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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 using the drop down lists below.
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2005
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6:00 AM
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The People's Pharmacy
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After six, Joe and Terry Graeden open up the Peoples Pharmacy.
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7:00 AM
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Calling All Pets
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If your pet's behavior is less than perfect, don't miss this week's edition of Calling All Pets. After seven, Larry and Trisha take your calls, offer down-to-earth advice on animal behavior and discuss why cat owners are clueless when it comes to their cat's meows!
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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health
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Laughter is the best medicine, and you'll get a healthy dose with Zorba Paster On Your Health. After eight, join Tom and Zorba for great health and lifestyle advice, and find out what TV watching could mean for teens, plus another reason not to smoke during pregnancy. All that plus your calls and this week's recipe for Tofu Mushroom Pizza!
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9:00 AM
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Car Talk
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Car Talk with Click and Clack is coming up at nine.
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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?
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The laughs continue on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? from ten 'til noon. Today's show comes to you live from Madison's Monona Terrace. Learn to be a player in the modern market with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Then stay tuned for all your favorite Whad’Ya Know? Features – All The News That Isn’t, the Whad’Ya Know? Quiz, tunes from John and Jeff and a salute to our Town of the Week.
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12:00 PM
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Calling All Pets
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If your pet's behavior is less than perfect, don't miss this week's edition of Calling All Pets. After twelve, Larry and Trisha take your calls, offer down-to-earth advice on animal behavior and discuss why cat owners are clueless when it comes to their cat's meows!
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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health
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Laughter is the best medicine, and you'll get a healthy dose with Zorba Paster On Your Health. After eight, join Tom and Zorba for great health and lifestyle advice, and find out what TV watching could mean for teens, plus another reason not to smoke during pregnancy. All that plus your calls and this week's recipe for Tofu Mushroom Pizza!
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2:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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Sixty years ago, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II, but today, some Americans and Japanese have joined together in the name of peace. After two, on Here on Earth, join Jean Feraca and her guests for a conversation about healing, and the quest for peace in a time of war.
Guests: Derrill Bodley, a member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows; Willem Maltin, a member of the Los Alamos Study Group
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3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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Biblical scholars believe the Mesopotamian marshland in southern Iraq once was the Garden of Eden, but in 1991, Saddam Hussein ordered the marshland drained to punish a Shiite uprising. Today, an international group of scientists is working with Iraqis to restore the ancient wetlands. After three, on Here on Earth, join Jean Feraca and her guests for a conversation about the importance of the Mesopotamian marsh.
Guests: Azzam (ah-ZAHM) Alwash (ALL-wash), founder of Eden Again; Rich Beilfuss, a hydrologist with Baraboo's International Crane Foundation; Joy Zedler, University of Wisconsin ecologist
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4:00 PM
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This American Life
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At four, on This American Life: Image Makers.
Sometimes it seems that no matter how hard you try to get people to see you in a certain way, their image of you never quite matches what you had in mind. This week, stories on the attempt to remedy this problem.
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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion
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From five until eight, enjoy all your favorites on A Prairie Home Companion.
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7:00 PM
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Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby
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At seven its Higher Ground with host Jonathan Overby and his guests: Hogtown Stompers ragtime string band, Four Seasons Theatre with scenes from "Ragtime", acoustic guitarist Bowen Marvik, horticulture expert Melinda Myers, U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, and Water Street Theatre with clippings from "The Bald Soprano".
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8:00 PM
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Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby
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The second hour of Higher Ground continues its celebration art with
more performances by the Hogtown Stompers string band, Four Seasons Theatre, guitarist Bowen Marvik, horticulture expert Melinda Myers, U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, Water Street Theatre, studio pianist Deb Scalissi, and the Higher Ground Pop Quiz Contest.
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9:00 PM
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Tent Show Radio
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10:00 PM
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World Café
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Enjoy music from the World Cafe'.
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11:00 PM
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Conversations from the World Cafe
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