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11/6/2009
10:00 AM
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
What do contemporary twenty-something women care about? After ten, Anne Strainchamps' talks with a woman who embarked on a cross-country journey to discover, "what does feminism mean today?"
Guest: Nona Willis Aronowitz, Journalist and Co-Author of “Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism.”
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11/6/2009
10:00 PM
091106E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
What do contemporary twenty-something women care about? What does feminism mean today? After ten, Anne Strainchamps speaks with a woman who embarked on a cross-country journey in search of the answers.
Guest: Nona Willis Aronowitz, Journalist and Co-Author of “Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism.”
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Friday
10/30/2009
9:00 AM
091030D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest examine the fascination Americans have for the magical and the unknown. A look at the history of the Occult and Mysticism, and how they helped shape our Nation.
Guest: Mitch Horowitz, Writer and Publisher. Author, "Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation" (Bantam Books).
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Friday
10/30/2009
10:00 AM
091030E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps' guest unravels the Celtic (KEL-tick) roots of favorite Halloween traditions, and shares some ghostly Irish folk-tales, such as "the Banshee," and Ireland's headless horseman, "the Dullahan".
Guest: Phil Ryan, Owner and Tour Designer, Inroads Ireland tours. www.inroadsireland.com
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10/30/2009
10:00 PM
091030E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps' guest unravels the Celtic (KEL-tick) roots of favorite Halloween traditions, and shares some ghostly Irish folk-tales, such as "the Banshee," and Ireland's headless horseman, "the Dullahan".
Guest: Phil Ryan, Owner and Tour Designer, Inroads Ireland tours. www.inroadsireland.com
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Friday
10/23/2009
9:00 AM
091023D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Anne Strainchamps and her guest preview a new five part series from To The Best Of Our Knowledge, “Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq.”
Guest: Charles Monroe-Kane, Producer, To The Best Of Our Knowledge. www.wpr.org/book
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Friday
10/23/2009
10:00 AM
091023E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest discuss the cultural history of "Silence..." exploring its significance in fairy tale and myth... its importance in Western and Eastern religions... and its use in artistic expression.
Guest: Sara Maitland, Author, "A Book of Silence" (Counterpoint Press).
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Friday
10/23/2009
10:00 PM
091023E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest discuss the cultural history of "Silence..." exploring its significance in fairy tale and myth... its importance in Western and Eastern religions... and its use in artistic expression.
Guest: Sara Maitland, Author, "A Book of Silence" (Counterpoint Press).
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Friday
10/16/2009
9:00 AM
091016D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Anne Strainchamps's guest talks about her unlikely quest to Central America to bring healing to her three-year-old daughter from a curiously disruptive imaginary friend, and how she learned about the things that can possess and destroy...or heal us all. www.hopeedelman.com
Guest: Hope Edelman, author, "The Possibility of Everything" (Random House).
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Friday
10/16/2009
10:00 AM
091016E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps's guest awakens us to the world at dawn...an exploration of a very special time-of-day.
Guest: Diane Ackerman, poet, naturalist and author. Including, "Dawn Light: Dancing With Cranes and Other Ways to Greet the Day" (WWNorton).
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Friday
10/16/2009
10:00 PM
091016Y
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest say many schools today teach children "keyboarding" instead of handwriting... could this mean handwriting is no longer a necessary skill?
Guest: Kitty Burns Florey, Author, “Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting.”
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Friday
10/9/2009
9:00 AM
091009D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps talks with authors Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor about their latest book, "Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story". It's the story of how, in the course of their travels, they rediscover each other as mother and daughter.
Guest: Sue Monk Kidd, and Ann Kidd Taylor, co-authors, "Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story" (Viking)
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Friday
10/9/2009
10:00 AM
091009E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Reuckert
Nearly every scrap of paper or photograph can tell us something about the past. After ten, in honor of Wisconsin Archives Month, Anne Strainchamps and her guest take a look at why we love old family scrapbooks, and the insights revealed by these archival records of the past.
