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Thursday April 30, 2009
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Hosted by Bonnie North

Guests: Tom May, Ralph Schapira, Jeanne Wieland, Angela Sorby, Beth Monhollen, Amanda Shalhoub
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Swine Flu: Taking Lessons from the Past
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Two local health care professionals talk with Lake Effect about what ethical and medical issues must be considered in responding to the swine flu situation and what lessons we've learned from past epidemics. Tom May is associate professor of bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Dr. Ralph Schapira is a professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. They talk to Lake Effect about the medical and ethical questions that must be raised about a possible swine flu pandemic. For more information on the swine flu situation, you can follow WUWM’s and NPR’s coverage, or visit these regional and national resources.


Milwaukee Day Out: Volunteering Opportunities
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Jeanne Wieland is editor of MilwaukeeMoms.com, and a regular contributor to Lake Effect. She tells Mitch Teich about the central repository of information about volunteering your time in Milwaukee.


National Poetry Month: Angela Sorby
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Angela Sorby reading from her newest book of poetry Bird Skin Coat, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. It won the 2009 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. Sorby is an associate professor of English at Marquette University


Waiting Life's Tables
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Playwright and former waitress Beth Monhollen talks about her newest play Stations of the Cross, which runs through May 31st at Bay View’s Boulevard Theatre. She says Stations asks what makes a meaningful life, through the often funny prism of waiting tables. 


Cafe Tonight Preview
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WUWM’s Amanda Shalhoub is the co-host of Café Tonight. She’s joins us on Thursdays.


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