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Sunday
12/11/2011
4:00 PM
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Are Corporations Persons?
Are corporations people? The question seems moot until it determines the outcomes of elections. At four, on University of the Air, historian Paul Boyer takes us through the history of corporations in America, and tells the story of how they attained their status as individuals.
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Sunday
12/4/2011
4:00 PM
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The Incarcerated Women Project
At four, on University of the Air, how real life turns into theater.
Playwright Rhodessa Jones has turned many lives around by turning female prison inmates into actors. And now some of her techniques are coming to the stage in Wisconsin, thanks in part to UW drama producers Erica Dickerson and Patrick Sims.
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Sunday
11/27/2011
4:00 PM
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Wisconsin's Mound Buildeers
Why did some of Wisconsin's earliest residents build effigy mounds and why did they stop? Join us this afternoon at four as state archaeologist Amy Rosebrough tells us of some of the latest discoveries about the state's first inhabitants.
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Sunday
11/20/2011
4:00 PM
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Artists in Exile
This afternoon at four, music critic and historian Joseph Horowitz tells Emily Auerbach about major composers who found new inspiration while in exile in America.
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Sunday
11/13/2011
4:00 PM
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John Jay, the Forgotten Founder
His picture isn't on a coin and there aren't many schools or cities or counties named after him, but he played a critical part in the founding of the American republic. After four, on University Of The air, the legacy of the often forgotten Founding Father John Jay.
Guest: John Kaminski
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Sunday
11/6/2011
4:00 PM
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Farnsworth Invention
He's called The Father of Television, and is the subject of the latest production of the Forward Theater Company. After four, on University of the Air, how the story of the life of Philo (FYE-low) T. Farnsworth plays out as drama.
Guest: Jennifer Uphof Gray, director, Forward Theater Company
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Sunday
10/30/2011
4:00 PM
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Haunted Wisconsin
At four, on University of the Air, author Michael Norman tells us about some of Wisconsin's most famous haunted houses.
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Sunday
10/23/2011
4:00 PM
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Liszt's Transcendental Etudes
He raised the piano etude (ay-TYOOD) far above its status as a technical study. After four, on University of the Air, pianist Christopher Taylor gives us insights into the genius behind the Transcendental Etudes (ay-TYOODs) of Franz Liszt.
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Sunday
10/16/2011
4:00 PM
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Enrique's Journey
At four, on University of the Air, we'll follow the quest of a Honduran boy as he enters the U.S. illegally in order to find his mother.
Guest: Sonia Nazario, journalist. Author, Enrique's Journey.
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Sunday
10/9/2011
4:00 PM
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Latino Families
Latino families have to cope with all the trials experienced by most American families . . . and more. At four, on University of the Air, professor Lynet Uttal describes how Latino families endure when others fail.
Guest: Lynet Uttal, professor, department of Human Development and Family Studies. Director, Asian American Studies Program.
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Sunday
10/2/2011
4:00 PM
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The Barrymores
Despite bouts of insanity and drunkenness, they forged one of America's great acting families. At four, on University of the Air, biographer Margot Peters tells the story of The Barrymores.
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Sunday
9/25/2011
4:00 PM
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The Tuba
This afternoon at four, University of the Air hosts John Stevens, who will demonstrate the versatility and power of the mighty tuba.
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Sunday
9/18/2011
4:00 PM
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H.G. Wells: The Time Machine
At four, on University of the Air, director Patricia Boyette takes us behind the scenes of her new adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic, "The Time Machine". And be sure to listen Saturday night, September 24th, at eight-thirty when Old-Time Radio Drama presents a live broadcast of the play as part of the Wisconsin Science Festival.
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Sunday
9/11/2011
4:00 PM
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Vic Wooten
At four, on University of the Air, bass-player extraordinaire Vic Wooten describes his quest for spiritual growth through music.
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Sunday
9/4/2011
4:00 PM
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Lorine Niedecker: A Poet's Life
She wrote brilliant poetry using few words during a life spent in the isolation of rural Wisconsin. At four, on University of the Air, biographer Margot Peters describes how talent and grit carried the poet Lorine Niedecker through periods of desperation and despair.
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Sunday
8/28/2011
4:00 PM
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Money Business
Watching monkeys in Brazil brings to light the diversity and adaptability of our fellow primates. At four, on University of the Air, anthropologist Karen Strier shares some of her latest observations.
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Sunday
8/21/2011
4:00 PM
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Wisconsin in the Civil War
Although Wisconsin was far from the battlefields, its citizens played a big part in The Civil War. At four, on University Of The Air, historian Erika Janik tells us about the Iron Brigade, the missing governor, and life on the Wisconsin home front during The Civil War.
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Sunday
8/14/2011
4:00 PM
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King James Bible
At four, on University of the Air, why has the King James version of the Bible endured for four hundred years? We'll get some insights from our guest, Charles Cohen.
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Sunday
8/7/2011
4:00 PM
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The Physician in History
After four, on University of the Air, Thomas Broman takes us through two-thousand-five-hundred years of medical history, following the changing attitudes toward doctors and their approaches to healthcare.
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Sunday
7/31/2011
4:00 PM
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Lorrie Moore
After four, on University Of The Air, author Lorrie Moore gives us the story behind her short stories and her latest novel.
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Sunday
7/24/2011
4:00 PM
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Germany, Weimar, Hitler, Democracy
Between the world wars, Germany experimented with a democratic government that soon slid into a dictatorship. What went wrong? Our guest Rudy Koshar will give us the story this afternoon at four during University of the Air.
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Sunday
7/17/2011
4:00 PM
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The Taming of the Shrew
Even after four hundred years, it's a comedy with an edge that makes some people uncomfortable. After four, on University Of The Air, some insights into what Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" says about the relationship between men and women. Shakespeare expert Richard Knowles and some Shakespeare actors join us.
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Sunday
7/10/2011
4:00 PM
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The Battle of Wisconsin Heights
It was a small battle with a big impact in American history. At four, on University of the Air, Patrick Jung describes the events behind the Battle of Wisconsin Heights.
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Sunday
7/3/2011
4:00 PM
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Death in Revolutionary America
At four, on University of the Air, how did the founders of the American republic cope with death and dying . . . and what did they have to say about an afterlife? John Kaminski's discussion of the topic will range from gloves to capital punishment.
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Sunday
6/26/2011
4:00 PM
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Romancing the Anglo-Saxons
Who were the Anglo-Saxons? How did they lose England to the Normans?
And what is their lingering influence? Join us, at four, for University of the Air as we join John D. Niles in "Romancing the Anglo-Saxon Past."
To find out about the upcoming Anglo-Saxon conference in Madison, go to: http://wpr.org/r/?559
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