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January 2014

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Welcome 2014 with New Year's Day from Vienna

The Vienna Philharmonic presents its annual salute to the waltz on New Year's Day 2014. The orchestra has invited Daniel Barenboim to welcome 2014 by conducting the annual New Year's year's concert, honoring his 25 years of musical collaboration with the orchestra, and his efforts to bring peace to the world through music. Hear the hit tunes of the Strauss family and others -- polkas, gallops and waltzes, live from the Musikverein, on New Year's Day from Vienna. Hosted by Laura Carlo of WCRB Classical New England, a service of WGBH.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at 11 a.m.

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The Met: Live in HD Contest Continues with Rusalka

What's the best way to start a new year? Opera tickets! The WUOT/Metropolitan Opera contest to win tickets to The Met: Live in HD's live and encore performances at either Knoxville's West Town Mall 9 or Tinseltown in Oak Ridge contnues! Here's your chance to win passes to Rusalka.

Rusalka

Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles in Dvorák's soulful fairy tale opera.

LIVE: Saturday, Feb. 8, at 12:55 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m.

Deadline to Enter: Wednesday, Jan. 15

To enter, please send an e-mail to Cindy Hassil with ALL of the following info in the body of the message:

Name of the show
Preferred theatre (West Town Mall 9 or Tinseltown)
Date of the performance
Your name, phone number and mailing address

We'll do a random drawing of the entries, and if you win, you'll be headed to The Met: Live in HD!

Details about The Met: Live in HD, locations and tickets

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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in December. You'll find a complete list of WUOT's sponsors with links to their websites on the Sponsors page of our website. Please thank these organizations for supporting WUOT Public Radio!

All Underwriters

If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.

WUOT-Sponsored Events in January

Year-End Tax Receipts Available

tax receipts If you donated to WUOT in 2013 and would like a tax-receipt summary of your contribution(s), please contact Cindy Hassil at chassil@utk.edu or 865-974-6167 and she'll be glad to send it to you.

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Dialogue

Dialogue WUOT's monthly live call-in program; hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff.

We'll take your calls at 865-974-5050; tweet us @WUOTFM or submit your question on WUOT's Facebook page.

Wednesday, January 8, at 1 p.m.

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Studio 865/Flipside

WUOT's monthly program featuring regional music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed.

Live from the farm, it's Bonnaroo 2013, Vol. 3.

Wednesday, January 1, at 8 p.m.
Studio 865 on Facebook
Listen to Flipside on iTunes

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Programming News

American Pianists Association: Classical Fellowship Awards

Tuesdays at 1 p.m.

Spoleto Chamber Music Festival
Tuesdays at 8 p.m.

SPECIALS :

Ties That Bind: StoryCorps 10 Anniversary

Friday, January 17, at noon

NPR's Coverage of State of the Union Address

Tuesday, January 28, at 8 p.m.

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FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS

How To Keep The Dust Off Your White Pants With 7 Desk Fans
Once upon a time, you could crack open a radio, a telephone, a lawnmower, even a car, take it apart and figure out how it worked. No more. Pretty much everything we use these days comes with computer chips, which you can't really take apart.

Photo: Copyright Heirs of Rube Goldberg

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/12/03/248195589/how-to-keep-the-dust-off-your-white-pants-with-7-desk-fans

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'In Meat We Trust' Argues We Got The Meat Industry We Asked For
The meat industry is complicated, and it's impossible to understand without a whole lot of context. That's where Maureen Ogle comes in. She's a historian and the author of In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America. Ogle's book examines the pipeline that meat takes today from field to table by trying to understand its roots.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/06/249352711/in-meat-we-trust-argues-we-got-the-meat-industry-we-asked-for

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Toothsome Transformation

Cookies are mad science done well, if you think about it the right way. The team from TEDEd shares a new animation that explains the chemistry that makes cookies so delicious.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/03/248347009/cookie-baking-chemistry-how-to-engineer-your-perfect-sweet-treat