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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 below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

On the Media


On the Media casts an incisive eye on the marketplace of ideas.


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, a combination of shows from the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. With The St. Olaf Choir singing "Norge, mitt Norge," the Orchestra playing Shostakovich, Heather Masse singing the "Lutheran Song," and Guy Noir on the trail of a missing student.


12:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge

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Celebrating British mathematician Alan Turing, the driving force behind modern computers.


1:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge

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Democracy and literature.


2:00 PM

This American Life


On This American Life: an episode with some favorite stories from longtime contributor and friend David Rakoff who died this past Thursday.


3:00 PM

On the Media


On the Media casts an incisive eye on the marketplace of ideas.


4:00 PM

University of the Air

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How were conflicts between government, family, and religion played out on-stage in ancient Greece? We'll find out from David Mulroy, who has written a new and engaging translation of the classic play "Antigone" by Sophocles (SOFF-uh-kleez).


5:00 PM

Simply Folk with Stephanie Elkins


New releases, including one from Robin and Linda Williams, and at 7 pm, music and conversation with San Francisco Singer-Songwriter John Craigie.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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It's The Lone Ranger in an adventure from 1948. Then Cary Grant hosts Command Performance from 1942.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Is it a children's story or something more terrifying? NBC Theater from 1950 presents "A High Wind in Jamaica."


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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A missing husband leads to an investiagion for George Valentine in Let George Do It from 1952. Then, Journey Into Space from 1953 takes one step closer to the mystery behind Operation Luna.


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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