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2012 Program Schedule for
Wider Horizons
10 am Mon. to Fri.
All programs are rebroadcast the same day at 5 pm

Monday
 
Tuesday
 
Wednesday
 
Thursday
 
Friday

Monday 10 am
Humanism Today
(each program is rebroadcast the same day at 5 pm)
Broadcast
Date
Program
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Date
Source
Note
1/2/12 Sarah Oelberg: The New Humanism and other conferences (repeated from 2/1/10) 55:308/3/08a
1/9/12 Freethought Mixtape1:07:4012/28/11b
1/16/12 Susan Hagstrom: James Dobson: why his group Focus on the Family endangers America 59:411/15/12a
1/23/12 John Hawks: Ardipithecus and human origins (repeated from 2/8/10) 1:06:522/7/10a
1/30/12 Humanist Community Project at Harvard1:01:491/27/12b
2/6/12 Massimo Pigliucci: Darwin Day (repeated from 2/15/10) 59:421/31/07c
2/13/12 Dr. Carolyn Porco: The Cosmic Theater (repeated from 2/22/10) 47:1110/29/08c
2/20/12 Greg Epstein: Good Without God (repeated from 3/1/10) 49:0212/23/09c
2/27/12 Howard Katz: Inside Humanism Today - Q&A 1:10:152/26/12a
3/5/12 Howard Katz: Inside Humanism Today 44:322/26/12d
3/12/12 On location in Cranston, Rhode Island1:02:433/7/12b
3/19/12 Han Hills of the Carolinas Secular Conference joins us1:03:013/7/12e
3/26/12 Jende Huang: The HEADS Meeting (repeated from 3/8/10) 29:071/27/10c
4/2/12 The Reason Rally48:123/30/12b
4/9/12 Ron Solomon and Ingrid Laas: Lobby Day for Reason & Reason Rally reports 1:10:334/1/12a
4/16/12 Sebastian Velez in Haiti (repeated from 3/15/10) 48:082/24/10c
4/23/12 Doleta Chapru: Gay-Affirming Religious Groups: Good News for Human Rights (repeated from 3/22/10) 48:443/7/10a
4/30/12 Kate Lovelady: A human faith (repeated from 3/29/10) 28:564/13/08f
5/7/12 Kate Lovelady: Saying Yes (repeated from 4/5/10) 29:199/17/06f
5/14/12 Roy Saltman: Sacred Humanism Without Miracles 35:195/9/12g
5/21/12 Kate Lovelady: Will Humanism End or Save Religion? 26:224/8/12f

a Recording of Humanist Union of Madison program.
b Humanist Hour from the American Humanist Association.
c Podcast from Humanist Network News.
d Talk at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society in Madison.
e Frostcall podcast.
f Platform address at The Ethical Society of St. Louis.
g Barry Lynn's Culture Shocks.


Tuesday 10 am
Spirit In Action
or
Song of the Soul
(each program is rebroadcast the same day at 5 pm)
Broadcast
Date
Program
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1/3/12 The Whole-Brain Path to Peace - James Olson 55:0012/25/11a
1/10/12 Inner Pippi - Sue Orfield's Song of the Soul 55:001/8/12b
1/17/12 America Beyond Capitalism - Gar Alperovitz 55:001/1/12a
1/24/12 Karma, Vegetarianism & Abortion - Vasu Murti - Part 1 54:591/15/12a
1/31/12 Sanctity of Life - Vasu Murti - Part 2 55:001/29/12a
2/7/12 Segregated Blackball to Major Leagues - The Saga of Satchel Paige 55:002/5/12a
2/14/12 Hip Hop Council of All Beings - Pacha's Pajamas 55:002/12/12a
2/21/12 John Noltner: A Peace of My Mind - Fostering a Larger Public Conversation 54:592/19/12a
2/28/12 Peak Oil & Druidry - John Michael Greer 55:002/26/12a
3/6/12 Simple Living - Fred Small's Song of the Soul 55:003/4/12b
3/13/12 Apocalypse? NOT!!! - Grand Archdruid John Michael Greer Part 2 54:593/4/12a
3/20/12 Seeing Stars - Meg Hutchinson's Song of the Soul 55:003/11/12b
3/27/12 Mathematician Mystic - Michelle Lynn's 2nd Song of the Soul 54:593/25/12b
4/3/12 Living Illegal - The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration 54:594/1/12a
4/10/12 World Stretching - Richard Bruxvoort Colligan's Song of the Soul 55:004/8/12b
4/17/12 Healing The Heart of Democracy - Parker Palmer 55:004/15/12a
4/24/12 Circles of Trust & the Body Politic - Parker Palmer, Part 2 54:594/22/12a
5/1/12 I Wish I Were Krishna - Lon Milo DuQuette's Song of the Soul 55:004/15/12b
5/8/12 All Will Be Well - Meg Barnhouse's Song of the Soul 55:004/22/12b
5/15/12 LGBT - Bringing One's Whole Self to God 55:005/6/12a
5/22/12 Gandhi & the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment With Truth 55:005/13/12a

