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Friday
10/21/2011
9:00 AM
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Slam Poetry
After nine, in a special live broadcast from the Overture Center in downtown Madison, Veronica Rueckert and her guests explore the art of spoken word poetry.
Guests:
- Mayda Del Valle (My-Da day Vah-yay), spoken word poet. Featured on Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on HBO. Contributing writer and original Broadway cast member, Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam. http://maydadelvalle.com
- Black Ice, born Lamar Manson, slam poet. Original cast member, Def Poetry Jam.
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Friday
10/21/2011
10:00 AM
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Lynda Barry on Creativity
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by cartoonist and writer Lynda Barry to discuss cultivating 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".
 The Freddie Stories
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Friday
10/21/2011
10:00 PM
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Lynda Barry on Creativity
After ten, Cartoonist and writer Lynda Barry joins Veronica Rueckert to discuss cultivating 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".
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Friday
10/14/2011
9:00 AM
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Redirect
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after nine, describes why approaches like abstinence-only sex education and D.A.R.E. (DARE) to help avoid involvement with drugs, gangs, and violence,
are not only ineffective, they're actually counter-productive. He'll discuss why what he proposes really works ... and how you can apply it in your own life.
Guest: Timothy Wilson, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia. Author, "Strangers to Ourselves" and "Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change"
Strangers to Ourselves
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Friday
10/14/2011
10:00 AM
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Wisconsin Archives Month
After ten, in honor of Wisconsin Archives Month, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss why it's important to preserve our own history, and how best to do it.
Guest: Sally Jacobs, Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society. Founder, Practical Archivist. www.practicalarchivist.com
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10/14/2011
10:00 PM
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Wisconsin Archives Month
In honor of Wisconsin Archives Month, after ten Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss why it's important to preserve our own history and how best to do it.
Guest: Sally Jacobs, Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society, Founder, Practical Archivist. www.practicalarchivist.com
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Friday
10/7/2011
9:00 AM
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Steven Pinker
After nine, psychologist Steven Pinker joins Veronica Rueckert to discuss his claim that we're actually living in the most nonviolent time in human history.
Guest: Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature," and most recently, "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined."
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Hu...
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10/7/2011
10:00 AM
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Celebrating America's Past-time
The Brewers are battling in the post-season . . . the film, "Moneyball" is making millions at the box office . . . After ten, Veronica Rueckert celebrates America's pastime with a debut novelist, and a legendary baseball historian and statistician.
Guests:
- Chad Harbach, cofounder and coeditor, n+1 magazine. Author, "The Art of Fielding,"
- Bill James, Senior Baseball Operations Advisor, Boston Red Sox. Author, "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract," "Popular Crime," and "The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers"
The Art of Fielding
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Friday
10/7/2011
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
The Brewers are battling in the post-season . . . the film, "Moneyball" is making millions at the box office . . . After ten, Veronica Rueckert celebrates America's pastime with a debut novelist, and a legendary baseball historian and statistician.
Guests:
- Chad Harbach, cofounder and coeditor, n+1 magazine. Author, "The Art of Fielding,"
- Bill James, Senior Baseball Operations Advisor, Boston Red Sox. Author, "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract," "Popular Crime," and "The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers"
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Friday
9/30/2011
9:00 AM
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In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
Is higher education for everyone? Not according to Veronica Rueckert's guest, after nine, who says college can actually be destructive for some people.
Guest: Professor X, teacher at a private college and a community college in the Northeastern U.S. Author, "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic."(Rebroadcast from 6/10/2011)
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of...
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Friday
9/30/2011
10:00 AM
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Science of Humor
What is it that makes something funny? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the science of humor, and what makes jokes work.
Guest: Peter McGraw, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado. Director, Humor Research Lab. (Rebroadcast from 6/17/2011)
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9/30/2011
10:00 PM
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Science of Humor
What makes something funny? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the science of humor, and what makes jokes work. (Rebroadcast from 6/17/2011)
Guest: Peter McGraw is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the University of Colorado. He is the Director of the Humor Research Lab, where he studies what makes things funny.
