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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Vince Lombardi, Lambeau Field and the Ice Bowl are just three reasons why people love the Green Bay Packers; Joy Cardin's guest has 101, covering historic moments, unforgettable games and larger-than-life personalities. He'll discuss some of them and invite you to share why you love the green and gold.
Guest: David Green, founder and creative director, Brightgreen Design, Orangeburg, New York; author, "101 Reasons to Love the Packers."

101 Reasons to Love the Packers

7:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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The Real World, the Lambeau Leap, the Lion King-these are a few of the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of students entering college for the first time this fall. Joy Cardin's guest discusses this year's "Mindset List" and the changing worldview of this generation.

Guest:

Tom McBride, Professor of the Humanities at Beloit College. Every year since 1998 he and Beloit's former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief have come up with the mindset list for freshman entering college. Tom and Ron are also co-authors of "The Mindset Lists of American History: From Typewriters to Text Messages, What Ten Generations of Americans Think is Normal."



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Missouri Congressman Todd Akin defies calls to bow out of the U.S. Senate race, Tommy Thompson leads Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, and the state's top cop wants the Supreme Court to take the voter ID case before the November elections. Joy Cardin's guests discuss those issues and other top national and state news stories in the Week in Review.
Guests:

- John Sharpless, Professor of History, UW-Madison.

- Louis Fortis, Editor-in-Chief, Shepherd Express.



9:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert

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How does the brain affect emotion? Can we really "change our minds?" Richard Davidson has been at the forefront of brain research for over 30 years. In his new book, "The Emotional Life of Your Brain," he offers a new model for understanding our emotions - and practical strategies to change them. (Rebroadcast
from 4/20/2012)
Guest: (Short)
Richard Davidson is a neuroscientist at the UW-Madison. His latest book is called The Emotional Life of Your Brain.

The Emotional Life of Your Brain

10:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert

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In her job as chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces in Britain, Lucy Worsley ponders things like why the flushing toilet took two centuries to catch on and why medieval people slept sitting up. She shares the saucy intimacies of homes past and present. (Rebroadcast from 5/4/2012)
Guest: Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity
that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, and others; she was the host of the four-part BBC television series If Walls Could Talk; author of If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home.

If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home

11:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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It's time for Garden Talk, and Larry Meiller finds out what should be on our late summer garden to-do list. Plus, what damage has been done by the drought, and by pests like the Emerald Ash Borer.
Guest: Lisa Johnson, UW Extension horticulture educator for Dane County



12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Karl Schmidt reads "The Tie That Binds" by Kent Haruf. It's the story of 80 year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by an unreliable neighbor.


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation Science Friday


The Curiosity rover had a perfect touchdown on Mars...but what's it doing now?


2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation Science Friday


A chat with neuroscientist David Eagleman, on the secret lives of the brain.


3:00 PM

John Munson in for Ben Merens

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John Munson's guest says the need to increase student interest and performance in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - is essential if the United States wants to compete on a global scale...and we can inspire the next generation to explore these fields by showcasing the success of the Curiosity mission to Mars.
Guest: Robert Bishop, Opus Dean, College of Engineering, Marquette University. His op-ed on Curiosity inspiring future students, http://wpr.org/r/?815



4:00 PM

John Munson in for Ben Merens

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In this hour of At Issue, it's Your Views on the News. John Munson and guest analyst Dennis Riley recap the top stories of the week, and hear what news story touched you the most this week, and why.
Guest: Dennis Riley, Professor of Political Science, UW-Stevens Point. Author of "Bureaucracy and the Policy Process: Keeping the Promises"

Bureaucracy and Policy Process: Keeping the Promises

5:00 PM

Q with Jian Ghomeshi


On Q, Vancouver band Mother Mother preview two new songs from their forthcoming album Sticks. Plus, Canadian auteur David Cronenberg on his latest film Cosmopolis, starring Twilight actor Robert Pattinson.


6:00 PM

On Point


The Week in the News: Todd Akin stays in the race for the U.S. Senate. Wildfires burn on. Isaac heads toward the Republican Convention. The On Point weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.


7:00 PM

The Moth Radio Hour


Laura Albert, better known as J.T. LeRoy, details her side of what became a major literary scandal; a case of credit card fraud sets an amateur sleuth on a crime-solving caper; and a young man is drafted into the Vietnam War and trained to be a killer, but during his third tour of duty finds that compassion still lives in his heart. Hosted by The Moth's Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness.


8:00 PM

As It Happens


Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.


9:00 PM

Joy Cardin

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Missouri Congressman Todd Akin defies calls to bow out of the U.S. Senate race, Tommy Thompson leads Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, and the state's top cop wants the Supreme Court to take the voter ID case before the November elections. Joy Cardin's guests discuss those issues and other top national and state news stories in the Week in Review.
Guests:

- John Sharpless, Professor of History, UW-Madison.

- Louis Fortis, Editor-in-Chief, Shepherd Express.



10:00 PM

Veronica Rueckert

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In her job as chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces in Britain, Lucy Worsley ponders things like why the flushing toilet took two centuries to catch on and why medieval people slept sitting up. She shares the saucy intimacies of homes past and present. (Rebroadcast from 5/4/2012)
Guest: Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity
that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, and others; she was the host of the four-part BBC television series If Walls Could Talk; author of If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home.



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Karl Schmidt reads "The Tie That Binds" by Kent Haruf. It's the story of 80 year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by an unreliable neighbor.


11:30 PM

BBC World Service


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

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