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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
6:00 AM Joy Cardin There are more than three dozen lighthouses dotting Wisconsin's shorelines along Lakes Michigan and Superior. Joy Cardin's guest discusses their history and stories, his favorites, welcomes your recommendations and answers your lighthouse-related questions. Guest: Terry Pepper, Executive Director, Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. www.gllka.com. Web site: www.terrypepper.com.
7:00 AM Joy Cardin Summer's almost gone...and Joy Cardin and her guest want to know if you've done everything you meant to do. Whether it's travel, outside activities, a reading list, or just lying around...did you accomplish your summer bucket list? Guest: Danny Heitman, columnist for the Baton Rouge Advocate and frequent contributor to national newspapers
8:00 AM Joy Cardin Paul Ryan joins the race for the White House, and Tommy Thompson wins the primary for US Senate. Those topics lead the discussion on this edition of the Week in Review with Joy Cardin and her guests. Guests: Joe Wineke, former state Senator and former chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Chris Lato, former communications director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and GOP campaign consultant.
9:00 AM Veronica Rueckert John Francis, Ph.D., is known the world over as the Planetwalker. After witnessing an oil spill in 1971, he vowed to stop using motorized vehicles. Several months later, to stop the arguments about the power of one person's actions, he took a vow of silence. His non-motorized lifestyle lasted twenty-two years, and his silence seventeen. He talks to us about the power of silence and how the world changes when we start to change ourselves. Guest: John Francis, Ph.D., known as the Planetwalker, author of: Planetwalker. 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence. and The Ragged Edge of Silence: Finding Peace in a Noisy World.
10:00 AM Veronica Rueckert Celebrated author, tv personality, and chef, Julia Child would have turned 100 this week. This hour Veronica Rueckert is joined by biographer Bob Spitz to discuss her remarkable life. Guest: Bob Spitz, journalist, author, and musician. His books include, "The Beatles: The Biography," and most recently, "Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child."
11:00 AM Larry Meiller It's another edition of Garden Talk with Larry Meiller. While no plants have emerged from the drought completely unscathed, native plants have fared better than most. Larry and his guest discuss the advantages of incorporating native plants in your yard and garden, and how to choose the best varieties for your conditions. Guest: Neil Diboll ("da-BOWL"), Prairie Nursery, Westfield, WI
12:30 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads "The Tie That Binds" by Kent Haruf. It's the story of 80 year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by an unreliable neighbor.
1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Science Friday You turn on the faucet, and water comes out. But how does it work, and how long will that infrastructure last? Join guest host Flora Lichtman for a look at the leaky old pipes that deliver our water. What will it take to repair them? Plus, why your blood type may predict your risk of heart disease.
2:00 PM Talk of the Nation Can the Internet be a better place for sharing--and crediting--ideas? Guest host Flora Lichtman talks with Maria Popova (poh-POH-vah) on the "curator's code" and her brand of "combinatorial creativity." Plus, actress and math advocate Danica McKellar. And a look at the latest on flu vaccines.
3:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Sharing your secrets can be good for you but also very hard to do. The Post Secret project is designed to let people share their most private thoughts and secrets...and millions have. Today Ben Merens talks with the project's founder and hears some of your secrets. Guest: Frank Warren is the author of PostSecret, My Secret, The Secret Lives of Men and Women, A Lifetime of Secrets, and Post Secret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God. He started Post Secret as a community art project in 2004.
4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens Today it's "Your Views on the News." Listeners are invited to call-in to Ben Merens with their thoughts about the week's biggest news story. Guest: Steven Schier, professor of political science at Carleton College. He is the author of several books, including "By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States," and "You Call This an Election? America's Peculiar Democracy."
5:00 PM Q On Q, Stephen Quinn guest hosts! Journalist David Kirby, author of the new book Death at SeaWorld, on the ethics of keeping killer whales in captivity. Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff. Plus, comedian Gilbert Gottfried on making jokes about tragedy "too soon".
6:00 PM On Point Paul Ryan shakes the race. Candidates cry foul. Young immigrants get a break. Theres a new galaxy on the map. The weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
7:00 PM The Moth Radio Hour It's a special live edition of The Moth's collaboration with The World Science Festival. An astrophysicist discovers wild parallels in her research and romantic life; a surgeon details his involvement in one of the world's first-ever hand transplants; and a geneticist is called to testify in a murder case and lays the groundwork for DNA fingerprinting as forensic evidence.
8:00 PM As It Happens Hear news and interviews from around the world on As It Happens.
9:00 PM Joy Cardin Paul Ryan joins the race for the White House, and Tommy Thompson wins the primary for US Senate. Those topics lead the discussion on this edition of the Week in Review with Joy Cardin and her guests. Guests: Joe Wineke, former state Senator and former chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Chris Lato, former communications director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and GOP campaign consultant.
10:00 PM Veronica Rueckert Celebrated author, tv personality, and chef, Julia Child would have turned 100 this week. This hour Veronica Rueckert is joined by biographer Bob Spitz to discuss her remarkable life. Guest: Bob Spitz, journalist, author, and musician. His books include, "The Beatles: The Biography," and most recently, "Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child."
11:00 PM Chapter A Day Karl Schmidt reads "The Tie That Binds" by Kent Haruf. It's the story of 80 year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by an unreliable neighbor.
11:30 PM BBC World Service Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

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