Seasonal Programs, Quest in Wisconsin, Hmong Radio and More

ON AIR NOVEMBER 2013 ISSUE

Quest on WPR Volunteers Needed WYK Holiday Show Hmong Celeb at WPR

Featured Photo Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro took the Whad'Ya Know? stage and played a few songs for Michael Feldman and the audience on WPR Seasonal Program Schedule November 9. Catch the full interview and From Thanksgiving through the New Year, Wisconsin Public Radio performance in our video is your home for seasonal music, entertainment and talk programs. archive at notmuch.com Thanksgiving Day includes special music on the News & Classical Music Network and cooking tips from America's Test Kitchen (Photo by Jim Gill) Thanksgiving Special and Turkey Confidential from The Splendid Table. Sound Bits Next week is also the start of Chanukah and you'll find a special focus on Central Time with the author of Chanukah in America, A Year-End Mini Pledge History on November 28 at 5 p.m. Actor Leonard Nimoy hosts Drive December 3 Chanukah in Story and Song on December 1 at 12:30 p.m. on our Our Year-end Mini-Drive News & Classical Music stations. is coming up on December 3. Your gift will The winter holidays are rich with music. Some additional highlights help us end this year on the NPR News & Classical Music Network include a St. Olaf strong and thrive in the Christmas Festival, the New Year's Concert from Vienna and the next. But why wait to help Simply Folk Sing-Along Show. WPR's Ideas Network programs will fund the programs you also feature seasonal-themed topics and guests throughout rely on? December, including Santa Claus' annual visit with Larry Meiller to take calls from young listeners on December 24. Give early and feel great sooner ... at If you are traveling for the holidays you can take all this great wpr.org. programming with you. Tune in via wpr.org or download our free app for your smartphone or tablet. Last Living Navajo Code Talker Interview Click here for a link to WPR's complete seasonal program Last week, WPR's Route schedule. 51 featured an interview with Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the Tune in to Quest Starting Navajo code talkers. Nez November 25 on WPR and was one of 29 Navajo WPT marines whose native language produced a Beginning Monday, November 25, code that couldn't be WPR will air a series of reports on broken by the Japanese, sustainability, as part of our and helped America win participation (with Wisconsin Public World War II. Television) in Quest, KQED's multimedia science journalism and You can hear Glen education project. Moberg's interview in our archives here. Maureen McCollum will report on efforts by cranberry farmers, like Ed Grygleski (pictured), to Get a Tax Break and conserve water. Rich Kremer will tell us about a company that's Donate Your Vehicle turning wastewater from cheese plants into energy. And, Glen This holiday season WPR Moberg will take us to a brewery that buys its barley from a farm two is thankful for the more miles down the road. than 260 people who have donated vehicles to WPR's reports will air Monday-Wednesday on Morning Edition and us through the Car Talk during Central Time on the Ideas Network in the afternoon. These Vehicle Donation Service. stories will lead up to WPT's airing of three Quest specials on Wednesday evening. These vehicle donors received a tax break and You can see and hear reports from other partners in this project the satisfaction in at Questscience.org knowing that their old rides were turned into their favorite programs. BEHIND THE SCENES For each car, truck, RV, motorcycle and boat we say "thank you!"

Interested in donating your vehicle? Visit wpr.org to find out how.

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WPR Online Donate Now NPR Online Volunteers Needed for Vietnam Photo Project

There are 1,244 Wisconsinites listed on the Vietnam War Memorial Be Part of WPR's Online Wall in Washington, D.C. You can help put a face to these names Community and honor those who lost their lives by joining the effort to collect and preserve photographs of every service member whose name appears on the Wall. The images will become part of the "Wall of Faces" -- a lasting tribute planned for the Vietnam Memorial Education Center near the mall in the nation's capital.

So far, more than 700 photos have been found, but there is still a lot of work to be done and we're stepping up our efforts to recruit volunteers for the project. WPR is helping coordinate volunteer efforts on a statewide level with our partners at Wisconsin Public Television, WUWM and Milwaukee Public Television.

If you'd like to volunteer to find a photo - or more than one - please start by contacting Ellen Clark, our Green Bay regional manager. Ellen is keeping a master list of names that still do not have photos associated with them. When you contact her, she can help you find the names that need photos in your area of the state and collect your information to keep a record of who is searching for which photos.

Find more information, including tips on how to search for photos online at wpr.org/veterans

Celebrate the National Day of Listening, Nov. 29

If storming the shopping malls isn't for you, consider spending the day after Thanksgiving celebrating the National Day of Listening. StoryCorps created this national holiday in 2008 as a non- commercial alternative to Black Friday.

On Friday, November 29, StoryCorps invites all Americans to interview someone they know. It's a way to learn more about the people around you, honor a loved one, and spend an uninterrupted hour just listening. The National Day of Listening website offers helpful resources like recording tips and question ideas.

With this year's addition of the interactive Wall of Listening, participants can use their SoundCloud accounts to record and upload interviews. Those interviews end up on the Wall of Listening, a public display of recently posted interviews on family, friendship, war, love, and more.

Visit the National Day of Listening website for details, example interviews, and instructions on how to participate.

AROUND WISCONSIN Whad'Ya Know? Holiday Show Now on Sale

There's no party like Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? Holiday Party and live broadcast. This once-a-year extravaganza is scheduled for Saturday, December 21, 9:30 a.m. at Monona Terrace in Madison.

Wear your holiday finest and bring your dancing shoes to polka with Steve Meisner and his band. Refreshments include eggnog and assorted nosh -- along with the customary Whad'Ya Know? coffee and donuts.

John Thulin and Jeff Hamann will delight with holiday-themed musical selections and a lucky "volunteer" will take a turn at the karaoke microphone. Bring your friends, family and neighbors for two hours of the best holiday partying on live national radio you'll find anywhere.

Click here to purchase tickets to the WYK Holiday Party and Live Broadcast

WPR's Green Bay Bureau Welcomes International Hmong Celebrity

Hmong Public Radio hosts Shoua Thao and Maiko Katie Thao interviewed Hmong celebrity Xab Thoj (left) at WPR's Green Bay bureau on November 7.

Xab is an actor, singer/songwriter, and comedian. He drew a crowd of 20 fans to the studio on the day of his interview. Xab is currently touring the United States and will perform in Oshkosh November 23.

Hmong Public Radio can be heard in the Green Bay area every Saturday from 5-7 p.m. on 88.1 FM. "Each week Katie and Shoua build and strengthen our community by promoting education about Hmong culture and history and giving Hmong listeners a place to go for music, literature, and essential information," said Green Bay Regional Manager Ellen Clark.