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5/7/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Schools across the nation are teaching students how to create a greener, more sustainable society. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the growing Green school movement.
Guests:
- Michael Stone, Senior Editor, Center for Ecoliteracy. Author, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability.
- Mary Ellen Gabriel, Freelance Writer. Author, “Environment Education Push Gains Traction” in the Capital Times.
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5/7/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
He's written more than sixty books... from thick legal tomes... to children’s books. But he’s best known for the "No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series. After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Alexander McCall Smith about his prolific writing life.
Guest: Alexander McCall Smith, Author, "The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series.
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5/7/2010
10:00 PM
100507E
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Veronica Rueckert
He's written more than sixty books... from thick legal tomes... to children’s books. But he’s best known for the "No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series. After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Alexander McCall Smith about his prolific writing life.
Guest: Alexander McCall Smith, Author, "The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series.
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Friday
4/30/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after nine, blogs about language for The New York Times. It's described as "a repository of unconsidered lexicographical trifles... some serious, others frivolous, some neologized, others newly newsworthy."
Guest: Ben Schott, Blogger, "Schott's Vocab: A Miscellany of Modern Words and Phrases" http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/ .
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Friday
4/30/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Forty million Americans suffer from some form of clinical anxiety. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore what it is about our culture that’s making us all so anxious.
Guest: Patricia Pearson, author of "A Brief History of Anxiety (Yours and Mine)", is an award-winning author. She has won two National Magazine Awards, a National Author’s Award, and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime Book for "When She Was Bad." She’s written two novels as well as a collection of essays.
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4/30/2010
10:00 PM
100430E
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Veronica Rueckert
Forty million Americans suffer from some form of clinical anxiety. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore what it is about our culture that’s making us all so anxious.
Guest: Patricia Pearson, author of "A Brief History of Anxiety (Yours and Mine)", is an award-winning author. She has won two National Magazine Awards, a National Author’s Award, and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime Book for "When She Was Bad." She’s written two novels as well as a collection of essays.
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Friday
4/23/2010
9:00 AM
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
The Sabbath is not just a religious day. It’s also an idea about taking a break from the rush of modern life. After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore the history and meaning of the Sabbath day.
Guest: Judith Shulevitz, author of "The Sabbath World," is a literary critic and a former columnist for The New York Times and Slate. Her work has also appeared in The New Republic and The New Yorker.
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Friday
4/23/2010
10:00 AM
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
A gaping hole between his convictions and his daily life led Kurt Hoelting to a radical experiment in local living. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest discuss how everything we need is close to home.
Guest: Kurt Hoelting, author of "The Circumference of Home: One Man’s Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life." He is a commercial fisherman, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher; as well as founder of the sea-kayaking outfitter Inside Passages.
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4/23/2010
10:00 PM
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
A gaping hole between his convictions and his daily life led Kurt Hoelting to a radical experiment in local living. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest discuss how everything we need is close to home.
Guest: Kurt Hoelting, author of "The Circumference of Home: One Man’s Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life." He is a commercial fisherman, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher; as well as founder of the sea-kayaking outfitter Inside Passages.
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Friday
4/16/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
We can’t always be happy, but we can be focused. After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest argues that a focused life is a happy and fulfilled one.
Guest: Winifred Gallagher, Author, "Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life."
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4/16/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Spring has sort-of sprung, which means the return of outdoor farmers markets across Wisconsin. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss tips regarding how to shop for, then cook your market products.
Guest: Tory Miller, Chef at L'Etoile Restaurant in Madison
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4/16/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Spring has sort-of sprung, which means the return of outdoor farmers markets across Wisconsin. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss tips regarding how to shop for, then cook your market products.
Guest: Tory Miller, Chef at L'Etoile Restaurant in Madison
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Friday
4/9/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Pollution doesn't come just from smokestacks and contaminated waterways - it's also in our homes, shampoos, toothbrushes, and the toys we give our kids. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests talk about the hidden dangers of everyday items.
Guests:
-Rick Smith, co-author of "Slow Death by Rubber Duck"; he is a prominent Canadian author and environmentalist, as well as Executive Director of Environmental Defence Canada.
