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PROGRAM NOTES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
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	6:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/11A	Listen
		After six, Joy Cardin and her guest look at the lasting influence of the P-B-S kid's show Sesame Street, celebrating its 40th anniversary this week, and they want to hear your thoughts, too. Guest: Jon Pollack, History Instructor and Chair, Humanities Department, Madison Area Technical College. A frequent commentator on this program.
	7:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/11B	Listen
		After seven, Joy Cardin's "big question" is about federal economic stimulus. With unemployment topping ten percent, Joy and her guests examine whether the current stimulus package is working, and if more is needed. Guests: - Ethan Pollack, Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute. - Jeffrey Miron, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Harvard University.
	8:00 AM CS	Joy Cardin  - 11/11C	Listen
		After eight, we reflect on the meaning of Veterans’ Day and how its significance may have changed over the years. We especially ask those who’ve served our country, “What does Veterans’ Day mean to you? How should our veterans be honored?”
	9:00 AM	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/11D	Listen
		After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine a provision added late Saturday to the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives that would place restrictions on abortion coverage. Guests: 9:00 - Susan Armacost, Legislative Director, Wisconsin Right to Life. 9:30 - Nicole Safar, Public Policy Analyst, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.
	10:00 AM RF	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/11E	Listen
		After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the life of Abigail Adams, wife of the nation's second President, and mother of the sixth. Guest: Woody Holton, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Richmond. Author, "Abigail Adams."
	11:00 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 11/11F	Listen
		After eleven, the talk turns to Wisconsin artisan cheeses. Larry Meiller's guest is Jeanne Carpenter of Oregon, WI, founder of Wisconsin Cheese Originals. www.wisconsincheeseoriginals.com http://cheeseunderground.blogspot.com
	11:45 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 11/11G	Listen
		After eleven-forty five, Larry Meiller and his guest discuss a mentoring program available for farmers new to organic production. Larry's guest is Harriet Behar, an Organic Specialist with the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), which is sponsoring the mentoring program. www.mosesorganic.org
	12:30 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Karl Schmidt reads from "Exiles in the Garden" by Ward Just.
	1:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		After one, on TALK OF THE NATION, The Political Junkie Ken Rudin looks ahead to the most interesting races in 2010. Plus, P-O-V's documentary on the airport troop greeters of Bangor, Maine.
	2:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		After two, on TALK OF THE NATION, a look at what's in the health care bill, plus, "Hallowed Ground", a new book about Arlington National Cemetery.
	3:00 PM	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 11/11K	Listen
		Storytelling seems to be an important coping skill for Vietnam vets, and Jean Feraca's guest has quite a story to tell. Join them, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders. Guest: Wayne Karlin, Author, "Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Vietnam"
	4:00 PM mn	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/11L	Listen
		As the number of vets returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continues to climb, what are some of the critical issues facing them? After four, Ben Merens and his guest discuss the unique set of adjustments both combat and non-combat veterans confront as they re-adjust to civilian life. GUEST: Dr. Michael McBride is a Staff Psychiatrist at the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Wood, Wisconsin.
	5:00 PM bhm	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/11M	Listen
		Divorce is never easy, but it doesn’t have to be such a gut wrenching experience. After five, on At Issue, Ben Merens talks about collaborative divorce with counselor Connie Kilmark and attorney Janis Wexler. Guests: - Connie Kilmark, Founder, counseling and consulting firm, Kilmark & Associates. - Janice Wexler, Collaborative Family Law Attorney.
	6:00 PM	On Point
		After six, On Point: The Right to Frame the Innocent. Terry Harrington was framed by prosecutors and exonerated after serving 25 years for murder. The law says he can t sue. Now it's before the Supreme Court. He'll tell us his story.
	7:00 PM	On Point
		After seven, On Point: Why Buildings Matter. From a Cape Cod cottage to the Guggenheim Bilbao, the New Yorker's Paul Goldberger on why architecture matters.
	8:00 PM	As It Happens
		At eight, it's As It Happens from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
	9:00 PM	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 11/11K	Listen
		Storytelling seems to be an important coping skill for Vietnam vets, and Jean Feraca's guest has quite a story to tell. That's after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders. Guest: Wayne Karlin, author, "Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Vietnam"
	10:00 PM	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/11E	Listen
		After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the life of Abigail Adams, wife of the nation's second President, and mother of the sixth. Guest: Woody Holton, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Richmond. Author, "Abigail Adams."
	11:00 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Karl Schmidt reads from "Exiles in the Garden" by Ward Just.
	11:30 PM	BBC World Service
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