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For Program On: Monday, October 13, 2008  at  6:00 AM
Today, most of us use e-mail to make plans, strike deals, ask favors, and give thanks... but do we really know how to e-mail well? After six, Joy Cardin's guest has guidelines on how, when, why, and if, we should email. Guest: Will Schwalbe, former senior vice-president and editor-in-chief, Hyperion Books. Co-author (with David Shipley) of Send: Why People Email So Badly and How To Do It Better" (Knopf).
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The Joy Ride is off and running! Joy is in the midst of a 7-week tour of Wisconsin's campaign trail, bringing her live Friday broadcast to a community near you. Her first stops were in Superior and Sturgeon Bay...next stop, Madison! Here's the schedule:

Madison, October 3rd

Milwaukee, October 10th

Onalaska, October 17th

Stevens Point, October 24th

and River Falls, October 31st

And see the Joy Ride page for more details.

Every weekday from 6am to 9am on the Ideas Network stations, you'll hear Joy Cardin talking with a wide variety of guests about current issues. Policy-makers and politicos field questions from Joy and her callers on a wide array of timely state, national and international topics.

Joy's producers, Rob Ferrett and Cynthia Schuster, look for knowledgeable guests from different political and social perspectives.

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You can join the conversations each weekday morning by using the toll-free call-in number 1-800-642-1234 (Madison Listeners please use 263-1890). You can also e-mail us at talk@wpr.org.

Tamara’s Brie
Triangle of brie, usually a double or triple crème Brie
1 cup fresh raspberries
¾ cup shelled, unsalted, roasted pistachios

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put Brie in a non-stick baking pan or dish. Pour pistachios over Brie, letting them stick to the sides of the cheese. Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes. When it starts melting and getting a little bit oozy, pour the raspberries on top, and bake for an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Serve with slices of crusty bread. Makes four to six appetizer servings.


Fruit Salad
4 cups fruit including raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, melon pieces, and diced pineapple
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons honey or agave syrup
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, preferably Tahitian
1 tablespoon dark rum
1 teaspoon cinnamon
8 ounces crème fraiche


Mix fruit, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 tablesppon vanilla extract, rum and cinnamon together. Pour over fruit and mix well. Chill at least 1 hour before serving. Mix 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon vanilla with crème fraiche. To serve, divide fruit between bowls or parfait glasses. Top with 2 to 3 tablespoons crème fraiche. Garnish with sprinkled cinnamon.


About Joy Cardin

Joy Cardin started hosting the 6am to 9am call-in programs on May 1st, 2003, replacing Tom Clark after his retirement.

Joy is a native of Appleton and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She worked as a reporter/anchor for commercial television stations in Wausau and Green Bay before accepting a reporting/hosting position at WPR's Green Bay Bureau in 1986. She served as WPR's News Director before assuming her the position as director of Ideas Network talk programming. In November 2007, she stepped down as Talk Director to host the morning show full-time.

Joy has received several awards for her reporting and editing. She served on the Board of Directors of "We the People: Wisconsin" a civic journalism media collaboration involving Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, The Wisconsin State Journal and WISC-TV in Madison. She also co-hosted and helped develop the early morning call-in program with Tom Clark when the Ideas Network was created in 1990.


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