Guest: Sally Jacobs, archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society. Founder, Practical Archivist. www.practicalarchivist.com
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Friday
10/9/2009
10:00 PM
091009E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Reuckert
Nearly every scrap of paper or photograph can tell us something about the past. After ten, in honor of Wisconsin Archives Month, Anne Strainchamps and her guest take a look at why we love old family scrapbooks, and the insights revealed by these archival records of the past.
Guest: Sally Jacobs, archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society. Founder, Practical Archivist. www.practicalarchivist.com
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Friday
10/2/2009
9:00 AM
091002D
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
In decision making, is it best to go with instinct... or analysis? After nine, Anne Strainchamps' and her guest examine what goes on in the brain when making decisions, and how understanding this can help us better understand what's happening in the world, to make better decisions for the future.
Guest: Jonah Lehrer, Contributing editor, Wired magazine. Author, "How We Decide" (Houghton Mifflin) www.jonahlehrer.com
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Friday
10/2/2009
10:00 AM
091002E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps and guests preview the Wisconsin Book Festival next week in Madison. The theme this year is "Courage".
Guests:
- Alison Jones Chaim, director, Wisconsin Book Festival.
- Paul Buhle, author and retired senior lecturer, Brown University. www.wisconsinbookfestival.org
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Friday
10/2/2009
10:00 PM
091002E
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Anne Strainchamps in for Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Anne Strainchamps and guests preview the Wisconsin Book Festival next week in Madison. The theme this year is "Courage".
Guests:
- Alison Jones Chaim, director, Wisconsin Book Festival.
- Paul Buhle, author and retired senior lecturer, Brown University. www.wisconsinbookfestival.org
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Friday
9/25/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the advertising industry and how it impacts consumers every waking hour of the day, whether we realize it or not.
Guest: James P. Othmer, former Executive Creative Director at Young and Rubicam. Author, "Adland: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet" (Doubleday)
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9/25/2009
10:00 AM
090925E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert speaks with author, playwright, and cartoonist Lynda Barry about writing and creativity in children and adults.
Guest: Linda Barry, author, "One Hundred Demons", and "What It Is".
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Friday
9/25/2009
10:00 PM
090925E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the advertising industry and how it impacts consumers every waking hour of the day, whether we realize it or not.
Guest: James P. Othmer, former Executive Creative Director at Young and Rubicam. Author, "Adland: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet" (Doubleday)
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9/18/2009
9:00 AM
090918D
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Veronica Rueckert
Abortion, gay marriage, religion... How do we deal with the complex moral issues facing us today? After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest says the answer is "with doubt..." because "doubt" leads us to careful consideration, without falling into fanaticism.
Guest: Peter L. Berger, sociologist. Co-author, "In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic" (Harper One).
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9/18/2009
10:00 AM
090918E
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Veronica Rueckert
It's sly, knowing, and often downright nasty... After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest is on the hunt for "snark"... the use of verbal abuse in a public forum.
Guest: David Denby, journalist and Film Critic for, “The New Yorker.” Author, “Snark: It’s Mean, It’s Personal, and It’s Ruining Our Conversation.”
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9/18/2009
10:00 PM
090918E
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Veronica Rueckert
It's sly, knowing, and often downright nasty... After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest is on the hunt for "snark"... verbal abuse in a public forum.
Guest: David Denby, journalist and Film Critic for, “The New Yorker.” Author, “Snark: It’s Mean, It’s Personal, and It’s Ruining Our Conversation.”
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Friday
9/11/2009
9:00 AM
090911D
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert’s guests discuss how the struggle for gender equality is “the paramount moral challenge” of our era.
Guests:
- Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist, The New York Times.
- Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former editor, The New York Times.
- Co-authors, “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.” (Knopf) HalfTheSkyMovement.org
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9/11/2009
10:00 AM
090911E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discusses the human need for taxonomy, the naming and organizing of plants and animals, to help understand ourselves and the world around us.
