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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin If you're up at 6 am, you may value your caffeine...and after six, Joy Cardin and her guest look at our love of coffee and tea. Guest: Kristine Hansen, food and travel writer based in Milwaukee, and co-author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Coffee & Tea"
7:00 AM Joy Cardin After seven, Joy Cardin and her guests look at the Big Questions in the news this week, from the recall elections to the race for president. Guests: Matt Rothschild, Publisher of the The Progressive magazine Owen Robinson, columnist at the West Bend Daily News and blogger at BootsAndSabers.com
8:00 AM Joy Cardin After eight, Joy Cardin and her guest talk about our language pet peeves-and you can share the words and phrases that negatively impact your life, or literally drive you up a wall. Guest: Paul Yeager, author of "Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again." He blogs at http://languageandgrammar.com
9:00 AM Kathleen Dunn After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the upcoming Wisconsin recall election, as well as the 2012 presidential race. Guests: 9:00: Craig Gilbert, Washington bureau chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 9:30: Patrick Marley, Madison bureau reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. More Than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions a...
10:00 AM Kathleen Dunn After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest fiction and non-fiction releases. Guest: Daniel Goldin, Owner, Boswell Books, http://boswell.indiebound.com
11:00 AM Larry Meiller At eleven, Larry Meiller finds out what is going on with Wisconsin wildlife. Has our unusual spring affected their habits and schedules? Guest: Scott Craven, emeritus UW Extension Wildlife Ecologist
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads from "Rodin's Debutante" by Ward Just. A coming of age story in mid 20th century Chicago that compels us to ask what is the value of beauty? What divides and what unites us? And which teaches us more, failure or success?
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation After one, on Talk Of The Nation, the risks . . . and some of the legal repercussions . . . of exchanging passwords.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation After two, on Talk Of The Nation, award-winning actor John Lithgow joins Neal Conan with stories from his celebrated career, and his recently published memoir "Drama".
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens After three, join Ben Merens and four Wisconsin Public Radio reporters as they discuss news from around the state. The hour will begin with an update on campaign finance reports, and then turn to a discussion about downtown Green Bay redevelopment. The hour wraps up with an update on the latest Marquette Law School recall poll and the Department of Defense "mystery" barrels that Red Cliff and Department of Defense officials are planning to remove this summer in Superior. Guests: Shawn Johnson is the State Government Reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio. Patty Murray is the Green Bay Reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio. Chuck Quirmbach is the Milwaukee Reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio. Mike Simonson is the Superior Reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens After four, on this One Day Wednesday, Ben Merens discusses the top national stories of the week with guest analyst Barbara Perry. Guest: Barbara Perry, Senior Fellow and Associate Professor, Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program, University of Virginia
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi After five, on Q with Jian Ghomeshi, a conversation with TED conference curator Chris Anderson who created the Email Charter to address the growing amount of time email requires. Also, the husband-and-wife duo of Alaina Moore (keyboards & vocals) and Patrick Riley (guitar) talk about their Colorado-based Indie music group "Tennis".
6:00 PM On Point After six, On Point: The Mythbusters. Host Tom Ashbrook explores the myths and realities behind Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" program with its co-hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. (HIGH-nuh-mun)
7:00 PM On Point After seven, On Point: Painter Edvard Munch's (MOONK's) iconic masterpiece, "The Scream" is up for auction. On Point looks at how that image has seared itself into our culture.
8:00 PM As It Happens After eight, it's news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin We all know a lot about psychology... or at least, we think we do. After nine, Joy Cardin's guest says there are a lot of misguided or outright wrong ideas about psychology bouncing around in our popular culture. Guest: Scott Lilienfeld (LILL-ee-en-feld), Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta. Co-author, "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior" (REBROADCAST).
10:00 PM Kathleen Dunn Broke and on his death bed, Ulsysses S. Grant struggled to complete his memoir. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss Grant's final year, and how he succeeded to complete his autobiography with the help of Mark Twain. (Rebroadcast from 1/18/2012) Guest: Charles Bracelen Flood, Author, "Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year."
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads from "Rodin's Debutante" by Ward Just. A coming of age story in mid 20th century Chicago that compels us to ask what is the value of beauty? What divides and what unites us? And which teaches us more, failure or success?
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012

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