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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin Now that there's a chill in the air, it's time to start making fall desserts! Joy Cardin speaks with a local food blogger about apple cobblers and pies, pumpkin bread and cookies, and more! Guest: Anna Thomas Bates, freelance writer who blogs at TallGrassKitchen.com. She writes a weekly column for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's food section and a column for Edible Madison. You can also find her writing on babble.com.
7:00 AM Joy Cardin More and more news outlets are getting in on the fact-checking craze in their political coverage, especially with the November elections a few weeks away. Joy Cardin's guest discusses how fact-checkers operate, their effect on political campaigns and the love-hate relationship people have with them. Guest: Lucas Graves, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW-Madison.
8:00 AM Joy Cardin It's the Week in Review! New polling shows Tammy Baldwin opening up a big lead on Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, the Chicago Teachers strike comes to a close, and mining in the northwoods gets another look. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing perspectives discuss those issues and more of the top national and state news stories. Guests: - Dan Kapanke, former Republican State Senator, La Crosse; owner, La Crosse Loggers baseball team. - John Smart, past chair, Price County Democratic Party; regular contributor to Fighting Bob and newspapers around Wisconsin.
9:00 AM Veronica Rueckert We take a ride through America's job hinterland to spend time with the laborers, coal miners, truckers, air traffic controllers, cowboys and other "hidden" workers who make our daily lives happen. Do you have a job that few know or think about? Guest: Jeanne Marie Laskas is director of the writing program at the University of Pittsburgh. She's a regular writer for GQ and The Washington Post Magazine, and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Awards. She is the author of Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work. Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys
10:00 AM Veronica Rueckert Why do we love sad songs so much? It seems that most of our unhappy memories -and many of our happy ones-have a sad song playing in the background. From our first breakup, those long lonely bus rides to school, to a tearjerker movie... somehow they all have a tune that can bring back a flood of memories within the first few notes. What are your favorite sad songs? Guest: Adam Brent Houghtaling, writer, editor, singer-songwriter, author of "This Will End In Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music." This Will End In Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Mu...
11:00 AM Larry Meiller This summer's drought really took a toll on lawns throughout the state. On Garden Talk, Larry Meiller learns what we can do this fall to help our turfgrass recover. Doug Soldat ("SOHL-dat"), Associate Professor and UW-Extension Specialist, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads the final chapter from "Home for Sale" by Leo Litwak (Lit-walk). A young orphan makes his way in 1950s Detroit during a real estate boom and bust.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Science Friday Are government bans the best way to fight obesity? Join Ira Flatow on the next Science Friday for a look at New York's controversial soda ban. Plus, did you know that Americans waste the equivalent of 165 billion dollars worth of food each year?
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Science Friday Spray-on skin, made-to-order muscle, and print-out kidneys aren't just science fiction anymore! Delve into the evolution of building new body parts. Plus, the SciFri book club reads again! Mathematician Ian Stewart joins in to talk about the September pick, Flatland.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Making music isn't just for superstars or even professionals. Join Ben Merens and his guest as they talk about how you can bring your musical talents into your community. www.lilrev.com Guest: Lil Rev is a folk musician and political protester.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens The news that's been in the week that was - It's Your Views on the News today on At Issue with Ben Merens. Call in with your thoughts about the week's top news story. Guest: Dick Haven is an Emeritus Professor of Communication at UW-Whitewater.
5:00 PM Q with Jian Ghomeshi On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Olympic wrestler Carol Huynh. Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan on his third feature Laurence Anyways, an epic romance about an untenable love affair. Director Barry Avrich on his documentary Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky.
6:00 PM On Point Week in the News. Mitt Romney and the 47%. The strike ends in Chicago. A tough judgment on fast and furious. On Point's weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
7:00 PM The Moth Radio Hour A hair stylist recalls accompanying his father on hunting expeditions in Alabama, a young journalist carefully sets the stage to make her first time memorable, and best-selling novelist Walter Mosley cares for his ailing mother. Hosted by noted comic and storyteller Mike Birbiglia and producer Jay Allison.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin It's the Week in Review! New polling shows Tammy Baldwin opening up a big lead on Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, the Chicago Teachers strike comes to a close, and mining in the northwoods gets another look. Joy Cardin's guests of opposing perspectives discuss those issues and more of the top national and state news stories. Guests: - Dan Kapanke, former Republican State Senator, La Crosse; owner, La Crosse Loggers baseball team. - John Smart, past chair, Price County Democratic Party; regular contributor to Fighting Bob and newspapers around Wisconsin.
10:00 PM Veronica Rueckert Why do we love sad songs so much? It seems that most of our unhappy memories -and many of our happy ones-have a sad song playing in the background. From our first breakup, those long lonely bus rides to school, to a tearjerker movie... somehow they all have a tune that can bring back a flood of memories within the first few notes. What are your favorite sad songs? Guest: Adam Brent Houghtaling, writer, editor, singer-songwriter, author of "This Will End In Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music."
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Jim Fleming reads the final chapter from "Home for Sale" by Leo Litwak (Lit-walk). A young orphan makes his way in 1950s Detroit during a real estate boom and bust.
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

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