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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 |
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6:00 AM
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On the Media

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On the Media casts an incisive eye on the marketplace of ideas.

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8:00 AM
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Says You!

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

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9:00 AM
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A Way With Words

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Take an entertaining romp through the English language, on A Way With Words.

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10:00 AM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Buddhist-inspired folk musician Ellis, and men's choir Cantus. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Lindsay Marcy, and Fred Newman, guitar man Dean Magraw sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

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12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
- 02/10A

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In the name of the newly in-love, the long coupled, and the broken hearted, we're taking a little look at love.

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1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
- 02/10B

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The writing on the wall. When was the last time you wrote a real letter . . . with a pen . . . on paper? When was the last time you received one?

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2:00 PM
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This American Life

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For Valentine's Day, we have stories of people going to extremes as they fall in love, chase love down, and try to make sense of it. Including a teenager who falls for an undercover cop, and a couple who decide to "take a break" in the most frenetic way possible.

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3:00 PM
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On the Media

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On the Media casts an incisive eye on the marketplace of ideas.

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4:00 PM
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University of the Air

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Think that the medieval era was without its love triangles? Think again! University of the Air dishes on the many love dramas to be found in medieval literature.
How did the Christian medieval writers rework the love triangles of antiquity, and what do their outcomes tell us about the values of the times? And what can these stories teach us about the force of love?
Professor Thomas DuBois of the UW-Madison Department of Scandinavian Studies answers these questions and more.

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5:00 PM
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Simply Folk with Stephanie Elkins

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It's the second Sunday of the month, which means Stephanie is playing Listener Requests. It's shaping up to be a great program, with music by Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris and some songs for Valentine's Day already on the playlist.

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8:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 02/10A

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The Lone Ranger crosses the Shadow of Death in a story from 1952. And Gracie Runs for the presidency of "The Beverly Hills Uplift Club" on Burns & Allen from 1943.

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10:00 PM
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Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
- 02/10C

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Nelson Olmstead weaves a spell with two stories from Sleep No More from 1957. And The Haunting Hour from 1945 tells the story of twin brothers, a piano, and jealousy.

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11:00 PM
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BBC World Service

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Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 |
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