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05/25/2026

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Tune in today, Monday, 25th May at 3:30 PM Central Time to LISTENING TO AMERICA with CLAY JENKINSON: "A New Perspective and Book on Lewis and Clark ".

Clay interviews Craig Fehrman, the author of an important new book on Lewis and Clark, This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark. Fehrman approaches the great story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by viewing it through the eyes of the often-overlooked participants: Sergeant John Ordway, Clark’s enslaved valet York, and Sacagawea. Rigorously researched and grounded in actual historical discoveries, this book will be essential reading for students of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In his footnotes, Fehrman begins with a truly remarkable short essay on his methods and historiography. These essays, which amount to 40,000 words, are alone proof that his work needs to be taken seriously. And he’s great fun to interview. This episode was recorded on April 9, 2026.

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05/23/2026

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Dear WMUU Listeners,

It's Saturday, 23rd May, and time for another edition of THE JAZZ SCENE at 8PM Central with host Jake Longwell. Here's the lineup:

Segment One

Choose Now by Chet Baker
CD: Comin' On With the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige/OJC)

Rendezvous by Lisa Liu
Digital Album: Temperance (LL Records)

Four Strings by Paul Chambers
CD: The Paul Chambers Quintet (Music Manger)

Segment Two

A Day in the Life by Beatlejazz
Digital Album: Reunion (Yama)

Poiciana by Anais Reno
Digital Album: Lady of the Lavender Mist (Club 44)

Strange Girl by Hubert Laws
CD: Laws' Cause (Atlantic)

Segment Three

UMMG by Sasha Berliner
Digital Album: Fantome (Outside In)

Wait and See by Duke Jordan
LP: The Duke Jordan Trio (Vogue)

Path of Totality by Sam Dillon
Digital Album: My Ideal (Cellar Music)
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05/12/2026

Our apologies for being off the radio in Madison. Our modem has conked out and is being replaced today by noon Central Time, hopefully.

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04/28/2026

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It's Tuesday, 28 April! and FYI TUESDAY from 3:30 - 5:30 PM Central on WMUU. Here are today's programs:

3:30 PM - AGING MATTERS - "Zen Caregiving"

Caregiving is a fact of life, which means many families will find themselves in the position of providing care for a loved one. Zen caregiving is an approach that provides access to tools that support the well-being of caregivers and helps them to care for themselves while caring for others.

Guest: Roy Remer, Executive Director, Zen Caregiving Project, https://www.zencaregiving.org/, and Author, Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others, talks about family caregivers, approaches to help them care for themselves, and how Zen caregiving serves as a practical companion for caregivers.

4:30 PM - TECH NATION - "The Arrogant Ape"

On this week’s Tech Nation, NYU professor Dr. Christine Webb talks about “The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters”. And, one biotech company's efforts to help pre-term babies. Dr. Marc Salzberg, CEO & Chief Medical Officer of Airway Therapeutics, talks about their late-stage testing, getting a single protein as soon as these babies are born.

FYI TUESDAY is repeated at 10PM Central tonight.

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04/17/2026

Today, Friday 17th April at 4PM Central, Dr. Nathaniel Chin and Laura Baker, PhD., discuss the US POINTER Study on DEMENTIA MATTERS.

The U.S. POINTER study is one of the first large-scale, randomized controlled clinical trials to focus on how lifestyle interventions impact dementia risk and cognitive decline. On a special bonus episode of Dementia Matters, Dr. Laura Baker explains how the clinical trial came to be, what it found and what the next chapter of lifestyle intervention research and clinical trials looks like.

Guest: Laura Baker, PhD, professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, principal investigator, U.S. POINTER Study

DEMENTIA MATTERS is repeated tonight at 10:30PM Central Time.

SHOW NOTES
Learn more about the U.S. POINTER Study on the Alzheimer’s Association website, https://www.alz.org/us-pointer

Learn more and register for the Alzheimer’s Association Wisconsin State Conference, happening May 19-20 in Wisconsin Dells, by !!TODAY!! April 17, 2026 on their website, https://www.alz.org/wi/events/2026-wisconsin-state-conference

Learn more about prevention strategies and the six pillars of brain health on our website, https://adrc.wisc.edu/prevention

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04/13/2026

Tune in today, 13th Monday at 3:30 PM Central to LISTENING TO AMERICA with host Clay Jenkinson and his guest as they discuss, "The Future of America's National Monuments."

