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Eight Forty-Eight 11/6/2009

Director Ky Dickens tells us about her journey making the documentary Fish Out of Water, which screens this weekend at the Reeling Film Festival in Chicago. The film explores the Bible's interpretation of homosexuality.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/5/2009

Claire Brindis, director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, explains the effects that parental involvement laws for minors seeking abortions have had around the country.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/4/2009

Jason Marck talks with the author of a new book that outlines how the Cubs may have thrown the 1918 World Series, and why the team has been cursed ever since.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/3/2009

Director Alicia Sams tells us about the nearly two years she and co-director Amy Rice spent following Barack Obama on the road to his presidential election.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/2/2009

We talk with writer Christina Davidson, who’s chronicling her “Recession Road Trip” across America for the Atlantic magazine.

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