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5/16/13 5:00pm |
Heroin use in Central Wisconsin - We'll take a look at the growing problem of heroin use in central Wisconsin. Guests include Lt. Gary Schneck of the Marathon County Sheriff's Department; Deb Piskoty, Clinic Director of Wausau Health Services; and Melissa Dotter, Drug Free Communities Program Coordinator for the Marathon County Health Department. The increased use of heroin over the past three years is being blamed for an uptick in both violent and non-violent crime, and a growing number of overdose deaths and related health problems. The problem is the focus of a new public awareness campaign in Marathon County called "Pushback Against Drug Abuse."
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5/9/13 5:00pm |
Spring Garden Show - It's our annual Garden Show, with our guest Dick Zondag, President and Owner of the Jung Seed Company. As always, the show will feature gardening, planting, pruning and landscaping tips exclusively for people who live in our challenging short season climate in North Central Wisconsin. Sontag will share his thoughts on the best variety of vegetables, flowers, plants and trees for "up north," and we will invite listeners to call-in live on the air for advice with their own gardening and landscaping problems.
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5/9/13 3:40pm |
Spring Garden Show - It's our annual Garden Show, with our guest Dick Zondag, President and Owner of the Jung Seed Company. As always, the show will feature gardening, planting, pruning and landscaping tips exclusively for people who live in our challenging short season climate in North Central Wisconsin. Sontag will share his thoughts on the best variety of vegetables, flowers, plants and trees for "up north," and we will invite listeners to call-in live on the air for advice with their own gardening and landscaping problems.
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5/2/13 (All day) |
Peter Yarrow and Dave Obey - We feature two very special guests this week: Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, and former Congressman Dave Obey. Yarrow and Obey will talk about the music and politics of the sixties... and in a first of its kind event on live radio, Yarrow and Obey will perform some of that music in our WPR studios. Peter Yarrow wrote many of Peter, Paul and Mary's most memorable songs, including Puff the Magic Dragon and The Great Mandala. Dave Obey played harmonica in his Washington D.C. bluegrass band, The Capitol Offenses. The program will also discuss Yarrow's organization Operation Respect, with its message of tolerance and anti-bullying.
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4/25/13 5:00pm |
Polio: Then and Now - We'll discuss the continuing fight to eradicate Polio worldwide, and its lingering effects on Americans who contracted the disease decades ago. Guest include author Jerry Apps, whose new book Limping Through Life describes his struggles with Polio while growing up on a rural central Wisconsin farm; Bob Williams, a Polio survivor and owner of the Stevens Point marketing firm Idea Associates; and his wife Mary Williams, Past President of the Rotary Club of Stevens Point, which is spreading the word how post-polio syndrome affects victims. Rotary International's Polio Plus campaign is dedicated to the elimination of the disease around the world.
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4/18/13 5:00pm |
CWSO Tribute to Fran Hamerstrom - The Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra (CWSO) will pay tribute to naturalist, Fran Hamerstrom at this weekend's concerts when they perform the world premiere of the original composition, Enchanted Moonscape by Charles Rochester Young. The piece is based on Hamerstrom's children's book Walk When the Moon is Full. We'll talk about the music and the woman who inspired it with guests, composer Charles Young, CWSO Executive Director Ann Huntoon, and writer and friend of the late naturalist Mary "Casey" Martin. The program will also examine Fran Hamerstrom's work to save central Wisconsin's prairie chicken population with conservationist Sharon Schwab.
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4/11/13 5:00pm |
WI's Native American tribes: their culture, concerns & impact on our economy - We'll talk about northern Wisconsin's native American tribes, their culture, their concerns, and their impact on the state's economy. Guests include Mike Wiggins Jr., Chairman of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, and Mic Isham, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board Secretary and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) Chairman. Wiggins has been outspoken in his opposition to a proposed iron mine in the Penokee Hills south of Lake Superior. Isham has been named to the newly formed Great Lakes Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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4/4/13 5:00pm |
Wisconsin's Paper Industry - This week we talk about the economic challenges and opportunities facing the paper industry in Wisconsin, America and abroad. Guests will be John Schmid, investigative reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Jerry Lazarski, Executive Director of the UW-Stevens Point Paper Foundation. Schmid is the author of the critically acclaimed series, Paper Cuts, which details the threats to the American paper industry from Chinese competition. Lazarski is the former Vice President of Technology and Business Development for StoraEnso NorthAmerica, and the former Mill Manager for Consolidated Paper in Wisconsin Rapids.
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3/28/13 5:00pm |
Water Quality of the Wisconsin River - This week we focus on water quality in the Wisconsin River basin. Our guests will be: Matt Krueger, River Restoration Program Manager for the Wisconsin River Alliance; Chris Murphy, County Conservationist for Adams County; and John Kennedy, Vice- President of BEPCO, the Big Eau Pleine Citizens Organization.
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3/21/13 5:00pm |
William Kamkwamba: the boy who harnessed the wind - We talk with William Kamkwamba, author of the bestselling autobiography The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind; about his inspiring story of growing up in the midst of famine and political oppression in his homeland of Malawi, Africa, and how his self-taught passion for science led him to build a working windmill out of junkyard parts in order to bring power and water to his impoverished village. Also on the program: Edgar Elementary School history teacher Colin Hansen, who is bringing Kamkwamba to central Wisconsin; and Romey Wagner, Wausau alderman and manager of the Wausau Entrepreneurial and Education Center, who has spent much of the last decade working with the Masai tribe of Kenya building generator and windmill powered wells in the African backcountry.
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3/14/13 5:00pm |
Civil War Medicine - Our guest will be Dr. Gordon Dammann, founder of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and author of Images of Civil War Medicine: a Photographic History, and Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment. Dammann will be joined by Wausau's own resident expert on the Civil War, UW-Marathon County Associate Professor of History, Dr. Brett Barker. The program will focus on the impact of the war on the evolution of medical technology in America.
