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IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAMS - SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012 |
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6:00 AM
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The People's Pharmacy

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On The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon: The strengths and weaknesses of American health care. Joe and Terry are joined by American Cancer Society chief medical and scientific officer Dr. Otis Brawley.

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7:00 AM
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Larry Meiller

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It's time for an encore edition of Garden Talk with Larry Meiller. Find out what should be on your late summer garden to-do list. Plus, what damage has been done by the drought, and by pests like the Emerald Ash Borer.
Guest: Lisa Johnson, UW Extension horticulture educator for Dane County

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8:00 AM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Get your weekly dose of laughter on Zorba Paster On Your Health. This week the guys explore why Americans are so exhausted... find out another pitfall to childhood obesity. Plus, they welcome guest chef Sally Bee into the radio kitchen to share her recipe for Lamb Rogan Josh.

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9:00 AM
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Car Talk

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

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10:00 AM
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

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We relive Michael Feldman's Silver Jubilee in an encore performance of Whad'Ya Know? It's an extra-ordinary show from the Wisconsin Union Theater including a slideshow 25 years in the making, Michael's biggest fan, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Robbie Fulks and catering by chef Tory Miller. And we'll find time to squeeze in a couple rounds of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.

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1:00 PM
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Zorba Paster On Your Health

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Get your weekly dose of laughter on Zorba Paster On Your Health. This week the guys explore why Americans are so exhausted... find out another pitfall to childhood obesity. Plus, they welcome guest chef Sally Bee into the radio kitchen to share her recipe for Lamb Rogan Josh.

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2:00 PM
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The People's Pharmacy

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On The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon: The strengths and weaknesses of American health care. Joe and Terry are joined by American Cancer Society chief medical and scientific officer Dr. Otis Brawley.

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3:00 PM
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RadioLab

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Morality: Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? We peer inside the brains of people contemplating moral dilemmas.

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4:00 PM
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This American Life

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On This American Life, stories of people finding loopholes in the face of some of life's toughest regulators.

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5:00 PM
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A Prairie Home Companion

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On A Prairie Home Companion, an homage to the book (the paper kind) with a show for readers. Including Ruth Harrison's encounter with Stephen King, Nick Lowe singing "When I Write the Book," a new version of "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Owl and the Pussycat" set to music.

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7:00 PM
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Tent Show Radio

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

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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 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012 |
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