a Spirit In Action - interviews by Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio, Eau Claire WI.
b Song of the Soul - interviews by Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio and music selected by his guests.


Wednesday 10 am
Voices for Religious Pluralism
(each program is rebroadcast the same day at 5 pm)
Broadcast
Date
Program
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Date
Source
Note
1/4/12Eric Weiner: Man Seeks God31:0512/14/11a
1/11/12Robert N. McCauley: Why Religion is Natural and Science Is Not32:221/4/12a
1/18/12 Phyllis Long: Karen Armstrong's 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life 32:001/8/12b
1/25/12 Secular World #106 Christoper Hitchens' Acceptance Speech, intro by Richard Dawkins 31:0212/18/11c
2/1/12 Amy Bellmore: Childhood and Adolescent Bullying and the Players -- Bullies, Victims and Bystanders 31:591/15/12b
2/8/12 Kate Lovelady: Spiritual Democracy 28:511/8/12d
2/15/12 Dr. Myra Marx Ferree: What the United States Can Learn About Improving the Status of Women from Other Countries 39:161/29/12b
2/22/12 Patrick Farabaugh: Becoming an LGBT Advocate 33:382/12/12b
2/29/12 Pat Watkins: The Story of A Black Family 47:292/19/12b
3/7/12Theologian Dr. Bruce Epperly discusses progressive spirituality and Process Theology37:272/17/12a
3/14/12On FreeThinking Students - Rhys Morgan and Lyz Liddell31:362/23/12e
3/21/12 Dorris Keeven-Franke: German Freethought Communities in Missouri 26:001/22/12d
3/28/12 Kate Lovelady: The Constitution as Sacred Text 30:192/19/12d
4/4/12 James Tabor: The Jesus Discovery 33:553/26/12a
4/11/12On Atheism, Secularism And Rationality - Interview With Tanya Smith19:193/16/12e
4/18/12 Oriol Mirosa: The Global Politics of Water: Managing Our Most Precious Resource in the 21st Century 38:343/25/12b
4/25/12 Gary Dorrien: The Obama Question: A Progressive Perspective 55:004/8/12f
5/2/12 Darrin Grinder: The Presidents and Their Faith 34:054/18/12a
5/9/12 Kate Lovelady: In Defense of Smut 29:273/11/12d
5/16/12 Kate Lovelady: It's the End of the World as We Know It: Should We Feel Fine? 26:014/22/12d
5/23/12On Faitheism - Interview With Chris Stedman28:484/2/12e

a Culture Shocks, hosted by the Rev. Barry Lynn.
b Talk at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society.
c Secular World Podcast. (formerly Secular Nation)
d Platform address at The Ethical Society of St. Louis.
e Token Skeptic from Fremantle, Australia.
f Spirit In Action - interviews by Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio, Eau Claire WI.