-Bruce Lourie, co-author of "Slow Death by Rubber Duck", he is an expert on toxic pollution and mercury, as well as President of the Ivey Foundation.
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4/9/2010
10:00 AM
100409E
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Veronica Rueckert
The Wisconsin Film Festival brings a broad range of films to Madison for five days of independent films, restorations, revivals, and locally-made pictures from Wisconsin filmmakers. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest highlight the festival and its films.
Guest:
Meg Hamel, director of the Wisconsin Film Festival
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Friday
4/9/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
The Wisconsin Film Festival brings a broad range of films to Madison for five days of independent films, restorations, revivals, and locally-made pictures from Wisconsin filmmakers. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest highlight the festival and its films.
Guest:
Meg Hamel, director of the Wisconsin Film Festival
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4/2/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Depression afflicts millions every year. But what if all that suffering had a purpose? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the evolutionary function of depression.
Guest: Jonah Lehrer, Contributing Editor, Wired. Author, “Depression’s Upside” (February 28th New York Times Magazine). Author, "How We Decide," and "Proust was a Neuroscientist".
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4/2/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
School lunch... immortalized as glop thrown on a plate by lunch ladies... is under attack from parents and educators. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the growing School Lunch movement... and ways to improve the health of our kids.
Guests:
- Mrs Q, is a teacher in Illinois. She blogs anonymously at Fed Up With Lunch: The School Lunch Project about her year eating school food with her kids. fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com.
- Susan Rubin, Nutritionist and the Founder of Better School Food. www.betterschoolfood.org
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Friday
4/2/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
School lunch... immortalized as glop thrown on a plate by lunch ladies... is under attack from parents and educators. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the growing School Lunch movement... and ways to improve the health of our kids.
Guests:
- Mrs Q, is a teacher in Illinois. She blogs anonymously at Fed Up With Lunch: The School Lunch Project about her year eating school food with her kids. fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com.
- Susan Rubin, Nutritionist and the Founder of Better School Food. www.betterschoolfood.org
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Friday
3/26/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is filled with instructions on how to care for the Earth. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine how the Bible can provide the answers to some of the biggest environmental problems facing us today.
Guest: Matthew Sleeth, General editor, "The Green Bible." Former emergency room physician. Author, "The Gospel According to Earth: Why the Good Book is a Green Book" & "Serve God, Save the Planet".
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3/26/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Could you eat on a-dollar-a-day? Facing rising debts, two teachers decided to drastically reduce their grocery bill. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore eating in America on a dollar or less a day.
Guest: Christopher Greenslate, Social Justice Teacher, La Costa Canyon High School, San Diego.
onedollardietproject.wordpress.com Co-author, "On a Dollar a Day: One Couple’s Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America."
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3/26/2010
10:00 PM
100326E
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Veronica Rueckert
Could you eat on a-dollar-a-day? Facing rising debts, two teachers decided to drastically reduce their grocery bill. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore eating in America on a dollar or less a day.
Guest: Christopher Greenslate, Social Justice Teacher, La Costa Canyon High School, San Diego.
onedollardietproject.wordpress.com Co-author, "On a Dollar a Day: One Couple’s Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America."
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3/19/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
For many local food advocates, Wal-Mart is one place they wouldn't be caught dead shopping. But Wal-Mart’s move to organic foods may change that. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the expanding horizon for fresh, sustainably-raised foods.
Guest: Corby Kummer, Senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly. Author, “The Great Grocery Store Smackdown” (March issue).
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3/19/2010
10:00 AM
100319E
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Veronica Rueckert
From monster trucks to six-pack abs, manliness isn’t what it used to be. Have we lost the skills and social graces of the classic gentlemen? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest view "the gentlemanly arts" today... with some useful advice from the past.
Guest: Brett McKay, co-creator, The Art of Manliness website, and the book by the same name.
www.artofmanliness.com
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3/19/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
From monster trucks to six-pack abs, manliness isn’t what it used to be. Have we lost the skills and social graces of the classic gentlemen? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest view "the gentlemanly arts" today... with some useful advice from the past.
