Wider Horizons talk shows on WIDE-LP, 99.1 FM, Madison WI

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2025 Program Schedule for the
Wider Horizons
series, 10 AM Mon. to Fri.
At 5 PM we rebroadcast the same program
(or another program in the same series)

Monday 10 AM Humanism Today (each program airs again the same day at 5 PM)
Broadcast Date	Program Click below to listen online.	Length	Creation Date	Source Note
1/6/25	Shawn Peters: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law (repeated from 6/1/09)	1:01:29	7/13/08	^a
1/13/25	John Eligandi: The Dalits' Struggle for Human Rights (repeated from 3/16/09)	1:00:39	2/3/08	^a
1/20/25	Dr. Carolyn Porco: The Cosmic Theater (repeated from 4/20/09)	43:58	10/29/08	^b
1/27/25	Fan Pen Li Chen, Gurinder Singh Azad: East Meets West (repeated from 4/27/09)	1:06:00	8/27/08	^b
2/3/25	Kate Lovelady: A humanist look at the sermon on the mount (repeated from 6/8/09)	23:10	4/12/09	^c
2/10/25	International Humanist Youth (repeated from 6/15/09)	59:29	8/29/07	^b
2/17/25	Barb Park, Karen Deaton: Raging Grannies	26:54	2/2/25	^d
2/24/25	Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens: The New Atheists on Organized Freethought (repeated from 6/22/09)	55:12	10/24/07	^b
3/3/25	Salman Rushdie & Cultural Humanism (repeated from 6/29/09)	1:01:40	5/2/07	^b
3/10/25	Michael Newdow, Jamila Bey, Preston Hunter: Newdow, Atheist Comedian & Religious Supeheroes (repeated from 7/13/09)	1:00:28	6/28/06	^b
3/17/25	Brenda Frye, Margaret Downey: 30 Days (repeated from 7/20/09)	1:05:06	8/30/06	^b
3/24/25	Q&A with Jane Esbensen (repeated from 7/27/09)	59:02	7/5/09	^a
3/31/25	Leslie S., Ron S. Jennifer B., Julie Q.: Growth strategies for free thinking groups: what works and doesn't work? (repeated from 8/3/09)	1:17:04	8/2/09	^a
4/7/25	Caitilyn Allen: Coffee Stories: Capitalism, Colonialism, Climate Change, & a Killer Fungus	1:03:24	4/6/25	^a
4/14/25	August Berkshire: The Atheist Alliance International (repeated from 8/10/09)	1:08:57	6/19/09	^a
4/21/25	Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (repeated from 8/17/09)	57:44	6/24/09	^b
^a Recording of Humanist Union of Madison program. ^b Podcast from Humanist Network News. ^c Platform address at The Ethical Society of St. Louis. ^d Presentation for Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society.

