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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 |
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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller

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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

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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Join everyone's favorite family doc, Zorba Paster, and his slightly less optimistic friend, Tom Clark, for another healthy dose of laughter!
This week - could your weight be affecting your wages? And there's something fishy about the old research on fish oil pills.
All that, and a healthy listener recipe!

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9:00 AM
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Car Talk

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

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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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This week on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, find out about an unusual trek from "Predictably Lost's" Daniel Alvarez. And, meet a man whose favorite outfit is his birthday suit and is always ready to boogie! Paul Winer, owner of the famous Reader's Oasis in Quartzite, AZ joins us for our Place To Be! All of that, plus two rounds of the Whad'Ya Know? quiz and our Town of the Week...Nevada, MO!

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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Join everyone's favorite family doc, Zorba Paster, and his slightly less optimistic friend, Tom Clark, for another healthy dose of laughter.
This week - could your weight be affecting your wages? And there's something fishy about the old research on fish oil pills.
All that, and a healthy listener recipe!

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3:00 PM
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RadioLab

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Falling: There are so many ways to fall; in love, asleep, even flat on your face. We dive into stories of great falls. We jump into a black hole, take a trip over Niagara Falls, upend some myths about falling cats, and plunge into our favorite songs about falling.

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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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The Incredible Case of the P.I. Moms: What do you get when you take a P.I. firm, then add in a bunch of sexy soccer moms, official sponsorship from Glock, a lying boss, and delusions of grandeur?

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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a live broadcast performance from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Hear special musical guests, Lake Street Dive, blues bombshell Hilary Thavis (THAY-viss), and vocalist Molly Dean. Also, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

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7:00 PM
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Tent Show Radio

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

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10:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Sherlock Holmes uses modern crime-solving techniques, but will they be enough in the case of "The Incurable Skeptic?" And X-Minus One brings you "Castaways"-- science fiction from 1955.

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11:00 PM
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BBC World Service

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

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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 |
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