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THIRD QUARTER PROGRAMS

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2006

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from Wisconsin Public Radio

July 2006
07/02 07/09 07/16 07/23 07/30

07/02/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-07-02-A

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WOMEN AND ISLAM
Women in Iran - Lila Azam Zanganeh
Beauty Academy of Kabul - Liz Mermin
Women in Iraq - Houzan Mahmoud
Islamic Women & Pity - Laila Lalami

Hour 2

 

06-07-02-B
(was 05-12-04-A)

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THE MEANING OF LIFE: ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?
Round-Heeled Woman - Jane Juska
Chocolate Tour of Paris - David Lebovitz
Dancing Therapy - Robert Rand
Legless Mountaineer - Warren MacDonald
Music with Birds - David Lee Rothenberg
Poem - Billy Collins
Purpose of Art - Michael Kimmelman

07/09/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-07-09-A

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THE GROWING SEASON
The American Lawn - Ted Steinberg
Seed to Seed - Nicolas Harberd
Essay - Veronica Rueckert
Defiant Gardens - Kenneth Helphand
GFP Bunny - Eduardo Kac

Hour 2

 

06-07-09-B
(was 05-12-11-A)

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THE MEANING OF LIFE: REGRETS
Slavery's Past - Cary Sudler
Beatles' First Drummer - Pete Best
Two Hands - Leon Fleisher
Hana's Suitcase - Karen Levine

07/16/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-07-16-A
(was 05-05-22-B)

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CONSTRUCTING THE NARRATIVE
Great Beginnings - Tom Wolfe
What is a Narrative? - David Freudberg
Cork Boat - John Pollack
Great Beginnings - Amy Tan
Silent Film Scores - Vivek Maddala
Great Endings - Jane Hamilton

Hour 2

 

06-07-16-B
(was 05-12-18-A)

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THE MEANING OF LIFE: THE END
Role of Fate - Amy Tan
Being Dead - Jim Crace
Funny Side of Death - Eric Idle
Cancer Survivor - Pet Daly
The Gift of Serious Illness
- Rachel Naomi Reven
Cemetery Tour - Sarah Stewart Taylor
Poetry of Life & Death - Dennis O'Driscoll

07/23/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-07-23-A

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HOOKED ON SONICS
Offbeat Instruments - Mark Brend
Acoustic Space - Peter Doyle
Stardivari's Genius - Toby Faber
Ukelele Return - Victoria Vox

Hour 2

 

06-07-23-B
(was 05-07-03-A)

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VIOLENCE & MORALITY
Morality of Violence - William Vollman
Violent Entertainment - Harold Schechter
Lincoln Assassination - Sarah Vowell
Gilgamesh - Stephen Mitchell

07/30/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-07-30-A

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RACE CAR DRIVER
NASCAR - Jeff MacGregor
Formula One Engineering - Bob Varsha
Formula One Essay - Erika Monroe Kane
First Woman at Indy 500 - Janet Guthrie
The Note - Patrick Kane
Soap Box Derby - Tyler Gallagher & Jeff Iula

Hour 2

 

06-07-30-B
(was 05-04-03-A)

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FICTIONAL FUN
New Yorker Stories - Deborah Treisman & George Saunders
Narrative Ambiguity - Elliot Perlman
Chick Lit - Jennifer Weiner
Hip Lit - David Foster Wallace

August 2006
08/06 08/13 08/20 08/27

08/06/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-08-08-A

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THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT
Changing American Demographics
- William Frey
Roberto Clemente - David Maraniss
Gypsies of Perpignan - Fernanda Eberstadt
Jews & Assimilation - Samuel Freedman
Learning Tolerance - Thomas Lynch

Hour 2

 

06-08-06-B
(was 05-05-15-A)

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BEHIND CLOSED BOOKS
Rap "Canterbury Tales" - Baba Brinkman
Who Murdered Chaucer? - Terry Jones
The Bronte Sisters - Lucasta Miller
Henry James - Colm Toibin

08/13/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-08-13-A

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WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE
My Attempted Murder - Terri Jentz
Blind Traveler - Jason Roberts
Cross Country - Robert Sullivan
Anti-Tourist - Daniel Kalder

Hour 2

 