Tuesday 10 AM Spirit In Action or Song of the Soul Usual length 55 min. (each program airs again the same day at 5 PM)
Broadcast Date	Program Click below to listen online.	Creation Date	Source Note
1/7/25	Mike McCabe's Miracles Along County Q	1/4/25	^a
1/14/25	Terry Holder, Kate Klim, Johnsmith, Flamy Grant, Tom Prasada-Rao, Tom Kimmel, Patty Prasada-Rao: Kerrville Alumni, Part 1 - Recent NSR Guests	1/11/25	^b
1/21/25	Tom Neilson, Danny Schmidt, Anne Feeney. Jonathan Byrd. David Massengill, David Roth, David Wilcox: Cream of Kerrville at NSR - Part 2	1/18/25	^b
1/28/25	Daniel Hunter: 10 Things To Do Now That Trump Has Won	1/25/25	^a
2/4/25	Joe Elder: Remembering a Messenger for Peace	2/1/25	^a
2/11/25	Chance Smith, Travis Gorell: Small Town, Big Gays - Wholeness in Flyover Land	2/8/25	^a
2/18/25	The End of a Hot Mess & Starting Snorkling with CCR	2/15/25	^a
2/25/25	Jan Spencer: City Planning Goals and Paradigm Shift	2/22/25	^a
3/4/25	Small Islands of Sanity for The Right Person: Climate Changed	3/1/25	^a
3/11/25	Betsy Leondar-Wright: Truth Among Red & Blue White People: Is It Racism, Is It Sexism?	3/8/25	^a
3/18/25	Cyndi Greening: A Real Democracy of, by, & for the People: Indivisible	3/15/25	^a
3/25/25	The Magnificence of Glam Country with Emily Haavik	2/1/25	^b
4/1/25	Peter Anderson: Mystics, Misfits, and Mountain Dwellers at the First Church of the Higher Elevations	3/29/25	^a
4/15/25	Jane Kopecky: The "Bad Boy" Conscientious Objectors of WW2 in Germfask, MI	4/5/25	^a
4/22/25	Preparing for the Draft & Conscientious Objection with Wayne Finegar	4/19/25	^a
	Deeply Fond of Charlie Mosbrook Among the Stars	3/29/25	^b
^a Spirit In Action from Northern Spirit Radio - interviews by Mark Helpsmeet and others, Eau Claire WI. ^b Song of the Soul from Northern Spirit Radio - interviews by Mark Helpsmeet and music selected by his guests.

Wednesday 10 AM This is Science, eLife Sciences, etc. (program airs again the same day at 5 PM)
Broadcast Date	Program Click below to listen online.	Length	Creation Date	Source Note
1/1/25	Tom Stafford, Sarah Brosnan: Brain Games	60:00	3/4/11	^a
1/8/25	Stephen Barrett, James Randi, Jamie Williams: Quacks and Scams	60:00	2/18/11	^a
1/15/25	Bethany Brookshire, John Logsdon: Semen Science (REBROADCAST) (repeated from 9/21/12)	60:00	2/25/11	^a
1/22/25	Dr. Angel Fernandez-Bou, Vivian Yang: Greening Our Growing	28:56	1/7/25	^b
1/29/25	Dr. Jennifer Jones: The Age of Unreason	28:58	1/21/25	^b
2/5/25	TWiV 1188: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin	47:48	1/25/25	^c
2/12/25	David Dobbs: Reef Madness	60:00	3/30/12	^a
2/19/25	Liz Borkowski, Alistair Boxall: Sewer Science	60:00	3/18/11	^a
2/26/25	Holly Tucker, Robynn McCarthy, William Rutherford: Blood Work	60:00	3/18/11	^a
3/5/25	TWiV 1196: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin	58:52	2/27/25	^c
3/12/25	Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts	40:51	2/26/25	^d
3/19/25	Brian Malow, Bethany Brookshire, Brian Thompson: Making Science Funny	60:00	3/25/11	^a
3/26/25	Gary Stadtmauer, Michael Kruse: The Science of Allergies	60:00	1/21/11	^a
4/2/25	David P. Hughes, Robert Smith?: Zombie Attack!	60:00	4/8/11	^a
4/9/25	Olga Karach: From Chernobyl to Nuclear Weapons: Connecting Anti-Militarism, Peacebuilding, and Climate Justice in Belarus	1:00:44	3/9/25	^e
4/16/25	Nir Barzilai, Diana Kuh: A Lifetime of Data	60:00	4/22/11	^a
4/23/25	Greg Laden, Randi Hutter Epstein: A History of Childbirth	60:00	4/29/11	^a
^a From Skeptically Speaking (before its name change), Edmonton Alberta. ^b This is Science with Jess Phoenix, podcast from the Union of Concerned Scientists. ^c This Week in Virology from MicrobeTV. ^d Monthly half hour programs by Dr. Chris Smith on topics in the life and biomedical sciences from https://elifesciences.org/podcast. ^e Climate Talks for Everyone from Northern AZ Climate Change Alliance.