Thursday 10 am
Freethought Radio
(each program is rebroadcast the same day at 5 pm)
Rebroadcast of radio programs from the Freedom From Religion Foundation
Broadcast
Date
Program
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LengthCreation
Date
FFRF No.
1/5/12Reason's Greetings - Remembering Christopher Hitchens 40:5912/24/10296
1/12/12 untitled 40:0112/31/11297
1/19/12 Steven Pinker: Why Rationality Reduces Violence 41:281/7/12298
1/26/12 Guest: Author John S. Compere, PhD 41:481/14/12299
2/2/12 Guests: Litigant Jessica Ahlquist and author George Levine 41:341/21/12300
2/9/12 Guest: Victorious Rhode Island litigant Jessica Ahlquist 41:411/28/12301
2/16/12 Guest: Connecticut Florist Sean Condon 41:462/4/12302
2/23/12 Guest: Ellery Schempp, First Amendment Champion 41:382/11/12303
3/1/12 God at the Grammys, Atheism at the Golden Globes 41:432/18/12304
3/8/12 Guest: Katherine Stewart, author of The Good News Club 42:442/25/12305
3/15/12 Guest: Jim McCollum 42:523/3/12306
3/22/12 International Women's Day Guests: Anne Nicol Gaylor and Krystal Myers 43:363/10/12307
3/29/12 Guest: Mitch Kahle 40:463/17/12308
4/5/12 Guest: Tanya Smith, president of Atheist Alliance International 42:473/31/12309
4/12/12 Guest: Tara Ayres 42:527/7/12310
4/19/12 Guest: Susan Loesser 41:487/14/12311
4/26/12 Guests: Supreme Court Plaintiff Deborah Weisman Clasie and former minister Paul Heffron 40:467/21/12312
5/3/12Guest: Congressman Pete Stark 42:572/19/11252
5/10/12 Guest: Saloma Furlong 42:494/28/12313
5/17/12 Guest: FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert 42:335/5/12314
5/24/12 Guest: High school activist Jeff Shott 42:575/12/12315


Friday 10 am
Natural Sciences Hour
(program is rebroadcast the same day at 5 pm)
Broadcast
Date
Program
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Date
Source
Note
1/6/12Page Baluch: Micronauts and Beyond20:312010a
1/13/12Microorganisms1:00:0010/23/11b
1/20/12Spider Silk1:00:001/8/12b
1/27/12Gro Amdam: What's the buzz about bees and the bee genome?22:392006a
2/3/12Cheryl Nickerson: Bugs in Space26:482006a
2/10/12There Will Be Blood: Evolution and Function of Menstruation1:00:001/29/12b
2/17/12Fungi & "Fossils"1:00:002/5/12b
2/24/12Emil McCain: Is There a Jaguar in My Backyard?29:412008a
3/2/12Everyday Superpowers1:00:002/12/12b
3/9/12Susanne Neuer: A Breath of Fresh Ocean Air29:502007a
3/16/12Ron Rutowski: Butterflies and Insect Vision43:562007a
3/23/12Science Stories Ep. 1: Have Lobster, Will Travel; Ep. 2: Trials & Terrors of High School Bio27:173/8,16/12c
3/30/12Scott Wallace: The Unconquered34:443/13/12d
4/6/12Predators & Prey1:00:003/25/12b
4/13/12David Dobbs: Reef Madness1:00:004/1/12b
4/20/12Chris Stringer: Lone Survivors29:303/29/12d
4/27/12David Krakauer: The Evolution of Intelligence: from cells to brains1:07:204/19/12e
5/4/12Kevin Padian: What Darwin Said (Or Didn't Say)1:03:174/26/12e
5/11/12John Alcock: Biology Net27:412007a
5/18/12Miles Orchinik: Stressed Out30:532007a

a From Arizona State University's Ask A Biologist with Dr. Biology.
b Skeptically Speaking from CJSR, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
c Podcasts from Science & the City, New York Academy of Sciences.
d Podcast from Barry Lynn’s Culture Shocks.
e Evolution Seminar Series at UW-Madison.

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