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ON AIR & ONLINE SEPTEMBER 2016

Planet Money Oil Series Welcome Brady Carlson Chris Thile on APHC WI Vote on the Road Job Openings at WPR

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Every day our music hosts find the best new releases, historic WPR Launches New Politics performances and hidden gems for our classical, world and folk programs. Thanks to some upgrades to our library If you can't get enough of Wisconsin politics, or you have a hard time software, you can now keeping up with the news, WPR's new Politics Podcast might be the get the track, album and answer. The short, 10 to 15 minute weekly episodes are designed to artist names for most of fill you in on stories you might have missed and dive a bit deeper on our classical and folk the stories everyone is talking about. music selections at wpr.org.

Hosted by John Wilson (pictured center), a digital journalist at wpr.org and self-described "politics nerd," each podcast features conversations with WPR reporters like Capital Bureau Chief Shawn Johnson (right) and Capital Reporter Laurel White (left), among Sound Bites others. The tone is light, but the topics are robust - like the recently leaked papers from the "John Doe 2" investigation or the influence of the Marquette Law School Poll on state politics. Presidential Debates Start September 26

Election season is in full swing and WPR is "Political reporters are in the business because they're genuinely bringing the candidate interested in this stuff - they live and breathe and geek out about it," debates to you. Clinton Wilson said. "So we thought, why not take those nerdy political and Trump have their first conversations we're having in the WPR newsroom and share them debate on Monday, with listeners?" September 26 at 8 p.m. Mark your calendar for all the presidential, vice presidential and U.S. The podcast is free and available in the iTunes and Google Play Senate debates airing on stores, but you can also listen or download at wpr.org. both our and NPR News & Classical stations.

NPR's Planet Money Series Tracks Oil from Click here for the full Ground to Gas Tank debate schedule.

Fall Membership Drive Begins September 30 Oil is everywhere ---- in our phones, in our food, and in our medicine. It WPR's fall membership has driven industrial progress and is Friday, contributed to air pollution and September 30 through climate change. For something so Saturday, October 8. commonplace, oil is strangely tuned to hear about this invisible. To shed a light on oil, year's thank-you gift NPR's Planet Money team bought 100 barrels of it and followed that options! oil out of the ground, through a refinery, and into someone's gas tank. Get More Stories from WisContext's Social Media Pages Follow along on their enlightening journey, and tune in now through Earlier this year, WPR September 26 on and , and teamed up with explore the full series online. Wisconsin Public Television and UW Cooperative Extension to launch WisContext, a multimedia project BEHIND THE SCENES bringing you information and insight on urgent and emergent issues that affect Wisconsin. Follow along with the latest reporting from WisContext on Facebook and Twitter.

Tom Power Named New Host CBC Radio has announced that q will be getting a new host this fall as Shadrach "" WPR Welcomes Brady Carlson As New Statewide Kabango explores new Host of All Things Considered creative opportunities with CBC Radio. - based radio host Tom "As a native Midwesterner, it's great to be back," said WPR's new, Power, currently the host statewide All Things Considered Host, Brady Carlson. "It's especially of CBC's Radio 2 exciting to join the WPR news team." Brady will also be anchoring Morning, will take over on the news desk during WPR's Central Time on the Ideas Network. q and is expected to start hosting the show in October.

Brady comes to WPR from New Hampshire Public Radio, where he hosted All Things Considered and , reported on regional issues, and became enamored with presidential politics Read the full story while covering three primaries. WPR News Director Noah Ovshinsky here. recognizes how valuable those skills and experiences will be. "With his extensive experience, creativity and engaging personality, we are so lucky to have him here in Wisconsin," he said. Quick Links

WPR Online Brady's insatiable thirst for all things presidential permeates his personal life as well. His book, "Dead Presidents: An American Donate Now Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders," was published earlier this year. Brady is a self- described connoisseur of offbeat culture, always looking for the NPR Online lesser-known and sometimes strange story to tell.

Listen Live to Ideas

Hear Brady weekdays on All Things Considered from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Ideas Schedule and during Central Time from 3 to 7 p.m.

Listen Live to NPR News & Music Welcomes New Host NPR News & Music Schedule

A Prairie Home Companion Be Part of WPR's Online (broadcast Saturdays at 5 p.m. on Community both WPR's NPR News & Classical Music and Ideas networks) welcomes Host Chris Thile when the show returns to live production Saturday, October 15 at 5 p.m.

Chris, a renowned player and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, has been a frequent guest on the show and was selected by to take over after his retirement earlier this year. "He is, I think, the great bluegrass performer of our time and he is a beautiful player. There just isn't anything he can't do ---- and he is very enthusiastic about live radio," said Garrison.

"I grew up with the show," says Chris. "I take this opportunity, this job, immensely seriously and with great awe."

Chris's musical guests for the October 15 show from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul will be and Lake Street Dive.

Click here for more information about A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile.

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"Wisconsin Vote: On the Road" Features Live Broadcasts and Reporter Meet Ups

Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television started WisconsinVote.org to help voters find detailed information on candidates for state and federal offices, issues facing our state, voting information, classroom materials and more.

Now, WPR and WPT are teaming up to take Wisconsin Vote to three cities around the state before the Election Day. The tour will feature live broadcasts of WPR's The Joy Cardin Show and WPT's with Frederica Freyberg in the following cities:

October 20 & 21: Wausau

October 27 & 28: La Crosse

November 3 & 4: Green Bay

At each stop, we'll also have casual community "meet ups" where you can ask WPR and WPT reporters those burning questions you've always wanted.

All events are free, though space is limited. Mark your calendars and find more details at WisconsinVote.org/events:

Job Opportunities at WPR's Madison and Regional Offices

WPR is hiring at both our Madison headquarters and regional offices around the state. If you or someone you know is looking for a creative and compelling job in public service, communications and the arts, keep reading . . .

Among our Madison job openings are a morning news producer and a one-year investigative news fellowship in memory of WPR Reporter Mike Simonson. Our business sponsorship department is looking for an account executive to secure business support in the Green Bay/Fox Valley region. And with the upcoming retirement of Northern Regional Manager John Munson, we are seeking someone to manage the Superior bureau and grow community partnerships in northern Wisconsin. Find details on these opportunities, along with job openings at our partner organizations, at wpr.org/jobs.

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