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 producer, Karen Prager, looks for knowledgeable guests from different
political and social perspectives.
Program Comments & Suggestions
Tips for Callers.
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.
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.
PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLLS
As the 2008 Presidential Elections draw closer, Joy will host more presidential straw polls: your chance on the air to say who you want to vote for and why. Here are the results from the latest:
DEMOCRATS
*John Edwards - 21 votes
*Barack Obama - 17
*Dennis Kucinich - 13
*Hillary Clinton - 12
*Mike Gravel - 0
REPUBLICANS
*Ron Paul - 12 votes
*Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney - 2 each
*John McCain and Fred Thompson - 1 each
*Rudy Giuliani and Duncan Hunter - 0
(Jan 15)
