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You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Have you ever felt frustrated with dietary advice that seems the exact opposite of previous recommendations? Should you be trying to wean off coffee--or have a second cup? Once butter was bad and polyunsaturated oils were supposed to be more healthful, but a new analysis of old research suggests that a diet rich in omega-6 fatty acids from vegetable oil could be bad for the heart. We talk with the scientists who led that research for more insight on fats and heart health. We also discuss the current state of dietary research with Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of nutrition at the School of Public Health at Harvard University.

Guest: Christopher E. Ramsden, MD, is a clinical investigator in the Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics and Biochemistry at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.



7:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 03/22F

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There's more and more interest in gardening with native plants and grasses. On Garden Talk, Larry Meiller finds out how to successfully use natives to create a beautiful, healthy and low-maintenance garden, and what the advantages are to the environment.

Guest: Neil Diboll, ("da-BOWL"), Prairie Nursery, Westfield, WI



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Fill your prescription for fun this week with Zorba Paster On Your Health!
The guys discuss the extraordinary science behind junk food and highlight a recently discovered cure for HIV.
Plus, vegan guest chef Chloe Coscarelli shares her easy recipe for Tiramisu Pancakes!



9:00 AM

Car Talk


Click and Clack share some car care advice, and plenty of laughs, on Car Talk.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?  - 03/23A

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Michael and the gang are off to Music City during this encore presentation of Whad'Ya Know?'s trip to Nashville, TN! Local legend Rodney Crowell fronts a jam-packed lineup of guests including: Adam Ross, The Alison Brown Quartet and Andre Prince of Prince's Hot Chicken Shack!


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Fill your prescription for fun this week with Zorba Paster On Your Health!
The guys discuss the extraordinary science behind junk food and highlight a recently discovered cure for HIV.
Plus, vegan guest chef Chloe Coscarelli shares her easy recipe for Tiramisu Pancakes!



2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


Have you ever felt frustrated with dietary advice that seems the exact opposite of previous recommendations? Should you be trying to wean off coffee--or have a second cup? Once butter was bad and polyunsaturated oils were supposed to be more healthful, but a new analysis of old research suggests that a diet rich in omega-6 fatty acids from vegetable oil could be bad for the heart. We talk with the scientists who led that research for more insight on fats and heart health. We also discuss the current state of dietary research with Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of nutrition at the School of Public Health at Harvard University.

Guest: Christopher E. Ramsden, MD, is a clinical investigator in the Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics and Biochemistry at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.



3:00 PM

RadioLab


Stress - It may save your life if you're being chased by a tiger. But if you're stuck in traffic, it may be more likely to make you sick. A long hard look at the body's system for getting out of trouble.


4:00 PM

This American Life


The craziest, most memorable coincidence stories. From a chance encounter at a Greyhound station . . . to keys that unlock strange lairs . . . to a baffling apparition in a college shower stall . . . the world is a mysterious place.


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're getting ready for our spring run in New York City with a look back at a broadcast from The Town Hall in April 2009. Wynton Marsalis plays "My Jazz, My Soul" and appears in Guy Noir as subway busker Pierpont Marsalis, and Heather Masse sings "Our World." Plus, it's a tough time for marriage in Lake Wobegon, unless you have a ritual argument like Myrtle and Florian Krebsbach.


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/23A

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Ride with the Cisco Kid and Pancho and stop by Allen's Alley with Fred Allen and guest Sydney Greenstreet in a broadcast from 1946.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/23B

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Screen Director's Playhouse takes you to Italy in the year 1500 as Douglas Fairbanks stars in the 1951 Screen Director's Playhouse production of "Prince of Foxes."


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/23C

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Boston Blackie stumbles into a case at a Skating Rink in a episode from 1946, and Suspense from 1959 recreates the classic story of The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.


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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