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Friday
2/26/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Cartoonist Lynda Barry has been reminding us what the world looks like through the eyes of our inner-child for nearly thirty years. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at how you can tap into your Creative Side.
Guest: Lynda Barry, painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher. Creator, syndicated strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Author, "One! Hundred! Demons!," "The! Greatest! of! Marlys!," "Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel".
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Friday
2/19/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
An aggressive case of rudeness seems to be spreading across the country. Many like to blame technology for their bad behavior, but Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after nine, says rudeness is part of the human condition.
Guest: Amy Alkon, her advice column, “Ask the Advice Goddess”. Author, "I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society."
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Friday
2/19/2010
10:00 AM
100219E
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Veronica Rueckert
We've moved from a "Pop" Culture to a "Peep" Culture... a know-all, show-all, tell-all, digital age that's dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore how the digital phenomenon is radically changing the foundations of our culture and society.
Guest: Hal Niedzviecki, cultural commentator. Author, "The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors". Founder, Broken Pencil magazine.
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Friday
2/19/2010
10:00 PM
100219E
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Veronica Rueckert
We've moved from a Pop culture... to a "Peep" culture... a know-all, show-all, tell-all, digital age that's dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore how the digital phenomenon is radically changing the foundations of our culture and society.
Guest: Hal Niedzviecki, cultural commentator. Author, "The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors". Founder, Broken Pencil magazine.
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Friday
2/12/2010
9:00 AM
100212D
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Veronica Rueckert
Religion brings a profound source of meaning and purpose for many... but not for all. After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest says the philosophy of Humanism offers benefits similar to religion, allowing a moral life... without God.
Guest: Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University. Author, "Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe"
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Friday
2/12/2010
10:00 AM
100212E
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Veronica Rueckert
What do Science Fiction and Fantasy have to tell us about life? Does Jedi Master Yoda really have all the answers on how to live? After ten, join Veronica Rueckert and her guest in a conversation about the appeal of Fantasy Worlds.
Guest: Ethan Gilsdorf, author of, "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms."
www.ethangilsdorf.com/
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Friday
2/12/2010
10:00 PM
100212E
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Veronica Rueckert
What do Science Fiction and Fantasy have to tell us about life? Does Jedi Master Yoda really have all the answers on how to live? After ten, join Veronica Rueckert and her guest in a conversation about the appeal of Fantasy Worlds.
Guest: Ethan Gilsdorf, author of, "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms."
www.ethangilsdorf.com/
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Friday
2/5/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Time is all around us, helping to shape what happens in our everyday lives. Yet how time works, and why it appears to move in one direction... forward... remain provocative questions. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest unravel the mysteries of Time.
Guest: Sean Carroll, Theoretical Physicist, California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Author, "From Here To Eternity: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time,"
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Friday
2/5/2010
10:00 AM
100205E
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Veronica Rueckert
Elizabeth Gilbert is skeptical of marriage. Yet after making her name while traveling the world to get through a nasty divorce, she ended up at the altar again. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the meaning of marriage.
Guest: Elizabeth Gilbert, Author, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage"
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Friday
2/5/2010
10:00 PM
100205E
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Veronica Rueckert
Elizabeth Gilbert is skeptical of marriage. Yet after making her name while traveling the world to get through a nasty divorce, she ended up at the altar again. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the meaning of marriage.
Guest: Elizabeth Gilbert, Author, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage"
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Friday
1/29/2010
9:00 AM
100129D
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Veronica Rueckert
These days we work fast, think fast, talk fast, eat fast, and play fast. Yet there's a price to pay for living life in constant fast-forward. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss how to slow down... and savor life's journey.
Guest: Carl Honore, Author, "In Praise of Slowness" and "Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood From the Culture Of Hyper-parenting."
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Friday
1/29/2010
10:00 AM
100129E
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Veronica Rueckert
A true craftsman does a job well for its own sake... a quality often de-valued in today’s workplace. Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, describes craftsmanship as a basic human impulse... and how its diminishing role in modern society is a detriment to us all.
Guest: Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, New York University and the London School of Economics. Author, "The Craftsman".
