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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Have you had your Wheaties yet? With the Olympics going on, it's important to remember that everyone-not just athletes-need a nutritionally-sound breakfast to start the day off right. Joy Cardin's guest discusses why breakfast is important and shares suggestions for a healthy breakfast.

Guest:

Nancy Ernst, Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator at
Gundersen Lutheran Health System in Onalaska. Here's a link to a piece she wrote on the importance of breakfast: http://wpr.org/r/?795



7:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin's candidate forum series for U.S. House continues with Republican Lauren Stephens. She discusses her candidacy and answers your questions.
Guest: Lauren Stephens (STEE-vens), professional power of attorney, Beloit, and former executive director, Conservative Wisconsin political action committee; she's running for U.S. Representative of Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional District. http://laurenforcongress.com/



7:30 AM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin wraps up another edition of U.S. House candidate forums. Republican U.S. Representative Tom Petri (PEE-try) talks about why he's seeking another term in office and answers your questions.
Guest: Tom Petri, Republican U.S. Representative, Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional district. http://www.petripeople.org/



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Why do we lie to ourselves? Is self-deception a good thing? Joy Cardin's guest says that lying to yourself helps you to deceive others to your own advantage. He discusses why we lie to ourselves and how understanding our lies can help us.

Guest:

Robert Trivers, professor of biology at Rutgers University. He joins us from Jamaica.



9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn

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Saturday at Miller Park, veterans of the Second World War will reunite at a screening of the film Honor Flight. The documentary chronicles the trips that vets took to Washington, D.C. to view the World War II memorial. This weekend's event also aims to break the world record for attendance at a film screening. This hour. Kathleen Dunn talks to a producer of the film, as well as a board member of Stars and Stripes Honor Flight.
Guests:
Dan Hayes - Director, Honor Flight
Clay Broga - Producer, Honor Flight

Mark Grams - Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Board of Directors



10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn

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Kathleen Dunn is joined by the investigative reporting team of Donald Barlett and James Steele who argue that America's middle class has been decimated over the years by policies that favor the elite.
Guests:
Jim Steele and Don Barlett, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalists. Their books include, "Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business - and Bad Medicine," "America: What Went Wrong?" and most recently, "The Betrayal of the American Dream."



11:00 AM

Judith Siers-Poisson in for Larry Meiller

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Eventually, we'll turn from wanting to keep our homes cool to wanting to heat them. Judith Siers-Poisson finds out what the options are for ground source heat pumps.
Guests:

- Ken Adams, Adams Design Construction in Madison

- John Freiburger, Freiburger and Associates in Fitchburg



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


In Cuba, President Raul Castro says he wants to reform the economy, but
progress is slow. The Cuban population is aging and needs services the system
can't provide. Meanwhile, young Cubans look elsewhere for opportunities. Join us for a special discussion of Cuba's future.



2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


There's no law on the books that automatically makes disclosing classified
information a crime. Some leaks are barred under the Espionage Act, but many
are not. A new Senate bill addresses that gap, but critics say reporters
sometimes need leaks just to do their jobs. We take the opportunity to size up the media, national security, and leaks.



3:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Law enforcement and other spending at the federal level on the Drug War was 15.5 billion in 2010, an increase of 3.3 percent from the previous year. But is all that effort and money necessary? This hour, Ben Merens talks to investigative journalist Doug Fine about marijuana. Fine believes that legalizing cannabis would aid American agriculture, grow the economy, and improve our health.
Guest
Doug Fine - investigative journalist and author of Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Revolution



4:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Pet ownership is on the decline. Compared to 2006, Americans own 2 million fewer dogs and 7.6 million fewer cats. Ben and his guest discuss the economic and demographic changes that are leading to less pet adoptions.
Guest: Dr. Patricia Olson, Chief Veterinary Advisor for the American Humane Association. The AHA's study on pet ownership and retention is at http://wpr.org/r/?801



5:00 PM

Q


On Q, Terry O'Reilly guest hosts! Minky Worden, director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch, speaks to why Saudi Arabia still has a long way to go to end gender discrimination despite the participation of two women in the London Olympics. Thomas Lennon on his tongue-in-cheek yet practical screenwriting book, Movies 4 Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and So Can You.


6:00 PM

On Point


Mitt Romney and the V-P pick: After Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin, On Point looks at how Vice Presidents matter.


7:00 PM

On Point


Remembering Marvin Hamlisch: From "The Sting" to "A Chorus Line". . . one singular sensation . . . how did he come up with all that music?


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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Why do we lie to ourselves? Is self-deception a good thing? Joy Cardin's guest says that lying to yourself helps you to deceive others to your own advantage. He discusses why we lie to ourselves and how understanding our lies can help us.

Guest:

Robert Trivers, professor of biology at Rutgers University. He joins us from Jamaica.



10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn

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Kathleen Dunn is joined by the investigative reporting team of Donald Barlett and James Steele who argue that America's middle class has been decimated over the years by policies that favor the elite.
Guests:
Jim Steele and Don Barlett, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalists. Their books include, "Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business - and Bad Medicine," "America: What Went Wrong?" and most recently, "The Betrayal of the American Dream."



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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