9:00 am - Sung-Yoon Lee, Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies, and Assistant Professor at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
9:30 am - Leon V. Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York. Author, "Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea"
Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Ko...
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10:00 AM
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Kathleen Dunn
- 03/13E

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Often called, "the most eloquent man in the world," Frank Delaney joins Kathleen Dunn to talk about the upcoming St. Patrick's day, and all things Irish.
Guest: Frank Delaney, author and BBC broadcaster born in Tipperary, Ireland. Author, "Ireland," "Tipperary," and most recently, "The Last Storyteller"
Ireland
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11:00 AM
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Larry Meiller
- 03/13F

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There are many ways that individuals can help protect our environment. Larry Meiller learns how to get involved with citizen monitoring of our wildlife and water.
Guests:
- Owen Boyle, Coordinator, Citizen-based Monitoring, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Kris Stepenuck ("Step-in-OOK"), Water Action Volunteer Coordinator, UW Extension/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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11:45 AM
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Larry Meiller
- 03/13G

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Getting out in nature and up close with our wildlife can really encourage stewardship of the environment. Larry Meiller finds out what field trip opportunities the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin are offering this year.
Guests:
- Ruth Oppedahl ("OH-peh-dahl"), Executive Director, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
- Maria Sadowski ("sah-DOW-skee"), Director of Communications, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
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12:30 PM
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Chapter A Day

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Susan Sweeney reads from "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef".
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1:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation

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Competing budgets battle in Congress and the president reaches out for a grand bargain. Another Bush may have plans on the presidency, Carl Levin plans to retire and, as Mark Sanford stands for Congress, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer joins us, on second chances in American political life.
Guests:
- Ken Rudin, NPR Political Junkie
- Eliot Spitzer, former governor of New York
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2:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation

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You've got dinner table discussion, water cooler chat, even pillow talk. But how often are you part of the national conversation? Raise your voice on everything from the news of the day to the twists and turns of culture and history, on Talk of the Nation, from NPR News.
Guests: TBA
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3:00 PM
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At Issue
- 03/13K

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Today is the launch for No More Day, the first unifying awareness symbol for domestic violence and sexual assault. Join John Munson and his guest as they discuss bringing domestic violence and sexual assault into the national spotlight to generate more attention, more resources and more action to prevent them. www.nomore.org www.breakthecycle.org
Guest: Tonya Turner is the Director of Legal Services at Break the Cycle, an agency that provides comprehensive dating abuse prevention programs exclusively to young people.
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4:00 PM
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At Issue
- 03/13L

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Excessive alcohol use costs $6.8 billion a year in Wisconsin...and taxpayers are footing nearly half of the bill, according to a new report. John Munson and his guest look at the economic burden of binge drinking in Wisconsin, and how to change the state's alcohol culture.
Guest: Maureen Busalacchi (boo-sa-LAH-key), executive director of Health First Wisconsin. Read the report at http://www.healthfirstwi.org/
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5:00 PM
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Q with Jian Ghomeshi

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On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: A look at the controversy and demonstrations in Berlin over the demolition of a remaining portion of the Berlin Wall. Actor Timothy Olyphant, who plays Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the Elmore Leonard-inspired TV crime drama "Justified". A visual artist who is taking Lego out of the realm of child's play, and creating moody sculptures and photographs using the plastic building bricks.
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6:00 PM
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On Point

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On Point explores the TSA's new strategy on airline security: Small knives are okay and so are "trusted" passengers. But who makes that list? And how?
Guests:
- Susan Stellin, reporter, New York Times
- Sara Nelson, Vice President, Association of Flight Attendants
- Kip Hawley, Head of the TSA from 2005 to 2009, Author of "Permanent Emergency: Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security (2012)"
- Marc Rotenberg, President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center
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7:00 PM
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On Point

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The Afro-Cuban All Stars bandleader Juan de Marcos Gonzalez joins On Point with the latest hot sounds out of Havana.
Guests:
- Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, bandleader of the Afro-Cuban All Stars
- Jose Masso, longtime host of WBUR Boston's "Con Salsa!" Latin music show
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8:00 PM
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As It Happens

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Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
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9:00 PM
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Joy Cardin
- 03/13C

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The American education system inhibits creativity and actually stifles learning. That's according to Joy Cardin's guest, who says that giving kids the freedom to explore, create, and play is crucial to their development as lifelong learners.
Guest: Peter Gray, research professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston College; author of, "Free To Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life"
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10:00 PM
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Kathleen Dunn
- 03/13E

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Often called, "the most eloquent man in the world," Frank Delaney joins Kathleen Dunn to talk about the upcoming St. Patrick's day, and all things Irish.
Guest: Frank Delaney, author and BBC broadcaster born in Tipperary, Ireland. Author, "Ireland," "Tipperary," and most recently, "The Last Storyteller"
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11:00 PM
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Chapter A Day

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Susan Sweeney reads from "Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef".
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11:30 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 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 |
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