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Friday
9/23/2011
9:00 AM
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Feeding the Future
Out of a global population of seven billion, an estimated one billion are hungry. After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest answers the question, "can the world feed 10 billion people?"
Guest: Raj Patel, Visiting Scholar at University of California Berkeley's Center for African Studies, Food and Community Fellow at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, author most recently of "The Value of Nothing: How To Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy"
The Value of Nothing: How To Reshape Market Societ...
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Friday
9/23/2011
10:00 AM
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Batman and DC Comics
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the popularity of Batman and the relaunch of the New 52 from DC Comics.
Guests:
10:00 - Jon Pollack, history instructor and pop culture expert at Madison Area Technical College
10:30 - Michael Uslan, Executive producer of the Batman films. Author, "The Boy Who Loved Batman."
The Boy Who Loved Batman
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Friday
9/23/2011
10:00 PM
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Feeding the Future
Out of a global population of seven billion, an estimated one billion are hungry. After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest answers the question, "can the world feed 10 billion people?"
Guest: Raj Patel, Visiting Scholar at University of California Berkeley's Center for African Studies, Food and Community Fellow at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, author most recently of "The Value of Nothing: How To Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy"
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Friday
9/16/2011
9:00 AM
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Googlization
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest describes why he says the Google business model has skewed ethical boundaries, which he first noticed in 2004 when the company began digitizing books, and continues with their control of information flow.
Guest: Siva Vaidhyanathan (See-va Vye-de-A-na-thon), Professor of Media Studies, Department of Media Studies & School of Law, University of Virginia. Author, "The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry)."
The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should...
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9/16/2011
10:00 AM
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Unquenchable Thirst
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by a former nun who worked with Mother Teresa for twenty years, before leaving in 1997.
Guest: Mary Johnson, former member, Missionaries of Charity, commonly known as the Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Author, "An Unquenchable Thirst: One Woman's Extraordinary Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity."
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9/16/2011
10:00 PM
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Unquenchable Thirst
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by a former nun who worked with Mother Teresa for twenty years, before leaving in 1997.
Guest: Mary Johnson, former member, Missionaries of Charity, commonly known as the Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Author, "An Unquenchable Thirst: One Woman's Extraordinary Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity."
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Friday
9/9/2011
9:00 AM
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Canadian/American Relations
The United States and Canada share many historical, demographic and geographic similarities, but a bit of a rivalry seems to exist. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at truth versus myth when it comes to our neighbor to the North.
Guest: Michael Adams, Founding President of the Environics Institute for Survey Research, author of "Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values"
Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the My...
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9/9/2011
10:00 AM
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Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own P...
If we continue to get nostalgic for an ever-more-recent past, soon we will run out of a past to be nostalgic about. That's according to Veronica Rueckert's guest after ten, who laments the era of "Retromania."
Guest: Simon Reynolds, music critic, author of "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past"
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Pas...
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9/9/2011
10:00 PM
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Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own P...
If we continue to get nostalgic for an ever-more-recent past, soon we will run out of a past to be nostalgic about. That's according to Veronica Rueckert's guest after ten, who laments the era of "Retromania."
Guest: Simon Reynolds, music critic, author of "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past"
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Friday
9/2/2011
9:00 AM
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Teaching Children About September 11
In light of the tenth anniversary of September 11, how should we teach children about the events that unfolded? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests look at different approaches to teaching kids about global terrorism.
Guests:
- MaryEllen Salamone, co-founder of Spring Reins of Life - Horses, Humans & Healing, co-founder and past president of Families of September 11.
- Donna Gaffney, trauma specialist and co-founder of 4 Action Initiative.
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9/2/2011
10:00 AM
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Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the fascinating history, design, popularity and usage of type fonts.
Guest: Simon Garfield, Author, "Just My Type: A Book about Fonts."
On The Map: A Mind Expanding Exploration of the Wa...
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9/2/2011
10:00 PM
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Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the fascinating history, design, popularity and usage of type fonts.
Guest: Simon Garfield, Author, "Just My Type: A Book about Fonts."
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Friday
8/26/2011
9:00 AM
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Techno-Human Relationship
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests examine how the relationship between humans and technology has always been complex, and how we can maintain a healthy interface.
