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6:00 AM

On the Media


On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.


7:00 AM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR. Today, the pressing issues being ignored by the presidential candidates. Plus, Leonard Nimoy answers questions about the other Dr. Spock. And Chef Rick Bayless answers questions about Dr. Seuss.


8:00 AM

Says You!


It's the game of words and whimsy, bluff and bluster, "Says You!"


9:00 AM

A Way With Words


Enjoy the call-in program all about language, A Way With Words.


10:00 AM

A Prairie Home Companion


In a special "commercial radio" version of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor imagines what public radio would be like without the support of listener-members. It would be one lengthy barrage of commercials, one after another, just like the rest of the radio dial. Plus, his weekly News from Lake Wobegon.


12:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge

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Stories about inspiration and art-making as we hope to inspire you to support public radio


1:00 PM

To the Best of Our Knowledge

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Some of the show's favorite interviews about public radio, including Fresh Air host Terry Gross, This American Life creator and host Ira Glass, and StoryCorp founder David Isay. Plus, naturalist, author and scriptwriter Sy Montgomery talks about remarkable octopus intelligence.


2:00 PM

This American Life


Featuring recent stories, including a story about repeatedly meeting 80s pop star Taylor Dayne . . . an excerpt from the episode "What Happened At Dos Erres" about an investigation into a massacre in Guatemala . . . and an interview with Kurt Braunohler about taking a break from a long-term relationship.


3:00 PM

On the Media


On the Media examines how the Media "Sausage" is made.


4:00 PM

University of the Air

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Wisconsin taverns tell us a lot about our past and how we live today. The authors of "Bottoms Up" take us on a survey of the state's bars, past and present.
Guests: Jim Draeger & Mark Speltz

Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars & B...

5:00 PM

Simply Folk with Stephanie Elkins


Sample the latest Carolina Chocolate Drops CD, plus, the music of Judy Collins . . . and some old favorites.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles face an outlaw who throws a long shadow in western adventure from 1954. And Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunn get into some comic sparring in Bright Star from 1952.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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Richard Diamond takes up The Gibson Murder Case from 1949 . . . but will Rick get in a song at the end?


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland

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NBC Short Story brings you Edgar Alan Poe's, "The Oblong Box". And counterfeit money leads to an unlikely source for an extra-planetary treasury agent in "Protective Mimicry" from X-Minus One.


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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