Eight Forty-Eight 1/6/2009

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1.7.2009	Performing Other: Constructing Race and Gender Onstage and Off
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If the state of Illinois is a laughing stock, just who is to blame? We talk with a pol, a prof and a pundit and take your calls. Plus, Madison Hobley's victory. And we visit with our contributors at Curie Metro High School.


State Sen. Trotter on Burris' Senate Appointment

We ask State Senator Donne Trotter whether he regrets voting against a recall amendment last year and why he supports Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate.
Your Call: Where Our State Troubles Lie

Springfield State Journal-Register political columnist Bernie Schoenberg and University of Illinois at Springfield political science professor Kent Redfield say the blame for the state’s troubles doesn’t lie solely with the governor. Music Button: Home & Garden, "Easy Going Down", from the CD Domesticated, (Om records)
Madison Hobley: From False Conviction to Pardon

The Chicago Reader's John Conroy tells us about the recent turn of events in the case of Madison Hobbley. Music Button: Six Parts Seven, "Everything Wrong Is Right Again", from the CD Casually Smashed To Pieces, (Suicide Squeeze records)
Curie Youth Radio: A Matter Close to Heart

We talk with our contributors at Curie Youth Radio and hear a sample of their work.