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Whad'Ya Know? For September 23, 2000
Live broadcast from Hancher Auditorium from Iowa City, IA

Listen in to the entire two-hour broadcast. Read the timings below to find your favorite segment. Or, you can listen to a specific half-hour of the show: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Problem listening to Real Audio? Get Help!

Hour 1

:00 - Program opening, sponsors, and the man "who is the root of most evil..."

:01 - All The News That Isn't from Iowa City

:12 - Guest Interview--Frank Conroy, Author and Director of the Iowa Writers Workshop

:35 - It's their day gig, this jazz music. John, Jeff, and Clyde earn their keep with this tune titled "Slow Hot Wind."

:40 - It's Iowa Hawkeye country here in Iowa City, and Michael headed into the audience to meet some fans. How about a rousing Iowa cheer for those Hawkeyes!? Then Michael meets Dick who has been working on the railroad for 41 years. Dick wonders if Michael would get a hair piece if he made the move to television. Listen in for the hairy details...

:45 - The Four Disclaimers (read quite well by a young lad named Davide), and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz with John who came up from Omaha, NE, and Megan in San Antonio who went to the University of Iowa. Play along if you're up on Nancy Drew mysteries, the advice given to Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, and what percent of Iowa graduates leave the state. It's the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz Hawkeye Style. But, we're outta time, so finish playing the quiz during the next hour.

Hour 2

:00 - Program opening, sponsors, and the man "with that touch of mink..."

:01 - Let's finish the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz from the first hour.

:05 - Guest Interview with Robert Forsythe, Economics Professor and Manager of the Iowa Electronic Markets

:12 - Musical Guest Bo Ramsey and The Middle of Nowhere He's a legend in these parts of Iowa, and throughout the music industry. His next project is co-producing Lucinda Williams next album. You can also hear Bo on Greg Brown's latest release "Over and Under." Or you can just listen in for some rockin' good tunes. Head over to www.boramsey.com for everything you'd ever want to know about Bo and The Middle of Nowhere and the new CD "In The Weeds."

:24 - Guest Interview with Marvin Bell, Poet Laureate for the State of Iowa

:40 - The Whad'Ya Know? Quiz with Megan, U of I graduate with lots of jobs and lots of answers, and Alan who is between fields working on his farm in Iowa. You can learn lots of things about Iowa if you play along with the quiz. There's some fabulous Iowa-related prizes awaiting, too!

:52 - Guest Interview with Evelyn Birkby, the Radio Homemaker

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