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| Eight Forty-Eight 5/9/2008 |
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| We talk with Northwestern University professor Wesley Skogan about his new evaluation of Chicago’s CeaseFire program. Award-winning documentarian Steve James discusses his new film about the death penalty in Texas, At the Death House Door. Then, South Side bureau reporter Natalie Moore previews the trial of R&B singer R. Kelly as proceedings are set to begin. Plus, we remember Chicago jazz great Franz Jackson, and hear a Curie Youth Radio student share an audio gift for his mother. |
| Eight Forty-Eight 5/8/2008 |
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| We take a canoe trip back through time on the Chicago River, and resident philosopher Al Gini stops by. Lucia Mauro reviews a new film about the life of prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief, and Althea Legaspi profiles the band Local H. |
| Eight Forty-Eight 5/7/2008 |
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| We hear an analysis of Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in Indiana and discuss the role of eastern European gangs in Chicago crime. Contributor Jessica Young reflects on race in the democratic presidential race, and we share a selection from this year's Louder Than a Bomb teen poetry slam. |
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