Guests:
- Daniel Sarewitz (Sare-o-Witz), Co-Director, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes. Associate Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Professor of Science and Society. Professor, School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.
- Braden R. Allenby, Professor of Engineering and Ethics, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and of Law, Arizona State University.
- Co-authors, "The Techno-Human Condition."
The Techno-Human Condition
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8/26/2011
10:00 AM
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Think
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, says that despite gains women have made in work and education, they risk losing power in a society that increasingly favors beauty over brains.
Guest: Lisa Bloom, talk show host on Court TV. Former attorney. Legal analyst on CBS News, CNN and HLN. Author, "Think: A Girl's Guide to Staying Smart in a Dumbed Down World."
Think: A Girl's Guide to Staying Smart in a Dumbed...
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8/26/2011
10:00 PM
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Think
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, says that despite gains women have made in work and education, they risk losing power in a society that increasingly favors beauty over brains.
Guest: Lisa Bloom, talk show host on Court TV. Former attorney. Legal analyst on CBS News, CNN and HLN. Author, "Think: A Girl's Guide to Staying Smart in a Dumbed Down World."
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Friday
8/19/2011
9:00 AM
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The Practical Archivist
Want to put together a family scrapbook, but you're unsure how to start? After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest has tips on how best to preserve your family memories.
Guest: Sally Jacobs, Founder, www.practicalarchivist.com
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Friday
8/19/2011
10:00 AM
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The Journey of the Universe
What is the 14-billion year history of the Universe, and what is our role in it? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests examine the "Journey of the Universe."
Guests:
- Brian Thomas Swimme, Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Divinity School
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8/19/2011
10:00 PM
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The Journey of the Universe
What is the 14-billion year history of the Universe, and what is our role in it? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests examine the "Journey of the Universe."
Guests:
- Brian Thomas Swimme, Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Divinity School
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Friday
8/12/2011
9:00 AM
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Maziar Bahari
After nine, Veronica Rueckert speaks with the Newsweek journalist who was jailed in an Iranian prison shortly after the country's disputed 2009 elections.
Guest: Maziar Bahari is an Iranian Canadian journalist and filmmaker. He was a reporter for Newsweek from 1998 to 2011. His memoir, "Then They Came for Me," was recently published.
Then They Came for Me
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8/12/2011
10:00 AM
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Women Traveling Alone
As a woman, traveling alone can be exciting and frightening at the same time. Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, discusses what every woman should know before adventuring off solo.
Guest: Carolyn Janette, co-owner of Inroads Ireland Tours, www.inroadsireland.com
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Friday
8/12/2011
10:00 PM
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Women Traveling Alone
As a woman, traveling alone can be exciting and frightening at the same time. Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, discusses what every woman should know before adventuring off solo.
Guest: Carolyn Janette, co-owner of Inroads Ireland Tours, www.inroadsireland.com
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Friday
8/5/2011
9:00 AM
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Quantum Mechanics
It's at the foundation of our daily lives, giving us such things as the cell phone, computers, and DVDs. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the science of Quantum Mechanics, and how it's revolutionized our world.
Guest: James Kakalios, author, "The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World". Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Minnesota. (Rebroadcast from 10/29/2010)
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Fre...
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Friday
8/5/2011
10:00 AM
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Patrick Rothfuss
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with Wisconsin-based fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss about his work and the creative process.
Guest: Patrick Rothfuss, author of "The Wise Man's Fear" and "The Name of the Wind".
(Rebroadcast from 3/25/2011)
The Wise Man's Fear
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Friday
8/5/2011
10:00 PM
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Patrick Rothfuss
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with Wisconsin-based fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss about his work and the creative process.
Guest: Patrick Rothfuss, author of "The Wise Man's Fear" and "The Name of the Wind".
(Rebroadcast from 3/25/11)
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Friday
7/29/2011
9:00 AM
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Restorative Justice
What happens when you bring victims of violent crimes together with their offenders? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss forgiveness through "restorative justice."
Guest: Mark Umbreit, founding director of the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Author, "Restorative Justice Dialogue: An Essential Guide for Research and Practice."
Restorative Justice Dialogue: An Essential Guide f...
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