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Friday
1/29/2010
10:00 PM
100129E
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Veronica Rueckert
A true craftsman does a job well for its own sake... a quality often de-valued in today’s workplace. Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, describes craftsmanship as a basic human impulse... and how its diminishing role in modern society is a detriment to us all.
Guest: Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, New York University and the London School of Economics. Author, "The Craftsman".
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Friday
1/22/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Are we raising loud, self-centered kids? ...or children who truly feel connected and responsible for the people around them? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss how to raise socially aware and responsible kids.
Guest: Michael Ungar, Professor, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Canada. Author, "The We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids."www.michaelungar.com
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Friday
1/22/2010
10:00 AM
100122E
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Veronica Rueckert
Americans love a good deal... but at what cost? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine our Low-cost Lifestyle, and explore the hidden economic, political, and psychic costs.
Guest: Ellen Ruppel Shell, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic. Author, "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture". www.ellenruppelshell.com
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Friday
1/22/2010
10:00 PM
100122E
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Veronica Rueckert
Americans love a good deal... but at what cost? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine our Low-cost Lifestyle, and explore the hidden economic, political, and psychic costs.
Guest: Ellen Ruppel Shell, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic. Author, "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture". www.ellenruppelshell.com
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Friday
1/15/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
What makes a teacher great? For years, the answer seemed more a matter of chance than of science. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest look at how new research by Teach for America is evolving the perception that great teachers are more than merely a matter of chance.
Guest: Amanda Ripley, author, "What Makes A Great Teacher?" (The Atlantic Jan/Feb) www.amandaripley.com
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Friday
1/15/2010
10:00 AM
100115E
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Veronica Rueckert
Food seems to be on everyone’s mind these days, from farming to food magazines... food TV to celebrity chefs. But how did we arrive at this modern obsession? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine thirty key moments in American Eating History, and how they ushered in the modern food scene.
Guest: Andrew Smith, author, "Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine" www.andrewfsmith.com
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Friday
1/15/2010
10:00 PM
100115E
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Veronica Rueckert
Food seems to be on everyone’s mind these days, from farming to food magazines... food TV to celebrity chefs. But how did we arrive at this modern obsession? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine thirty key moments in American Eating History, and how they ushered in the modern food scene.
Guest: Andrew Smith, author, "Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine" www.andrewfsmith.com
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Friday
1/8/2010
9:00 AM
100108D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
Food does more than just fill your stomach... it can also fill your soul. After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest examine the power of food and cooking for self discovery, storytelling, and for building positive communities.
Guests:
- Traci Nathans Kelly, writing instructor, UW-Madison engineering department. Author of several articles on women and cookbooks.
- Okori Rice, participant in the UW-Madison Odyssey Project. http://odyssey.wisc.edu
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Friday
1/8/2010
10:00 AM
100108E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
Flying cars... talking dolphins... underwater cities.... Most of us have imagined what life would be like in the future... but most of the time we’ve been wrong. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest look at some of the most outrageous predictions from the past hundred years.
Guest: Paul Milo, author, "Your Flying Car Awaits: Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century."
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Friday
1/8/2010
10:00 PM
100108E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
Flying cars... talking dolphins... underwater cities.... Most of us have imagined what life would be like in the future... but most of the time we’ve been wrong. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest look at some of the most outrageous predictions from the past hundred years.
Guest: Paul Milo, author, "Your Flying Car Awaits: Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century."
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Friday
1/1/2010
9:00 AM
091120D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore the world of Twitter... sampling some of the most clever tweets, from various tweeps, from across the globe.
Guest: David Pogue, Personal-Technology Columnist, The New York Times. Author, “The World According to Twitter.” (Rebroadcast)
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Friday
1/1/2010
10:00 AM
091204D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest ponder what it is that makes us happy... and how we can make ourselves happier.
Guest: Gretchen Rubin, Creator and Author, "The Happiness Project" (Rebroadcast)
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Friday
1/1/2010
10:00 PM
091204D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest ponder what it is that makes us happy... and how we can make ourselves happier.
