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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012
6:00 AM On the Media On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.
7:00 AM Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.
8:00 AM Says You! It's the game of words and whimsy, bluff and bluster, "Says You!"
9:00 AM A Way With Words Take an entertaining romp through the English language, on A Way With Words.
10:00 AM A Prairie Home Companion On A Prairie Home Companion, it's a broadcast performance from The State Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With special guests, cowboy singing idol Pop Wagner, Minnesota folkie Charlie Maguire, and bluesman Tony Glover. Also with us, singing siblings Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, harmonica legend Howard Levy, flawless flatpicker Dean Magraw, and singer Andra Suchy.
12:00 PM To the Best of Our Knowledge After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the legacy of American author Henry David Thoreau... and why he still inspires us.
1:00 PM To the Best of Our Knowledge After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, writer Alain de Botton (rhymes with bottom) tells us about the week he spent as Heathrow Airport's first writer-in-residence.
2:00 PM This American Life After two, on This American Life, stories of dogs and cats, and other animals, that live in our homes. Exactly how much are they caught up in everyday family dynamics? That story... and more.
3:00 PM On the Media On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.
4:00 PM University of the Air At four, on University of the Air, we'll go behind the scenes of a production of Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona". Meet director Kenneth Albers and cast members of the current University Theatre production.
5:00 PM Simply Folk From five-until-eight, join Stephanie Elkins for music that's Simply Folk.
8:00 PM Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland The Lone Ranger rides into Spirit Valley, tonight at eight, during Old-Time Radio Drama. Then, a dog wreaks havoc for the Andersons in Father Knows Best in an outing from 1950.
9:00 PM Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland After nine, on OTRD, the comedy continues with Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunne in Bright Star from 1953. And Philo Vance rounds-out the hour with "The Masters Murder Case" from 1949.
10:00 PM Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland After ten, on OTRD, it's Mystery House from 1946 with, "The Composite Killer". And, a remarkable P-R stunt moves toward an earth-shaking outcome when "X-Minus One" from 1955 brings you "The Parade."
11:00 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012

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