Clay’s conversation with Dr. Susan Ryan of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado, about the history of the National Monuments and Antiquities Act, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. The Monuments and Antiquities Act gives the president of the United States virtually unlimited authority to designate national monuments on America’s public lands by executive order alone. Teddy Roosevelt named the first 18, beginning with Devils Tower in Wyoming, and, at the end of his second term, established the Grand Canyon National Monument, covering more than 800,000 acres. Most subsequent presidents have designated National Monuments, including Donald Trump in his first term. Dr. Ryan says this vast grant of presidential authority has always been controversial, particularly now, and there are stirrings of a test case that will reach the Supreme Court sometime in the next couple of years. Can a subsequent president reduce the size of a National Monument or remove it altogether? And what oversight does Congress have or should it have in these matters?

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04/11/2026

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Tonight at 8PM Central Time, it's another edition of THE JAZZ SCENE with host Jake Longwell. Here's the lineup:

Segment One

The Way You Look Tonight by Jackie McLean
CD: The Jackie McLean Quintet (Roulette)

The Question Is by Kenny Barron and Mark Sherman
CD: Interplay (Chesky)

Humpty Dumpty by Pat Metheny
CD: Rejoicing (ECM)

Segment Two

Jump Start by Ted Nash
CD: Still Evolved (Palmetto)

Both Sides Now by Laurie Antonioli
CD: Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light (Origin)

The Best is Yet to Come by The Kirk Lightsey Trio
CD: From Kirk to Nat (Criss Cross)

Segment Three

Vignette by Zack Lober
Digital Album: So We Could Live (ZenneZ)

Lagrimas Negras by Ron Carter
Digital Album: Skyline (5 Promises)

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World by Sonny Rollins
CD: Tenor Madness (Prestige/OJC)

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04/10/2026

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Today, Friday 10th April at 4PM Central, Dr. Nathaniel Chin speaks with Dr. KJ Hansmann about "Navigating Difficult Conversations About Driving and Dementia", on DEMENTIA MATTERS.

Driving can be a sensitive topic as a person gets older, and especially so when someone begins experiencing cognitive decline or is diagnosed with dementia. How can family members and care partners discuss their concerns about a loved one’s ability to drive while still respecting their dignity, autonomy and independence? Dr. KJ Hansmann shares strategies for how to talk about a loved one’s driving habits and how to plan to help them stop driving as they navigate cognitive decline, as well as what signs to look out for when assessing their ability to drive and what resources are available for both those living with cognitive decline and their care partners.

Guest: KJ Hansmann, MD, PhD, MPH, family medicine doctor, UW Health, assistant professor, department of family and community health, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, principal investigator, Driving Connections Lab.

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04/07/2026

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Today, Tuesday, 7th April at 3:30 PM (Central) you will hear two intriquing programs on FYI TUESDAY:

3:30 - AGING MATTERS - Advanced Illness and End of Life Care

By the year 2030, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than half of adults over age 65 will have two or more chronic conditions and more than 90% of this cohort will have at least one chronic condition. On April 21, the Chapters Health Foundation hosts a National Conversation on Advanced Illness and End-of-Life Care to focus on these issues and need for compassionate and sustainable care for individuals and families facing related challenges.

Andrew Molosky, President/CEO, and Franklin Guerrero, Executive Director/Chief Development Officer, Chapters Health System, www.chaptershealth.org, talks about advanced illness care services, and the National Conversation on Advanced Illness and End-of-Life Care meeting.

4:45 - TECH NATION - Remembering Paul Ehrlich

On this week’s Tech Nation, we remember Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biology at Stanford University. With his recent passing, we’re revisiting our 2008 interview where he discusses his new book, “The Dominant Animal”, as well as his seminal 1968 book, “The Population Bomb”. Then, Dan Schmitt of Actuate Therapeutics tells us about a new drug showing positive early results in adult pancreatic cancer, and two pediatric cancers.

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03/31/2026

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Today, 31 March at 4:30 PM (Central Time) you will hear "A Breakthrough Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries??" on TECH NATION.

On this week's episode, Moira speaks with Dr. Adam Rogers of NervGen Pharma about a new treatment in development that’s seeing significant trial results for patients with spinal cord injuries. Then, does that look on your pet’s face mean what you think it means? Jay Ingram joins Moira to talk about “The Science of Pets” and what it has to do with humans.

Tech Nation is repeated at 11PM tonight.

Keep it tuned to WMUU Radio today and throughout the week at 102.9 FM in Madison, or streamed at https://wmuu.airtime.pro/

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