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THE IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAM NOTES FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010



6:00 AM  Joy Cardin - 01/27A

According to Joy Cardin’s guest, after six, cable TV political talk

shows are all about Party Hacks defending their side.  He says real

conservatives, progressives, libertarians, and others are left out of 

the discussion. Guest: Michael Lind, Policy Director for the Economic
Growth Program, New America Foundation. Author, The Radical Center:

The Future of American Politics and What Lincoln Believed.  His

article, “I Blame Cable TV,” Salon magazine.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2010/01/18/cable_tv



7:00 AM  Joy Cardin - 01/27B

Governor Doyle delivered his final State of the State Address last

night.  After seven, Joy Cardin welcomes two state lawmakers to

tackle The Big Question:  How do we improve the State of Wisconsin in 

2010?  Guests: - Robin Vos, Republican State Representative,

Wisconsin 63rd Assembly District (Racine). - Bob Jauch (JOWK),

Democratic State Senator, Wisconsin 25th Senate District (Poplar).



8:00 AM  Joy Cardin - 01/27C

What do you want to hear President Obama say in his State of
the Union address tonight?  According to Joy Cardin's guest, after

eight, the message for Obama to drive home tonight will be creating

jobs and improving the economy. Guest: Eric Giordano, Assistant

Professor of Political Science, UW-Marathon County.



9:00 AM  Kathleen Dunn - 01/27D

After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the rise of the

contemporary Tea Party political demonstration, and recent turmoil

within the movement. Guests: - Elvin Lim, Assistant Professor of

Government, Wesleyan University. Author, The Anti-Intellectual

Presidency: The decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George
Washington to George W. Bush.  - Erika G. King, Professor of

Political Science, Grand Valley State University. Author, Framing

the Iraq War Endgame.



10:00 AM  Kathleen Dunn - 01/27E

After ten, Kathleen Dunn takes your program ideas and guest

suggestions during her January open-line.



11:00 AM  Larry Meiller - 01/27F

The talk turns to life on the Upper Mississippi River, after eleven.  

Larry Meiller's guest is Reggie McLeod (mc-CLOUD), Publisher of Big

River magazine.  www.bigrivermagazine.com



11:45 AM  Larry Meiller - 01/27G

After eleven forty-five, learn more about an initiative to promote

Wisconsin-made foods in your local grocery.  Larry Meiller talks with 

Greg Lawless of UW-Extension and Lois Federman of the Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. 

www.thrivehere.org



12:30 PM  Chapter A Day

On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from Coop: A Year of Poultry,

Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry.  The author of Truck returns 

to tell the story of his new life in the country.



1:00 PM  Talk of the Nation

After one, on Talk of the Nation, political junkie Ken Rudin joins

Neil Conan with a preview of President Obama's State of the Union

address tonight.



2:00 PM  Talk of the Nation

After two, on Talk of the Nation, animal behaviorist Temple Grandin

joins host Neal Conan to talk about animals, autism, and the new HBO

movie about her.



3:00 PM  Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 01/27K

After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca

talks with the author of The Empathic Civilization, who says we

should transform our idea of Human Nature.  Guest: Jeremy Rifkin,

President, Foundation on Economic Trends, Bethesda, Maryland. Author, 

The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a

World in Crisis.



4:00 PM  At Issue with Ben Merens - 01/27L



5:00 PM  At Issue with Ben Merens - 01/27M

Amputees could once gain regain the use of their limbs as research in 

neural prostheses... or bionics... advances  in clinical trials. 

Join Ben Merens and his guest to discover how advances in bionic

prostheses can improve life for those with missing limbs, impaired

hearing or vision.   Guest: Josh Fischman, Senior Editor, The
Chronicle  of Higher Education.  Author, "A Better Life with Bionics" 

(January National Geographic magazine).



6:00 PM  On Point
After six, On Point: Haiti, the U.S., and the road to recovery. It's

going to be a long one. A look at what the U.S. commitment should be.



7:00 PM  On Point

After seven, On Point: The story of legendary innovator Nikola Tesla

(nick-OH-lah TESS-lah).  He went up against Thomas Edison... and

lost the fame game. Now he's an icon in an age when America is hungry 

for new innovation.



8:00 PM  SPECIAL:  State of the Union Address

At eight, we bring you NPR News live coverage of President Obama’s

State of the Union Address, and the Republican response from Virginia 

Governor Robert F. McDonnell.   Robert Siegel is your host. . . 

joined by NPR’s Mara Liasson and Ron Elving.  Plus, analysis from a

number of NPR Reporters.  After the address and analysis, stay

tuned for a special call-in program hosted by Neil Conan.  That’s

President Obama's State of the Union Address,  ( Wednesday night)   

at eight,  here on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio.



11:00 PM  Chapter A Day

On Chapter A Day, Jim Fleming reads from "Coop: A Year of Poultry,

Pigs, and Parenting" by Michael Perry.  The author of "Truck" returns 

to tell the story of his new life in the country.



11:30 PM  BBC World Service
World news and features are heard overnight seven days a week from

the British Broadcasting Corporation.



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