Guest: Carol Yoon, science writer, The New York Times. Author, "Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science" (Norton).
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Friday
9/11/2009
10:00 PM
090911E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discusses the human need for taxonomy, the naming and organizing of plants and animals, to help understand ourselves and the world around us.
Guest: Carol Yoon, science writer, The New York Times. Author, "Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science" (Norton).
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Friday
9/4/2009
9:00 AM
090904D
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Veronica Rueckert
Media scholar Douglas Rushkoff joins Veronica Rueckert, after nine, to discus what he sees as the dominance of profit and consumerism in American mindsets.
Guest: Douglas Rushkoff, author, teacher, and documentarian. His most recent book is entitled, "Life Incorporated: How the World Became A Corporation and How To Take It Back"
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Friday
9/4/2009
10:00 AM
090904E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by a statistician who argues that linguistic analysis — not just of song lyrics but of blogs and speeches — could add a new and valuable dimension to a growing area of mass psychology: the determination of national well-being.
Guest: Christopher M. Danforth, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont.
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9/4/2009
10:00 PM
090904E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert is joined by a statistician who argues that linguistic analysis — not just of song lyrics but of blogs and speeches — could add a new and valuable dimension to a growing area of mass psychology: the determination of national well-being.
Guest: Christopher M. Danforth, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont.
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Friday
8/28/2009
9:00 AM
090828D
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest says we've already missed the opportunity to prevent climate change. The real question now, she says, is not how to fix the symptoms, but how to remake the civilization that's caused the threat.
Guest: Dianne Dumanoski, author and environmental journalist. Author, "The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth" (Crown).
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8/28/2009
10:00 AM
090828E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson, who challenges the way schools are educating. He says, "students with restless minds and bodies... far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity... are ignored or even stigmatized."
Guest: Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D., expert in the field of creativity and innovation in business and education. Author, "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" (Viking).
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Friday
8/28/2009
10:00 PM
090828E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson, who challenges the way schools are educating. He says, "students with restless minds and bodies... far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity... are ignored or even stigmatized."
Guest: Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D., expert in the field of creativity and innovation in business and education. Author, "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" (Viking).
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Friday
8/21/2009
9:00 AM
090821D
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest describes how the increasing environmental damage around us has, surprisingly, brought back a yearning for a spiritual connection with nature. He calls it the final hope for protecting the world we live in.
Guest: James William Gibson, author, "A Reenchanted World: The Quest For a New Kinship With Nature" (Henry Holt) www.jameswilliamgibson.com.
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Friday
8/21/2009
10:00 AM
090821E
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Veronica Rueckert
What's it like to think like a baby? After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest child psychologist and philosopher says babies have an unlimited capacity for thinking and rationality... and can exceed adults in their ability to imagine and process complex information.
Guest: Alison Gopnik, author, "The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life" (Farrar Straus & Giroux).
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Friday
8/21/2009
10:00 PM
090821E
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Veronica Rueckert
What's it like to think like a baby? After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest child psychologist and philosopher says babies have an unlimited capacity for thinking and rationality... and can exceed adults in their ability to imagine and process complex information.
Guest: Alison Gopnik, author, "The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life" (Farrar Straus & Giroux).
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Friday
8/14/2009
9:00 AM
090814D
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Veronica Rueckert
Why do some believe in The Divine, and others not? Is there a so-called God Gene? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the human spiritual experience, and what science is learning about how and why we believe in a Higher Power.
Guest: Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR religion correspondent. Author, "Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality" (Riverhead) http://barbarabradleyhagerty.com
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Friday
8/14/2009
10:00 AM
090814E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the struggles faced by those with Asperger's Syndrome, one of the several conditions known as Autism.
Guests:
- Liane Holliday Willey, university lecturer, writer. Author, "Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome" (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
- Max Mayer, Director, "Adam" (Fox Searchlight).
- Jonathan Kaufman, founder, DisabilityWorks Inc.
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