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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2013 |
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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller
- 03/15F

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Looking for a low-maintenance way to grow bountiful vegetables? On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Larry Meiller learns about the Straw Bale gardening method.
Guest: Joel Karsten, author, "Straw Bale Gardens: The Breakthrough Method for Growing Vegetables Anywhere, Earlier and with No Weeding"

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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Join the fun with everyone's favorite family doc, Zorba Paster On Your Health.
The guys chat about why hearing loss might herald the onslaught of dementia . . . and sing the praises of ... fat? Plus, a recipe for Taco Tuna Patties . . . packed with whole grains.

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9:00 AM
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Car Talk

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Laugh along with Click and Clack, during another edition of Car Talk.

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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?
- 03/16A

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It's an archive edition of the show, highlighting Michael's visit to Carbondale, Illinois. Lieutenant Governor Shiela Simon headlines a full lineup of guests, and we meet some Salukis on the way.

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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Join the fun with everyone's favorite family doc, Zorba Paster On Your Health.
The guys chat about why hearing loss might herald the onslaught of dementia . . . and sing the praises of ... fat? Plus, a recipe for Taco Tuna Patties . . . packed with whole grains.

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3:00 PM
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RadioLab

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Sleep - Birds do it, bees do it...yet science still can't answer the basic question: why do we sleep?

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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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Stories of people starting over, sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.

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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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From The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, it's a show celebrating all things Banjo. With special guests, five-string masters Noam Pikelny, Joe Newberry, and Bill Evans, singer Suzy Bogguss, and country music historian Bill C. Malone.

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7:00 PM
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Tent Show Radio

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Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.

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10:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 03/16C

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Gerald Mohr puts in an appearance as a French detective in The Adventures of Frank Race from 1949, then he returns to star as Philip Marlowe in a case from 1951.

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11:00 PM
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BBC World Service

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Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2013 |
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