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You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date using the drop down lists below.
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2004
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6:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
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Congress is expected to extend President Bush’s tax cuts for two more years. After six, Joy Cardin’s guest explains why the tax cuts were a bad idea from the start.
Guest: Mark Weisbrot (WYSS-braht), co-director, Center for Economic Policy and Research. www.cepr.net
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7:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
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After praising Michael Moore during a performance, singer Linda Ronstadt was booed from a Las Vegas stage. After seven, Joy Cardin and her guest examine the sometimes volatile combination of celebrities and politics.
Guest: Alan Schroeder, associate professor of journalism, Northeastern University. Author, “Celebrity-in-Chief: How Show Business Took Over the White House” (Westview Press).
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8:00 AM
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Joy Cardin
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After eight, Joy Cardin and her guest look at the Nine-Eleven Commission final report, and what the government needs to do to prevent another attack.
Guest: Peter Sederberg, professor of government and international studies and dean, South Carolina Honors College, University of South Carolina. Contributor, “The New Global Terrorism” (Prentice Hall)
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9:00 AM
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Kathleen Dunn
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The Democratic National Convention begins on Monday. Today after nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss what to expect in Boston next week.
Guest: Chuck Todd, editor-in-chief, National Journal’s, The Hotline.
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10:00 AM
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Kathleen Dunn
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After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with the founder of Rethinking Schools about teaching racial issues in the classroom.
Guest: Rita Tenorio, teaches first grade, La Escuela Fratney, Milwaukee.
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11:00 AM
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Jim Packard in for Larry Meiller
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Planning, designing and building a new home is a daunting task. After eleven, Jim Packard talks with author and columnist Katherine Salant about how home design can help the neat... and the relentlessly messy... live in peace under one roof.
Guest: Katherine Salant, author, "The Brand-New House Book" (Three Rivers Press)
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11:45 AM
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Jim Packard in for Larry Meiller
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With the right advice and enough illustrations, you'll develop a can-do attitude when it comes to home repair and maintenance. After eleven-forty five, Jim Packard talks with David Tenenbam, author of the "Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Repair and Maintenance".
(Penguin-Putnam Press)
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12:30 PM
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Chapter A Day
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Jim Fleming reads from "Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time." Michael Perry returns home to New Auburn, WI and connects with his community as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. Esquire magazine calls it “...intimate and disarming and lovely.”
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1:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation
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It's more than five hundred pages long and chock full of missed opportunities and compelling recommendations. After one, on Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan brings you all the details of the long-awaited 9-11 Commission report.
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2:00 PM
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Talk of the Nation
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The 9-11 Commission report describes the consequences of NOT taking action... but Iraq demonstrates what can be the consequences in acting. How should America deal with dangerous times? After two, on Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan and guests revisit the policy of pre-emption.
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3:00 PM
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At Issue with Ben Merens
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After three, Ben Merens welcomes the chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Renewables to talk about the group’s recommendations.
Guest: Lee Cullen, Chair, Governor’s Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Renewables. www.energytaskforce.wi.gov
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4:00 PM
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At Issue with Ben Merens
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After four, Ben Merens welcomes a professor of politics and law to discuss the long-awaited, just released final report from the September 11 Commission.
Guest: Elizabeth Rindskorpf Parker, Dean of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
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5:00 PM
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At Issue with Ben Merens
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After five, Ben Merens talks with Bryan Kennedy, one of two Democrats hoping to unseat Republican Congressmember James Sensenbrenner in November.
Guest: Bryan Kennedy, Democratic candidate, Wisconsin 5th Congressional District. Assistant professor of Portugese, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. www.bryankennedyforcongress.org
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6:00 PM
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On Point
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After six, On Point, after nearly two years of investigation, the 9/11 Commission today released its final report. In this hour, a look at the report itself: what it says... what it doesn't say, its hard hits and its pulled punches.
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7:00 PM
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On Point
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After seven, On Point breaks down what the 9-11 Commission Report means for the intelligence community, the victims' families, the safety of the United States, and the race for the presidency.
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8:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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After eight, on Here on Earth, Jean Feraca talks with pianist Jeffrey Sykes of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society about how Old World meets New World in this season's all-out Czech(Check) festival.
Guests: -Jeffrey Sykes, co-founder, The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. -Diane Page is one of the scholars in this season's Czech festival, www.bachdancinganddynamite.org
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9:00 PM
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The Connection
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After nine, on The Connection: which of the two Americas is yours: B-M-Ws, yachts, and diamonds are selling like hotcakes... but the registers at Payless Shoes and Costco have gone quiet. Some say the recovery may not be fattening your pocketbook, unless you're carrying a Gucci bag.
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10:00 PM
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The Connection
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After ten, on The Connection: Solving the mystery of black holes.
For years, black holes have intrigued scientists because they
violate some of the best known laws of physics. Now Stephen
Hawking is saying his famous theory needs adjusting.
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11:00 PM
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Chapter A Day
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Jim Fleming reads from "Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time." Michael Perry returns home to New Auburn, WI and connects with his community as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. Esquire magazine calls it “...intimate and disarming and lovely.”
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