Guest: Brett McKay, co-creator, The Art of Manliness website, and the book by the same name.
www.artofmanliness.com
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Friday
3/12/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Americans love to have lots of choices. But choice can be a mixed blessing, giving us everything we want but sometimes along with paralyzing indecision. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the "The Art of Choosing"... the pleasures.. and the pitfalls... of making up one’s mind.
Guest: Sheena Iyengar, Professor, Columbia Business School, New York. Author, "The Art of Choosing."
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3/12/2010
10:00 AM
100312E
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Veronica Rueckert
The mythology of Ireland... it's folklore... legends... and mythical figures... have stood the test of time... informing elements of Irish culture through history. After ten... just in time for St Patrick's Day... Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore some iconic Irish stories.
Guest: Phil Ryan, Dublin native. Founder, Inroads Ireland tours. www.inroadsireland.com
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3/12/2010
10:00 PM
100312E
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Veronica Rueckert
The mythology of Ireland... it's folklore... legends... and mythical figures... have stood the test of time... informing elements of Irish culture through history. After ten... just in time for St Patrick's Day... Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore some iconic Irish stories.
Guest: Phil Ryan, Dublin native. Founder, Inroads Ireland tours. www.inroadsireland.com
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Friday
3/5/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Mardy Grothe has been passionately collecting some of history’s most famous quotes for years. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore famous phrases and the fascinating stories behind them.
Guest: Dr. Mardy Grothe, language lover, quotation collector, psychologist, marriage counselor, and management consultant. Author, "Ifferisms," "I Never Metaphor I Didn’t Like," "Viva la Repartee," and "Oxymoronica".
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3/5/2010
10:00 AM
100305E
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Veronica Rueckert
Everyone has a favorite book they read and loved as a child. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest look at how the stories we read as children have the power to shape our lives.
Guest: Anita Silvey, author, "Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book."
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Friday
3/5/2010
10:00 PM
100305E
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Veronica Rueckert
Most everyone has a favorite book they read and loved as a child. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest look at how the stories we read as children have the power to shape our lives.
Guest: Anita Silvey, author, "Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book."
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Friday
2/26/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes? According to Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after nine, the primary obstacle to change is a conflict built into our brains.
Guest: Dan Heath, consultant, Duke Corporate Education. Co-author, “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die” & “Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard.”
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Friday
2/26/2010
10:00 AM
100226E
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Veronica Rueckert
For nearly thirty years, cartoonist Lynda Barry has been reminding us what the world looks like through the eyes of our inner-child. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at how you can tap into your Creative Side.
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
2/26/2010
10:00 PM
100226E
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Veronica Rueckert
Cartoonist Lynda Barry has been reminding us what the world looks like through the eyes of our inner-child for nearly thirty years. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at how you can tap into your Creative Side.
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
2/19/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
An aggressive case of rudeness seems to be spreading across the country. Many like to blame technology for their bad behavior, but Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after nine, says rudeness is part of the human condition.
Guest: Amy Alkon, her advice column, “Ask the Advice Goddess”. Author, "I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society."
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2/19/2010
10:00 AM
100219E
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Veronica Rueckert
We've moved from a "Pop" Culture to a "Peep" Culture... a know-all, show-all, tell-all, digital age that's dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore how the digital phenomenon is radically changing the foundations of our culture and society.
Guest: Hal Niedzviecki, cultural commentator. Author, "The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors". Founder, Broken Pencil magazine.
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Friday
2/19/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
We've moved from a Pop culture... to a "Peep" culture... a know-all, show-all, tell-all, digital age that's dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore how the digital phenomenon is radically changing the foundations of our culture and society.
Guest: Hal Niedzviecki, cultural commentator. Author, "The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors". Founder, Broken Pencil magazine.
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Friday
2/12/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Religion brings a profound source of meaning and purpose for many... but not for all. After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest says the philosophy of Humanism offers benefits similar to religion, allowing a moral life... without God.
Guest: Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University. Author, "Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe"
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