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Ideas Network Program Notes

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

The People's Pharmacy


On The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon: Death by Rubber Duck.
Many of the products we use every day, from non-stick frying pans to plastic toys like rubber ducks, expose us to chemicals. How safe are they?



7:00 AM

Garden Talk - Saturday

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After seven, on Garden Talk with Larry Meiller, a conversation with Milwaukee gardening author Melinda Myers. www.melindamyers.com


8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health


Don't miss your appointment with public radio's favorite family doc, on Zorba Paster On Your Health. This week, the guys find out if you can become addicted to running, and explore a costly reason why you might not be dieting. Plus, a listener recipe for Vegan Stuffed Peppers.


9:00 AM

Car Talk


Click and Clack share some car care advice, and plenty of laughs, on Car Talk.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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Enjoy a live Whad'Ya Know? show from Monona Terrace in Madison. Michael interviews author Mary Roach about her latest book, "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void."


11:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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Take a trip to our Town of the Week during the second hour of this live Whad'Ya Know? show from Monona Terrace in Madison.


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health


Don't miss your appointment with public radio's favorite family doc, on Zorba Paster On Your Health. This week, the guys find out if you can become addicted to running, and explore a costly reason why you might not be dieting. Plus, a listener recipe for Vegan Stuffed Peppers.


2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy


On The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon: Death by Rubber Duck.
Many of the products we use every day, from non-stick frying pans to plastic toys like rubber ducks, expose us to chemicals. How safe are they?



3:00 PM

The Saturday Special


On The Saturday Special: Testing Teachers.

In this episode from American Radioworks, a good teacher can be the key to a child's success in school. And so the push is on to find better teachers, and fire bad ones. But what do we really know about what good teaching is?



4:00 PM

This American Life


On This American Life, stories of people haunted by guilt over their role in others' deaths, even when everyone agrees they're blameless.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


On A Prairie Home Companion, get ready for next week's "Season Opener, Street Dance & Meatloaf Supper" with a remix of opening shows from the past few years.


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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At eight, on Old-Time Radio Drama: Gunsmoke from 1953, and comedy with Our Miss Brooks from 1955.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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The comedy continues, after nine, on OTRD with Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life. Then, Dr. Kildare follows with a case from 1950.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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After ten, on OTRD: Gangbusters from 1948, and a case for David Harding, Counterspy.


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


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

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