Chicago Public Radio
Now Playing

12:00am Filmspotting
1:00am World Vision Report
  View Schedule


Pledge Now

There are many ways to support public radio.
Programs
News
Election '08
Blog
Podcasts & Tools
Member Services
Support Us
Meet  Alison Cuddy,
Eight Forty-Eight co-host
Events
10.12.2008 Like Blackpool Went Through Rock: The Story of the Radio Ballads
10.12.2008 President Theodore Roosevelt's 150th Birthday Celebration
View full calendar
Join our mailing list
Eight Forty-Eight Monday through Friday at 9am and 8pm
About | Contributors | Archive | Series | Contact  
Monday, October 13, 2008
 Psychologist Nancy Molitor shares the results of a new study on how the economy is affecting the emotional health of Americans. Plus, we talk with the filmmaker of a new documentary about Chicago native jazz singer Anita O’Day.
 
 
Recent Episodes
Eight Forty-Eight 10/10/2008  
CTA Chairwoman Carole Brown discusses the agency's proposed 2009 budget. Then, how area religious leaders are addressing the economy. We talk with attorney Joseph Margulies about the latest news from Guantanamo Bay. Plus, Michael Puente explains the troubles over early voting in Indiana. Dan Bindert shares his Three to See. And Shawn Campbell reviews the latest release from Catfish Haven.
Eight Forty-Eight 10/9/2008  
We find out why Reason magazine senior editor Radley Balko says Senator Barack Obama’s support for community policing strategies is problematic. Journalist Nancy Nichols tells us about her book, Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town’s Toxic Legacy. We talk to the President of the Adler Planetarium about NASA’s 50th anniversary Future Forum taking place on Friday, and look at the future of space exploration. Plus, comic writer John McNally talks about his new book, Ghosts of Chicago.
Eight Forty-Eight 10/8/2008  
We hear reactions from some green-minded Indiana voters. The Chicago Tribune’s Eric Zorn and Public Affairs host Jeff Berkowitz join us for analysis and debate on Tuesday night’s debate. Plus, Ben Calhoun and Robert Wildeboer return from their Fall Color Road Trip of Midwestern battleground states.
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Headlines
Judge To Rule Soon On Early Voting Case

Blaming Cook County Judges

Puerto Rican Campaign Turns Nasty

CTA Partners with I-Go

Illinois Attorney General Backs Sheriff's Eviction Moratorium

Daley Announces Parts of Budget Plan

Mayor Daley Wants Cook County Assessor to Give Homeowners Some Tax Relief



AP Headlines
Bush, allies seek to calm jittery investors

Clintons launch campaign swing for Obama in Pa.

NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal

Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred'

Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan

Analysts: GM would need cash to acquire Chrysler

More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes