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9/1/2012
10:00 AM
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Whad'Ya Know? 09/01/2012
It's a look back at some favorite moments in recent Whad'Ya history including a chat with author Ayelet Waldman ("Red Hook Road" and her collection of essays, "Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace"). Also, a glimpse of our proud Town of the Week, Holly Springs, Mississippi, a chat with renowned photographer Steve McCurry and the last of the kodachrome film... and two photogenic rounds of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz!
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Saturday
8/25/2012
10:00 AM
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August 25, 2012: Silver Jubilee Show (Rebroadcas...
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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Saturday
8/18/2012
10:00 AM
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August 18, 2012: Michael Perry/Cathy Bryant
This week, author, humorist and Wisconsin favorite, Michael Perry makes an appearance on the Terrace stage with Michael to chat about his new book "Visiting Tom". Then, we get a lesson in bad writing from Cathy Bryant who penned this year's worst opening sentence to a novel. Plus, All the News That Isn't, Memos, the Quiz and our Town of the Week, Tremonton, UT!
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Saturday
8/11/2012
10:00 AM
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August 11, 2012: Adam Cohen/Robby Schiller
This week, Michael's putting the "music" in Music Hall with special guests Adam Cohen (son of legendary Leonard Cohen) and Robby Schiller of the Blueheels. Plus, All the News That Isn't and the quiz!
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Saturday
8/4/2012
10:00 AM
120804A
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August 4, 2012: Mail Jumpers/Hotline/Place to Be
This week, it's an encore of two gold medal worthy hours of broadcasting! Michael meets the Lake Geneva mail jumpers, opens up the phone lines to brides to be, plays a pair of quizzes and a "golden" Place to Be!
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Saturday
7/28/2012
10:00 AM
120728A
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July 28, 2012: Cincinnati, OH
Fix up a heaping helping of five-way chili and settle in for two hours of Whad'Ya Know? In this rebroadcast from July of 2010, Michael and the gang head down river to visit the Queen City - Cincinnati, Ohio. Michael discusses life in the "Paris of the Midwest" with Mr. Cincinnati himself, Jim Tarbell, and learns that running a riverboat is not a kosher enterprise unless you want it to be. Also, Michael listens to "a really long" song about a "really big place" when Peter Adams plays his neo-psych-folk-punk hit, "Antarctica".
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Saturday
7/21/2012
10:00 AM
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July 21, 2012: Anthony Bourdain
It's an archive edition of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? show. In the first hour, Author and chef Anthony Bourdain chats about his book "Medium Raw". Plus, the first round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
In the second hour, 9 year old Sydney Claxton is the guest for this week's Place To Be after he invented a new, curved brat bun! Plus, another round of the Whad'Ya Know? quiz!
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Saturday
7/14/2012
10:00 AM
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July 14, 2012: Marcia Ball
In the first hour, All The News That Isn't. Then Bayou (BUY-you) Boogie Queen Marcia Ball, and the first Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
In the second hour, Thanks for the Memos, a visit to our Place to Be a hoarder (and your calls about "excessive collecting"), and round two of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz!
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Saturday
7/7/2012
10:00 AM
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July 7, 2012: Andrew Blum
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... All the News that Isn't then special guest, author Andrew Blum on his book, "Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet" and the first hour's Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
In the second hour, Madison's National Poetry Slam Team "Urban Spoken Word" take the stage to showcase their skills, followed by another Quiz!
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Saturday
6/30/2012
10:00 AM
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June 30, 2012: Tim Birkhead & Hometown Sweethear...
This week in the first hour of Whad'Ya Know?... All the News that Isn't, then special guest, author Tim Birkhead on his book, "Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird."Also, the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
In the second hour, Madison rockers, the Hometown Sweethearts take the stage and there's another Quiz!
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Saturday
6/23/2012
10:00 AM
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June 23, 2012: David Maraniss
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... All the News that Isn't then special guest, author David Maraniss on his book, "Barack Obama: The Story" followed by the first Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
Then in the second hour, a special remembrance of Jim Packard.
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Saturday
6/16/2012
10:00 AM
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Ithaca, New York w/Amy Dickinson and Brian Wansi...
A look back at a trip to Ithaca, New York. Michael welcomes special guest, advice columnist Amy Dickinson. Her new book is, "The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them." Then the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
In the second hour, enjoy the music of The Horse Flies. Also, "Mindless Eating," writer Brian Wansink from Cornell Food and Brand Labs, plus mindful eating with David Hirsch from Moosewood Restaurant. Then round two of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
6/9/2012
10:00 AM
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New York City, NY w/Sarah Jessica Parker
We're live from the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in beautiful New York City! In the first hour, Michael serves up a Big Gulp of Diet All the News that Isn't, Then Sarah Jessica Parker classes up the place and the Whad'Ya Know? Trio keep it sexy in the City... Then the first Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
In the second hour, Loudon Wainwright III steps in and lights up the place with his voice and a guitar. Then television writer, Paul Simms has some great insight into creating and writing a great show and John Thulin, Jeff Hamann, and Clyde Stubblefield play a tune worthy of Broadway... There's another round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz and finally Bryan Petroff and Douglas Quint of Big Gay Ice Cream know the key ingredient to a delicious ice cream shake (and it sounds like "bourbon").
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Saturday
6/2/2012
10:00 AM
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John Fox, author of "Ball"
This week on Whad'Ya Know?, author John Fox on the history of the ball. And we bounce around a round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
6/2/2012
11:00 AM
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Thanks for the memos + the quiz
In our second hour of Whad'Ya Know?... Thanks for the memos!... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
5/26/2012
10:00 AM
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Springfield, Missouri w/Fred Pfister
It's a look back to a trip to Springfield, Missouri with special guest Fred Pfister, professional hillbilly. Plus, music from the Whad'Ya Know? Trio, and of course, the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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5/26/2012
11:00 AM
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Springfield, Missouri: Building a 13th castle
Is the second hour of Whad'Ya Know?, we continue with a look back at a visit to Springfield, Missouri. The Skeletons play "Googoo's Britches" and their biggest hit, "Andy's" (frozen custard). Also, Julie Sonveau talks about building a castle in Lead Hill, Arkansas using 13th Century tools. Michael gives it a whack, too. Plus, the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
5/19/2012
10:00 AM
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AJ Jacobs and Drop Dead Healthy
A live Whad'Ya Know? Show from Monona Terrace in Madison. Want to live a long, long time? Michael's guest might have the answer in his book, Drop Dead Healthy. Having achieved enlightenment in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, bestselling author A.J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to make over his body and become the healthiest person in the world.
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5/19/2012
11:00 AM
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Cal DeWitt and Brownsville, TN
During the second hour of this live broadcast Michael reads this week's Thanks for the Memos. The Place To Be is inspired to preserve and conserve the earth with Nelson Institute for Environment Studies Professor, Cal DeWitt. Oh, you will want to get out there and become a steward of the earth. Contemplate wetlands as you listen to jazz from John and Jeff, play a challenging round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz plus a visit to our Town of the Week, Brownsville, Tennessee.
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Saturday
5/12/2012
10:00 AM
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John T. Edge "Truck Food Cookbook"
A live Whad'Ya Know? show from Monona Terrace in Madison. Guest John T. Edge has a new book, "Truck Food Cookbook." Bacon-wrapped hotdogs, doughnuts, crepes, vegetarian and vegan food that is really yummy are all on the menu at carts. LA, New York, Austin and Madison, WI are all great places to eat off a cart or truck.
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5/12/2012
11:00 AM
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Hotline: Food Trucks I've Known
Fill up your mug, sit back and relax. . . the second hour of this live broadcast is on it's way. Start off with Thanks for the Memos then move into a Hotline Call-In: Food Trucks I've Known. In the audience we meet a retiring judge and play a challenging round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
5/5/2012
10:00 AM
120505A
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Dr. Bernie's Animal Orchestra
A live Whad'Ya Know? show from Monona Terrace in Madison. Guest is Dr. Bernie Krause and his great animal orchestra. It isn't animals playing instruments and it's not some sideshow spectacle. Dr. Krause spent the last four decades recording environmental sounds and advancing the art of electronic music. John and Jeff play "You Say You Can."
