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1/30/11 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 01/30/2011 - Did he really want to kill his father and marry his mother as Freud suggested? Find out, after four, during University of the Air when David Mulroy tells us about his new translation of "Oedipus Rex." (ED-ih-pus REX)
Guest(s): David Mulroy |
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1/23/11 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 01/23/2011 - At four, on University of the Air, rhinovirus (RY-no-vie-russ) expert James Gern tells us about cutting edge efforts to battle The Common Cold.
Guest(s): James Gern |
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1/16/11 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 01/16/2011 - At four, on University of the Air, we'll go to Antarctica, with researcher Francis Halzen, to look for neutrinos (new-TREE-nose) and find out about "IceCube" and "AMANDA". More about IceCube and the South Pole Neutrino Project: http://icecube.wisc.edu/
Guest(s): Francis Halzen |
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1/9/11 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 01/09/2011 - Nearly four hundred years after he explored Wisconsin, he's become the stuff of legend. At four, on University Of The Air: Jean Nicolet (zjahn nick-oh-LAY) separating the man from the myth, with our guests anthropologists Patrick Jung and Nancy Lurie.
Guest(s): Patrick Jung , Nancy Lurie |
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1/8/11 4:00pm |
A New Approach to Danish Literature - Hans Christian Andersen and Isak Dinesen are two of Denmark's most respected writers, and Dag Heede creates a lot of controversy when he points out what he calls the queer nature of their lives and writing. We'll find out what prompts his point of view this afternoon at four during University of the Air.
Guest(s): Dag Heede |
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1/2/11 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 01/02/2011 - For hundreds of years, composers have been fascinated by counterpoint. After four, University of the Air explores why, and hears some notable examples with guest music theorist Leslie Blasius.
Guest(s): Leslie Blasius |
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12/26/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 12/26/2010 - After four, on University of the Air our guests will be UW-System President Kevin Reilly and fellow specialists on novelist James Joyce, Phil Herring and Tim Heimlich.
Guest(s): Kevin Reilly , Phil Herring |
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12/19/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 12/19/2010 - At four, on University of the Air, in a season accompanied by brass, Mark Hetzler shares the art of the trombone.
Guest(s): Mark Hetzler |
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12/12/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 12/12/2010 - At four, on University of the Air, a close look at Schizophrenia with psychiatrist Ron Diamond.
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12/5/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 12/05/2010 - At four, on University of the Air, sail aboard the H-M-S Beagle with 22-year-old Charles Darwin, for geological discoveries in South America. Our guests are geologists Robert Dott and Charles Byers.
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11/28/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 11/28/2010 - Was Paul Bunyan from Wisconsin? Michael Edmonds of the Wisconsin State Historical Society is convinced that he was. He'll tell you why, and spin some good yarns along the way, this afternoon at four, on University of the Air.
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11/21/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 11/21/2010 - After four, University of the Air looks back at Thanksgiving through the centuries.
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11/14/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 11/14/2010 - He began playing the piano in 1920, and 90 years later he's still at it. At four, on University of the Air, hear some of the recordings of pianist Frank Glazer... and his reminiscences about some of the great pianists and composers of the twentieth century.
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11/7/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 11/07/2010 - He's little known and little understood, but he created one of the most famous paintings of the twentieth century. At four, on University of the Air, biographer Tripp Evans discusses the life and work of American painter Grant Wood. To see images of some of the paintings we'll be discussing, go to: www.grantwoodalife.com or http://wpr.net/r/?290
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10/31/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 10/31/2010 - For some reason, in the 12th century, European attitudes toward animals changed in a big way...with sometimes devastating consequences. After four, on University Of The Air, our guest tells us what happened to "The Beast Within."
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10/24/10 4:00pm |
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10/17/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 10/17/2010 - After four, On University of the Air, Emily Auerbach speaks with author Gwynne Dyer about his book "Climate Wars".
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10/10/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 10/10/2010 - He arrived in The New World as a conqueror... and returned to Spain in chains. He saw himself as a missionary for Christ... but turned potential converts into slaves. At four, on University of the Air, historian Stanley Payne investigates the paradox of Christopher Columbus.
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10/3/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 10/03/2010 - At four, on University of the Air, country music... labor... and protest. Historian Bill Malone traces the connection.
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9/26/10 4:00pm |
University of the Air show on 09/26/2010 - From the 1940s to the 1970s, foreign films were in great demand in the United States and then their popularity dropped sharply. Why? Find out this afternoon, at four, on University of the Air.
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