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Whad'Ya Know? For June 13, 2009

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 - Live from Monona Terrace, Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, high school graduations and all...

:03 - All the News That Isn't
-The market is somewhere between a bear and a bull---burial?
-The economy's stable---consistently bad.
-Consumer confidence bats an eye, twitches. But that's involuntary.
-Jobless claims are down since you can't claim a job you don't have.
-The economy did perk up on news of a $300,000 parking space in Boston.
-Not much better in Europe, where BMW cut back to BM. Hitler called in his Volkswagen shares.
-At GM, end of Saab story. Saturn and Hummer are gone, now they just have to unload Cadillac and Chevy and go into undercoating full time. Post-market is where it's at.
-Some good news for GM: the Russians are no longer bothering to target Flint, Michigan.
-Clark Rockefeller now wishes to be addressed as Derrick Obama.
-Treasury Department will hire temps to run banks. A big break for some personal bankers.
-10 banks to return cash in unmarked sequential 100's in aluminum attache cases.
-Merger in place, it's now Fix It Again Chris. Look for the Chrysler Town and Wrong Country.
-Fiat, which is Italian for Edsel.
-Cash for Clunkers passes the House, and, in fact, pretty much describes the House. Push 'em in! Tow 'em in! Roll 'em in! No offer will be refused!
-President Obama will sign the anti-smoking bill right after he sees a man about a horse. Checks on the pump house. Takes a look at the insulation in the attic.
-If the President ever tips 160 you'll know he's quit smoking.
-The President was in Green Bay where he signed onto the "put a Packer helmet on the bedpost and drink until you see two Packer helmets on the bedpost" health plan. Drink until Brett unretires again.
-FDA approves schizophrenia drug for one out of two adolescents.
-Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows to crush any velvet revolution, particularly crushed velvet.
-Justice Sotomayor fractures right ankle throwing conservative bloggers into tizzy.
-Some Guantanamo prisoners to be sent to Palau for remake of Hell in the Pacific. Halliburton's putting in a Dick Cheney All-Suites.
-Sarah Palin now titular head of the Republican party after Newt, cut in half, grows back two rear ends.
-Letterman, who thought the stalker was bad, returns home to find his bunny boiled after Dissing Sarah Palin.
-Brett Favre signs with the Yokohama Carp, despite their being a baseball team.
-Bart Starr will come out of retirement to lead the Minnesota Vikings.
-New Orleans asks Chinese to keep Mayor Ray Nagin in quarantine.
-China introduces a digital rival to the Dalai Lama, Wall-E Lama.
-Unhappy Ending, the Chinese anti-pornography program, has already been installed in all People's Republic computers.
-Angler hooks missile with Kim Jong Il still attached.
-In a surprise, Kim names Rush Limbaugh "Beloved Comrade."
-Spencer and Heidi renditioned to Gitmo.
-The woman charged with accidentally killing one of France's richest men during sex play begs the family to cut her a little slack.
-and Digital TV broadcast is like falling off an analog . . . .
That's All the News That Isn't . . .

:10 - Michael chats with Joan Hall, Senior Scientist in the English Department at UW-Madison and a lexicographer, who talks about the "DARE" Project, The Dictionary of American Regional English.

:30 - John Thulin and Jeff Hamann play a tune called The Boy Next Door.

:36 - Michael goes into the house and talks with Margaret who wants Michael to say 'good morning' to her Boston Terrier, Gracie. Einer Rod from Newtown, CT says he drove from Chicago to Milwaukee to Madison and only saw one heard of cows. "Underground silos!" Michael reveals. Einer works for the American Pet Products Association. "Products made out of pets?" Michael asks, prompting a groan. "Products for pets," Einer says. These include bling. Sam Cook from Fitchburg, WI sings "Don't know much about history...."

:43 - Quiz One, but first, the Four Disclaimers read by Kay Cook. Allen Goodcase from Brookfield, IL plays with John from Sun City, AZ.

Hour 2

:00 - Hour two of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?

:01 - Thanks for the Memos.

:10 - Michael talks with Mark Kurlansky from Washingon D.C., author of The Food of A Younger Land. Kurlansky pulled up manuscripts from The Writers Project at the Library of Congress and put together the book.

:26 - John and Jeff play it again...

:33 - Michael goes back into the house, and talks with some Cardinals fans even though he's a Cubs fan. Amy Olson who is having a first child asks if she should get an epidural. "I'm a radio host...," Michael says. Little Ben has three dogs but no brothers or sisters. "Which one is the best?" Michael asks. "Three of them are the best!" he says. "What's your name?" Ben continues. Frank Towers, a history professor from Alberta, Canada says they're worried about parts rebelling. "I have the same problem!" Michael laughs. Frank is also worried about the heat "down south" here in Wisconsin. "Back home in Calgary it snowed," he said.

:42 - Quiz Two. Ryan from Morton, IL (with only a letter for a middle name) plays with Kathy from Lawrence, KS.