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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Wisconsin has a museum for just about everything you can imagine, whether it be mustard in Middleton, accordions in Superior, or the circus in Baraboo. After six, Joy Cardin and her guest will celebrate the state’s many museums and their importance to the public… and tell you how you can take advantage of Smithsonian Magazine's free Museum Day on Saturday, September 25. http://wpr.org/r/?246
Guest: Jan Smith - President of the Wisconsin Federation of Museums, and Executive Director of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum in Neenah.



7:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin wraps up her Candidate Forum series with the candidates for Wisconsin Attorney General. After seven, Republican incumbent Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen takes your calls.
Guest: J.B. Van Hollen, Republican Attorney General for the state of Wisconsin



7:30 AM

Joy Cardin

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Bedbugs are in the news, with outbreaks in New York City and elsewhere, and a major bedbug summit in Chicago this week. After 7:30, Joy Cardin's guest entomologist brings us up-to-date on bedbugs, and efforts to contain them.
Guest: Stephen Kells, Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist at the University of Minnesota



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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After eight, it's the Week in Review with Joy Cardin and her guests. Get two takes on a Republican campaign pledge; the latest on Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Wisconsin's statewide races; and other top state and national news.
Guests:

-Louis Fortis, Editor in Chief of The Shepherd Express. www.expressmilwaukee.com

-Jo Egelhoff, Editor of www.FoxPolitics.Net



9:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert

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Wisconsin's largest literary festival returns to downtown Madison next week. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the Wisconsin Book Festival.
Guest: Alison Jones Chaim, director of the Wisconsin Book Festival.



10:00 AM

Veronica Rueckert

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Can people learn or be taught to be more creative? Yes, according to Veronica’s guest, after ten, who provides useful tips for tapping your inner creativity.


Guest: Lynda Barry, painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher. Creator, syndicated strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Author, "One! Hundred! Demons!," "The! Greatest! of! Marlys!," "Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel".



11:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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On Garden Talk after eleven, Larry Meiller's guest is Lisa Johnson, Dane County Extension Horticulture Educator. lisa.johnson@ces.uwex.edu


12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Norman Gilliland reads from "Wolf: The Lives of Jack London" by James L. Haley. It turns out Jack London's real life is just as exciting as his stories are.


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation Science Friday


Join Paul Raeburn after one, on Science Friday, as the talk turns to our relatives, the chimpanzees. We share many of the same genes...but what makes us uniquely HUMAN?


2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation Science Friday


After two, on Science Friday, a look at the technology being used to rescue the 33 miners trapped half-a-mile underground in Chile.


3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders

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Vegetarianism is nothing new, but for some reason Jean Feraca's guest sparked a nationwide conversation about how we eat. Join them this Food Friday after three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders.
Guest: Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals



4:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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At Issue with Ben Merens, after four, it's time for Your Views On The News. Join Ben and news analyst Lilly Goren to discuss your thoughts about the week’s most significant news story.
Guest: Lilly Goren, Associate Professor of Politics, Carroll University.



5:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Political protest can come in many forms and through many instruments. Today after five, Ben Merens and his guest discuss the role of the ukulele in American protest music.
Guest: Lil Rev, folk musician and political protester www.Lilrev.com



6:00 PM

On Point


After six, On Point: Week in the News.

Larry Summers will leave the White House. Don't Ask, Don't Tell doesn't change. Republicans trumpet their plans. On Point's weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.



7:00 PM

Special Live Coverage: WBA Gubernatorial Debate

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Starting at seven, WPR carries the first debate between Republican Scott Walker and Democrat Tom Barrett, live from Milwaukee. The debate is sponsored by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, and is followed by live analysis.


8:30 PM

As It Happens


We join As It Happens, from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in progress.


9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders

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Vegetarianism is nothing new, but for some reason Jean Feraca's guest sparked a nationwide conversation about how we eat. Join them this Food Friday after nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders.
Guest: Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals



10:00 PM

Veronica Rueckert

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Can people learn or be taught to be more creative? Yes, according to Veronica’s guest, after ten, who provides useful tips for tapping your inner creativity.


Guest: Lynda Barry, painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher. Creator, syndicated strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Author, "One! Hundred! Demons!," "The! Greatest! of! Marlys!," "Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel".



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Norman Gilliland reads from "Wolf: The Lives of Jack London" by James L. Haley. It turns out Jack London's real life is just as exciting as his stories are.


11:30 PM

BBC World Service


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

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