Guest: Gretchen Rubin, Creator and Author, "The Happiness Project" (Rebroadcast)
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Friday
12/25/2009
9:00 AM
091204E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
What's your favorite toy? After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore the stories and nostalgia behind favorite classic toys...
Guest: Scott Eberle, Vice President for Interpretation, Strong National Museum of Play. (Rebroadcast from December 4, 2009)
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Friday
12/25/2009
10:00 AM
091113E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
What does it mean to be an American? After ten, Anne Strainchamps talks with author Barbara Kingsolver about her new novel, "The Lacuna", the story of a man struggling to find his place in the world.
Guest: Barbara Kingsolver, Author, "The Poisonwood Bible", and "The Lacuna" (Rebroadcast from November 13, 2009)
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12/25/2009
10:00 PM
091113E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
What does it mean to be an American? After ten, Anne Strainchamps talks with author Barbara Kingsolver about her new novel, "The Lacuna", the story of a man struggling to find his place in the world.
Guest: Barbara Kingsolver, Author, "The Poisonwood Bible", and "The Lacuna"
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Friday
12/18/2009
9:00 AM
091218D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
Everyone has a favorite book they read as a child. After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest page through the best books for the young, and how the stories we read in childhood have the power to shape our entire life.
Guest: Anita Silvey, Author, "Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book." Former publisher of children’s books for Houghton Mifflin. Former editor-in-chief, "The Horn Book Magazine." www.anitasilvey.com
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Friday
12/18/2009
10:00 AM
091218E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
Who was Jesus, the man? Accounts of his life have a common subject but radically different treatments. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore what the four Christian Gospels of the life of Christ have to tell us about one of history’s most central figures.
Guest: Mary Gordon, Author, "Reading Jesus: A Writer’s Encounter with the Gospels."
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Friday
12/18/2009
10:00 PM
091218E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
Who was Jesus, the man? Accounts of his life have a common subject but radically different treatments. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore what the four Christian Gospels of the life of Christ have to tell us about one of history’s most central figures.
Guest: Mary Gordon, Author, "Reading Jesus: A Writer’s Encounter with the Gospels."
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Friday
12/11/2009
9:00 AM
091211D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest examine a provocative new theory of genetics that says the very genes that give us the most trouble... causing the most antisocial behaviors... also underlie humankind’s phenomenal adaptability and evolutionary success. A look at how this theory could help troubled individuals in the real world.
Guest: David Dobbs, Science Writer, The Atlantic Monthly. Author, "The Science of Success" (December issue) www.daviddobbs.net.
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Friday
12/11/2009
10:00 AM
091211E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps's guest tackles the often complex and confounding concepts of philosophy in an unconventional way... using other disciplines, such as economics, physics, and math.
Guest: Steven Landsburg, Professor of Economics, University of Rochester. Author, "The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics" (Free Press).
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Friday
12/11/2009
10:00 PM
091211E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps's guest tackles the often complex and confounding concepts of philosophy in an unconventional way... using other disciplines, such as economics, physics, and math.
Guest: Steven Landsburg, Professor of Economics, University of Rochester. Author, "The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics" (Free Press).
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Friday
12/4/2009
9:00 AM
091204D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Reuckert
After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest ponder what it is that makes us happy... and how we can make ourselves happier.
Guest: Gretchen Rubin, Creator and Author, "The Happiness Project" (Harper, January 2010). www.happiness-project.com
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Friday
12/4/2009
10:00 AM
091204E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Reuckert
What was your favorite toy? After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore the stories and nostalgia behind favorite classic toys... from Barbie and G.I. Joe... to Yo-Yos... Slinkys... and Lincoln Logs.
Guest: Scott Eberle, Vice President for Interpretation, Strong National Museum of Play. Author, "Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame" www.museumofplay.org
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Friday
12/4/2009
10:00 PM
091204E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Reuckert
What's your favorite toy? After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest explore the stories and nostalgia behind favorite classic toys... from Barbie and G.I. Joe... to Yo-Yos... Slinkys... and Lincoln Logs.
Guest: Scott Eberle, Vice President for Interpretation, Strong National Museum of Play. Author, "Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame" www.museumofplay.org
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