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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


Keeping Your Heart Healthy. One of the country's leading cardiologists, Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, tells how. Do men and women have different symptoms of heart troubles? Find out about the risk factors for heart disease.


7:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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It's an encore edition of Garden Talk with Larry Meiller. Get some good guidelines for fall watering. Plus, how to know if the drought caused lasting damage to your garden.
Guest: Lisa Johnson, UW Extension horticulture educator for Dane County



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Don't miss your appointment for fun this week on Zorba Paster on Your Health. The guys chat about how to out-RUN the common cold . . . literally. And Zorba addresses the meningitis (men-in-JY-tis) scare, and how it got so bad. Plus, a delicious cozy fall recipe for Creamy Corn Pudding.


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?

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Michael and the gang are off to Fargo, North Dakota for a live broadcast from the Festival Concert Hall. Michael's guests include "Fargo" actress Kristin Rudrud, "How Fargo of You" author Marc De Celle, musician Tim Sparks, Knoephla soup from Kroll's Diner and cordials from Maple River Distillery!


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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Don't miss your appointment for fun this week on Zorba Paster on Your Health. The guys chat about how to out-RUN the common cold . . . literally. And Zorba addresses the meningitis (men-in-JY-tis) scare, and how it got so bad. Plus, a delicious cozy fall recipe for Creamy Corn Pudding.


2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Keeping Your Heart Healthy. One of the country's leading cardiologists, Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, tells how. Do men and women have different symptoms of heart troubles? Find out about the risk factors for heart disease.


3:00 PM

RadioLab


The New Normal: Stories of adaptation, and reframing ideas about normalcy. Evolution results from the ability of organisms to change. But how do you tell the difference between a sea-change and a ripple-in-the-water? And is there ever really a "norm"?


4:00 PM

This American Life


To misbehave and not get caught . . . that is the mission. Hear stories from people about breaking the rules and getting away with it.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


The Fall run at The Fitzgerald Theater wraps-up with the 2012 Prairie Home Duet Singing Contest. Six duos compete for your vote, the grand prize, and the coveted Silver Water Tower trophy.


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

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James Stewart stars in The Six-Shooter from 1953. And Jack Benny gets caught up in a golf match in an episode from 1947.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Casey, Crime Photographer discovers that Cupid is a killer in a case from 1949. And Escape, also from 1949, tells the gripping story "Country of the Blind."


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Philip Marlowe cracks open the case of "Murder in the Mist". And Orson Welles is The Shadow in "The Black Abbot" from 1938.


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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