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3/7/13 5:00pm |
The Blues Cafe - We'll explore Wisconsin's blues music scene, as we preview The Blues Cafe festival scheduled for Saturday, March 9th at the Rothschild Pavilion. Our guests will be Great Northern Blues Society president Mike Tatro, and two of Saturday's performers: Sena Ehrhardt, a Minneapolis based vocalist who was nominated for Best New Artist in the 2012 Blues Music Awards; and Robert "One Man" Johnson, an acoustic blues musician known for playing multiple instruments at the same time. Ehrhardt will discuss her new Blind Pig records release, All In. Johnson will perform live in our Wisconsin Public Radio studios during the program.
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2/28/13 5:00pm |
Author and Historian, Jerry Apps - Conversation with Wisconsin author and farm historian Jerry Apps, whose recollections are the focus of the Wisconsin Public Television documentary Jerry Apps: A Farm Story, scheduled for rebroadcast this Sunday, March 3rd at 7:00 pm. The documentary is described as "the portrait of a farm boy's childhood in Waushara County as told through personal memories and photos from the Wild Rose community." Mr. Apps is the author of several novels and non-fiction works, including Tamarack River Ghost; Rural Wit and Wisdom: Time Honored Values from the Heartland; Garden Wisdom: Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Gardening; Campfires and Loon Calls; Barns of Wisconsin; Travels of Increase Joseph; In a Pickle; and Cranberry Red.
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2/21/13 5:00pm |
Wisconsin's DOA school software decision - Discussion will revolve around the the controversy surrounding the decision by the state of Wisconsin to require all public school districts to have a single vendor for student information software, and the decision to award that contract to an out of state company, Infinite Campus, instead of Skyward, a Stevens Point company that employs 280 workers, and which currently services more than half the school districts in Wisconsin. Host Glen Moberg will moderate a discussion with Skyward founder and Board Chairman Jim King and State Senator Julie Lassa of Stevens Point, who has introduced a bipartisan bill that would require multiple vendors for student information software. The Route 51 program will also feature recorded comments from Governor Scott Walker, Republican State Senate Education Committee Chair Luther Olsen, Stevens Point School Superintendent Attila Weininger, and others on both sides of the issue .
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2/14/13 5:00pm |
My Funny Valentine; musical salute to love songs - Sharing the love today with a musical salute to Valentine's Day. Our guest is saxophonist and band leader John Greiner. Mr. Greiner and host and guitarist Glen Moberg will listen to some of the great American love songs of the past 75 years, discuss their musical history, and sit down together to play some live music on the air. Listeners will also have a chance to call in and talk about their favorite love songs. John Greiner's SwingShift Big Band features the music of Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and other great American jazz artists.
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2/7/13 5:00pm |
Why did the "Wisconsin Uprising" fail? - Why did the "Wisconsin uprising" fail? Why did the demonstrations, the massive petition drives, the mobilization of union members, and the recall elections end with Governor Walker still in power, and the Republican party in solid control of both the State Assembly and State Senate? This week we examine a newly published book of 14 thoughtful essays entitled A Whole Which is Greater, Why the Wisconsin "Uprising" Failed. We'll talk to the book's editors Paul Gilk and David Kast, and contributor James Veninga, professor of religion and former UW Marathon County Dean.
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1/31/13 5:00pm |
Mining Laws of Wisconsin - We feature a forum on proposed comprehensive mining legislation for Wisconsin, and the proposed new iron mine in the Penokee Hills south of Lake Superior. Host Glen Moberg will moderate a discussion between 12th District Senator Tom Tiffany (R-Hazelhurst), who is playing a major role in writing the new mining bill, and 25th District Senator Bob Jauch (D-Superior), who opposes a number of provisions that are in the bill, and whose senate district includes the proposed mine. Listeners on both sides of the issue will be able to call in live with their questions and comments.
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1/24/13 5:00pm |
Origami: the art of paper folding - Exploring the world of origami, the traditional Oriental art of paper folding, in conjunction with a new exhibit at Wausau's Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Guests are origami artist and Wisconsin Public Radio host, Ruthanne Bessman and origami artist and Chicago Academy High School math teacher, Christine Edison. Bessman has studied with the leading paper folders in the United States, Japan, England and France, and has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and national television programs. Edison uses paper folding to give her students a hands-on understanding of the concepts of algebra and geometry, and to illustrate the practical use of origami by physicists and engineers.
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1/17/13 5:00pm |
Issue of Gun Control - We feature a debate on the issue of gun control in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and the push by the Obama administration for new restrictions on firearms. Guests will be F.E. "Buster" Bachhuber of Wausau, a member of the board of directors of the National Rifle Association, and Tony Gibart, policy coordinator for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Mr. Bachhuber shares the NRA's opposition to the gun control proposals being considered by the Obama administration. Mr. Gibart supports universal background checks for gun purchases, and has expressed concern about the easy availability of assault rifles and high capacity clips.
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1/10/13 5:00pm |
Dr. Anne Speckhard, author of "Talking to Terrorists" - We feature Dr. Anne Speckhard, a native of Wausau who is an expert on international terrorism and post-traumatic stress. Dr. Speckhard has interviewed over 400 terrorists, extremists, their supporters, hostages, family members and their close associates in Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Belarus, North Ossetia, Morocco, Belgium, UK, the Netherlands and France. Dr. Speckhard will discuss her research, as chronicled in her recently published book, Talking to Terrorists, Understanding the Psycho-Social Motivations of Militant Jihadi Terrorists, Mass Hostage Takers, Suicide Bombers and 'Martyrs.'
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