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6:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Over the last decade, Joy Cardin's guest made a living by helping college students cheat. What started as a small assignment blossomed into a full-blown business. Along the way, he discovered what he believes are serious flaws in the nation's educational system and in our culture.


7:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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The third and final presidential debate focused on foreign policy, and Joy Cardin speaks to a foreign policy expert about each candidate's foreign policy strategy.

Guest:

Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, History, and Public Policy at the University of Texas-Austin, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He's a former E. Gordon Fox professor of history at UW-Madison. His latest book is "Liberty's Surest Guardian."



8:00 AM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin's guest has advice on the use and abuse of credit cards-including how to get out of credit card debt, how to protect our credit and identity information, and how to keep our credit spending under control during the upcoming holiday shopping season.
Guest: Gail Cunningham, Vice President of Membership and Public Relations National Foundation for Credit Counseling www.nfcc.org



9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn

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A two-part debate analysis this hour. First, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the foreign policy claims and counterclaims made by President Obama and Governor Romney last night. Then, we look at rhetorical strategies used throughout all of the debates.
GUESTS:
9:06 - 9:40: Indira Lakshmanan - Senior Correspondent for Bloomberg News. She covers U.S. foreign policy
9:40 - 10: Karrin Anderson - Associate Professor of communication Studies at Colorado State University



10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn

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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last night on earth gets a dramatic re-telling in the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the Memphis-born Hall, and the show's director, about King and their personal sources of inspiration for the play and production.
GUESTS:
Katori Hall - playwright, performer and author of The Mountaintop, now on stage at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater

May Adrales - Artistic Associate at Milwaukee Rep and director of The Mountaintop



11:00 AM

Larry Meiller

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Larry Meiller visits with a well-known Wisconsin Public Radio personality about his latest novel, Midnight Catch." It's a murder mystery set in Florida during Prohibition.
Guest: Norman Gilliland, Wisconsin Public Radio host of The Midday and Old Time Radio Drama. Author, "Sand Mansions," and most recently, "Midnight Catch"



11:45 AM

Larry Meiller

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Wildlife art might not seem like a dramatic and competitive field. But Larry Meiller finds out about the fascinating story behind the annual competition to choose the art for the federal duck stamp.
Guest: Martin Smith, veteran journalist and magazine editor, author, "The Wild Duck Chase: Inside the Strange and Wonderful World of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest"



12:30 PM

Chapter A Day


Norman Gilliland reads from "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes. A middle-aged man contends with a past he has largely fogotten until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance.


1:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


Weeks before cantaloupe from a Colorado farm killed dozens of people last year,
a food inspector gave the company a near-perfect score: ninety-six out of one
hundred. But the inspector wasn't from the FDA--that was one of the many
private companies the FDA uses. And Bloomberg News linked some of them to the
food producers they're supposed to inspect. Who keeps our food safe?



2:00 PM

Talk of the Nation


Adults often struggle with the burdens and responsibilities when they have to
take care of a parent or sibling. When that role of caregiver falls to
children, it can feel almost impossible. Children, as care givers. Plus,
rethinking that staple of higher education: the boring old lecture.



3:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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The congressional candidate forums continue in this hour of At Issue. Ben Merens starts by talking with the Republican candidate in Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. (NOTE: We'll talk to the third candidate in this race, Robert Raymond, tomorrow at this time)
Guest: Dan Sebring, small business owner, Republican candidate in the 4th congressional district. http://dansebringforcongress.com/



3:30 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Ben Merens stays in the fourth congressional district and talks with the Democratic candidate and incumbent.
Guest: Gwen Moore, incumbent and Democratic candidate in the 4th congressional district. http://www.gwenmooreforcongress.com/



4:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens

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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney squared off in the last of three presidential debates last night. This time, the questions focused on foreign policy. Ben Merens and his guest break down the debate.
Guest: Dick Haven, Emeritus Professor of Communication, UW-Whitewater



5:00 PM

Q with Jian Ghomeshi


On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Director Till Schauder on his documentary, The Iran Job, about pro basketball player Kevin Sheppard's time playing for the upstart Iranian Super League team A.S. Shiraz. Plus, Canadian rock pioneer Burton Cummings and stand-up comic Tig Notaro.


6:00 PM

On Point


Foreign policy, center stage in the last debate. We size up the Obama and
Romney world views.



7:00 PM

On Point


Best-selling author John Grisham joins us with his latest legal thriller, "The
Racketeer."



8:00 PM

As It Happens


Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.


9:00 PM

Joy Cardin

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Joy Cardin's guest has advice on the use and abuse of credit cards-including how to get out of credit card debt, how to protect our credit and identity information, and how to keep our credit spending under control during the upcoming holiday shopping season.
Guest: Gail Cunningham, Vice President of Membership and Public Relations National Foundation for Credit Counseling www.nfcc.org



10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn

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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last night on earth gets a dramatic re-telling in the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the Memphis-born Hall, and the show's director, about King and their personal sources of inspiration for the play and production.
GUESTS:
Katori Hall - playwright, performer and author of The Mountaintop, now on stage at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater

May Adrales - Artistic Associate at Milwaukee Rep and director of The Mountaintop



11:00 PM

Chapter A Day


Norman Gilliland reads from "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes. A middle-aged man contends with a past he has largely fogotten until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance.


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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