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Whad'Ya Know? For March 17, 2007

Listen in to the entire two-hour broadcast. Or review the show rundown below and select your favorite segment of the show. Note that Parts A & B refer to the first hour and Parts C & D refer to the second hour. Part A Part B Part C Part D Problem listening to Real Audio? Get Help!

Hour 1

:00 - A live broadcast from Monona Terrace in Madison.

:02 - All The News That Isn't
-A study finds school cafeterias are rarely inspected and never for food.
-The FBI says the kids are right: many school bus drivers are terrorists. And if not, their passengers are. They say there's no reason to panic, but you try riding that bus.
-School bus driving is right behind flight school on the terrorist career track, followed by substitute teaching and cell phone kiosks at the mall.
-Gays say being a general is immoral. This means war!
-Senator Brownback says General Pace is absolutely right about gays and, my, he looks handsome in his uniform!
-Outed CIA agent Valerie Plame tells Congress "I worked as a covert officer for the CIA and looked good doin' it."
-I would have outed her. Compromised her in a minute. She's what Ann Coulter thinks she looks like.
-Plame said she sent her husband to Africa just to get him out from under her feet.
-Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez says he don't need no stinkin' patriot act.
-The worst thing about this Gonzalez case is that you know darn well GWB calls him Speedy.
-Karl Rove ordered the federal prosecutors fired because they were pruning his phone tree.
-Harriet Miers: a smudge on a footnote of history.
-Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, under intense questioning, says "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life."
-Halliburton is moving to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the vice-president will retire to his tent as The Sheik of Dick Cheney.
-Vying for the Jewish vote, Hillary says she's behind Israel 100%, Obama raises it to 200. Hillary says she can get for you wholesale, Obama says cost. Hillary's playing Queen Esther for Purim, Obama stars as Tevya in Fiddler at a dinner theater in Skokie. Running neck and neck.
-McCain back on the Double Talk Express.
-Romney's on the Mormon Handcart Express.
-Brownback's in the Fetusmobile.
-Hillary's sticking with the broom as environmentally friendly.
-The Bolivian Coca Growers Association -- from the grove to you -- sues Coca-Cola for trademark infringement. Also named: Imogene Coca, Lee Iacocca, Coca Channel, The Coca Cobana, Cokalocka, FL, Coca Beach, cocoa butter, Nestles, and Starbucks for the Mocha Coca.
-The buzzards are back in Hinckley, Ohio, marking an early start for the carnage season.
-In NY, the gay alternative to the St. Patrick's parade, The Sts. Dolce & Gabbana parade is held.
-Angelina Jolie says she'll be a full-time mom; we need to schedule some play groups.
-Chiquita accused of supplying banana peels to terrorists.
-On Bush visit, Mexicans demand a fence on the Canadian border as well.
-Jacques Chirac to be France's last rhyming president. Unless Le Pen changes his name to Len.
-Wisconsin to legalize office pools -- at least that's what the smart money at the state office building is saying...
That's All The News That Isn't.....

:09 - Whad'Ya Idol! The winner of Round 3 is Aaron Kaufman and his song All My Life. Aaron is a college student at Carlton College studying Economics. No worries about school this week, Aaron is on spring break in San Francisco. Aaron used the power of his MySpace page to generate votes, is that a problem? Let's hear from Oliver Brown, the winner of Round 2, who isn't British and has the equipment to coddle eggs. Oliver plays rock 'n'roll ukelele and teaches high school history and economics. Michael exercised executive fiat and brought in one more contestant -- Pedro Peterson and his song Drinking Her Pretty.It's the song Michael wished he'd written, so Pedro is in Final Idol!
Voting for Final Idol is now closed!
1. All My Life by Aaron Kaufman
2. The Girl with the Cotton Candy Hair by Oliver Brown
3. Drinking Her Pretty by Pedro Peterson
4. The Faith Within by J Scott Rakozy

:35 - Here's a jazz number, My One and Only Love, to enjoy while you contemplate your Idol vote.

:42 - In the audience Michael meets Laurie the carpenter. Forget Economics, learn a trade! Laurie's doing a remodeling job and she does have the owner's permission. The carpentry isn't hard, working with the people is.

:47 - Four Disclaimers and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz with Maureen and Dan who know the science behind prom pimples, new tiger species, and if the unicorn driving or not?

Hour 2

:00 - Back for the second hour of this live broadcast from Monona Terracein Madison with the man who maintains it's O'Feldman.....

:01 - Thanks for the Memos. First here's a letter defending Wisconsin that could result in a public radio rumble. Watch out for a tall, lurking, somewhat woebegone Minnesotan. Here's that Memo: from the coordiantor of work environment health and safety - stop using the door wedges during the fire drill or they will be taken away.

:09 - Guest interview with Ira Glass, host of This American Life. Ira is taking This American Life to Showtime for a visual presentation at an audio media. Does Ira sound like Michael? Now everyone is very self-conscious. Could it be a Jewish thing? More likely it is the Milwaukee/Baltimore upbringing.

:24 - John and Jeff get swinging.

:30 - In the audience Michael discovers the truth about NancyAnn and her shoes. Does she really have 50+ pairs? She has good taste those are very cute shoes. Susan has a math problem. Really, she needs to lay off the polygons.

:40 - Whad'Ya Know? Quiz with John and Meredith who are going to win this Quiz with their knowledge of police practices. It's a treasure trove of fabulous prizes.

:52 - Town of the Week, Weed, California. Midway between Portland and San Francisco, at the base of Mount Shasta, is the small town of Weed, California. Weed is located on the volcanic scenic byway, a 500 mile route running from California to Oregon, showcasing the extraordinary scenery linking the four notable volcanoes in that part of the continent. It was well-to-do lumber baron, Abner Weed, who established a sawmill and company town on Mount Shasta's western slope in 1901. Over the years, Weed acquired the nickname, "Sodom and Gomorrah." By the time the company was sold to International Paper in the 1950s, Weed had pruned its bad habits and cleaned up its reputation. The company then sold the town's homes to employees, who incorporated as a city about 40 years ago. The Weed Historic Lumber Town Museum's free tours features the town's abundant history of the early lumber industry and the town's roots. The only community college in Siskiyou County is located on College Avenue, just down the street from the Mount Shasta Brewery. Weed is the home of the high school Cougars, who like to hang out at the Hi-Lo Cafe. Hikers looking for something spectacular are partial to the Black Butte Trail, located between Weed and Mount Shasta. Not far from town is the Living Memorial Sculpture Gardens, a monument to all veterans of all conflicts; and another natural wonder, the Pluto Caves, formed from a lava flow 190 thousand years ago. That's a glimpse of our Town of the Week, Weed, California.