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Friday
8/28/2009
10:00 PM
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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
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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
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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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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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Friday
8/14/2009
10:00 PM
090814E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the struugles 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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Friday
8/7/2009
9:00 AM
090807D
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Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after nine, says despite the prominence of environmental issues in the news, many continue to ignore the relationship between the Earth and their own actions. He discusses how we as individuals are connected to the very existence of our planet.
Guest: Thomas M. Kostigen, journalist. Author, "You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet." (REBROADCAST from 1-23-09)
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Friday
8/7/2009
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, take a virtual stroll down Main Street with the author of, “The Lost Art of Walking.” Veronica Rueckert’s guest says setting foot to pavement makes a street yours in a way that driving down it never can.
Guest: Geoff Nicholson, author, “The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, and Literature of Pedestrianism.” (REBROADCAST from 1-16-09)
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Friday
8/7/2009
10:00 PM
090807E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, take a virtual stroll down Main Street with the author of, “The Lost Art of Walking.” Veronica Rueckert’s guest says setting foot to pavement makes a street yours in a way that driving down it never can.
Guest: Geoff Nicholson, author, “The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, and Literature of Pedestrianism.” (REBROADCAST from 1-16-09)
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Friday
7/31/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest says greatness doesn't come in our genes... but from practice and perseverance, learning from our own mistakes, and trying our best again and again.
Guest: Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large, Fortune magazine. Author, "Talent is overated: What really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else" (Portfolio).
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Friday
7/31/2009
10:00 AM
090731E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with a woman who turned a vacant city lot into a thriving farm... complete with chickens, turkeys, pigs, and all kinds of vegetables. A look at how urban meets rural in the most surprising ways.
Guest: Novella Carpenter, author, "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer" (Penguin Press).
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Friday
7/31/2009
10:00 PM
090731E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with a woman who turned a vacant city lot into a thriving farm... complete with chickens, turkeys, pigs, and all kinds of vegetables. A look at how urban meets rural in the most surprising ways.
Guest: Novella Carpenter, author, "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer" (Penguin Press).
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Friday
7/24/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Robert Wright about his book, "The Evolution of God". The book argues that the Abrahamic God of Jews, Christians and Muslims has shown "moral growth," which could help in the reconciliation of these religions today.
Guest: Robert Wright, has taught Philosophy at Princeton, and Religion at the University of Pennsylvania. Author, "The Evolution of God" (Little Brown) http.//evolutionofgod.net/
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Friday
7/24/2009
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest shares her warm and often comical experiences on a year-long mission to introduce her four finicky kids to new and exotic foods... such as purple potatoes, anchovies, and fresh coconut.
Guest: Emily Franklin, Author, "Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 102 Recipes" (Hyperion) www.emilyfranklin.com
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Friday
7/24/2009
10:00 PM
090724E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest shares her warm and often comical experiences on a year-long mission to introduce her four finicky kids to new and exotic foods... such as purple potatoes, anchovies, and fresh coconut.
Guest: Emily Franklin, Author, "Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 102 Recipes" (Hyperion) www.emilyfranklin.com
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Friday
7/17/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after nine, is a language blogger for the New York Times, who explores news sites from around the world for the words and phrases capturing the times we live in.
Guest: Ben Schott, blogger, "Schott's Vocab: A Miscellany of Modern Words and Phrases" http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/ (REBROADCAST from 4/17/09)
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7/17/2009
10:00 AM
090717E
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Veronica Rueckert
Is a walk in the woods a right... or a privilege? That question sparked Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, to examine how people view their relationship with nature.
Guest: Richard Louv journalist, author, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder.” Chairman, “Children & Nature Network.” www.childrenandnature.org (REBROADCAST from 3/20/09)
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7/17/2009
10:00 PM
090717E
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Veronica Rueckert
Is a walk in the woods a right... or a privilege? That question sparked Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after nine, to examine how people view their relationship with nature.
Guest: Richard Louv journalist, author, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder.” Chairman, “Children & Nature Network.” www.childrenandnature.org (REBROADCAST from 3/20/09)
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7/10/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
From the stock market crash to unemployment rates... election results to college admissions... After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guest says though we believe the world is governed by logic and order we should accept that, in reality, Random rules. Most successes and failures are actually the result of "fortuitous circumstances".
Guest: Leonard Mlodinow teaches, randomness to future scientists at Caltech. Author, "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" (Vintage Books).
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7/10/2009
10:00 AM
090710E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the effect of popular culture on the lives of young people.
Guest: Lauren Greenfield, photographer, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist. www.laurengreenfield.com
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7/10/2009
10:00 PM
090710E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the effect of popular culture on the lives of young people.
Guest: Lauren Greenfield, photographer, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist. www.laurengreenfield.com
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Friday
7/3/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss what makes for a "good education." He has examined the training, formal or otherwise, received by Lincoln and other unique Americans such as J.F.K., George Washington, and Hellen Keller.
Guest: Daniel Wolff, author, "How Lincoln Learned to Read: Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them" (Bloomsbury).
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Friday
7/3/2009
10:00 AM
090703E
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Veronica Rueckert
How will you celebrate Independence Day tomorrow? A barbeque...a picnic? Fireworks? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest invite your thoughts and plans on celebrating Independence Day.
