producer) on WPR on Memorial Day from 11-12:30 Noel Cutright, Ozaukee County THE IDEAS NETWORK PROGRAM NOTES FOR MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010 If you have questions or comments about our programming, contact our Audience Services Center during business hours at 800-747-7444. Want to know more about Wisconsin Public Radio? Sign up for our monthly e-Newsletter! You'll get in-depth information on programs, upcoming events, on-air staff, and any special programs coming up in the next month. Sign up at http://wpr.org/about/newsletters.cfm 6:00 AM Joy Cardin - 05/31A In light of recent finales of popular T-V shows like "Lost" and "24," Joy Cardin and her guest, after six, review the best... and worst... series endings in T-V history. And they invite you to weigh-in with your favorite, or most disappointing, finale moment.Guest: Robert Thompson, Professor of Television and Pop Culture, and Director, Bleier (BLY-er) Center for Television and Pop Culture, Syracuse University. 7:00 AM Joy Cardin - 05/31B Last week, the state of Arizona passed a one-percent sales tax increase to help pay for education. After seven, on The State Capitol Report, Joy Cardin's guest says Wisconsin should do the same.Guest: Tom Beebe (BEE-bee), Executive Director, Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools. 7:30 AM Joy Cardin - 05/31X According to Joy Cardin's guest, after seven-thirty, drug companies have too much influence over doctors, and he's pushing for new state laws to limit the influence.Guest: Nino Amato (NEE-noe uh-MOTT-oh), President, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups. 8:00 AM Joy Cardin - 05/31C Scientists warn of the looming extinction of thousands of plant and animal species the world over. Joy Cardin's guest, after eight, tells the story of a group of biologists and environmentalists who are part of an international effort to restore damaged habitats around the world... a process they call "re-wilding".Guest: Caroline Fraser, author, "Rewilding the World: Dispatches From the Conservation Revolution." 9:00 AM Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn - 05/31D Nine o'clock Monday morning means it's time for All Things Political. Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at the-week-that-was.Guest: Paul Singer, Associate Editor, Roll Call online newspaper. 10:00 AM Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn - 05/31E After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the news impact of blogs and other social media, as well as how their agendas compare with the traditional press. Guest: Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism. www.journalism.org/ 11:00 AM Jim Packard in for Larry Meiller - 05/31F After eleven, a holiday tradition continues with a program on birdwatching. Jim Packard's guests are Noel Cutright of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, and DNR wildlife educator Bill Volkert. noel.cutright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx william.volkert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 12:30 PM Chapter A Day Norman Gilliland reads "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein on Chapter a Day. It's a story of family, love, loyalty & hope, as only a dog could tell it. 1:00 PM Talk of the Nation Intimate views of the reality of modern war often come from the soldiers themselves. After one, on TALK OF THE NATION, dispatches detailing the war in Iraq. 2:00 PM Talk of the Nation The only thing more jarring than incessant sound might be....silence. After two, on TALK OF THE NATION, author George Foy talks about his search for zero decibels. 3:00 PM Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 05/31K After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation with two Vietnam War veterans about their return trip to visit the family of a man one of them had killed during the war. It's an encore presentation of "Wandering Souls." Guests: <br>-Wayne Karlin, Professor, Languages and Literature, College of Southern Maryland. Author, "Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Vietnam".<br> -Homer Steedly, Vietnam veteran whose story is in the book, "Wandering Souls". 4:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens - 05/31L As the science of war becomes more high-tech, is it time to re-evaluate the concept of war? After four, Ben Merens and his guest discuss whether war is ethically outmoded... or always justifiable. Guest: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School. 5:00 PM At Issue with Ben Merens - 05/31M After five, Ben Merens talks with historian Ken Davis about all-things-Memorial Day. Join the conversation on the history and the trivia surrounding today's national holiday. Guest: Ken Davis, historian. Author, "A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History." Author, "Don't Know Much about History" series. 6:00 PM On Point After six, On Point: Memorial Day - Poetry and War.<br>On Point marks Memorial Day with the moving poetry of war... from ancient Greece... to present-day Iraq. 7:00 PM On Point After seven, On Point: Hip-hop legend and Wu Tang Clan (WOO-tan clan) founder, "The RZA" (RIZZA)...on life lessons and the Tao of Wu (Dau of WOO). 8:00 PM As It Happens At eight, it's As It Happens from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 9:00 PM Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 05/31K After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation with two Vietnam War veterans about their return trip to visit the family of a man one of them had killed during the war. It's an encore presentation of "Wandering Souls." Guests: <br>-Wayne Karlin, Professor, Languages and Literature, College of Southern Maryland. Author, "Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Vietnam".<br> -Homer Steedly, Vietnam veteran whose story is in the book, "Wandering Souls". 10:00 PM Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn - 05/31E After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the news impact of blogs and other social media, as well as how their agendas compare with the traditional press. Guest: Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism. www.journalism.org/ 11:00 PM Chapter A Day Norman Gilliland reads "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein on Chapter a Day. It's a story of family, love, loyalty & hope, as only a dog could tell it. 11:30 PM BBC World Service World news and features are heard overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation. * * * * * Thank you for using the WPR Ideas Network "Program Notes" email service. 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