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Ideas Network Program Notes

You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Death by Rubber Duck: Many of the products we use every day, from non-stick frying pans to plastic toys like rubber ducks, expose us to chemicals. How safe are they?


7:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 03/29F

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On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Larry Meiller finds out some great ways to get a head start on spring gardening. Plus, ways to assess lawn damage due to ice and snow.

Guest: Barb Larson, Horticulture Educator, Kenosha County UW-Extension



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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The guys discuss the benefits of exposing youngsters to allergenic foods early on. And could aspirin alone really stop skin cancer? Plus, a listener calls-in to share his recipe for Orange Juice Oatmeal.


9:00 AM

Car Talk


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


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?  - 03/30A


It's back to the Haag Family Farm for an encore presentation of Whad'Ya Know? Michael meets the whole Haag Family, talks sweet corn with author Justin Isherwood and meets Alice in Dairyland pageant winner Katie Wirkus. Plus, he milks the audience for laughs and two rounds of the Whad'Ya Know? quiz!


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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The guys discuss the benefits of exposing youngsters to allergenic foods early on. And could aspirin alone really stop skin cancer? Plus, a listener calls-in to share his recipe for Orange Juice Oatmeal.


2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Death by Rubber Duck: Many of the products we use every day, from non-stick frying pans to plastic toys like rubber ducks, expose us to chemicals. How safe are they?


3:00 PM

RadioLab


Bliss - The search for platonic ideals, longing for completion, engaged in epic quests for holy grails in science, linguistics and world peace.


4:00 PM

This American Life


Tribes: A Native American tribe is doing exactly the opposite of what you'd think they'd do. And the story of a white guy who only wants to date Asian women, then has to adjust to the reality of a real actual Asian woman in his life.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


It's one last Spring rebroadcast before the show goes the road, a show originally from The Town Hall in April 2012. Renée Fleming sings "Hallelujah," Punch Brothers perform "New York City," and Heather Masse and Aoife O'Donovan sing "Time's a Hoax." Plus, Dusty and Lefty provide security on Governors Island, and in Lake Wobegon, Pastor Liz is stopped by the Highway Patrol after a boring blind date.


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


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


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/30A

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In The Frontier Gentlemen's "Claim Jumpers," J-B Kendall befriends a young prospector who strikes it rich then finds that keeping the gold is harder. Originally aired 03/09/58.


8:30 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/30B

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In "McGee's Citizenship," Fibber McGee finds that he has no way to prove his citizenship. Originally aired 06/03/47.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/30C

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In Studio One's 'Topaz' the good-natured Mr. Topaz falls in with a bunch of rogues, who set Topaz up as the head of a dummy corporation. Originally aired 5/6/47.


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/30D

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In H.G. Wells' "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," George W. Fartheringay discovers that he can work miracles . . . the miracle would be getting his name right.


10:30 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/30E

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In Inner Sanctum's "Mind Over Murder," Grace Denning's father has sold his brain to Dr. Tarleton, who appears to have a fatal accident in his lab. Then she has an appointment at the dissecting lab with Mr. Macabre. Originally aired 8/22/49.


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


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

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