Guest: Jennifer Trainer Thompson, author, "The Joy of Family Traditions: A Season-by-Season Companion to Celebrations, Holidays, and Special Occasions" (Ten Speed Press).
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Friday
7/3/2009
10:00 PM
090703E
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Veronica Rueckert
How will you celebrate Independence Day tomorrow? A barbeque... a picnic? Fireworks? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest invite your thoughts and plans on celebrating Independence Day.
Guest: Jennifer Trainder Thompson, author, "The Joy of Family Traditions: A Season-by-Season Companion to Celebrations, Holidays, and Special Occasions" (Ten Speed Press).
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Friday
6/26/2009
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the use of Yoga, meditation, and stress-reduction as a supplement to traditional medical treatments.
Guests:
Kelly McGonigal teaches yoga, meditation, and psychology at Stanford University. Editor in Chief, “International Journal of Yoga Therapy,” and “Yoga Therapy in Practice.” She also serves on the board of Yoga Bear.
Halle Tecco, Founder, Yoga Bear, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing cancer survivors with more opportunities for wellness and healing through the practice of yoga.
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Friday
6/26/2009
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Poet, filmmaker and author, Sherman Alexie, joins Veronica Rueckert, after ten, to discuss his new book of poetry about fathers and sons - the father that he has lost, and the sons he is fathering.
Guest: Sherman Alexie’s many books include “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” and “Ten Little Indians.” He wrote the screenplay for the movie “Smoke Signals,” and his first book of poetry in nine years was just published entitled, “Face.”
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Friday
6/26/2009
10:00 PM
090626E
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Veronica Rueckert
Poet, filmmaker and author, Sherman Alexie, joins Veronica Rueckert, after ten, to discuss his new book of poetry about fathers and sons - the father that he has lost, and the sons he is fathering.
Guest: Sherman Alexie’s many books include “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” and “Ten Little Indians.” He wrote the screenplay for the movie “Smoke Signals,” and his first book of poetry in nine years was just published entitled, “Face.”
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Friday
6/19/2009
9:00 AM
090619D
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guests have practical tips and strategies for enjoying sustainable, healthy, nutritious foods... while saving money, and stewarding the environment.
Guests: Lisa Kiviristand John Ivanko, Co-Authors, “ECOpreneuring,” “Rural Renaissance,” and “Edible Earth.” Lisa and John are moderating four workshops at the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair. www.the-mrea.org/
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Friday
6/19/2009
10:00 AM
090619E
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests talk about the latest from the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, and the opening of the new African Crane Exhibit.
Guest: Martin Sell, architect and president of MSA-Integrated Project Delivery. Project leader for the new International Crane Foundation Africa Exhibit.
Guest: Ann Burke, Former Biologist. Director of Public Relations, International Crane Foundation.
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Friday
6/19/2009
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests talk about the latest from the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, and the opening of the new African Crane Exhibit.
Guest: Martin Sell, architect and president of MSA-Integrated Project Delivery. Project leader for the new International Crane Foundation Africa Exhibit.
Guest: Ann Burke, Former Biologist. Director of Public Relations, International Crane Foundation.
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Friday
6/12/2009
9:00 AM
090612D
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Wisconsin Secretary of Tourism Kelli Trumble joins Veronica Rueckert to invite you to the many film fests, concerts, and other cultural events throughout the State this Summer.
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Friday
6/12/2009
10:00 AM
090612E
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Veronica Rueckert
Nearly nine hundred languages have failed over the centuries. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest look at the history of language, and the fascinating story of the enduring quest to invent a better way-with-words.
Guest: Arika (Erika) Okrent, author, "In The Land of Invented Languages: Esperant Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language" (Random House) www.inthelandofinventedlanguages.com
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Friday
6/12/2009
10:00 PM
090612E
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Veronica Rueckert
Nearly nine hundred languages have failed over the centuries. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest look at the history of language, and the fascinating story of the enduring quest to invent a better way-with-words.
Guest: Arika (Erika) Okrent, author, "In The Land of Invented Languages: Esperant Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language" (Random House) www.inthelandofinventedlanguages.com
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Friday
6/5/2009
9:00 AM
090605D
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert is joined by a self-described "book whisperer," who says she's yet to meet a child she couldn’t turn into a reader.
Guest: Donalyn Miller, 6th grade language arts and social studies teacher, Trinity Meadow Intermediate School, Keller, Texas. Author, “The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child.”
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Friday
6/5/2009
10:00 AM
090605E
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Veronica Rueckert
Women talk openly about their experiences as mothers, but men are less willing to talk about fatherhood. After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest shares a written record he decided to keep of his experiences after the birth of his children.
Guest: Michael Lewis, contributing editor, Vanity Fair magazine. Author, "Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood" (Norton).
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Friday
6/5/2009
10:00 PM
090605E
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Veronica Rueckert
Women talk openly about their experience on becoming mothers, but men are not willing to speak about fatherhood. Veronica Rueckert's guest decided to keep a written record of his experiences after the birth of his children, and he discusses it after ten.
Michael Lewis, contributing editor to Vanity Fair. Author, "Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood" (Norton)
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