06-08-13-B
(was 05-08-21-A)

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CAN WHITE GUYS BE HIP?
Hip & Race - John Leland
Bing Crosby - Gary Giddins
Rent-a-negro - Nick Hornby & Damali Ayo
Being Cool - Chuck E. Weiss
Race & Authenticity - Greil Marcus & Stanley Crouch

08/20/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-08-20-A
(was 05-05-22-A)

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U.S. v. THEM
Mondovino - Jonathon Nossiter
Foreign Babes in Beijing - Rachel DeWoskin
Economic Hit Man - John Perkins
Hip Hop in Johannesburg - Patrick Neate
Jazz & the Cold War - Penny Von Eschen

Hour 2

 

06-08-20-B
(was 05-06-05-A)

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PRO WRESTLING
Pro Wrestling Writer - Ed Ferrara
Wrestler "Mankind" - Mick Foley
Female Professional Wrestling - Ruth Leitman
Wrestling Memories - Georgeous George
Dylan on Wrestling - read by Sean Penn
Mucha Lucha - Lili Chin & Eddie Mort

08/27/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-08-27-A
(was 05-06-26-A)

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THE POST MODERN IRONIC WINK
Irony - Jedediah Purdy
Commentary - Veronica Rueckert
Commentary - Alan Olifson
Tale of a Deaf D.J. - Michael Dowse
We Need Irony - David Foster Wallace
"Getting" Irony - Douglas Coupland

Hour 2

 

06-08-27-B
(was 05-05-01-A)

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MYTHS & MAKEOVERS
Myths & Makeovers - Camille Paglia
MacBeth Makeover - Ted Cowan
MacHomer - Rick Miller
Marilyn Monroe - Sarah Churchwell

September 2006
09/03 09/10 09/17 09/24

09/03/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

06-09-03-A

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NOIR
Tartan Noir - Stuart MacBride
Scandinavian Crime Writers - Steve Paulson
River of Crime (Podcast) - The Residents
Film Noir - Roger Ebert
Depressing Songs - Tom Reynolds

Hour 2

 

06-09-03-B

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A GENERATION OF MARTYRS
Suicide Bombers - Robert Baer
Ottoman Tolerance - Louis De Bernieres
Brits & Mughals - William Dalrymple
Mixed Parentage - Betool Khedairi
Truth About Pilgrims - Nathaniel Philbrick

09/10/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-09-10-A
(was 05-05-01-B)

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WISDOM OF THE BODY
A Body Story - Jane Fonda
In Touch with the Body - Jon Kabat-Zinn
Psychosomatic Wellness - Candace Pert
History of Blood - Bill Hayes
Dancing to Health - Robert Rand

Hour 2

 

06-09-10-B
(was 05-05-29-A)

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SPEECH RULES!
Instant Messaging - Lauren Myracle
Grammar Rules - Patricia O'Connor
Untranslatable Words - Christopher Moore
Speaking American - Robert MacNeil
Sounds of Slavery - Shane White

09/17/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-09-17-A
(was 05-08-14-B)

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CHANGING CHINA
China Tomorrow - Edward Friedman
Big Breasts & Wide Hips - Mo Yan
Rock & Roll in China - Matthew Corbin Clark
Godfather of Chinese Rock & Roll - Cui Jian
The Lady & the Panda - Vicki Croke
A Portrait of Change - Ian Johnson

Hour 2

 

06-09-17-B
(was 05-09-25-A)

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ELEMENTARY HOLMES
Beekeeper Holmes Novel - Mitch Cullen
Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes - Laurie King
New Annotated Holmes - Leslie Klinger
Writing Mysteries - P.D. James
Psychic Detective - Victoria Laurie

09/24/2006 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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06-09-24-A
(was 05-09-18-A)

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BORN AGAIN GOSPEL
Women & Gospel - Cheryl Gilkes
American Soul Music - Craig Werner
Jefferson County, AL - David Isay
Gospel Today - Tonex

Hour 2

 

06-09-24-B
(was 05-09-04-A)

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LET'S GET LOST
Edible Journeys - Linda Ellerbee
Surviving the Sahara - Dean King
Field Guide to Getting Lost - Rebecca Solnit
Losing Yourself in Music - Colin Meloy

 

     


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