Thursday 10 AM Voices for Religious Pluralism (each program airs again the same day at 5 PM)
Broadcast Date	Program Click below to listen online.	Length	Creation Date	Source Note
1/2/25	Darrin Madison, Ryan Clancy, Amelia Berendt: Socialism in MIlwaukee	1:03:51	10/20/24	^a
1/9/25	Rev. Dr. Michael A. Schuler: Don't Light a Candle and Don't Curse the Darkness	27:15	10/13/24	^b
1/16/25	Nandi (Sunita) Nandihalli: Decolonizing Spirituality	23:39	11/3/24	^b
1/23/25	Dave Considine: To Party or Not to Party	48:01	1/19/25	^a
1/30/25	Mary Sue Reutebuch: Still Climbing the Justice Mountain: Lessons Not yet Learned from MLK	19:33	1/12/25	^b
2/6/25	Rev. Ralph Tyksinski: Martin Luther King, Jr., an Unwelcome Prophet	25:11	1/19/25	^b
2/13/25	Robin Proud: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Woman's Bible	19:45	1/5/25	^b
2/20/25	Greg Juarez: Who We Are - Just Bakery	12:00	1/26/25	^b
2/27/25	Robin Proud: Madame Restell: Most Hated Woman in New York	26:42	2/9/25	^a
3/6/25	David Butler: Wintering: Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times	26:47	2/23/25	^a
3/13/25	Mary Sue Reutebuch: Exploring Love Languages	19:34	2/16/25	^b
3/20/25	Dr. Hassimi Traore and Mary Sue Reutebuch: The Power of a Promise	23:57	2/9/25	^b
3/27/25	Avalon Haykus: Engaging Our Theological Diversity	21:29	2/23/25	^b
4/3/25	Rob Brink: When It's OK to Quit ... Try Something Else While There Is Yet Time	22:40	3/23/25	^a
4/10/25	Mary Sue Reutebuch: Healing Communities through Kinship	23:12	3/2/25	^b
4/24/25	James Morgan: Relationships Matter	23:57	3/23/25	^b
	Ari Lo: More Than a Kidney: A Community of Care	16:45	3/30/25	^b
^a Talk for the Free Congregation of Sauk County recorded by WIDE-LP. ^b Talk for Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society.

Friday 10 AM Freethought Radio Length 49 min. 23 sec. (each program airs again the same day at 5 PM) Rebroadcast of radio programs from the Freedom From Religion Foundation
Broadcast Date	Program Click below to listen online.		Creation Date	FFRF No.
1/3/25	Brandon Wolf: For Auld Lang Syne		12/26/24	974
1/10/25	Seth Andrews, Kate Cohen: The Long Reach of Religion		1/2/25	975
1/17/25	Catherine Nixey: Heretic		1/9/25	976
1/24/25	Carolyn Shadle: From Religion to Reason		1/16/25	977
1/31/25	Gareth Gore: God's Work		1/23/25	978
2/7/25	Cecile Richards: Making Good Trouble		1/30/25	979
2/14/25	Jon Huertas: Breaking the Shackles		2/6/25	980
2/21/25	Ryan T. Cragun: Goodbye Religion		2/13/25	981
2/28/25	David Clohessy: Survivors Network		2/20/25	982
3/7/25	Mandisa Thomas, Patrick L. Remington: Morbidity and Mortality		2/27/25	983
3/14/25	Brian Ruder: Final Exit		3/6/25	984
3/21/25	Kat Grant: Religion vs. Equality		3/13/25	985
3/28/25	Rob Haskell: eXvangelical Journey		3/20/25	986
4/4/25	Josh Cowen: The Privateers		3/27/25	987
4/11/25	Charles Blow: Decrying the dangers		4/3/25	988
4/18/25	Heather Bagnall: "Witches" exonerated		4/10/25	989
4/25/25	George Mbuagbaw: Freethought in Nigeria		4/17/25	990
5/2/25	David T. Buckley: Religion and Trumpian Populism		4/24/25	991

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