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Saturday
5/5/2012
11:00 AM
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Super Moon with Jim Lattis and Scottsbluff, NE
More laughs, more Michael, more Whad'Ya Know? during the second hour of this live broadcast. The moon is in the seventh house and University of Wisconsin - Madison astronomy expert Jim Lattis is here to explain this whole super-moon phenomenon. There's a Memo about some lab models and then The Whad'Ya Know? Quiz with Art and April. Town of the Week, Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
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Saturday
4/28/2012
10:00 AM
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Lunatic Express with Carl Hoffman.
An encore broadcast with lots of laughs, lots of Feldman and some lovely spring sunshine. Travel around the world dangerously with author and traveler Carl Hoffman then relax in the safety of the Whad'Ya Know? Duo and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
4/28/2012
11:00 AM
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Barefoot Bob and Webster Springs, West Virginia
During the second hour of this encore broadcast Michael kicks off his shoes during The Place To Be. The Ohio Statehouse frowns on visitors going barefoot; Barefoot Bob is challenging that notion. Then visit our Town of the Week, Webster Springs, West Virginia.
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Saturday
4/21/2012
10:00 AM
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Hotline, This Is Your Life
A live Whad'Ya Know? show from Monona Terrace in Madison. A Hotline Call-In episode of Audience This Is Your Life. John and Jeff play some jazz, Michael gets the lowdown on dating dementia in the audience and celebrates a 94th birthday.
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Saturday
4/21/2012
11:00 AM
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Outer space rubber chicken and Kingman, Arizona
More Michael, more laughs, more of everything you love during the second hour of this live show from Madison. Thanks for the Memos covers the pitter mechanic, The Place To Be is flying the stratosphere with a rubber chicken courtesy of Union Bishop High School. Town of the Week, Kingman, Arizona.
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Saturday
4/14/2012
10:00 AM
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Ted Pappas and Britannica
It's Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know?" show, live from Monona Terrace in Madison. Michael's guest is Executive Editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica Theodore (Ted) Pappas. The print edition is going away . . . fewer than 1,000 complete sets remain. During the show . . . TWO complete sets will be awarded as Quiz prizes! At 110 pounds, it's the largest Quiz prize ever.
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4/14/2012
11:00 AM
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Thanks for the Memos and Town of the Week
During the second hour of this live broadcast from Monona Terrace in Madison we'll check the listener mail and enjoy an amusing Thanks for the Memos. It's that prom time of year. Share your prom memories, good and bad, with Michael. The Whad'Ya Know? Duo will jazz things up and we'll play the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
4/7/2012
10:00 AM
120407A
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James Pennebaker, Secret Life of Pronouns
It's an Archive edition of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? featuring an interview with with the author of "The Secret Life of Pronouns," James Pennebaker. The Whad'Ya Know? Duo take us on a musical trip to Paris, and then it's a competitive round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz.
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Saturday
4/7/2012
11:00 AM
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Sam Lyons and Ulrike Heberlein
More laughs coming up, after ten. Guest musician Sam Lyons. Sam is 16 years old and is making a musical mark for himself locally. He's moved around from guitar to woodwinds to piano to tuba. His CD is title "Someday" and he's playing later today at the fundraiser for Boys/Girls Clubs.
Guest interview with Ulrike Heberlein, researcher, University of California, San Francisco. Ulrike is modeling human conditions in fruit flies. The interesting stuff, like, sex, drugs, alcohol use by male fruit flies when the males were spurned by the ladies.
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Saturday
3/31/2012
10:00 AM
120331A
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Biloxi Road show with Mahoney and the Mayor.
It's a live Whad'Ya Know? show from Saenger Auditorium in Biloxi, Mississippi. Guests include restauranteur Bobby Mahoney from Mary Mahoney's Restaurant with some gorgeous crab claws and some lump crab meat to just stuff in anything. Bobby stays out of the kitchen and the Chef stays out of his office. Plus, a quick cameo from Mayor A.J. Holloway to present the key to the city.
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Saturday
3/31/2012
11:00 AM
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Rochelle Harper and Lucy Buffet
Y'all will be enjoying more Gulf-coast hospitality with this live Whad'Ya Know? show from Biloxi, Mississippi. Michael gets a Gulf Coast groove on with the Rochelle Harper Band. Restauranteur Lucy Buffet sits a spell with Michael to talk about shipyard life, restaurants and maybe mentions her famous brother (who isn't Warren).
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