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Did you miss one of Fred Andrle's interesting guests? Do you want to hear one of his engaging conversations again? Now you can listen to the program of your choice using this archive.

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Week of January 14 - 18
 MONDAY
  1/14

10:00 AM

New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston charges that the wealthiest Americans are enriching themselves at government expense and sticking you with the bill.

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Free Lunch


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11:00 AM

Two points of view- on the “Ohio Healthy Families Act” -to require certain businesses to provide employees with 7 paid sick days per year, with Ohioans for Healthy Families Spokesman Dale Butland and Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions President David Hansen.

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 TUESDAY
  1/15

10:00 AM
A conversation with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

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11:00 AM
Medical and health issues, with Ohio State University Professor of Medicine Dr. Robert M. Guthrie, M.D.

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 WEDNESDAY
  1/16

10:00 AM


Open Forum.

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11:00 AM
Debating the “good society,” with author and public radio commentator Andrew Bard Schmookler.

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 THURSDAY
 1/17

10:00 AM

57 million Americans who live a notch above the poverty line in America, with Princeton University Sociology and Public Affairs Professor Katherine Newman.

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The Missing Class


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11:00 AM
Creative education for your children, with author and educator Mimi Chenfeld.

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 FRIDAY
  1/18

10:00 AM

A critical analysis of U.S. homeland security, are we getting our moneys worth? with Ohio State University Political Science Professor John Mueller and University of Newcastle Civil Engineer Mark Stewart.

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11:00 AM
The delights of reading classic works of literature, with Washington Post book critic and writer Michael Dirda.

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Classics for Pleasure


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Week of January 7 - 11
 MONDAY
  1/7

10:00 AM

Homeless issues in Central Ohio, with Friends of the Homeless and Homeless Outreach Services Director Carl Landry, Homeless Families Foundation Program Manager Erin Maus, Community Shelter Board Executive Director Barbara Poppe and Columbus Coalition for the Homeless Director Don Strasser.

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11:00 AM

A conservative perspective on American politics, with a leading historian of the conservative movement, Heritage Foundation Distinguished Fellow Lee Edwards.

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 TUESDAY
  1/8

10:00 AM
Charges that American politics are undermining our economic prosperity, with founder and coeditor of American Prospect magazine and Boston Globe columnist Robert Kuttner.

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The Squandering of America


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11:00 AM
The lighter side of life in Central Ohio, with Columbus Dispatch columnist Joe Blundo.

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 WEDNESDAY
  1/9

10:00 AM

The results of the New Hampshire presidential primary, with presidential scholars: Ohio State University College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dean Paul Beck, State University of New York at Buffalo Political Science Department Professor and Chair James Campbell, Ohio State University Political Science Professor Emeritus John Kessel.

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11:00 AM
Match wits with the “master of wordplay” and public radio language expert Richard Lederer.

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 THURSDAY
 1/10

10:00 AM

The writer’s strike and its impact on television, with Columbus Dispatch Television Critic Molly Willow.

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11:00 AM
China’s emergence as a “fragile superpower”, with University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Director Susan Shirk.

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China: Fragile Superpower


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 FRIDAY
  1/11

10:00 AM

A first hand account of the life of a photojournalist, with U.S. News and World Report staff photographer Jim Lo Scalzo.

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Evidence of My Existence


10:30
U.S. foreign policy toward Central and South America with United States Ambassador to Honduras Charles Ford.

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11:00 AM

Open Forum.

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Week of December 31 - Jan. 4
 MONDAY
  12/31
Join Guest Host Bob Singleton:
10:00 AM

The impact of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on the future of Pakistan and U.S. foreign policy, with former Special Advisor to the United Nations and Pakistan expert Paula Newberg.

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11:00 AM

Thoughts and observations from the world’s great thinkers, with Random House Quotationary Editor Leonard Roy Frank.

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Freedom


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 TUESDAY
  1/1
Special encore presentation of “The Best of Open Line”:
10:00 AM
A storyteller’s return to the Midwest to discover his roots and to explore the history of the early settlers, with author and Indiana University Distinguished English Professor Scott Russell Sanders.

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A Private History of Awe


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11:00 AM
How to make life changes, with journalist and Random Acts of Kindness author M.J.Ryan.

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This Year I Will


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 WEDNESDAY
  1/2

10:00 AM

State and local politics in 2007 and look forward to 2008, with Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau Reporter Bill Cohen, Columbus Dispatch Public Affairs Reporter Jim Siegel, and WOSU News Director Mike Thompson.

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11:00 AM
The best food and restaurants in Central Ohio, with WOSU food critic Rich Terapak, Columbus Dispatch food critic Jon Christensen, and WTVN Radio food critic Steve Stover.

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 THURSDAY
 1/3

10:00 AM

The best and worst movies in theaters…and classic movies for families to watch together, with Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr.

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The Best Old Movies for Families


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11:00 AM
The defense of human rights worldwide, with Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth.

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Torture


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 FRIDAY
  1/4

10:00 AM

The Mormons—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of the fastest-growing religions in America and the world, with religion writer and journalist Richard Ostling.

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Open Forum.

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SymphonyCast

SymphonyCast is a two-hour weekly radio program featuring a full-length concert by a national or international symphony orchestra. Concerts are drawn from Europe's leading ensembles, along with U.S. orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra. SymphonyCast airs on WOSU 89.7 weekly on Sunday evenings at 8pm through September. more...