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PROGRAM NOTES FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
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	6:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/03A	Listen
		Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama’s election as President. After six, join Joy Cardin and her guest as they examine the job the President has done with one year in office, and what the future holds. Call in with your thoughts. Guest: David Siemers (SEE-murs), Associate Professor of Political Science, UW–Oshkosh. Author, “Presidents and Political Thought”.
	7:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/03B	Listen
		Afghanistan president Karzai (CAR-zeye) will stay in office by default... his opponent has dropped out of a scheduled run-off election. After seven, Joy Cardin’s guest says Afghanistan’s problems are so deep-rooted, it may not matter who the president is. Guest: Christian Parenti, Contributing Editor, The Nation magazine.
	8:00 AM rwf	Joy Cardin  - 11/03C	Listen
		After eight, it's Joy Cardin with financial planner Kevin McKinley On Your Money. This week, Kevin looks at the good economic news... and whether we should start celebrating. He’ll also answer your personal finance questions, and offer a pre-holiday money-saving tip. Guest: Kevin McKinley, Certified Financial Planner and Managing Member, McKinley Money, LLC www.onyourmoney.com
	9:00 AM RF	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/03D	Listen
		Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (MAD-uh-lynn ALL-bright) joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss her latest book, “Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box.”
	9:30 AM	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/03X	Listen
		After nine-thirty, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the war in Afghanistan, a possible troop surge, and the cancelled Presidential election run-off. Guest 9:30: Lawrence Korb, senior fellow, Center for American Progress. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Reagan administration.
	10:00 AM CJ	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/03E	Listen
		After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses the advertising for some of the best-selling books of the twentieth century... when they were new... and their authors unknown. Guest: Dwight Garner, daily book critic, The New York Times. Author, "Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements" (Ecco)
	11:00 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 11/03F	Listen
		After eleven, Larry Meiller learns about the more than one-hundred original tales of Paul Bunyan and Babe, the Blue Ox. His guest is Michael Edmonds of the Wisconsin Historical Society, author of "Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan." wisconsinhistory.org
	11:45 AM jp	Larry Meiller  - 11/03G	Listen
		Best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini (SHAH-ver-EE-nee) of Middleton is Larry Meiller's guest, after eleven-forty five. She is the author of the Elm Creek Quilts series, including "A Quilter's Holiday." www.simonandschuster.com
	12:30 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," a novel by Jamie Ford.
	1:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		President Obama changed the federal government's unrelenting stance to let state laws cover medical marijuana. After one, on TALK OF THE NATION, the next phase of the debate on drugs. Plus, choreographer Debbie Allen reviews "This is It," the DVD release of Michael Jackson's rehearsals for his final tour.
	2:00 PM	Talk of the Nation
		After two, on TALK OF THE NATION, singer/songwriter Carole King talks about her legendary album, "Tapestry", and her new role as activist to fight to save the Northern Rockies.
	3:00 PM	Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders  - 11/03K	Listen
		After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, a re-broadcast of "The Muslim Next Door." Jean Feraca talks to a scholar of Islamic law about growing up in California and balancing her South Asian, Muslim, and American identities. Guest: Sumbul Ali-Karamali, lawyer and scholar of Islamic law, author of "Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing."
	4:00 PM mn	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/03L	Listen
		After four, join Ben Merens and his guests in a discussion of the U.S. House of Representatives' version of the health-care reform bill. Guests: Paul Ryan, Republican U.S. Congressman from Janesville. Gwen Moore, Democratic U.S. Congressman from Milwaukee.
	5:00 PM KM	At Issue with Ben Merens  - 11/03M	Listen
		The nations two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery. After five, join Ben Merens and his guest as they discuss the possibility of a national lottery. GUEST: Tom Shaheen is President of the Lottery Association’s Board of Directors and Executive Director of the North Carolina Education Lottery.
	6:00 PM	On Point
		After six, On Point: Rethinking alimony. With the old model of breadwinning father and stay-at-home mother mostly gone, does a lifelong obligation to an ex still make sense?
	7:00 PM	On Point
		After seven, On Point: The Map that Gave America Its Name. The story of the 1507 map that gave America its name, and its role in changing our understanding of the universe.
	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  - 11/03K	Listen
		After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, a re-broadcast of "The Muslim Next Door." Jean Feraca talks to a scholar of Islamic law about growing up in California and balancing her South Asian, Muslim, and American identities. Guest: Sumbul Ali-Karamali, lawyer and scholar of Islamic law, author of "Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing."
	10:00 PM CJ	Kathleen Dunn  - 11/03E	Listen
		After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses the advertising for some of the best-selling books of the twentieth century... when they were new... and their authors unknown. Guest: Dwight Garner, daily book critic, The New York Times. Author, "Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements" (Ecco)
	11:00 PM	Chapter A Day
		On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," a novel by Jamie Ford.
	11:30 PM	BBC World Service
		World news and features are heard overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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