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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 |
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6:00 AM
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The People's Pharmacy

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On The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon: "Night Shift in the E-R."
Dr. Brian Goldman has worked the night shift in the emergency room at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto for more than 20 years. He guides us through the controlled chaos that is a modern emergency department. When clinical time is so restricted, it's hardly any wonder that providers sometimes make mistakes.
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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller

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After seven, it's Larry Meiller's tenth anniversary broadcast from "Bayfield in Bloom". Tune in for an encore edition of Garden Talk for great advice on successful gardening, particularly in the northern part of our state.
Guests:
- Jason Fischbach ("FISH-bahk"), UW-Extension agriculture agent, Washburn, WI
- Don Kissinger, Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Art Ode ("OH-dee"), horticulture consultant, and semi-retired from Botanical Garden and Arboretum management.
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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Fulfill your prescription for laughter with Zorba Paster On Your Health. This week, Zorba and Tom digest the soaring healthcare costs of obesity . . . and discuss new policies concerning drunk patients in E-Rs. Plus, a heart-healthy snack recipe for Kale Chips.
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9:00 AM
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Car Talk

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Laugh along with Click and Clack, during another edition of Car Talk.
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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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A live Whad'Ya Know? show from Monona Terrace in Madison. Guest John T. Edge has a new book, "Truck Food Cookbook." Bacon-wrapped hotdogs, doughnuts, crepes, vegetarian and vegan food that is really yummy are all on the menu at carts. LA, New York, Austin and Madison, WI are all great places to eat off a cart or truck.
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11:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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Fill up your mug, sit back and relax. . . the second hour of this live broadcast is on it's way. Start off with Thanks for the Memos then move into a Hotline Call-In: Food Trucks I've Known. In the audience we meet a retiring judge and play a challenging round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Fulfill your prescription for laughter with Zorba Paster On Your Health. This week, Zorba and Tom digest the soaring healthcare costs of obesity . . . and discuss new policies concerning drunk patients in E-Rs. Plus, a heart-healthy snack recipe for Kale Chips.
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2:00 PM
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The People's Pharmacy

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On The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon: "Night Shift in the E-R."
Dr. Brian Goldman has worked the night shift in the emergency room at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto for more than 20 years. He guides us through the controlled chaos that is a modern emergency department. When clinical time is so restricted, it's hardly any wonder that providers sometimes make mistakes.
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3:00 PM
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The Saturday Special: Radiolab

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On Radiolab: "Games".
Whether it's a pro football playoff, or a family showdown on the kitchen table, a good game can make you feel, at least for a little while, like your whole life hangs in the balance. What is it about games that make them feel so pivotal?
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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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After four, on This American Life, can an interview determine if you have no empathy? A look at a so called "Psychopath Test".
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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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On A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. With special guests, road-tested Texas troubadour Joe Ely, the King of Newgrass, Sam Bush, and Southern noir songstress Lera Lynn.
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7:00 PM
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Tent Show Radio

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Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.
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8:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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At eight, on Old-Time Radio Drama, ride with The Lone Ranger in "The Gambler Draws a Blank" from 1941. And Fibber McGee investigates a spy in a misadventure from 1942.
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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 - SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 |
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