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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Tuesday is World Food Day, and Joy Cardin's guest discusses how you can get involved in fighting world hunger. She says by reducing food waste, eating more locally and seasonally, and by eating less meat and dairy, you're helping to reduce the problem of hunger around the world.

Guest:

Vicky Rateau (ra-TOE), GROW campaign manager for Oxfam America



7:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin kicks off her candidate forum series for Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race when she sits down with Independent Nimrod Allen III.
Guest: Nimrod Allen III, former Marine serving in Iraq and Afghanistan; founder, Independent Democratic Enforcement Alliance (IDEA) Party; Independent candidate, Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race. www.yuallen.com



7:30 AM

Joy Cardin

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Some prominent business leaders are suggesting their employees vote for Mitt Romney, saying layoffs could result from another term under Barack Obama. Joy Cardin talks to a business ethics expert about where to draw the line between business and politics.
Guest: Denis Collins, Professor of Business Ethics at Edgewood College in Madison. http://deniscollins.tumblr.com/



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin welcomes financial planner Kevin McKinley for this week's edition of On Your Money. As a thank-you for lots of pledges during our Fall membership drive, Kevin will answer as many listener questions as he can.
Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member of McKinley Money, LLC www.onyourmoney.com



9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn

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Marking the 50th anniversary of what many consider the most dangerous 13 day period in the history of mankind, PBS will be broadcasting "Cuban Missile Crisis-Three Men Go to War," next week. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests recount that time in history.

Guests:

- Michael Dobbs, Journalist and Author, "One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War."

- Brigadier General Gerald Eugene McIlmoyle (Mac-ill-moyle), a U2 pilot who flew missions over Cuba.



10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn

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This hour, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan talks about the origins of the Arab Spring, the ongoing civil war in Syria, and North Africa's first steps towards democracy.
GUEST:
Tariq Ramadan - Professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University and author of the new book, Islam and the Arab Awakening



11:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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Like birds, people, and other mammals, insects are in high gear to get ready for winter. Larry Meiller learns how to keep a variety of fall insect invaders from moving into our homes.
Guest: Phil Pellitteri, entomologist, director, UW Insect Diagnostic Lab



12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Jim Fleming reads from The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca. Baseball's unwritten rules as clearly understood by those who play the game are revealed in fascinating examples from the sport's history.


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


After hackers destroyed thirty thousand Saudi computers, Secretary of Defense
Leon Panetta warned last week that U.S. power grids, communications, and
military networks could be next. Panetta said, "The collective result could be
a cyber pearl harbor."



2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


Last month, the justice department accused the state of Florida of pushing
children with disabilities into nursing homes unnecessarily. Across the
country, thousands of physically disabled children live in institutions --
isolated from their families and often decades younger than their neighbors.
Caring for children with disabilities, and how we run our nursing homes.



3:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Ben Merens begins his series of congressional candidate forums with the democratic challenger in Wisconsin's fifth congressional district.
Guest: Dave Heaster, an e-business architect at Kohler Company, Democratic candidate, 5th congressional district. http://www.20dave12.com/



3:30 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Ben Merens talk to Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson about his campaign for the presidency and the issues he's focusing on. www.garyjohnson2012.com
Guest: Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate.



4:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Ben Merens talks to Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode about his campaign for the presidency and the issues he's focusing on.
Guest: Virgil Goode, Constitution Party Presidential Candidate www.goodeforpresident2012.com



4:30 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Ben Merens and his guest discuss the role of third party candidates in presidential elections, the challenges they face, and how they are perceived by the American electorate.
Guest: Ronald Rapoport, professor of American politics at the College of William and Mary, co-author of the book, "Three's a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence"



5:00 PM

Q with Jian Ghomeshi


On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Independent filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia, who was detained by the Syrian military and released a few weeks ago. Plus, singer, actress, and musical theatre performer Shirley Jones.


6:00 PM

On Point


The evolving uprising in Syria. Who's fighting? For what? Who's sending in arms? Who's dying?


7:00 PM

SPECIAL: WNYC Presidential Debate preview


WNYC's Brian Lehrer (LEHR-ur) hosts a special call-in preview of tonight's Presidential Debate. Listeners from all over the "Mostly Swing States Radio Network" will share their thoughts on the election's most pressing issues.


8:00 PM

SPECIAL: 2012 Presidential Debate from NPR


NPR brings you the second Presidential Debate between Republican candidate Mitt Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama. This debate will run in a town meeting format and be moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley (CROW-lee).


9:00 PM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin welcomes financial planner Kevin McKinley for this week's edition of On Your Money. As a thank-you for lots of pledges during our Fall membership drive, Kevin will answer as many listener questions as he can.
Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member of McKinley Money, LLC www.onyourmoney.com



10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn

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This hour, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan talks about the origins of the Arab Spring, the ongoing civil war in Syria, and North Africa's first steps towards democracy.
GUEST:
Tariq Ramadan - Professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University and author of the new book, Islam and the Arab Awakening



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Jim Fleming reads from The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca. Baseball's unwritten rules as clearly understood by those who play the game are revealed in fascinating examples from the sport's history.


11:30 PM

BBC World Service


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

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